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Simon Underwood
@lizardbrain-art.bsky.social
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Portland illustrator and comic book crafter. Swords, sorcery, trees, skulls, doom.

For commissions, merch, and my graphic novel GARGANTUAN, check out www.lizardbrainart.com
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Simon Underwood @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social · 28d
It is #PortfolioDay once more. I'm a traditional illustrator specializing in pen and ink. I've contributed to a number of fiction publications and TTRPG projects, and I am currently looking for more work!
Pen and ink illustration depicting a crater in the middle of a sparse pine forest. A glowing meteor sits in the depression, and facing it, a woman kneels, head upturned towards the starry sky. Three large, eldritch beasts approach through the trees towards the meteor. The first has many tall, jointed legs and a bony head. The second is serpentine, with a loop-shaped head fronted by tendrils. The third is a dark, six-limbed figure with a featureless bullet-shaped head and glowing eyespots on its chest. Two adventurers, an elf and a dwarf, traverse the ruins of an ancient underground city while a shoggoth lurks on the cavern roof above. Pen-and-ink illustration depicting four monsters bursting out of a vintage TV set: the werewolf from An American Werewolf in London, the creature from The Thing, half-human and half nightmarish alien, the dripping Tarman zombie from Return of the Living Dead, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon reaching toward the viewer. Pen and ink illustration depicting a huge, goatlike demonic warrior against a black background. He holds a flaming sword in one hand and a small imp warrior in the other, kneeling in subservience. Other imps with a variety of appearances and armaments fly around him.
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Loved it. I'd seen some of Mark's YouTube stuff over the years and wasn't sure if he could pull it off but his acting was damn good, especially as the only character on screen for most of it. And I'm always a sucker for a space nightmare scenario
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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So stoked for this!
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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My loot drop:
1) 12oz latte
2) Miscellaneous doom metal t-shirt
3) Cool branch with lichen I found
4)Silver sword necklace, worth 10gp
5) 1 knife/sword/axe/bow/gun widely used between 500CE-1985
6) sketchbook, 80% blank
obrackenbury.bsky.social Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 4d
Loot that drops after defeating me:

1) 🍑 Can of peach flavor Celsius.
2) 📕 Sword & Sorcery mass-market paperback.
3) 😋 Coupon for two McDonald's breakfast sandwiches.
4) 💩 Emergency dog poop bag.
5) 🖼️ AGO membership.
shadeykris.bsky.social Shadey ✨ (comms open!) @shadeykris.bsky.social · 4d
Loot that drops after defeating me:

1) Ibuprofen
2) hazelnut latte
3) oversized grey hoodie
4) homemade cookies
5) a soft pile of fur
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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I'm sure every remaining European monarch has 15-20 cool swords just lying around
February 5, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Reposted by Simon Underwood
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a painting of a U.S federal ICE agent with decaying features. a thin, veil-like mask barely covers an open bloodstained mouth. small hollow eyes shine dead. text along the bottom echoes the cadence of the demoralizing broadcasts by Thu Hương or ‘Hanoi Hannah’ that aired to the during the Vietnam War. it reads: Your mask is quickly thinning agent. we will soon know your face. your mask is soaked with blood agent. there is nothing for you here but your withering. you are weak. you have no real cause. you are pathetic. the story that they feed to you is a lie, agent. you are a tool of politicians that do not care if you die. your impunity will vanish as soon you are used. you defend no one. the people hate you, agent. they scream and blow whistles and bang drums and carry bricks when they see you coming. they greatly outnumber you. take off your mask and leave, agent. before it is ripped from your face.
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Yeah this just sucks. So much good music tainted now.

It's a terrible business decision, too. Half the bands they play with and most of their local metal scene probably won't want anything to do with them after this.
January 29, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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I don't talk about current events on here much because a) I am frankly not much of a Poster at the best of times
and b) most of my current takes boil down to "everyone currently dictating the direction of our civilization needs to be [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] without delay"
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Quote with your horn art!
Ink drawing depicting a dilapidated street lined with the crumbling shells of buildings. Plants grow over the ruins, and a line of tall spruce trees runs across the background. An elk crosses the street in the foreground, looking away from the viewer at the shape of a huge goat-headed man looming above the treeline. A crescent moon hangs behind his horns. Pen and ink illustration depicting a huge, goatlike demonic warrior against a black background. He holds a flaming sword in one hand and a small imp warrior in the other, kneeling in subservience. Other imps with a variety of appearances and armaments fly around him. Pen and ink illustration depicting a ragged specter clad in ancient chainmail and covered in vines that grow out of its skin. It holds an axe and a hunting sword. A ragged hood and jagged, chaotic antlers frame an obscured face with sinister glowing eyes.
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Everybody follow this man
jbballaran.bsky.social jbballaran @jbballaran.bsky.social · Jan 11
Human Artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Dave Stewart is the master. I'll check out these other folks as well, thank you!
January 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Good call! Gotta go pore over Griz Grobus. I really like the amount of variety he packs into a relatively desaturated palette. Nice work @thenazavr.bsky.social !
January 15, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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Comics people! Who's your favorite colorist and why?

I'm trying to study up so I'm not stuck in monochrome forever.
January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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In the past year I've taken several months of longsword fighting, begun learning to blacksmith, and completed one of the hardest hikes in the state.

Now I just have to build a moonshine still for "potions", get back into archery and evade arrest a few times and I'll be a well-rounded RPG character
January 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
lizardbrain-art.bsky.social
It is #PortfolioDay once more. I'm a traditional illustrator specializing in pen and ink. I've contributed to a number of fiction publications and TTRPG projects, and I am currently looking for more work!
Pen and ink illustration depicting a crater in the middle of a sparse pine forest. A glowing meteor sits in the depression, and facing it, a woman kneels, head upturned towards the starry sky. Three large, eldritch beasts approach through the trees towards the meteor. The first has many tall, jointed legs and a bony head. The second is serpentine, with a loop-shaped head fronted by tendrils. The third is a dark, six-limbed figure with a featureless bullet-shaped head and glowing eyespots on its chest. Two adventurers, an elf and a dwarf, traverse the ruins of an ancient underground city while a shoggoth lurks on the cavern roof above. Pen-and-ink illustration depicting four monsters bursting out of a vintage TV set: the werewolf from An American Werewolf in London, the creature from The Thing, half-human and half nightmarish alien, the dripping Tarman zombie from Return of the Living Dead, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon reaching toward the viewer. Pen and ink illustration depicting a huge, goatlike demonic warrior against a black background. He holds a flaming sword in one hand and a small imp warrior in the other, kneeling in subservience. Other imps with a variety of appearances and armaments fly around him.
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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I have drawn so many swords to this album
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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This book exposed my little six-year-old brain to the concept of cosmic horror for the first time. Moomin always has this strange balance of cozy and sinister and I love it for that
January 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Man I love the look of traditional paintings that go this hard. So vibrant! Incredible stuff
January 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Reposted by Simon Underwood
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Done. How much chaos can I cram into a painting? All of it. First image created at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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It sucks but it's so good!
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Thank you!
December 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Art vs artist 2025 edition. A year of creatures of all types and trying to remember how color works. We survived another one, y'all.
9-square grid with a photo of my morose-looking face in the center. It is surrounded by 8 detail shots of my artwork: (clockwise from top left) a werewolf, a warrior battling an undead monstrosity, a woman staring down a snake-haired leonine demon, a woman's head on a crab-like body with a mischievous expression, an eyeless lich on a firelit throne, a warrior battling a variety of skeletons and demons, an elk crossing a mossy log in the deep forest, and a huge spindly-legged monster amidst pine trees.
December 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reposted by Simon Underwood
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🐴Jirel of Joiry rides again...if these dang skeletons will let her! @mollytanzer.bsky.social brings us a new official tale with no less than four illustrations by @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social💀

Check it out, and more, in issue 5 of New Edge Sword & Sorcery: newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Cropped black and white illustration of Jirel of Joiry riding horseback at night, sword raised high, skeletal hands clawing at her from below... This illustration is by Simon Underwood aka @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social on Bluesky.
December 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Sketch vs Final
Rough thumbnail sketch showing a warrior battling a variety of monsters and skeletons as he descends an underground staircase. Ink illustration showing a warrior battling a variety of monsters and undead as he descends an underground staircase. Light pours out of a door at the top of the stairs, presumably the way to the surface.
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The new Deathstalker movie is so much fun, y'all. It's like Psycho Goreman for sword and sorcery fans. Go watch it ASAP
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Sounds like it's time to rent a dump truck and satiate the primordial maw before it devours you all
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM