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Simon Underwood
@lizardbrain-art.bsky.social
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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#PortfolioDay ! I'm a traditional illustrator who's worked for a number of small press fantasy publications and TTRPG projects. I recently self-published a graphic novel featuring a kaiju in a sword-and-sorcery setting.
More is coming! Still a few years off yet, but I have some things cooking up in the ol' bronze cauldron
Reading @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social ‘s excellent Bronze Age fantasy Kaiju story, “Gargantuan”.

I’d LOVE to see more stories set in this fascinating world!
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Love that swirly linework!
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
All I want out of life is to be a humble skeleton farmer
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Working (slowly but steadily) on a big personal piece. Trying to remember how to make art that isn't "for" something.
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Everyone's talking about how Del Toro's Frankenstein is about daddy issues but the main daddy issue is that Lars Mikkelsen's character looks EXACTLY like my dad to the point where I did multiple double takes to confirm it was not my actual father on screen
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Most of the audience seemed to think it was fine at best. When we left the theater, they were handing out tablets where you could take a survey about whether you and your demographic would see a sequel to this movie (I said probably not) (3)
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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The mist-shrouded morning at Point Reyes National Seashore, hiking with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social, felt not just haunted or ethereal, but otherworldly. The zenith of that sensation came when a huge bull elk appeared out of the landscape as if a ghost from another land entirely.
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Caught sight of a bull elk through tunnel of trees not far from Astoria a few weeks ago. We probably watched each other for five minutes before he very calmly stalked off into the woods. Running into the coastal herds always feels like meeting the fey folk
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Man I love drawing dead guys
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One of the classics! Love his work, I'm honored to be compared to him
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I can finally show off probably my favorite piece I've done this year--the Halloween merch design for @moviemadness.org. Beyond stoked to do more work for the best movie rental/theater/museum/temple in the world. And those practical effects are sooo satisfying to replicate in ink
October 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Thank you! Happy to help!
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"The apparitions are getting worse. The air in the vaults feels like a thin curtain that could be ripped away at any moment. I do not know what door I opened in search of the afterlife, but I pray to all the gods it isn't the one our souls go to in the end."

A quick one for the spookiest of seasons
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Made a little block print. It's hard to find inspiration for personal work in these fucked up times, but a new medium always helps me.

Spend time with the people, places and experiences that make life worth living, and return ready to take the heads of those who would steal those things from us.
September 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Time to snap these nerds' glasses like an 80s movie bully
September 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🖌️ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT🎨
Linnea Sterte, aka @decassette.bsky.social, made this beautiful interior illustration for WASTE FLOWERS by Bryn Hammond, and is returning to create a new full page illustration for WHAT ROUGH BEAST?

Learn more here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
September 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Thanks Trevor!
September 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Our Movie Madness Presents Creature Features risograph print featuring artwork from Portland illustrator, Simon Underwood (@lizardbrain-art.bsky.social) is now available in the shop! Come on in and check it out!
September 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thanks for having me!
September 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you! I actually haven't gotten to see the printed posters yet; I'm glad they turned out.
September 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Poster I did for Movie Madness here in Portland for their Creature Features block. One of the largest ink pieces I've ever done!
September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Inktober 52 - Virgo

A witch. Pens and white ink.

I'm open for commissions!

#art #inktober #inktober2025 #inktober52 #inktober52virgo #fantasy
September 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thank you! High praise indeed. I do have some more stuff inspired by his work coming down the pipe...
August 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As an aside, the Seven Geases is probably my favorite CAS story and I want to adapt it into a short comic someday
August 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks! Was the creature in the basin supposed to be Abhoth? Getting my primordial ooze entities mixed up here
August 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM