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Carsten P. Dietrich

@zehpeh.bsky.social

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Visual artist/illustrator based in the west of Ireland. https://zehpeh-art.com/ Ko-fi Shop: https://ko-fi.com/zehpeh/shop Prints: inprnt.com/gallery/zehpeh/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zehpeh ❗No A.I./NFTs❗

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · Feb 7

Short introduction: I'm a visual artist/illustrator; I create semi-abstract paintings and artwork. Natural landscapes, industrial environments, dystopian cityscapes and anything in between, as well as a bunch of more straightforward traditional illustrations (digital/on-paper/mixed media).

#art

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#portfolioday

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · Apr 8

Apparently it's #portfolioday again(?)

I'm Carsten, a visual artist based in Ireland. My main focus is on abstract and semi-abstract artwork and paintings as well as illustrations and comics. Available for work and open for commissions etc!

#portfolioday2025

A semi-abstract painting of a distorted, futuristic, dystopian(?) cityscape dominated by interlocking, black architectural silhouettes. A melange of bright colours illuminates the scene from within and via the background, where a calm rose hue shines in from the left and mingles with more aggressive yellows before vanishing within an acrid green vapour. Cool blues pulse amid inky detritus.

A painted illustration: An apparently subterranean, deteriorated space in shadowy hues of blue and black. Light seeps in from the upper left, highlighting an assortment of thick tubes twisting downwards from the same direction. Parts of the tubes are patterned with bright red stripes. Beneath them, on a walkway leading alongside what might be a canal, a figure in a warm yellow/orange coat silently observes the scene, standing on the brink of a softly illuminated slipway or drain.

A largely abstract painting in tones of orange, red, blue and black. It shows a deconstructed urban environment, a street or thoroughfare going centrally past shadowy stalls and half-guessed architecture. An ambling figure's silhouette is seen on the horizon, either approaching or moving away

A comic panel. A lone girl is seeking shelter from the raging waves of a diverted river flooding the area. She's perched atop the trunk of a desiccated tree, holding on to one of the truculent branches. Tufts of pale foliage sit at the end of each branch. A ridge of rock can be glimpsed in the background. The water is black and dirty brown, foaming and spraying, breaking against the trunk.

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#portfolioday

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Florent Desanthèmes @fdesanthemes.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #Portfolioday
I'm a comic's artist, here's some panels from "Le Secret de Présentine Ramondore"

Plan frontal sur une affiche au mur indiquant "Grande Fête annuelle du Solstice d'Automne". Le lettrage est ouvragé et à tendance gothique, les lettres sont bleues tandis que des points rouge ponctuent les lettres et les décorations. Au premier, des personnages de dos lisent l'affiche placardée sur un mur en bois.

Cadrage sur 4 cases d'une bande dessinée, où deux personnages marchent sous le soleil fort dans unes montages. Le temps n'a pas l'air pour autant très chaud. les montages et le ciel sont bleus tandis que les deux personnages, un homme et une femme d'un âge certain, équipé d'une matériel prémoderne sont déclinés dans des teintes d'ocre.

Une femme d'âge mûr, de dos, enlace de manière volontaire une homme de son âge qui a l'air davantage emprunté. Le fond est d'un jaune lumineux animé de quelques frondaisons. Les deux personnages baignent dans cette lumière jaune coupé d'une teinte grise.

Les deux mêmes personnages marchent dans les montagnes, de face. Les personnages et le sol sont dans l'ombre. Celui-ci est composé de grosses roches impraticables. Derrière eux, un flanc de montagne frappé de lumière.

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

Netflix' NERO THE ASSASSIN. Strange decision to set it in "16th Century France" and then to show a bullshit, made-up version of the place that bears little resemblance to historical reality.

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

* correction: "Gagner la guerre" is just one novel, not a series.

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

And, of course, it ends on a cliffhanger. I hope the deal for a second season's already in the bag, otherwise it's going to end up a pretty futile enterprise.

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

(Why is this region in the South of France so isolated yet able to sustain two huge, populous cities? What's happening in the rest of the country? What's with the King? Why would a stout walled city fear an attack by an army of mutilated, starving, dehydrated zealots armed with cudgels and scythes?)

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

I mean... it's not even a bad show per se! Production values are nice! It looks solid (if a bit drably sepia) most of the time. But it's far too stretched-out for its own good and none of the characters are likable. The worldbuilding is frustratingly vague, and not in a mysterious, appealing way.

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

(Even stranger to learn that the story's apparently culled from a series of French fantasy novels -"Gagner la guerre "- that are originally set in a completely fictional world. All the names have been changed and the fantasy's been stripped back to the bare minimum.)

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 3d

Netflix' NERO THE ASSASSIN. Strange decision to set it in "16th Century France" and then to show a bullshit, made-up version of the place that bears little resemblance to historical reality.

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 7d

First time I've seen Nobuteru Yūki's take on CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT. (A glimpse of an alternate, better universe where that show was made by different ppl with an actual budget!)

台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 7d

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 8d

Kilmer was 36 in HEAT. HEAT 2's sequel segments are set fairly shortly after that movie's events. DiCaprio is 50 years old, man(n)!

The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 8d

Michael Mann's Heat 2 has been acquired by Amazon MGM, with Leonardo DiCaprio rumored to take Val Kilmer's place in the prequel-sequel:
thefilmstage.com/michael-mann...

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 9d

Just finished reading this one last night. A beautifully unhurried, quiet kind of book. Fantastically tangible, characterful artwork by @fdesanthemes.bsky.social

A photograph of the cover of the graphic novel/BD "Le Secret de Présentine Ramondore".

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 9d

Fairly noticeable Gorillaz/Hewlett influence (+ a bit of Jet Set Radio) in that one! Pity there isn't more of it!

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 9d

I've never really used those even when they were pretty widespread! But I suppose they're still around in some form, yeah.

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 9d

(one "check" too many in there!)

Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 9d

But who's going to go and periodically check the individual websites of the 500+ artists they follow to check for updates?! Are we subscribing to 500 newsletters so we don't miss anything? Are there going to be links on social media each time somebody blogs on their site? Aggregator feeds?

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 14d

"SEETHING" - acrylics/ink/digital - September 2025

#art #abstract #abstractart #visualart #painting

A painting: an abstract tableau of colourful, interlocking shapes. Bright lights; dark shadows; nooks; reflections.

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 14d

"SEETHING" - acrylics/ink/digital - September 2025

#art #abstract #abstractart #visualart #painting

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks!

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Florent Desanthèmes @fdesanthemes.bsky.social · 19d

Sortie hier du "Secret de Présentine Ramondore". Harold Charre au scénario et moi-même au dessin et à la couleur, le tout publié dans la collection Noctambule !
#bd #romangraphique #graphicnovel #lesecrectdepresentineramondore #collectionnoctambule #noctambule #voyage #oxymore #editionsoxymore

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Carsten P. Dietrich @zehpeh.bsky.social · 23d

I agree, but he's almost the same age as Hardy. This is supposed to be set just before FURY ROAD, right?

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Miljenko Šimić a.k.a. mishimi @mishimi.bsky.social · 26d

The stuff I'm currently working on. #watercolor #gouache #art #gouachepainting #painting #comicart #illustration #picturebook #drawing #gouacheart #sketchbook #gouacheillustration #picturebook #sketch #paint #medieval #fantasy #acrylicink #watercolorpainting #watercolour #gouachepaint #mixedmedia

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Joe Palmer @joepalmerart.bsky.social · 27d

Tekkonkinkreet ✏️

I borrowed/stole the composition for this from Dutch poster artist, Wim Ten Broek. Check out his work, if you’re into that sort of thing!

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vincentmallie.bsky.social @vincentmallie.bsky.social · 29d

Dans une semaine, réimpression de Ténébreuse avec roman Gigou aux couleurs. @dupuis_bd

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