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Jana Heidersdorf

@checanty.bsky.social

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Illustrator of dark fantasy. Also nature photography. https://janaheidersdorf.com/

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hi--I'm Jana, fantasy artist and illustrator of everything hauntingly beautiful 🖤

You can find my (freshly updated) portfolio here: janaheidersdorf.com
Contact: [email protected]

Artwork of a haunted house filled with the ghost of a boy reaching out to his mother

portrait of a boy with slashes through his face though which roses and thorny vines grow

Portrait of a boy emerging from a sea of thorny vines, some vines cover his eyes

impassive portrait of a woman looking out of a mass of creepy crawlies

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 3h

your inktober pieces are sooooo good!!!

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 7h

#inktober day 12 shredded

murderer
殺猫

#inktober2025 #inktoberday12 #shredded

A watercolor and sumi painting of a cat shredding a portrait of Dorian Gray before he became a murdering asshat

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 1d

#inktober day 11 sting

I mourn your sacrifice
あなたの犠牲を悼みます

#inktober2025 #inktoberday11 #sting

A watercolor and sumi painting of black eye Susan flowers crying over the death of an honey bee. Two ghost bees flying above

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 2d

Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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Sam Guay @samguayart.bsky.social · 24d

Big news about the Blood Moon Tarot!

The Blood Moon Tarot Second Edition Preorders! | Sam Guay

Get more from Sam Guay on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 4d

oh that would be so cool!

Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 4d

I hereby remind you of my print shop full of spooky art for the spookiest month 👻
www.inprnt.com/gallery/chec...

Painting of two hands folded upon each other, each raising a finger to create an impression of horns. Behind them a mysterious female figure without a face and in the shadow thrown by the hands two glowing red eyes.

Drawing of a creepy lady peeking at the viewer from behind a gnarly tree. She has a piercing gaze of two white glowing eyes.

A surreal artwork of a witch being oen with a landscape of fir trees and rolling fields.

Two boys nearly kissing with thorny roses growing from their mouths. Much drama. Much dark romantic vibes. Also blood.

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Megan Wyreweden @thecreepingmoon.bsky.social · 6d

Last year I was commissioned by Hierophany and Hedge in Covington, KY to do a painting of their store facade, but with more eldritch horrors please. Was happy to oblige :)

The original hangs in the shop and they offer prints!

A painting of an old shop facade. The shop is called Hierophany and Hedge. In the shop windows contains an assortment of odd, esoteric and antique items, including a dummy with a wand and a plague doctor outfit. There are black cats and tentacles everywhere. An autumnal tree stands in front of the shop.

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 10d

Celeste dos Cravos (2025), acrylic gouache (+ tiny bit of watercolour) on hot pressed paper (A3)

The traditional version of the illustration I painted digitally last year, now as I had first envisioned it :)

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira featuring a woman on a balcony, holding a bouquet of red carnations, giving one of them to a soldier passing below, placing it on the muzzle of his gun while he looks up at her. All around, other soldiers walk beside him, some wearing red carnations on the muzzles of their guns too, others waiting for their turn to get one. On the background, Portuguese tiles frame the woman, while the balcony's railing slowly transforms into a streetlamp typical of Lisbon (with a caravel and 2 ravens, the symbols of the city).

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 7d

The title/thumbnail combo ended up way too dramatic 🙈

The most powerful way to market your art as a book illustrator (doubled my income!)

YouTube video by Bramblings

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 6d

nooo 😭

Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 7d

uggggh 😩

Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 7d

thanks so much for sharing!! 🖤

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 9d

#inktober day 3 crown

There is no meaning of shiny things other than to horde them.
きんきらものは、蓄えること以外に意味がない

#inktober2025 #inktoberday3 #crown

A watercolor painting of a pigeon sitting on a nest with a crown full of shit.

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 7d

#inktober day 4 deer

I die to give life
命をあげるため、死ぬ

#inktober2025 #inktoberday5 #deer

A watercolor painting of a deer with two spirit arrows and from its blood, red saplings begin to grow

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 7d

The title/thumbnail combo ended up way too dramatic 🙈

The most powerful way to market your art as a book illustrator (doubled my income!)

YouTube video by Bramblings

youtu.be

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korraiko | waitlist open @korraiko.bsky.social · 8d

The Stranger

commissioned by @irishbug.bsky.social
#art #commission #fantasy

The digital illustration shows an elderly man. He is holding a book in his right hand and a bright green ball in his left.
The man is elderly, has a beard, and four horns growing out of his head. He wears a dark robe, and thorns and leaves hang from his shoulders like a collar.
Behind the man are bookshelves

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 8d

Art vs Artist

digital collage of vintage botanical art and a lose portrait painting. The face is mostly obscured by the plant, showing just one eye gazing at the viewer. Generally muted colours.

Totally not staged photo of the artist reading in dim light. The artist is a pale person in their early 30s with dark hair and glasses.

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 9d

Book Cover Artists!

QRP with your book covers 📖

Portrait of a pale girl with red hair and blue eyes. An undead woodpecker is draped over the left side of her face.

Portrait of a boy in school uniform. Scratches are covering his face, as if a clawed creature had torn through paper. Through the tears grow thorny vines and roses.

A boy drowning in thorny vines with soft pink blossoms. Vines cover his eyes.

A small island with a small village surrounded by dead fish and a dead sea. Above a starry night sky.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 11d

It's October! Hurrah!

I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.

@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

5 book covers: Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8 (Michael Kelly, ed.) - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Shirley Jackson; and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Kay Chronister, Krisit DeMeester; Brian Evenson, M. Rickert, and more.

Aickman's Heirs (Simon Strantzas, ed.) - Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Finalist for the World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 5 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Brian Evenson, John Langan, Lynda E. Rucker, and more.

The Ghost Sequences, by A.C. Wise - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Locus; Bram Stoker; and British Fantasy Awards.

To Drown in Dark Water, by Steve Toase - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from Booklist, and Rue Morgue.

I Would Haunt You if I Could, by Seán Padraic Birnie - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from The Toronto Star, and Library Journal.

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 11d

thank you!

Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 11d

My cover for A Plagued Sea has been revealed! 🖤
ADs: Russell Trakhtenberg & Jess Kiley for Tor Nightfire

Cover of the the novel 'A Plagued Sea' by Kim Bo-Young showing a small mountainous island surrounded by heaps of dead fish. On the island you can see a Korean village.

illustration showing a small mountainous island surrounded by heaps of dead fish. On the island you can see a Korean village.

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Stephanie Cost @perstephane.bsky.social · 12d

I have a brand new website!

It feels insane to promote anything right now, because the world is terrible, but I'm hoping to send free artsy phone wallpapers to my newsletter.

Please check out the site, and let me know if you like newsletters. Or show me a picture of your pet. Or both!

Stephanie Cost

www.stephaniecost.com

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 13d

Thank youuuu! 🖤

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 14d

Oh hey, this might actually be a good one if you want to do an inktober without prompts 👻

Never run out of ideas for your daily sketchbook (visual vocabulary, limitations, comfort zone)

YouTube video by Bramblings

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