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Old Paul
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Artist/Artworker. DM for commissions
#LibrumProdigiosum #Werewolfbeer designer
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Old Paul @manticore-aw.bsky.social · Jul 2
Now up on my ko-fi, 9x12" prints of Bradleys Spanish Bar.
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An ideal wall decoration or present for the discerning drinker!
🍻 🇪🇸
#tradart #bradleysspanishbar #printsforsale #fineartprint
A 9x12" Painting of Bradleys Spanish Bar. 3 arched red-framed windows (1 on the left, 2 to the right) frame a square entryway showing an open door to a basement. Throgh the windows we see warm lighting, pillars & various framed paintings on the walls. 2 glowing red Mahou beer signs hang above, illuminating the upstairs windows.
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tarabush.bsky.social
Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar
A little Siskin :) 🎨
Artwork of a siskin bird in flight. Graphite & coloured pencil plus acrylic on moleskine sketchbook. Finished with a few digital brush strokes. The bird is mainly yellow tones and grey/black with a very pale background.
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
Another one I though of is QRP your favourite album covers from an artistic point of view, I did a review of Scott 3 this evening and that one owns, as do these. Also 1000 Hurts has the best drum sound ever recorded.
Shellac 1000 Hurts cover: says that and PROFESSIONAL on a red/brown split background Scott 3 by Scott Walker album cover: Scott rests his hand on his chin as he is trapped in a ladies eye with nice eyelashes Faith No More - Angel Dust album cover: an angry looking huge bird on a dark blue background Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia album cover: painting by Mark Ryden of Alice as a little girl presenting a weird baby lizard thing to a 4 armed guy sat on a mushroom. Who needs oxygen from a tank.
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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kakapojay.bsky.social
Another interesting fish from the Kem Kem - Bawitius! This is a 3m-long bichir, a group of fish I wasn't familiar with until starting this piece. Today, members of this group don't get more than a meter in length, and are apparently popular in aquariums!

Size comparison below ⬇️

#sciart #paleoart
Brown striped Bawitius
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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bruib.bsky.social
A blade as defence.

#Art
abstract. a black diamond shape, radiating dark beams in the clouds.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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kellyknowles.art
'splorin
ANSI art of tiny dungeon maps and some characters fighting a fire breathing snake.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
Post Blue Art! 🔹🔵
8 of Swords Tarot: A blindfolded girl with her arms crossed stands in a dark forest surrounded by 8 swords dug vertically into the ground A Robot wielding a pickaxe tries to dig his spaceship out of the undersea coral - his 3 other robot friends look on King of Swords tarot: The King sits on his throne, in his right hand a sword. He leans on his left hand. Butterflies surround him, in the background tall grass, trees and ruins. The Moon Tarot: A Wolf, a crab and a dog populate the rocky shore in the foreground, in the distance 2 huge pillars rise in front of a small village set on a forested hillside. In the night sky the 32 pointed Moon shines brightly.
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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arthearthistory.bsky.social
Maria Callas (onstage and off) in La Scala's 1953 production of Cherubini's "Medea" – with sets and costumes by the Sicilian artist Salvatore Fiume.
May 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
This took a lot of time to pencil, 5 of Pentacles Tarot #tarot #pencils
5 of Pentacles Tarot: A crouched over & hooded poor man holds a bell, behind him is another poor person in a shroud & cloak. The background is a Church with a stained glass window featuring 5 pentacles in circles
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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lri.bsky.social
More creature commissions!

A shapeshifting evil, the ‘Skinwalker’ is not to be trusted. 2-4B graphite on 110gsm paper. Part of a series of commissioned creatures.

#creaturedesign #monsters #creatureart #handmade #pencilart #darkart #fantasyart #sciart #graphite #illustration
One big eye sits atop his chest, below a vertical mouth of sharp teeth. Long, clawed arms and dog-like legs means he’s both agile and extremely dangerous. His skin is a writhing mess of boils, veins, arteries and flesh.
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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nollthere.bsky.social
Skulls! Skulls! Skulls! Skulls!
Repost with your skull art!
Lino print of a thylacine, skin slowly coming off in ribbons, with native plants of the area around it. The print is lying on rainbow crochet fabric. Lino print of a gothic windowed pool holding the moon's reflection, and the pool is shaped like the lower half of a human skull, surrounded by smaller bones in a pile.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
Now what everybody likes? SKULLS
QRP with your Skull Art ☠️💀☠️
A Quarter or so skull on a red background with black drips running vertically A Hippo Skull orbiting a moon, underlit from below. The nearest sun is cresting over the moon. An anguished Skull screams and looks up, the roman numerals VII (seven) are in the background, behind them, a deep red/black void An 8 Ball floats above a Horse Skull, split in to top and jaw parts like it is screaming. A black void is in the background.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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wefail.bsky.social
Portrait of Mani. I've made two sizes of prints from this, all profit goes to @stockportnhsft.bsky.social that’s a wonderful charity Mani and Imelda raised money for.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
Captain & Duchess, #commission for a friend.
DM if you'd like a pet portrait doing, I got some capacity before Xmas but time is running out.
A small Tabby & a larger black cat lay down together staring at you judgingly, on a red bedsheet. The background is abstractly red.
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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manticore-aw.bsky.social
QRP your Dark Art ☠️
3 cloaked Skull faced ghosts parade across a hill near the coast, a derelict building behind them Pisadiera, a sleep demon sat on your chest at night in bed, underlit by the glow of a mobile phone The Biasd Bheulach is a nocturnal shapeshifter: it bore the form of a man, sometimes of a man with only one leg. At other times it appeared like a greyhound or beast, this picture has it as all 3, attacking you from within a thin crevasse. Cover to 'Cathedral of Anguish', a Fighting Fantasy book that may or may not exist. Cover illustration is a skull faced hierophant clasping his hands inside a large, dark cathedral.
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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mindistortion.tv
QRP your dark art 🖤
Ominous charcoal portrait of a woman obscured by shadow. Digital painting of a derelict stranded cargo ship in front of a dramatically lit sky. Cargo scattered, sky ablaze, small bits of blue visible through heavy clouds. Eerie digital painting of a person sitting hunched on a wall. The image is mostly monochrome, except for slight haze in the background and a warm halo in the subject's hand. Eerie charcoal drawing of an ominous, ghostly monastery.
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
QRP your Dark Art ☠️
3 cloaked Skull faced ghosts parade across a hill near the coast, a derelict building behind them Pisadiera, a sleep demon sat on your chest at night in bed, underlit by the glow of a mobile phone The Biasd Bheulach is a nocturnal shapeshifter: it bore the form of a man, sometimes of a man with only one leg. At other times it appeared like a greyhound or beast, this picture has it as all 3, attacking you from within a thin crevasse. Cover to 'Cathedral of Anguish', a Fighting Fantasy book that may or may not exist. Cover illustration is a skull faced hierophant clasping his hands inside a large, dark cathedral.
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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sculptedreef.com
🌙 Sorcha the Starry Night Octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) 💫🐙 Hand sculpted from clay 🎨

#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BlueSkyNightMarket #BSNM #Invertebrates #InsertAnInvert 🦑🐡
A vibrant red octopus sculpture with many white spots, depicting the species Callistoctopus luteus, also known as the Starry Night Octopus. The octopus is holding several tiny Swarovski crystals, sitting inside a shell. It is hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted with acrylics. It is coated in epoxy resin for protection and shine.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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aimeecozza.com
quick story: author I know hired a graphic designer. Graphic designer used AI assets. Author did not want this. Author realized close deadline that thing was AI. Author needed something not AI to replace this, and didn't have time so close to deadline to get a custom work or vet stuff. What do now?
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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manticore-aw.bsky.social
Traditional Halloween painting for my lovely wife. Still getting used to painting on canvas but I'm well happy with this.
Acrylics on 8x10" canvas
#halloween #darkart #raven #crow
A screaming raven, or possibly a crow I forget, stands facing East on yop of an old skull with it's left eye still intact. In the background, square windows where vivid green light shows through.
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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kellyknowles.art
i'll repost this forever i'm so proud of it
digital drawing of a psychedelic house interior in a fisheye perspective. it has a vibrant but somehow musty color scheme. rooms intersect at impossible angles and some walls are missing, opening up to a huge black void. endless rooms and hallways fade into the distance.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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wallacepolsom.bsky.social
Michael William Kaluta, “The Peacock Helix” (1980), ink and watercolour.
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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abigaillarson.com
"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤
ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein" showing the monster intimidating Victor Frankenstein in his laboratory ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein" the creature in shadow behind rocks in a forest ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein". The creature walks alone in a snowy landscape
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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amyweberstudio.bsky.social
Hedgehog 3 inch vinyl sticker featuring my artwork. Link to my website in my bio 😁
November 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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ericbuchert.bsky.social
I referenced Bruce Willis for this old drawing of a sorcerer.
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
manticore-aw.bsky.social
This is still my favourite painting I did totally drunk in about 2 hours this year. Feel free to post your actor art!
Ernest Borgnine looking really angry, taken from a still of the film The Emperor of the North (1973). In the background I abstracted some train tracks.
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM