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Mark Stroud

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Traditional Human made Art. my website: https://mark-stroud.squarespace.com/illustration-gallery/fantasy-illustration/?p Everyday Original: https://everydayoriginal.com/artistprofile/?artist=MarkStroud tags: #art #sketchbook #darkart

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Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 23h

Practice #art

Ink/watercolor portrait of a woman wearing a feathery head ornament. Her collar is a mess of horns and fur. She a bunch of black tattoo dots across her forehead and three large dots on each arm. Her clothes are orange, collar and head ornament are blue. Her hair is dark and short.

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 1d

Sketch #art

Ink brush sketch of a man with horns and many spikes on his head. His clothes are bone like.

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 2d

I watched too many people playing that game.

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 2d

Sketch #art

Ink brush sketch of a samurai in full armor, standing with sword sheathed. Lines and random marks to give an illusion of space

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 3d

Sketch #art

Ink sketch of a horned female figure, right arm bent with clenched fist, left arm outstretched, flowing hair and flowing skirt

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 4d

Sketchbook #art

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 5d

Up until 2023 I had never tried to work like this. I flirted with this stuff off and on but, did not get serious until that year. Was it the right move? I don't know, but at the time I had to change things up. Give into the things I enjoy, wanted to try, or what I wanted to see. #art

portrait of a woman with wearing a red and purple head dress with outstretched cone like shapes on each side of her head. She has orange lines vertically across her whole face, a triangle of red at her chin, a circle with points at her forehead. dark hair, a purple and red collar made up of swooshes and curled black shapes

blue skinned, pointed ear, elf woman with black eyes, long blue hair, three red triangles at her chin, red circle and swooshes at her forehead. Her clothes are mostly black with blue purple gradient, many black and white dots all through.

in brush sketch of a woman made up of branches, right hand placed on hip, left hand bent but palm up. she is looking to her right. branches on head and coming out of her back. Orange colored pencil background, mostly vertical lines

ink brush sketch of a woman in a long dress looking over her shoulder to her left. long hair flowing, all shadows including background, are orange. the word "better" with and arrow pointing to her, is written in my bad handwriting on the left of the page.

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 5d

Oh hey, October. #art

Many horned and spiked skull setting atop a rib cage like collar

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 6d

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Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 6d

Finished #art

Mixed media portrait of a woman with blue hair and skin. Black ink swooshes on cheeks and forehead, purple collar of many folds, dark reddish background, red around pupils of eyes

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 7d

WIP, waiting for the ink to dry because I don’t want to wake the neighbors. #art

Ink brush portrait of a woman with short hair but with long strands flowing out in front of her. Collar made up of many folds. Face paint of swooshes on cheeks and forehead

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Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 8d

Sketch #art

Sketch portrait of a elf woman. Pointed ears, stringy hair, high collar and looking to her right

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 8d

Sketch #art

Sketch portrait of a elf woman. Pointed ears, stringy hair, high collar and looking to her right

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Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 9d

Ink portrait #art

Ink brush portrait of a woman with skull like face paint and skeletal shapes on her collar. Her hair is short but with long strands flowing randomly

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 9d

Ink portrait #art

Ink brush portrait of a woman with skull like face paint and skeletal shapes on her collar. Her hair is short but with long strands flowing randomly

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 10d

Sketch #art

Ink sketch portrait of an elf woman with pointed ears and wavy hair looking to her right

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 11d

😍👍

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Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 11d

a watercolor from last year to break up the sketchbook posting #art

watercolor of a green skin, long pointed ear, elf woman. she is wearing a dark rob with a light blue collar and shoulder section. Some dark leaf shaped pattern in the shoulder section. her hair is mid length, orange background.

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 11d

a watercolor from last year to break up the sketchbook posting #art

watercolor of a green skin, long pointed ear, elf woman. she is wearing a dark rob with a light blue collar and shoulder section. Some dark leaf shaped pattern in the shoulder section. her hair is mid length, orange background.

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 12d

Beard #art

Bearded man with long dark hair

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Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 13d

Sketch #art

Ink sketch portrait of a woman with short dark hair and a long dark collar

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 13d

Sketch #art

Ink sketch portrait of a woman with short dark hair and a long dark collar

Reposted by Mark Stroud

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 14d

Sketch #art

Ink sketch portrait of a woman with long dark hair wearing wing like ornaments on the side of her head, clothing is scribbled and has small spikes

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 14d

Sketch #art

Ink sketch portrait of a woman with long dark hair wearing wing like ornaments on the side of her head, clothing is scribbled and has small spikes

Mark Stroud @markstroud.bsky.social · 15d

Sketch #art

Ink brush portrait sketch of an elf woman with wavy hair and long pointed ears. She is wearing clothes with a high collar