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Ensorcelled to draw and tell stories somehow. - Currently making a comic! Find under the ENRH feed, or here: https://enrh.webcomic.ws/ - Carrd: https://rtnortherly.carrd.co/

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RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · Sep 6

IT IS FINALLY HERE 🎉 I’m hosting a DTIYS featuring my OC Cricket (it/its, they/them).

- Use the hashtag #rtnorthDTIYS
- Tag me please 👀
- Ends December 7th, three months from now!
- Feel free to crop/change colours/adjust however you need.

Digital art of my OC, Cricket. They are leaning back in a chair that's pushed into a desk. The chair is tilting back, and Cricket has their legs up on the top of the desk. Cricket's head is tilted back and slightly towards the viewer and it has a lax sort of smile on its face. One arm is draped across its stomach, and the other hangs free so the fingers nearly brush the floor. Cricket is dressed in a loose, partially unbuttoned shirt, suspenders, and nondescript brown pants. It has a black stylized cricket tattoo on both forearms, and a striped neck tattoo that ends in feathers under the collarbone, and then a skull over the sternum. They appear to be in ramshackle office, and pinned to the side of their desk is a notice advertising "RTnorth's DTIYS. Join in until Dec. 7th. Use #rtnorthDTIYS". The lighting is entirely an artificial neon pink.

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🍷🕯️Caemi🕯️🩸 @caemiel.bsky.social · 9h

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[ #caemidraws #dnd #mars ]

Tower tarot card featuring Mars in the middle of a field under a stormy sky. He's turning back, a hand holding his old zweihander, a look of surprise and disbelief on his face. Out of the frame, Will's hand reaches for him. In the background, a dark tower shows part of the party stopping Mars from leaving.

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Mystalia @mystalia.bsky.social · 8h

Possible creature design for a new comic project🐉 #art #myart

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Xeni Flowers | Horror Art @xenianth.com · Oct 25

my finished #ZombieSkulltober hormse 🤠

Digital greyscale ink drawing that uses lots of fine lines and hatching. A portrait of a zombie horse from the neck up. Its decayed, mostly skeletal mouth is open and its ear is perked up. Its neck is torn open, revealing bands of muscle underneath. Its dark mane flows in movement.

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Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 15h

Show me how you draw armor!

(feat. my take on the Green Knight)
#artsky

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 17h

I hear it's international lesbian day 💕 if you want to share a fellow lesbian's art, here is some of my favourite works with my lesbian blorbos 💕

#art

An artwork based on Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee. Ipomoea is wrapping her arms around Reignn, stopping them for one last kiss as they are sitting over the balustrade. Reignn embraces her back, their lips almost close to touching. On the background a city can be seen, with mountains in the distance.

In the middle, Elaine is standing while holding her sword, while the personification of the moon is sitting behind her and almost embracing her gently. On the left, Elaine is holding a white lily, the bottom decorated with more white lilies and ipomoeas. On the right, Elaine's hand is showing holding her sword. The same flowers decorate the bottom of the scene.
The phases of the moon are shown across different parts of the artwork (crescent/waning moons at the bottom, half moons on the sides, full moon in the middle scene).

Camellia is holding Ametista in her arms as she pierces her heart with her sword. Ametista looks peaceful, her arms wrapped around Camellia's shoulders.

In the background there is a scene from their past. Camellia and Ametista are kissing in the gardens, a warm light pouring over the scenery.

The artwork has a golden frame with ornamental swords at the bottom.

On the right, Thalia leans forward Eirwen with a red flower in her hand. On the left, Eirwen reaches out, her fingers delicately brushing against the petals while her left hand brushes through Thalia's hair. Around them winter is thawing, flowers and foliage emerging still covered in a little snow.

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Skeletaun | Very proud of the pun @sentaun.bsky.social · 19h

#Zombieskulltober #8 - "Blisters"
Timelaps in thread

#Art #DarkArt #HorrorArt #ArtChallenge

A rotting corpse with massive blisters overtaking it's flesh

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nanna 🍙 @dotswap.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 quick reference of my oc boris but dnd-ified, hopefully to be used for a campaign ive been invited to!
he's much MUCH more mean and broken in this au and his backstory makes me want to jump off a cliff :)

reference illustration of my character boris velasco, but in an alternate universe where he is a half-elf druid, in a high position of an evil religion (Bane)
His hair is long and black with graying moneypieces. His eyes and forehead has been tattooed a deep red in torture branding.
He wears long black boots, a dead green colored jacket with mossy leather accessories. His short ears are elongated with black feathers, and black feathers drop from a red cape over his left shoulder. The symbol of Bane is evident on his chest as a giant silver brooch with a ruby gem.

if youre curious about his backstory, he essentially tries to escape the religion he was born into when he was younger, thinks he is succesful for a few years, until he is caught, tortured and brainwashed and everything he ever loved gets burned to the ground in the name of discipline. so now he wants everything to die.

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 2d

I'm still trying to fill at least 1 or 2 slots for the second half of the month, here is some commissions I have completed!

Palarid is stepping forward, brushing her long silver hair to the side. She is a satyr with light blue skin, golden horns and hooves. She dons jewelry with the phases of the moon, which are also shown on the sash around her waist. She wears a bodysuit with a long, floaty robe inspired by kimono on top of it.

Full body featuring a fae character with iridescent, cicada-like wings. Elysylle has light blue-purple skin with antennas on her head, and long flowy dark hair that can turn into glass shards. A stone is set in her chest, and she is wearing an elaborate attire. On one hand she is summoning a rapier which hilt scatters in petal.

Ren is lifting her longsword, surrounded by a wintery scenery at sunset. The frame is decorated with two swords on each side, and a dragon with open wings at the bottom.

Harmony is a pink tiefling standing in front of two rose bushes with her old style microphone. She is wearing a long dress with large sleeves filled with roses.

The frame is decorated with more rose and floral elements, as well as stars.

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普普通通的 @bem.bsky.social · 2d

Quick sketches for mid-autumn festival. idk why the captain of the high guard always resorts to stealing. He is too much of a prankster 🙃
#bemdraws #oc #ocart #中秋節

A young man in ancient Chinese clothing hugs a golden bunny and grips a moon cake in his mouth that is somehow not crumbling ..

The same man runs holding the totally not stolen bunny and moon cake

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 2d

Pumpkin-tailed cat movement study - Sketchbook 2024

[ #art #illustration #sketchbook #botanicats ]

A sketch page of a cat creature that has a long, leaf-like tail flowing behind it. The sketch appears to be exploring the movement of such a creature.

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Nen 🎨 does art (comms open) @nenthepigeon.bsky.social · 15d

I rarely share only backgrounds for my YCH commissions, but this new one for upcoming spooky seasons is just chef's kiss 😘🤌
Can you find two feline shades hidden in there? 👀

#art #illustration #background #NenArt

background illustration - ruined window of a gothic chapel is overtaken by foliage. mist surrounds the foreground. everything is coloured red, with the red moon barely visible behind black clouds. dark shade like figures look menacingly behind the stone ruins

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RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 2d

Thing to do in half an hour, and I’m caught in the ”can’t do anything or focus on anything until then“ pit. Send help.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2d

The EU and Canadian performers unions also reject the use of AI as performers.

"This Wild West must end, and robust protections must be implemented to ensure artists’ work is not stolen."

The EU and Canadian performers unions also reject the use of AI as performers.

"This Wild West must end, and robust protections must be implemented to ensure artists’ work is not stolen."

www.comicsbeat.com

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 2d

It was time again. #grickledoodle #halloween #october #autumn #horror #witch #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of a two kids dressed as a witch and a devil laying in a ditch of colored leaves eating candy as a dog watches. Caption reads "The Season of the Ditch."

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Skeletaun | Very proud of the pun @sentaun.bsky.social · 2d

#Zombieskulltober #6 - "Cosmic"

#Art #DarkArt #HorrorArt #ArtChallenge

A zombie with it's body bursting into cosmic flames

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 2d

The man, the myth, the legend: Mothman

An illustration of a flying Mothman. He is airborne and has a dark body with red webbing in his wings and red antenna. His face is pale with his mouth twisted in an open scream, his eyes are wide and are red. The background is a pale pink

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Viper 📌 DTIYS! @viperiumprime.com · 2d

Sketch-tober day 6!
A beeg scruffy unicorn boi 🦄

Sketch of a medium-draft unicorn with a scruffy coat, cantering away from the viewer with its head down

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RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 2d

tis the season (always, apparently)

Screenshot of a drawing program open to a work in progress. The canvas is zoomed in on a metallic skull ornament in brassy tones.

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RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 2d

In retrospect that might be a dark thing to say, but seeing similarities across different folklore is cool. Makes me wonder what the through-lines will be when people study our current folklores.

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 2d

Here's some skeleton friends what I've drawn over the recent years

A digital painting of a stately skeleton posing in his dark office. He is wearing a red cloak, grasping it in his shrivelled hand, while his other hand rests on the dark granite slab that forms part of his bony desk. A chandellier made of bones hangs in the background, emitting an eerie green glow. A little clear gem orbit's the skeleton's head. There are notches running down the femur and humerus bones, and silver etchings have been carved into the skull.

A digital painting of a blond knight in dark armour with pointy boots and spiked elbows. She is swinging her sword with a look of fierceness upon her face, her plaited hair sustained on the wind. Her foe, a sword-wielding skeleton, is slashed in twine, pieces flying everywhere. In the far background, an old castle is visible.

A digital painting of the character Vampirella, lying on her stomach with her legs crossed in the air behind her, propped up on her elbows and resting her chin on her interlocked fingers. The colours are warm and orange, with a curious green light coming from the side. There is a red-winged bat perched on Vampirella's head, spreading its wings, and a grinning skull on the ground between Vampirella's elbows. Vampirella appears to be naked.

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 2d

🦴🦴🦴 #SKELETON #ARTSHARE 🦴🦴🦴

It's skeleton time! My name is Hampus and I can't stop thinking about skeletons. Let's share dat bony goodness

💀 Post your skeleton art
🦴 Invite your friends, if you want
💀 Be nice to each other
🦴 Posters of genAI will be blocked and possibly lose their IRL skeleton!? 😱

A digital painting of a naked woman kneeling before a gigantic honey-colored flower with a skull in the center. The woman is rendered in shades of purple and red, her head cast back, eyes closed and lips smiling. Her long black hair is flowing down, covering her butt. Her arms are stretched behind her, bent slightly at the elbow. Some joker has written "Skeleton art share" over the picture

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RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 2d

Forgot to put in my art feed 😅

#myart

RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 11d

Cute Harvell doodle while messing around with halftone brushes again.

Simple digital art of a cartoonish character standing in front of a pair of closed elevator doors. The image is done in solid black and white inks and halftones. The character is dressed in rolled up pants, sneakers and an open short sleeved hoodie over a three-quarter sleeve shirt. They have a hat shoved down over fluffy, jaw length hair. Their expression is one of middling alarm. The digital display over the elevator has a semicolon and a number three in red (the only colour in the image). It gives the impression of a cheeky, slightly sinister, wink.

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RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 2d

Boop post weekend.

RT North 📌 DTIYS Pinned @rtnortherly.bsky.social · 4d

For reasons, I wanted to draw this friend again. Would you believe me if I said I actually enjoyed drawing the hair?

It’s neat how many folks have a “anyways, this person (who might be a horse) entrances and drowns people“ story.

#myart

Digital art showing a portrait of someone not quite human. The subject’s head turned at a three quarter angle, though the eyes are turned toward the viewer. It has a sly smile which is a little too wide, and delicate tusks. Its skin is a rich teal colour, and two horn-like protrusions jut from its chin. Its eyes are dark, and there’s something disconcerting about their expression. Its hair is shaggy and long and dark, hanging loose around its face and draped of its shoulders. It has furry, long ears, like a horse or goat. It is wearing a thin, white, lacey shirt. The background is a bright, watery blue green, and the silhouettes of gnarled plants frame the creature.

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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · 3d

testing da colours up on patreon ~
access is pwyc / a tip jar for $1+

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Littleevil0ne *COMMS OPEN* @littleevil0ne.bsky.social · 3d

🦋🌙 Dark Fairy🌙🦋
YCH Commission for Kyla B ! Thanks for commissioning me! #myart

a red haired fairy with translucent black wings and a ragged tulle dress sits in front of a crescent moon

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