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Luminous Nova

@luminousnova.bsky.social

Dark Circus light programming prep 💜🖤

Stream tomorrow!

#flowarts #darkcircus #buugeng

October 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM Everybody can reply

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Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

#AITober Oct 16: Oct 17: Fandom (Free space)
The Laughing Hunger
She doesn’t just perform—she devours the applause.
#horrorphotography #darkcircus #hauntedportrait #cosplayart #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

A terrifying close-up of a person dressed as a deranged clown, screaming directly into the camera. Their face is painted bone-white with black, jagged streaks extending from the eyes and mouth, and a red, peeling nose at the center. The makeup is cracked and grimy, suggesting decay and madness. Their mouth gapes wide, showing stained, sharpened teeth, framed by streaks of fake blood and shadow. The clown’s tattered costume is a chaotic swirl of crimson and faded gold ruffles, layered with frayed lace and dirt-streaked fabric. A wilted red hat sits askew atop wild, matted hair tied into uneven pigtails. Behind them, blurred figures in similar grotesque clown attire loom, fading into a gray-blue background filled with indistinct lights and banners. The image radiates a sense of claustrophobic energy and theatrical horror, as if caught mid-scream in a haunted carnival.

Keywords:
clown horror, haunted circus, grotesque makeup, scream, decayed costume, carnival terror, theatrical horror, close-up portrait, psychological fear, dark aesthetic, eerie cosplay, vintage red costume

Clearly identified as AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects. MidJourney, FLUX.1-schnell model via Perchance, Artspace.ai, REVE, Echoform™

October 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM Everybody can reply

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Illustrator01

@illus01.bsky.social

Circus Of The Damned: The Cast Of Characters
The barker along with his demonic circus minions, each a demonic and murderous participant in the hell borne circus. (AI Generated Images)

#horrorart #horrorartist #darkart #darkartwork #darkcircus #newart #newartwork

September 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Pink Palace Boudoir

@pinkpalaceboudoir.bsky.social

Shhh… secrets and sass under the big top. 🤫🎪
#DarkCircus #AltBoudoir #ClownVibes #PinkPalaceBoudoir
Location: @pinkpalaceboudoir
Photographer: @tannhauser

August 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM Everybody can reply

Sock Dreams

@sockdreams.bsky.social

Step right up!

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CODE: DARKCIRCUS
8/21 - 8/24

*Dreamed up in Portland, and made in the USA!

#thighhighs #thighhighthursday #longsocks #socks #cottonfibers #cottonfashion #socks #clowningaround #altstyle #alternativestyle

August 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Sock Dreams

@sockdreams.bsky.social

The show must go on!

Take 20% OFF our Longer Ringmaster Stripes

CODE: DARKCIRCUS
8/21 - 8/24

#thighhighs #thighhighthursday #longsocks #circusstyle #carnivalstyle #socks #cottonfibers #cottonfashion #socks #clowningaround #altstyle #alternativestyle #madeinamerica #usamade

August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

#3wordchallenge
Aug 19: Clown – Witch – Candy
#GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

A surreal female figure in a layered, ruffled pink dress and pointed witch hat stands in a narrow alley under a glowing full moon. Around her float dozens of peppermint orbs, cotton-like clouds, and a red crescent moon. Candy rains down at her feet, blurring playfulness with menace.

Keywords:
Clown witch, candy magic, moonlit alley, peppermint orbs, surreal fantasy, crimson crescent, theatrical costume, gothic carnival, dreamlike horror, summoning ritual

Generated with an open-source model based on FLUX.1-schnell, using my Echoform™ prompt structure. Resolution was increased in Lightroom; the final JPEG captures the results of structured prompt engineering. Free for non-commercial creative use.

She keeps watch in the fog, her eyes sharper than any sweet she guards.
#HorrorClown #CandyWitch #DarkCircus

Alt Description:
Close-up of a clown witch in blue-and-pink ruffled attire with red curls spilling from her pointed hat. Her pale face is marked with streaked red clown makeup, and floating peppermint candies orbit her head as mist curls in the alley’s dim neon glow.

Generated with an open-source model based on FLUX.1-schnell, using my Echoform™ prompt structure. Resolution was increased in Lightroom; the final JPEG captures the results of structured prompt engineering. Free for non-commercial creative use.

A clown witch in a dark shimmering gown stands beneath the full moon. She wears a towering pointed hat adorned with peppermint candies that float midair, surrounding her like a crown. The cobblestone street and glowing shop signs frame her as if she is summoning something sinister.

Keywords:
Clown witch, midnight street, floating peppermint, towering hat, gothic fashion, full moon, sorcery, theatrical pose, dreamlike dread, carnival horror

Generated with an open-source model based on FLUX.1-schnell, using my Echoform™ prompt structure. Resolution was increased in Lightroom; the final JPEG captures the results of structured prompt engineering. Free for non-commercial creative use.

A woman in a voluminous pink gown and pointed hat conjures a glowing sphere in her hand. Around her swirls a ring of floating peppermint lollipops and candy-like smoke, suspended in midair against a narrow street glowing with neon under a full moon.

Keywords:
Candy circle, witch spell, glowing magic, peppermint ring, voluminous gown, gothic alley, supernatural ritual, carnival witch, surreal fantasy, conjuration

Generated with an open-source model based on FLUX.1-schnell, using my Echoform™ prompt structure. Resolution was increased in Lightroom; the final JPEG captures the results of structured prompt engineering. Free for non-commercial creative use.

August 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM Everybody can reply

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Krspeace

@krspeace.bsky.social

#QP with your #Discarded

#CryingClown #SmilingTears #CircusOfSadness #Laughter #DualityArt #ClownCore #MelancholyMime #Photography #AIart #Cosplay #Digitalart #AIArtsky #DarkCircus #Smile #LonelyJester #Emotional #Paradox #Sadness #ClownTears #Joker #MutedLaughter #Carnival #Jesters #MaskOfSorrow

May 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM Everybody can reply

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Zymz After Dark | L'Art Obscur 🖤

@zymzafterdark.bsky.social

Welcome to the Wicked Show

#NixiSeks #Ringmaster #DarkCircus

Still here, still making art, still giving zero fucks. Your support keeps the engine running, so if you dig hot rods, hard bodies, dark fantasy, and retrofuturism with a mean ‘80s streak, hit up my DeviantArt. It’s all in there... grease, grit, glam, and grind.

✨ Zymz: Where magic ⚡ flips the bird to the machine 🤖. ✨

Go poke around the gallery:
🔗 https://www.deviantart.com/zymastorik/gallery

April 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM Everybody can reply

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Galangar3D

@galangar.bsky.social

Elegy for the Fool
#3DArt #DigitalArt #Harlequin #DarkCircus #Galangar3D
#blender #b3d

April 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM Everybody can reply

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Illustrator01

@illus01.bsky.social

Circus Of The Damned - The Cast Of Characters
The barker along with his demonic circus minions, each a demonic and murderous participant in the hell borne circus

#horrorart #horrorartist #darkart #darkartwork #darkcircus #newart #newartwork #horrortalent #monsters #midjourney

April 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM Everybody can reply

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

The circus left town, but something stayed behind. Don’t follow the laughter.

#CreepyClown #HorrorAesthetic #DarkCircus #EerieVibes #NeonNightmare #PolkaDotTerror #FearTheSmile #BlueskyArt

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A disturbing clown stands menacingly in a dim, narrow alleyway lit by a faint red exit sign. The clown’s face is painted stark white with exaggerated red makeup forming a wide, sinister smile and blood-like streaks under the eyes. Bright neon green hair sticks out in wild tufts from the sides and top. He wears a garish costume with a frilly pink and white ruffled collar and colorful polka dots across the outfit. The clown’s sharp teeth and intense stare give the image a deeply unsettling, horror-inspired atmosphere.

April 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Memo Villasenor

@memster82.bsky.social

Dark Circus

#blackandwhite #photography #DarkCircus #ringleader

April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Nessie Lane Atwood (DJ Lokknessie)

@lokknessie.bsky.social

I WAS BORN WITH THE BRAINS AND THE BRAWN
I AM A ★ KING ★ AND YOU'RE JUST A PAWN
WHO'S GOT THE HIGH GROUND NOW, OBI-WAN??
#king #lokknessie #darkcircus #masquerade
YOUR KING IS BACK ON AIR BABY AND MY CROWN IS SHINIER THAN EVER ☆
BOW TO ME!
tune in, you know you want to...

April 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM Everybody can reply

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

Smile wider. They can smell fear better that way.
The circus doesn’t leave you—it waits.

#CreepyClown #HorrorArt #NightmareFuel #DarkCircus #SinisterSmile #FearInFocus #AIArt #MacabreMood #EerieAesthetic #VisualTerror

Here’s your alt A menacing clown with exaggerated facial features glares directly at the viewer. Its pale white face is sharply contrasted with dark, arched eye makeup, blood-red lips, and a wide, toothy grin. The clown's wild hair fans out in jagged tufts, and ominous markings are etched into its forehead. It wears a tattered ruffled collar, and the background is dimly lit with an eerie red glow behind its head.

March 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM Everybody can reply

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Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

Somewhere between a midsummer dream and a waking nightmare, the jester wanders—smiling too wide, blooming too bright.

#DarkCircus #CreepyClown #WhimsicalHorror #AIArt #SurrealPortrait #GothicFantasy #Clowncore #NightmareFuel #DigitalArtistry

A surreal, eerie clown figure standing in a forest path lined with blooming flowers. The clown wears an elaborate harlequin-style outfit in dusty blue and burgundy, with gold buttons and oversized ruffled cuffs and collar. Its face is painted white with exaggerated black eye makeup, red lips twisted into a sinister grin, and glowing red eyes. The jester’s tall hat is adorned with flowers and dangling bells. The surrounding forest is softly lit, giving the image an unsettling contrast between beauty and menace.

March 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM Everybody can reply

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FlamiArt

@flamiart.bsky.social

#flamia #flamiart #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #hollowknight #grimm #circus #darkcircus #troupemastergrimm #grimmtroupe

March 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM Everybody can reply

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

Step right up! The circus is in town, but this clown plays by his own rules.

#ChaosAndLaughter
#CreepyClown #DarkCircus #LaughAtYourOwnRisk #TwistedCarnival #HorrorAesthetic #UnsettlingGrin

A sinister clown sits crouched, grinning widely with sharp teeth. His face is painted white with exaggerated red lips, a large round red nose, and dark blue eyebrows arching high over his eyes. His wild green hair flares in all directions. He wears a checkered suit of orange, blue, and yellow, with an oversized frilled collar and massive polished orange clown shoes. The chaotic background is splattered with red and orange paint, adding to the unsettling energy of the scene. His piercing gaze and unnerving smile make it unclear whether he's here to entertain or terrify.

March 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM Everybody can reply

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Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

Somewhere between laughter and lament, the clown contemplates—under the harsh glare of a single light. The performance never really ends.

#MelancholyMime #TheaterOfTheAbsurd #DarkCircus #CigaretteBreak #FadedLaughter

A solemn clown sits under the focused glow of a single overhead lamp, casting harsh shadows across his painted face. His expression is weary, the classic red nose and exaggerated makeup unable to mask his deep contemplation. He wears a vintage brown costume with a ruffled collar, and in his gloved hand, he holds a cigarette with a faint ember at the tip. His tilted cone hat adds to the somber yet theatrical mood, evoking a sense of loneliness and reflection. The background is dark, isolating him within the scene.

March 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM Everybody can reply

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littleslippy.bsky.social

@littleslippy.bsky.social

This nail polish is inspired by a Harlequin—bold, dramatic, and a little mischievous.

#Harlequin #NailArt #RedAndBlack #GlitterNails #DarkCircus #JesterVibes #MischiefMadeUp #SpookyGlam #CarnivalAesthetic #ClownCore #harleyquinn

March 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM Everybody can reply

Bryan

@potbelly-photo.bsky.social

I am always a sucker for an amazingly dark clown. #gorelesque is certainly a favor of mine! #sideshow arts will always be a yes for me.

#clowns #circus #darkcircus #darkcarnival #themidnightcircus

March 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM Everybody can reply

Emberly Jade

@authoremberlyjade.bsky.social

Just a little teaser of the WIP

#darkromance #darkcircus #stalkerromance #maskedman

January 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM Everybody can reply

Brohnor

@brohnor.bsky.social

SADHAPPY
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#CreepyArt #ClownArt #TraditionalArt #InkDrawing #BlackAndWhiteArt #DarkAesthetic #SurrealArt #HalloweenVibes #HarlequinStyle #SpookyArt #HandDrawn #MacabreArt #IllustrationArt #DarkCircus #ArtisticClown #GothicArt #HorrorAesthetic #PenAndInkArt #WhimsicalCreepy #MonochromeArt

January 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Saulo Popov Zambiasi

@saulo.arisa.com.br

#day27 #drawing #draw #painting #ink #inktober #inktober2024 #nanquim #watercolor #aquarela #circusring #picadeiro #darkcircus

October 27, 2024 at 10:46 PM Everybody can reply

Saulo Popov Zambiasi

@saulo.arisa.com.br

#day26 #draw #drawing #painting #inktober #inktober2024 #darkcircus #thestronestman #nanquim #aquarela #watercolor #ink

October 26, 2024 at 5:56 PM Everybody can reply

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