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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A teaser #illustration for something I’m planning to release on Oct 1, free to everyone. I’m excited to share it with you all! #inkart #dippen #spooky #halloween

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Practicing with my new dip pens as I prep for #MÖRKtober

A photo of a piece of Bristol art paper. Drawn on the paper are several scribbles and marks, along with two pumpkins. On top of the paper is an inkwell, a pencil, and a dip pen

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The discount code has expired. Less than a week left to pre-order my shirt if you're interested in getting one. Thank you to all who've ordered a shirt and shared it with their networks. I appreciate you all :)

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The preorder window for my tshirt closes 9/21 @ noon CST! If you've purchased or shared my posts - THANK YOU! Your support means a lot. Sincerely. Second, for the next few days, you can use the code ANGEL15 at checkout to get 15% off! This code ends @ noon CST on 9/15. rawpaw.ink/products/har...

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Harmony vs Chaos by Anthony Ortega

The theme "Heaven or Hell" is rich with symbolism and imagery, much of which influenced a lot of my early ideas and sketches. But I was consistently drawn to my personal philosophy of an afterlife, wh

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Saw this in my Facebook memories, and it gave me pause; 10 years ago I was 100% convinced I didn’t have anything to contribute to the art world. But since I picked up my pencils again in 2023, people have purchased my art and commissioned me for their projects. And I am grateful I didn’t give up.

A screenshot of a Facebook post where the author is lamenting about not being a good artist.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some light reading while the kids hang out at the local park

A photo of a hand holding a small inbook entitled “Make Your Own One-Page Roleplaying Game”, published by Exeunt Press. In the background is a tree covered waterline against a creek

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ordered some stuff from @exeunt.press to start getting inspired for #mörktober (as well as some other personal projects in the near future) and I hope to get to a point where I can warrant getting a wax stamp. And I appreciate the extra fun stuff thrown in! John is good people. Thank you so much!

A photograph of a series of small books, bookmarks, and stickers on top of unwrapped brown paper. They are all TTTRPG related books and materials from Exeunt Press.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just popping in real quick for a friendly reminder that I have an illustration on a tshirt that is available for pre order until September 21st. I never made artwork for clothing, so this was a fun challenge. I'm trying to get to 10 shirts pre-orders and I'm so so close! rawpaw.ink/products/har...

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Harmony vs Chaos by Anthony Ortega

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A quickly realized drawing I did for a game jam. The premise is a woman is a planetary miner and you play her current run of trying to capture as many resources from the inside of a gas giant before she gets swallowed by a maelstrom. #illustration #gamejam #ink #art #exoplanet #grayscale

A black and white pen and ink drawing of a small spherical ship hanging below some clouds by a flexible tube. Beneath the ship is a large swirling maelstrom, and there are clouds seemingly swirling around the maelstrom as well.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you're in the market for a #tshirt, you can check out an #illustration I made based on the concept of #Heaven or #Hell. Shirts are available for pre order over the next six weeks. My goal is to sell 10, so wish me luck! You can order the shirt here: rawpaw.ink/collections/...

An image of an illustration on a light brow tshirt. The illustration depicts a person with their back to the viewer, holding a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. In front of the person is a tree, with one side of it full of leaves and the other side on fire.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Was at a kid’s birthday party today and they had hats you could decorate as take away gifts. My kids were too busy having fun so I tried my hand at a new medium on a new canvas.

A photo of three plain color baseball hats decorated with marker. The left hat is a dark blue and decorated with a ghost. The middle hat is red and decorated with a cat face. The right hat is medium gray and decorated with a skull.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Working on a personal project; here is the first piece for it called The Form in the Dark. #illustration #creepy #horror #dark #monster

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Artist! Quote with your fanart! Evillica

A grayscale drawing of the horror content creator Evillica. She is standing close to the frame looking at the viewer in a long hallway. At the far end of the hallway is the silhouette of a creature, whose shadow stretches down the hallway and reveals a creepy smile with eyes looking at Evillica.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Anyone else sometimes look into the distance and it looks like the world is pulling away from you? #randomthoughts #surreal

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I got to create more #art for Nina Spire's latest song "Holding Our Own". #Inkwash on stone paper. You can find her music here. Do you think I captured the feel of the song with the image? I'd love your thoughts! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #grayscale #illustration #ocean #thefates #sunset

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Holding Our Own by Nina Spire

Stream and Save Holding Our Own - Distributed by DistroKid

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I’ve submitted “Be Still” to the 2026 #Copic Awards. If you liked it, please consider voting for it. You can vote once a day on every piece. There is some really cool art so vote for everything you like while you’re at it! copicaward.com/work/detail/...

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Be Still | COPIC AWARD 2026 OFFICIAL WEB SITE

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Hello! My name is Anthony and love creating dark, spooky, or surreal art using pencil, ink, or ballpoint pen. If you like my work, I'm open to commissions. I've created art for book covers, song releases, and tattoos. Here is some of my recent work.

A grayscale image of a pair of waiter hands holding a serving tray and opening it. Emerging from the tray is a tentacle wrapped around an old revolver, a dragon's claw reaching up and scratching into the lid of the serving tray, and a robotic arm holding a long rose with its thumb and pointer finger. This is the cover image for the book series Small Bites: Weird Flash Fiction, written by Jason VandenBerghe, available on Amazon.

A grayscale drawing of a man standing in some sort of darkened cavernous like room. The man's back is to the viewer and his stance suggests he is in some sort of trance. He is standing in front of a giant eye that is staring right at him, with his flashlight, that fell to the ground, shining on it. Encircling the giant eye are fleshy walls that get darker as they extend toward the edges of the frame. There are three concentric layers of smaller eyes also staring at the man, spreading out from the giant eye. In the foreground are shadows of tentacles slithering around the man, one of them reaching out to him.

A grayscale image of a woman in a flowing dress floating against a bright white sky above the ruins of a cathedral window. Clouds form a vignette around the corners of the image. This is an image created for the release of the song Thrive by Nine Spire.

A grayscale image of a UFO pulling up what looks like a person and his camping site from the middle of a forest. The faint silhouettes of aliens can be seen inside the top of the UFO's glass dome. The clouds and trees are loosely painted with ink wash, creating a fuzzy texture, making them feel more abstract. This image was created as part of Hallowing in 2025, with the prompt for that day being Levitate.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If you see this post, post your black and white art!

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#Inktober Reflection Post - 2025 We're halfway to Inktober. This event reinvigorated my passion for creating art, so I'll share some of my favorite pieces from the past three years, starting with 2023. As always, thank you for looking. #1 - Levitate #2 - Moonlight #3 - Strange Light

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#Inktober Reflection Post - 2024 We're halfway to Inktober. This event reinvigorated my passion for creating art, so I'll share some of my favorite pieces from the past three years, starting with 2023. As always, thank you for looking. #1 - Discover #2 - Exotic #3 - Horizon & Roam (two combined)

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#Inktober Reflection Post - 2023 We're halfway to Inktober. This event reinvigorated my passion for creating art, so I'll share some of my favorite pieces from the past three years, starting with 2023. As always, thank you for looking. #1 - Bounce #2 - Dagger #3 - Wander

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Artwork based on an unpublished short story a friend of mine wrote. #eye #grayscale #horror #creepy #ink #monster #illustration

A grayscale ink drawing of person standing the center, lower third of the frame with their back to the viewer and their head slightly tilted to the left, as if in a trance. Beyond the standing person is a giant eyeball, open wide and staring right at him. Radiating out from the giant eyeball are flesh walls and smaller eyeballs in a circular pattern, all looking at the standing person, the cavernous flesh walls getting darker as they reach the edges of the composition. Behind the standing person, mostly in darkness, are writhing tentacles, with a small one reaching towards the person.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Ballpoint pen #doodle I worked on over the course of several days. #skull #ink #illustration #horror

Color ballpoint pen drawing of a robed figure holding a skull with the wind blowing their robe. Behind the robed figure is a large human skull without its lower jaw. The robed figures head is roughly in the same spot and is roughly the same shape as the large skull’s cavity

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

An #illustration for a friend’s first steps into publishing her own music. Thrive by Nina Spire I created the artwork using an #ink wash on stone paper. You can find her music on Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok (I’m sure some other places as well) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcA8...

A grayscale, ink wash drawing of a lady in a long flowing dress floating above the ruins of a cathedral window, with clouds forming a sort of vignette around her. Her posture suggests ascension and calm

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A buyer of my art just shared a pic of it with a new custom frame. They bought an LE print of an #illustration I did for the book Small Bites: Weird Flash Fiction, available on Amazon. The prints are hand numbered, titled, and signed by me and the author. A few are left; just DM me if interested!

Photograph of a framed art print positioned in the snow. The art print is of the book cover for Small Bites: Weird Flash Fiction, without the graphic design elements added, and with golden signatures by the author and artist in view.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Started experimenting with #copicmarker as I continue to figure out who I am as an artist and what my style is #art #ink #egg #sketch #grayscale

A photograph of sketch done in grayscale with copic marker. The sketch is of an egg wearing baggy shorts and sneakers. Breaking out of the side of the egg is an arm positioned against the hip area of the egg in a relaxed position. On top of the egg is a trucker cap with googly eyes on the front. Underneath the hat are cracks in the egg originating from under the cap.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

First #drawing of 2026 (much later than I wanted). Got some new supplies from Sketchbox, so thought I would try a small sketch to get back into the momentum. I have some fun goals I want to accomplish this year, so poke me if it’s been too long since I posted anything. Onward!

A photo of a drawing. The drawing consists of a dark hill in the foreground with a path surrounded by small poles with white flags leading to the lower third of the page. On either side of the path in dark grass are tall pillars with faces carved into the rock at the top. In this distance is a blue city scape surrounded by clouds and a large copper planet in the sky.

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Christmas gifts have been completed. Now I need to get some frames. #christmasgift #axolotl #elderscrolls #khajiit #drawing #noai

A photo of two pencil drawings, a smaller one placed above the other one so both images can clearly be seen but are at angles for more visual interest. The smaller drawing is a side view of an axolotl with bubbles coming from its mouth and they form the shape of the number “67”. The second, larger image, is three cats wearing different medieval / fantasy style gear. The leftmost cat is kneeling and holding a bow with a quiver of arrows on its back. The middle cat is wearing heavier armor and is resting its hands on a sword with the pointy end of the blade touching the ground. The right most cat is wearing a robe, is holding some sort of magical staff in one hand and is creating a small flame with its other hand

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

#kahiit #elderscrolls #wip this is taking shape and I’m starting to feel somewhat satisfied with it. One cat left

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Definitely out of my wheelhouse (in terms of art style) and feeling the pressure with Christmas next week, but my son loves our #cats and loves #TheElderScrolls series, so why not imagine our cats as #Khajit? #fanart #wip #christmasgift

Pencil drawing of three anthropomorphic cats in fantasy medieval outfits

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

#doodling #axolotl #ink #drawing Some quick sketches as I plan out a image for a T-shirt as a Christmas gift

A photo of a sketchbook page showing ink sketches of axolotls

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#cat #gesture #drawings #practice #ink Practicing cat forms in preparation for a Christmas gift

A photo of a sketchbook page showing line drawings of cats in different poses

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This was a pleasant surprise. The #illustration I made for this series of books convinced at least one person :) You can check out the book with my work on it here. www.amazon.com/Small-Bites-... #fantasy #horror #scifi #thriller #romance #fiction

A screenshot taken of a review for a book on Amazon. The review reads “The cover art sold this book and the contents didn’t disappoint!”

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#doodle #cat #ink just messing around and learning how to use a new brush pen

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I made a cover #illustration for a #book and it is now live :) If you’re a fan of micro stories, #horror, #scifi, #thriller, #supernatural, and other #fiction, then definitely check it out! www.amazon.com/Small-Bites-...

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Small Bites: Weird Flash Fiction

Amazon.com: Small Bites: Weird Flash Fiction eBook : VandenBerghe, J.D.: Kindle Store

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Practicing deer skulls for a #wendigo Christmas gift for my son. Going with the contemporary interpretation since it’s how he was introduced to it, but will discuss the original #algonqian mythology at some point. It feels disrespectful perpetuating something that wasn’t part of their stories

A photo of deer skull pencil and ink sketches on a sheet of paper that is on top of a book showing deer anatomy

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