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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Day 31: horse. 🐴 The end! Wasn't that fun? 😋 Thank you for tuning in and participating in another year of weird animals! #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor and digital illustration of a grotesque horse "angel." The monster is a gummy pink, large brown horse eye in center, an ear right above it with a halo around it. The large eye sits in a bed of horse teeth. To either side of it are open horse mouths, long tongues sticking out covered with more eyes. Two horse legs dangle from the body. The creature floats with a soft glow over a featureless green field.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The penultimate prompt is a deviation from the abomination theme (so, an abomination of an abomination?) as I thought it would be fun to do a literal angelfish, complete with a touch of gold paint. #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor illustration of a pastel rainbow angel but it is also an angelfish. It hold its hands up in a prayer position, as its large fish head stares out blankly with a gold painted halo.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

#MutationMarch2026 day 27: arachnid, specifically an amblypygid ("whip-spider"). I did not mean to recreate the puppet from "Possum" as a cursed angel, but it was probably inevitable for me and my art.

Illustration of a cursed angelic being inspired by the arachnid known as an amblypygid, or whip spider. The cephalothorax is a large, pale, eight-eyed human head with a split open mandible, human teeth seen deeper inside the mouth. Three long pairs of legs are thin wings spread out. A fourth pail of legs are the long "whips" of the arachnid. Two long clawed arms are filed below the head. The abdomen of the creature is a large human brain.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#MutationMarch2026 day 26: bayleen whale. Come be held softly in its cavernous mouth.

Haunting and oppressive illustration of a "biblically accurate angel" that is inspired by bayleen whales. Seen head-on, the large mouth is open, the bayleen bristles fanning outward from the top jaw. The entire inside of the mouth is lined with calm eyes. Two pairs of flippers are held out like wings, with the tail posed below the body. It floats with a soft glow in front of an ominous red and black background.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

When in doubt, give it inappropriate teeth! 🦷🦷🦷 #mutationmarch2026

Surreal illustration of a pterosaur in flight, but it is made of pink gummy flesh, long beak lined with blunt teeth, another mouth open on the crest of its forehead, more teeth lining a large eye socket, and a fourth mouth opening along its belly. The fingers and feet are additional teeth.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Biblically accurate gharial... or very unusual starfish. #MutationMarch2026

Trippy illustration of a bizarre otherworldly creature. Inspired by a gharial, there are five long skinny crocodilian snouts radiating out like a starfish. One large reptilian eye is in center, and each snout, seen looking at the inside of the upper jaw, has five smaller eyes running the length. Additional smaller snouts repeat behind it as the entire behind radiates light and a soft hypnotic spiral.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I like including some broader prompts in Mutation March so there's more options for folks, but also because sometimes I can't decide if I want to draw an anteater, sloth, or armadillo, so I do all three! #MutationMarch2026

Dark Illustration of a surreal creature. A furred body covered in scaly plates like an armadillo, tapering to a long tail curled up. Small clawed arms are held up like wings. Atop the long neck is an upside-down smiling sloth's face with glowing white eyes. Each eye aligns with the face of a separate anteater head that emerges from either side, tongues sticking out and floating upward to hold a small halo.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Day 22 of straying ever further from God's light. 😇✨ #MutationMarch2026

Marker Illustration of a cursed hermit crab creature. A large conch shell is seen as a cross-section, revealing the inner chambers. A spiraling meat tube spirals out of the shell, ending with a large mouth with disproportionately small human teeth in it. Two small arms extend from the chin, and on either side of the mouth is a long wiling arm ending in what would be crab pincers, but instead each pincer is a pair of hands melded at the wrists, palms facing. The length of the body has human eyes running along the back, dark grey irises, each one with a small white growth emerging from the pupil.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This angelic peacock has a special self-heralding horn! 🦚✨ #MutationMarch2026

Marker illustration with abstract digital background. A technicolor creature floats in a hypnotic back and white background of concentric circled emanating from its halo. Inspired by a peacock, the figure's head is inspired by a single tail feather with a large eye surrounded by rainbow feathers. Its feathered arms and scaly hands hold a simple horn as seen held by angels in classic paintings, however this horn is the head of a peacock with mouth open wide.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

🦇 Pope Bat! 🦇 Pope Bat! 🦇 Pope Bat! 🦇 #MutationMarch2026

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I was excited to feature bullhead sharks because of how wild their mouths look, and then I got so stumped on what to draw. 🫠 This is fine. Next! #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor and digital illustration of a haunting face. It is comprised of bullhead sharks because anatomy. Wide set eyes are the curled nostrils of the shark. Its wide mouth reveals many rows of teeth. Two fins grow out from the chin, another two where there would be ears. And two long finned tails grow out from the forehead like horns.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The mutant menagerie's marathon of madness has met the midpoint of the month! #mutationmarch2026

"Mutation March, day 16: snake-necked turtle."

Traditional illustration (markers and watercolor) of a surreal snake-necked turtle. Seen from the underside, the sections of the shell are empty to reveal squiggly pink innards. The green body has a webbed fringe of turtle toes around the bottom half perimeter of the shell. On top, there is a long pointy turtle nose growing from a mass of eyes. Two almost normal-looking snake-necked turtle heads grow out from either side of the main "head," with a sparse line of small eyes leading up the slender necks.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Biblically accurate Bigfoot? Yeah, sure, why not! 🤪 Initially, I was thinking to do a Mothman mutation, but that one is already a bit angel-adjacent, so I did a last minute pivot to a very silly Sasquatch. #MutationMarch2026

Dark watercolor illustration of a biblically accurate angel--large central eye, six wings covered with more eyes. However, it is inspired by the cryptid, Bigfoot, with brown fur surrounding the central eye, and the wings actually being three pairs of feet, soles facing the viewer, each toe containing an eyeball.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Happy Pi Day with a vaguely pie-shaped tardigrade! #MutationMarch2026

Illustration of a wheel-shaped tardigrade for a series of angelic creatures. At the center of the wheel is its mouth, from which radiates eight strange colorful eyes. The edge of the wheel has eight clawed-legs. The creature glows against a dark background filled with rainbow stars.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Happy Friday the 13th, please enjoy this angelic bovid inspired by those classic cherub babies. ...please. #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor drawing with a digital background. A creature is featured in center, gently floating through a cloudy blue sky. The head of the creature appears to be the nose and mouth only of a cow, which blends into a rotund body that entirely a cow's udder, each teat acting as a leg. It has a cow's tail, and instead of little cherub wings, the angelic udder has cow ears flapping.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Day 12 of struggling to turn a puffin into an angelic abomination. #MutationMarch2026

$Watercolor and digital illustration of a puffin but with a surreal twist. It has fairly normal wings outstretched. The head appears to be two open beaks that meet in the middle of the head, creating a human skeletal face. Instead of two feet, one large fractal webbed foot grows out from the base of the body.$

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Day 11 of working smarter not harder. 😎 I sketched the bottom half of this concept, took a photo then rotated that to use as my own reference image to draw the other half. #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor marker illustration of a green abstract angelic praying mantis. A large green eye has two raptorial legs emerging from either side, zigzagging out with rotational symmetry. At the first joint of each leg, one yellowed wing flares out vertically behind the being.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Day 10 of trying a funny or poetic caption in this "day x of" format, with each day being something different. 🤪 #MutationMarch2026

"Mutation March, day 10: maned wolf."
Watercolor and digital illustration of a strange angelic creatures based on a maned wolf. A large eye is set in the middle of a two-sided face. Both sides are a snout open wide, combined to make a crucifix shape. It has two large ears, and emerging from the back are two long legs with upturned paws.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Day 9 of turning animals into angelic abominations. 💖 Today, we feature the humble sponge, seen here as an amalgamation of a few different species. 😁 #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor illustration of a surreal, angelic sponge entity. The overall shape is not unlike a winged torch. Where a flame would be held is a green mass of brain coral. The central "body" of it is based on an "ET sponge"--an oblong shape with a large opening in front revealing a cavernous structure. The pillar in the center is covered in glowing eyes. Spongy wings are on either side, and the creature tapers to a point with frills around it.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Day 8 of getting a little goofy with it. 😋 Okapi tongue-hands that emerge from pupil-hole cuffs? Why yes please! #MutationMarch2026

Watercolor illustration of a cursed angelic creature, set against a glowing green digital abstract background. The figure has anatomical features of an okapi the upper portion has a vague humanoid shape as if wearing a cloak with arms wide. However, the cuffs of the cloak are okapi eyes with pale purple hands, inspired by okapi tongues, emerging out of the pupils. What would be a head is a hole, from which a long skinny tongue slithers out, looping around two little horns in a figure eight pattern. The being has two large wings that are simply okapi ears. And from under the cloak, nine okapi legs dance.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Day 7 of my skills chasing after my vision, yet still falling just short (primarily due to time limits, because what happened to just doing easy breezy drawings each day??). #MutationMarch2026

"Mutation March, day 7: marabou stork."
Watercolor and digital illustration of a surreal angel inspired by a marabou stork. Two large feathery wings wrap around the being's body, wingtips crossing in front. Two bird claw hands are gently held up. One head with its long beak is held up by two arching necks, which extend into a large conjoined gular sac. The bird's beak holds a glowing egg at its chest.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Day 6 of learning that I don't have to compete with myself, that grabbing a compass, protractor, and ruler to make a "simpler" concept is totally fine. #MutationMarch2026

"Mutation March day 6: mola mola"
Painted illustration of a biblically accurate ocean sunfish. One large eye is in the center, from which radiate out three small mouths, between each a body of a fish, each with its own smaller eye, and large fins connecting at the tips with its neighboring fish body. The fish entity glows against a dark and swirling ocean background.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Day 5 of #MutationMarch2026, and I'm having fun with some glow-in-the-dark paint, which caused the baphomet moth entity to not want to be seen in focus. It was more agreeable under more direct light.

Watercolor and ink illustration of an angelic monster inspired by a baphomet moth. Orange wings with piercing eyes fanning out from what should be the head but is only a fleshy pink mound with pale legs emerging from it like teeth. Red abdomen lined with more eyes lifts up and splits into four grey arms, inspired by the coremata, or "hair-pencils," of the baphomet moth.

Blacklight photo of a watercolor and ink illustration of a monster inspired by a baphomet moth with many glowing eyes on its wings and abdomen. There is no head, but the creatures six insect legs are at rest, with the body arching up. The abdomen flares out into four long wiggly arms, the inner pair holding aloft a mysterious glowing ring.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Day 4 of finding new ways to give myself more work with this project despite my efforts to also scale back. #MutationMarch2026

"Mutation March, day 4: axolotl." Watercolor illustration of an angelic being inspired by axolotls. A pink-ish humanoid figure with hands extended, body tapering to a tail, mostly concealed behind three pairs of semi-transparent tails styled like wings wrapping around. Instead of a head, the neck branches out like the six frilly gills of an axolotl, with five blue eyes arching at the top of the gills. It softly glows against a dark watery background.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Day 3 of seeking enlightenment through surrealism. The Luminous Lemur will lift your burdens for you to see the Light. 😇 #MutationMarch2026

"Mutation March, day 3: lemur"
Watercolor-based illustration of a ring-tailed lemur that has been transformed into an angelic being radiating light in the darkness. It sits upon its disembodied black and white striped tail which loops into an infinity symbol. The lemur's arms fork at the elbows to bear four hands. At the neck, it splits apart into two large lemur paws whose digits flare out, and within there is no head, but a striped ring with seven lemur eyes set in each black stripe of the ring.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The angelic cassowary abomination, but ✨at night.✨

Watercolor-based illustration of an angelic monster inspired by the dinosaur-like bird, the cassowary. The head of the creature comes to a point on top with a beak that spreads out into mirrored head crests, with three piercing eyes set in the center. Cascading down the blue neck is a branching red wattle which splits around the back of the head, creating a sort of halo. The creature has minimal body, which is a mass of purple-black feathers fanning out with four singular claws evenly spaced. The illustration has been photographed under a blacklight so the eyes and halo glow brightly.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

✨ Mutation March, day 2: cassowary ✨ This beautiful beast will need to be revisited after the challenge, because I must discover what happens when it opens that unholy beak. 😱 #MutationMarch2026 #monsterart #creaturedesign

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

day 1 of being not afraid... It is tradition to start the month with cephalopods. They are such beautiful, inspiring creatures. 💖 #MutationMarch2026 #artchallenge #monsterart

"Mutation March, day 1: cephalopod."

Watercolor-based illustration of a colorful angelic monster inspired by cuttlefish anatomy. Two large tentacle wings covered in suckers are held aloft. There is a large singular cuttlefish eye for a head, ringed with siphons. Small tentacles cascade down from it, with a beaked mouth on either side. From the striped ruffled body, it gently holds up its two hands.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

It is February, which means it is nearly March, which means it is time for my official prompt list and personal theme for Mutation March 2026! Last year, I did a month of Botanical Beasts. This year, get ready for 31 days of... Angelic Abominations!! #artchallenge #mutationmarch2026

Official prompt list for the month-long daily art challenge "Mutation March." Text reads:
Teresa Galusaurus presents
MUTATION MARCH 2026
ANGELIC ABOMINATIONS
1. cephalopod
2. cassowary
3. lemur
4. axolotl
5. baphomet moth
6. mola mola
7. marabou stork
8. okapi
9. sponge
10. maned wolf
11. mantis
12. puffin
13. bovid
14. tardigrade
15. a cryptid
16. snake-necked turtle
17. elephant
18. katydid
19. bullhead shark
20. bat
21. peafowl
22. hermit crab
23. xenarthran
24. gharial
25. pterosaur
26. baleen whale
27. arachnid
28. nudibranch
29. barn owl
30. angelfish
31. horse

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Just a little bit of wordplay for a treat. 🙂

Illustration of a spider but it's been combined with a berry pie. The abdomen of the spider looks like a triangular slice of pie crust, from which drips eight gooey spider legs and a head of eight shiny berry eyes. The creature is set against a classic red and white gingham picnic blanket, and above it reads simply "PIEDER"

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

When I'm not creating cursed creatures, I enjoy welcoming some whimsical new friends into the world, such as this bumbulldog and koivalier spaniel fish. 🤗

Illustration of two whimsical creatures set against a color gradient suggesting sky above and water below. Above, there is a large bumblebee but with anatomy of a white and brindle bulldog. It has big bug eyes and ears pointed out like antennae, three pairs of pudgy paws, and a little pair of bee wings. Below, there is a white and orange cavalier spaniel but shaped like a goldfish, with a sweet little pup face, ears, and forelegs, while its fur shapes the dorsal and tail fins.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hello, I would like to share with you these two not-so-normal nautili that I drew. 😁

Illustration of two creatures based on the anatomy of a nautilus. However... one is made of tiger parts, with an orange and black striped shell, large cat eye in the center, with the top of the shell mutating into the nose and muzzle of a tiger. Instead of tentacles, a mass of tongues emerge out of the shell. Pictured below it is another nautiloid, but with horse anatomy. The brown shell has a short mane along the back, large horse eye in center, with the shell opening wide with horse teeth as many horse legs gallop out instead of tentacles.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Here's a peek at a couple of the monsters I got to draw for this book as one of the guest artists!

Pen and watercolor illustration of a humanoid fungal character. Their form is green and covered on bulbous shapes and fungal growths. The face only has a mouth full of flat teeth seen below a very large mushroom cap that also draped across the figure's staff.

Watercolor and pen illustration of a bipedal tombstone. The body is a stone gravestone with two off-center eyes, indecipherable engravings, and eroded bird forms emerging from it. It is supported by a pair of human skeleton legs that are encased in dirt and roots.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Happy birthday to me! Is this what 38 is like? Pretty sweet. ✨💚💀💚✨

Photo of the artist who has long bright green hair, and holds a colorfully painted fake human skull in front of their face, wearing home made head boppers with Orbs on top. They are seated in front of a wall covered in a colorful collection of art.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#Mashaween25 day 31 - your favorite Halloween movie. Of course I must go for an Over the Garden Wall reference. 🖤 Happy Halloween! You have beautiful eyes! 🔘👄🔘

Digital Illustration of a crazed cartoon crow referencing the piece of media "Over the Garden Wall." The crow is sitting atop an open barrel where an alarmed frog is peering up from inside. The crow has its wings outstretched, beak overextended showing sharp teeth, its eyes bulging out in technicolor. Pieces of wrapped candy scatter in the air.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

#Mashaween25 Day 30 - zombie When in doubt, give it inappropriate teeth! 😁

Digital Illustration of a portrait of a crow, but it has glassy undead eyes, and its beak has sprouted wings and is seen flying away. The beak trails green goo to the face of the crow, where a flat face with grotesque teeth is seen where a beak used to be.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

#Mashaween25 day 29 - clown 🤡 Now is not the time for me to get into detailed character concepts, so got a little fast and loose on this one. I love them.

Digital illustration of a jester-type character that is an anthropomorphic crow. The purple crow is wearing a long vest with alternating pink and blue panels, pink and blue striped cuffs and spats, a hat with four floppy points, and a yellow ruffled collar. The clown crow is posed as if they are juggling mid leap.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

oOoOo, spooky ghost crow! Felt a little stumped for this, but that's okay, I've already made a lot of great hits this month. #Mashaween25

Digital illustration of a cartoonish ghost crow flying up from the body of a crow resting on its back with an X eye and tongue hanging out of its beak.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

#Mashaween25 day 26 - ooze, with a bonus weirdo inside! 💚

Digital illustration of a green slime-based creature, approximately crow-shaped, with an unknown figure inside, puppeting the slime crow.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Just a very normal crow hatching out of a candy corn egg for #Mashaween25. 💛🧡🤍

Digital Illustration of a bird's nest with a large piece of candy corn that has hatched open to reveal a baby crow.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Continuing my tradition of recreating a scene from Nosferatu (1922) for the vampire prompt in Mashaween! Crow-feratu? #mashaween25 #artchallenge

Digital illustration recreating a scene from Nosferatu (1922). The vampire, who has been turned into an anthropomorphic crow, stands stunned at an open window as the sun rises.

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