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Alex Damaceno 🐙

@gnarledmonster.bsky.social
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#RPGLATAM artist from Brasil Support my work! 👇 🎲 Games: gnarledmonster.itch.io 📃 Shop: redbubble.com/people/gnarledmonster ☕️ Tips: ko-fi.com 📷 IG: www.instagram.com/gnarledmonster

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Seba G. @ojosenlacripta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Beyond the Borderlands was the first micro-setting my players felt hooked to (even if we only used #1), so when these news pop-up of course I'm hyped. #RPGLATAM #ttrpg
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New devlog about the inspirations and worldbuilding behind Echoes of Mnareth. Go check it out! 👇👇👇 gnarledmonster.itch.io/beyond-the-b... #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #beyondtheborderlands #dungeonreavers #mnareth
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From the Wicked Valley to the Brazenwood
Hi everyone! It’s with great pleasure that I present another micro-setting that expands our beloved world beyond the borderlands. As some of you may know, I spent the previous months putting togethe.....
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New devlog about the inspirations and worldbuilding behind Echoes of Mnareth. Go check it out! 👇👇👇 gnarledmonster.itch.io/beyond-the-b... #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #beyondtheborderlands #dungeonreavers #mnareth
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From the Wicked Valley to the Brazenwood
Hi everyone! It’s with great pleasure that I present another micro-setting that expands our beloved world beyond the borderlands. As some of you may know, I spent the previous months putting togethe.....
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Echoes of Mnareth is coming to Kickstarter! itch.io/blog/1674504...
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Echoes of Mnareth is coming to Kickstarter!
>>> Notify Me On Launch! <<< A few months ago, I released Echoes of Mnareth here on itch.io as a work in progress. Since then, I've been revising the material, expanding the setting, and turning those...
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Echoes of Mnareth is coming to Kickstarter! itch.io/blog/1674504...
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Echoes of Mnareth is coming to Kickstarter!
>>> Notify Me On Launch! <<< A few months ago, I released Echoes of Mnareth here on itch.io as a work in progress. Since then, I've been revising the material, expanding the setting, and turning those...
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Arcane Titan commissioned by @nimblerpg As a huge fan of Shadow of the Colossus, imagine how excited I was for the chance to draw something like this. Slots currently open for July, feel free to book me to draw more giant stone creatures! #ttrpg #dnd #osr #shadowofthecolossus #characterdesign
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Tidying up the design files for our old issues and came across this piece we commissioned @gnarledmonster.bsky.social to do fora feature on the RPGLATAM scene in our 2nd issue, still one of my favourite pieces of art we've ever published.
a colourful hex map of South and Central America, by Alex Damaceno, populated by strange mythological and fantasy creatures.
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
3 days left of the wicked sale!
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
BTB is in its final stage, so I finally have more time for client work. If you’re cooking a campaign, zine, or a strange little world of your own, I can help bring it to life! Prices start at $100, full details in the slides. DMs open for business, don't be shy! #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #fantasyart
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
BTB is in its final stage, so I finally have more time for client work. If you’re cooking a campaign, zine, or a strange little world of your own, I can help bring it to life! Prices start at $100, full details in the slides. DMs open for business, don't be shy! #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #fantasyart
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I’ve finally finished all the illustrations for my upcoming book, the Wicked Valley! 🥳🎉 To celebrate, the Beyond the Borderlands trilogy is now Pay What You Want on my shop, and all my other work is 50% off for the next 12 days! Go check it out: itch.io/s/184832/wic... #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #fkr
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I’ve finally finished all the illustrations for my upcoming book, the Wicked Valley! 🥳🎉 To celebrate, the Beyond the Borderlands trilogy is now Pay What You Want on my shop, and all my other work is 50% off for the next 12 days! Go check it out: itch.io/s/184832/wic... #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #fkr
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Perplexing Ruins @perplexingruins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
this is one of the awesomest deals you can snag right now in ttrpgs! @gnarledmonster.bsky.social is brilliant and makes brilliant things, and they're now all in a low-cost bundle Huzzah itch.io/s/184832/wic...
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Wicked Valley is Coming! by Gnarled Monster
A bundle by Gnarled Monster, $10.00 for 13 games
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The early draft of Mnareth and the paper minis are now updated with the finished monster illustrations. Next step: rootmark village and brazenwood forest!
A bestiary of seven monsters: a necrotic mass of bones, a beastman wearing gold ornaments and a basilisk skull, the beastman leader holding a large basilisk skull as a shield, a carnivore plant dripping with necrotic mass, a six-legged basilisk ready to fight, a skeleton wearing bronze age armor, and a large roaring manticore.
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The early draft of Mnareth and the paper minis are now updated with the finished monster illustrations. Next step: rootmark village and brazenwood forest!
A bestiary of seven monsters: a necrotic mass of bones, a beastman wearing gold ornaments and a basilisk skull, the beastman leader holding a large basilisk skull as a shield, a carnivore plant dripping with necrotic mass, a six-legged basilisk ready to fight, a skeleton wearing bronze age armor, and a large roaring manticore.
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Third and final version of the Goblin Caves! One of the very first illustrations I made for this project, a quiet record of how my style developed over the years. More info in the alt text. #ttrpg #dnd #osr #wickedvalley #beyondtheborderlands
Third version of the goblin caves, with the addition of stone floor tiles in some rooms, suggesting it was part of elven ruins. The linework is now inked by hand, with a few color changes and improved shading. This one will be in the final book.Second version of the goblin caves, with a few changes in room layout. Now we have all the monsters showing on the map, goblin, hobgoblin, a troll farming and the goblin king (the goat wearing a crown). Also drawn and colored digitally, but now we have a subtle layer of shading to convey darkness inside the dungeon.First version of the goblin caves, made digitally and and one of my first attempts of making insometric dungeons. I used blue to convey darkness while keeping everything visible, and oranges to convey light. No monsters depicted on the map, only objects.
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Third and final version of the Goblin Caves! One of the very first illustrations I made for this project, a quiet record of how my style developed over the years. More info in the alt text. #ttrpg #dnd #osr #wickedvalley #beyondtheborderlands
Third version of the goblin caves, with the addition of stone floor tiles in some rooms, suggesting it was part of elven ruins. The linework is now inked by hand, with a few color changes and improved shading. This one will be in the final book.Second version of the goblin caves, with a few changes in room layout. Now we have all the monsters showing on the map, goblin, hobgoblin, a troll farming and the goblin king (the goat wearing a crown). Also drawn and colored digitally, but now we have a subtle layer of shading to convey darkness inside the dungeon.First version of the goblin caves, made digitally and and one of my first attempts of making insometric dungeons. I used blue to convey darkness while keeping everything visible, and oranges to convey light. No monsters depicted on the map, only objects.
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
If you see this, post a monster!
An undead basilisk in vibrant colors, its body entirely decayed into bones except for its rooster head and wings
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Final illustration and keyed rooms for my fellow reavers, enjoy! 🙏 #ttrpg #dnd #osr #nsr #fkr #dungeonmap
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Post a mage! A wizard discussing plans with his fellow reavers before raiding the next dungeon
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Old vs new elven tombs for the final book of beyond the borderlands 👌
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⚔️ C L O V E ⚔️ @clove.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Final illustration and keyed rooms for my fellow reavers, enjoy! 🙏 #ttrpg #dnd #osr #nsr #fkr #dungeonmap
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
New dungeon I'm working on for fun. Initially inspired by the caverns of thracia, then slowly turned into it's own thing. Here's the first sketch vs finished inks: #dnd #ttrpg #osr #nsr #dungeon #map
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Brian Yaksha (He/They) @brianyaksha.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
@gnarledmonster.bsky.social makes some really lovely an engaging works. Of all the people working with isometric maps at the moment, he's my favorite - and he really knows how to reduce a character image down to an almost DragonQuest-like character token. Good to see Alex is still making things.
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ENNIE NOMINATED ManaDawn Tabletop Games (Matthew Morris) @manarampmatt.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Five days left! Rolling Coast is closing in on our final stretch goal. We've just revealed three final art pieces (@salvaterra.bsky.social, @felipefaria.bsky.social, and @gnarledmonster.bsky.social ) and we’re wrapping this campaign strong. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #MausritterMonth
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Halloween quick sale! 🎃 🕸️🕷️☠️⚰️ All my stuff 50% off and the full bundle for only 13$ (75% Off) Only last for the next three days, go check it out! 👇👇👇 itch.io/s/166574/hal...
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✨silva joão✨ @silvazuao.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
sofrendo com muitos problemas que não são de verdade (processo artístico)
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Gavin Mitchell @bobgoblynn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The shifting maze is taking over the surface, and now the wicked valley is more dangerous than ever! WIP illustrations for BTB full book 🏰📕
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alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
humpback aberration [ #art ]
Illustration of a humpback whale with corrupted features—a mouth connected by black tendrils and 3 pairs of pectoral fins.
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HC•° @hollycircling.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
not sure if some people understand that part of what makes creating so rewarding is the fact that it *is* hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re been painting or writing for 80 years— every piece will have problems that need solving, and few things feel better than figuring it out.
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✨silva joão✨ @silvazuao.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
mais de 600 pessoas salvaram são paulo nesse simulador de política realista
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kaw 🔥 @kaawro.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
man I'm feeling sentimental and this year was so hard for the artists so I say fuck new year's resolutions and I'll just wish for all of us to fall in love with drawing all over again.
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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 26/12/2024
Getting ready for the new year
Lich - Liminal Horror style
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Dr Artyom Trakhanov @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
👀👀👀👀👀
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Felipe Faria @felipefaria.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Rafael Balbi @rbalbi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Uma coisa que as pessoas não costumam perceber jogando RPGs tradicionais é que a resposta para um mistério não existe desde o início do jogo, muito menos desde a preparação, antes da mesa, por mais que o mestre tenha decidido ou esteja escrito no módulo de aventura. Polêmico né? 🧵
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
A série de cem anos de solidão é um banquete pra quem gosta de microcenarios, tretas políticas e realismo mágico, sinceramente uma das melhores refeições que eu fiz esse ano 👌
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ENNIE NOMINATED ManaDawn Tabletop Games (Matthew Morris) @manarampmatt.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
So stoked to have commissioned art from @gnarledmonster.bsky.social for this beautiful tattoo!!!
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raz @wrfzk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Mamonas assassinas previu isso em 1995
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The Amanda Lee Mystery House @amandalee.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
plane of fire
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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 26/11/2024
Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.
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Robin Carpenter @robino.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Sorcerous Lemure
black & white, ink.
A strange demon- its lower half made of a mount of writhing demonic flesh, the upper body is cloaked in a black fur shirt studded with living bestial eyes. The head of the demon is hidden behind a sack made of living skin bearing a withered face
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Comedy is a very powerful component of life.
It has the most to say about the human condition because if you laugh, you can get by. You can struggle when things are bad if you have a sense of humor. Laughter is a protest scream against death, against the long goodbye. - Mel Brooks, All About Me
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ChatsVoid @chatsvoid.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Good enough. #comic #webcomic
What if my best isnt good enough?
Well, what the hell is “good enough”?
You cant reach a foal that keeps moving with every accomplishment.
Define “good enough”.
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Luna P. @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I need stimulation, I need to be challenged. But not by my personal life, or the economy, or my health, or
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Alex Damaceno 🐙 @gnarledmonster.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Suddenly my account went from 600 to 1k followers, what happened on xwitter this time??
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 13/11/2024
nitewrighter on Tumblr:
"Commissioning artists really makes you feel
like a renaissance noble. Like you'll get an
email that just says "Hey sorry some things
came up but 13m working on your piece and
here's a WIP" and suddenly you're wearing
sumptuous velvets and eating grapes on a
reclining couch like "Ohoho! Take as long as
you need, my Orpheus! My riches and time
are a paltry price to pay to bring your beauty
to the world! I am a -Patron of the Arts!-"
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