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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey #portfolioday I'm John and I'm a freelance artist. I make dark illustrations, concept art and digital sculpture. Available for commercial and personal commissions 🌒 Contact: jcswartwout@gmail.com Portfolio: www.swarthart.com/portfolio

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Today, Chimera by @acubed.art ! Cacophony series. Follow Ashley: 😈 instagram.com/hey_a_cubed 🩸 Twitch.tv/A_Cubed 👁️ www.acubed.art You like Dark Art? You’re welcome to join our Discord! : discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz www.hellfiresculpting.club

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today, The Pied Piper of Nuremberg, by @bengioduke.bsky.social ! Cacophony series. Follow Bengi: 😈 artstation.com/bengioztorun 🩸 instagram.com/bengioduke 🔥 x.com/bengioduke www.hellfiresculpting.club Join our Discord! : discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today, Hell Organ by @mickstorm.bsky.social ! Cacophony series. Follow Mick: 🩸 ko-fi.com/mickstorm/shop 👁️ youtube.com/@doctorstorm/videos You like Dark Art? You’re welcome to join our Discord! : discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz www.hellfiresculpting.club

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Prophetic Drummer by @jawnswart.bsky.social ! Cacophony series. Follow John: 😈 artstation.com/johnswartwout 🩸 instagram.com/john_swartwout 👁️ x.com/BlackWoods_art

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

📢 Today: Horrific Organ, by @martintk.bsky.social ! Cacophony series Follow Martin: 🩸 instagram.com/martin_tk_hamilton/ 👁️ artstation.com/martintk www.hellfiresculpting.club Join our Discord! : discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Today: Trump, by Alex Tuis Cacophony series Follow Alex: 😈 linkedin.com/in/alex-tuis-451a8336 🩸 instagram.com/alexandretuis 👁️ facebook.com/alextuis 🔥 artstation.com/alextuis www.hellfiresculpting.club Join our Discord! : discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Today, Legato, by Jen López! Cacophony series Follow Jen: 🕯️ instagram.com/jenprox 🩸 artstation.com/jenlopez 👁️ linkedin.com/in/jenlopezart

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Today: The Wall of Sound and Flesh, by @artlillo.bsky.social ! Cacophony series.

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Cacophony, the new series from the Hellfire Sculpting Club, begins! Two to three times a week, we’ll be sharing creations from our members. Today: Apocalypse Siren by @franckbesancon.bsky.social

Hellfire Sculpting Club new series : Cacophony.
Apocalypse Siren by Franck Besançon.
This image depicts a Body Horror character, which is itself an instrument composed of holes in the torso and multiple heads in horns. The silhouette evokes a nuclear mushroom cloud. In the distance, missiles fly through the air. On the ground lies a sea of bodies.

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Sketching is an integral part of my process.

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When the beat drops im going to fucking kill myself @woofiee.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

#portfolioday , i’ve forgotten to participate in this for years but here are some of my recent works (: (acrylic paints, air dry clay and oil pastels)

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I feel so lucky to win one of these!

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Tam||maT @tamvmat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey ho it's #portfolioday again! I'm Tam, a Canadian freelance artist, always looking for work. I specialize in creature and character artwork in both digital and traditional mediums. No AI 🚫 Here's a bit of my art! And my portfolio site 💚🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 tamvmat.myportfolio.com/work

Line art illustration, fan art from Dredge. A small fishing boat sits on monster infested water

Digital original painting, a dolls head suspended by fishing wire, cracked and bleeding. Brain tissue is revealed to be inside. Horror art. Dark art

Cover art digital illustration for a ttrpg book. A man sits upon a Gothic throne, a druid woman at his side with an antler headpiece, and a small magpie humanoid sits at the top

Digital painting of a giant crustacean, guarding her clutch of eggs.

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Give your support to Franck! He's one of the best

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Yay! Please give Mick a follow. He makes amazing stuff out of wood :)

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Mick Storm @mickstorm.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉 I'm giving away ONE of my Evil Dead inspired 100% wood playing card boxes to one of my followers. I'll pick a random person on Mon 10/6 who: Follows me Likes the post Re-posts this. I will pay for shipping in the US, but please see the alt text for details #giveaway #woodworking

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Been a little quiet on here, but here is something new to haunt your dreams. Work done for HSC monthly challenge. #horror #darkart #creatureart #nightmare #hell #demon #monster

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Childhood Nightmares Our 8th monthly Discord challenge. Congrats to all participants, fantastic series! September topic is: Terror of the household objects Our Discord is open to anyone interested in horror, dark art, and creatures: 👉 discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Tartarean Machines Our 7th monthly Discord challenge. Winners: @franckbesancon.bsky.social & @tamvmat.bsky.social 👏 Congrats to all participants! August topic is: Childhood Nightmares ! Wanna take part? Join us on Discord! 👉http://discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz

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Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

yesterday's severian, colourised

watercolour painting of a young fantasy goth boy with a stern face, a black cloak & a sword

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Chris H. 🍄🌛 @sutexii.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Chris here, a freelance illustrator and character designer that loves dark fantasy, monsters, and folklore 🍄🌙 Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️ 🕸️ sutexii.art ✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com ✦ #portfolioday #art

A large mushroom-warped woman stands holding the hand of her sword. Skeletons sit below her, and a broken moon bleeds onto them.

Character Design - various monsters based on mushrooms

fullbody color commission. A character with white hair wears a cloak secured by a bird pin, blue tunic, and strapped boots. They hold a spear dripping blood into the rainwater at their feet. they appear contemplative as a red droplet falls into their hand.

Character lineup - a squad of odd masked mercenaries

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Ana Fedina @anafi.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hello #portfolioday! ✨ I am Ana, character concept artist working for games. Clients include Blizzard Entertainment, Critical Role, Gunfire Games, Sharkmob and Bioware. Currently living as a freelancer, but my dream is to join a big game studio making RPG/action games one day 😄 ✨ linktr.ee/anafi

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hey #PortfolioDay I'm John. I'm a 3D artist that specializes in dark characters and creatures.

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Aromie Kim ~Commissions open~ @aromiekim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Aromie, a concept artist who specializes in creature and characters. I love experimenting in style and genre. I'm open for work opportunities any time! 📧: aromie.kim@gmail.com 🎨: aromiekim.artstation.com Comms: aromiekimart.carrd.co Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/arom...

A massive, hissing pale snake adorned in gaudy golden jewelry on its tail and head. Red feathers decorate its neck

Reimagined concepts of the Wizard of Oz characters. Five characters are shown. In the middle is a young girl wearing a white button-up and a blue suspender skirt, holding a gun in one hand and a basket of ammo in the other. Next to her is a Cane Corso dog with a collar that says "Toto." To the left is a tall, knife-wielding man dressed in a ragged, bullet-worn suit and fedora, a crow with a knife in its beak sitting on his shoulder. To the right is a man dressed smartly in a vest and mask, with prosthetic arms and one prosthetic leg, an axe on his belt and a can of gasoline beside him. In the back is a huge male brute in a vest with a bearded face and top-knot, wearing knuckle rings on his fists.

A fantastical creature that appears to be a mix of a walrus and parakeet. Three are depicted: one large male, one female and one infant. The male and female have blue and white feathered, walrus-like bodies. Other sketches showing details of the creature are also depicted.

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Reiko Murakami @reikomurakami.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hi #portfolioday! I do books covers and comic covers!

Drawing of a girl whose eyes are covered with fire. Graphite mixed media

Cover art for Joe Hill’s The Black Phone. A ghostly silhouette of a boy carried to the sky by the black balloons. Graphite mixed media.

Cover art for Brian Evenson’s Good Night, Sleep Tight. A robot covered by vines that morphs into organic branches and vines. Graphite mixed media.

Drawing of a figure being held by a pair of hands by her neck, three pairs of hands are shown in front of her, all in different gestures. Graphite mixed media.

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Lillo @artlillo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

hey #portfolioday I'm Lillo, 3d/concept artist in progress focused on dark/horror/grimdark topics my main goal is to grow as an artist, to share ideas and to keep on creating weird creatures hope you enjoy my work and thanks for your support! artstation: www.artstation.com/art_lillo

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YOUNGMOTH @youngmoth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

At A Glance Digital

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Some detailing to take care of tomorrow and that'll finalize this one 11x17 pen and paper #surreal #macabre #wip #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #B&Wart #GrimDark

Work in progress pen drawing of a large mechanical headed humanoid that flows into technoorganic structures

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John Swartwout @jawnswart.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I just ate an entire packet of cookies. Wtf is wrong with me lol.

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Martin Hamilton @martintk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Another color variation of my Zombie sculpt #darkart #zbrush

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sanzuniur (cmms open) @sanzuniur.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Watch your step [3/3]

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Eli Minaya @badking.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Some Thing

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Hellfire Sculpting Club @hellsculptclub.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Zombie Apocalypse Rapture Our 6th monthly Discord challenge. Congrats to all participants, incredible work! Next month topic is : Tartarean Machines ! Wanna take part? Come join us on Discord! 👉 discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz

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⛧𝕺𝖒𝖊𝖌𝖆 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝕶⛧ @omegablack.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

⚠️Open Path⚠️ 1/72 Lord and King Bael Shapeshifter and first King of Hell Governs 66 legions of spirits

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Ren Varela @cobaltcorvus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🎉 Congrats and nice to meet you! Thank you for hosting. 🖤 I'm Ren and I'm a freelance artist that specializes in dark, slightly surrealist fantasy illustrations, and character and creature designs! Here's a few of my favorite spooky works.

A digital painting of a male figure with long black hair, shirtless but wearing a black sort of cloak and high waisted, grey pants, standing in the middle of a sort of iron archway with his right hand outstretched to the viewer. With his left hand, he is peeling away a hole in the center of his chest to reveal an inky spirit creature coming out from it and it floats above his head.

A dark art digital painting of portrait of a headless figure in a suit and tie with two glowing halos of different sizes floating where the head would be.

A dark art, digital painting of a haloed, skull headed figure floating in a void with arms stretched to its sides, palms facing forward, and with rose quartz protruding from its shattered, decaying body.

A digital painting of a giant, multi-armed, skull-headed figure in a large thunder cloud with several bolts of lighting generating from it.

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Aromie Kim ~Commissions open~ @aromiekim.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Congrats frayed!!! And spooky / horror art? My fave??? Say no more 💪

In a dim elevator, a man stands near the buttons. The elevator floor/level light reads "LL." At the open elevator doors stands a grotesque tall woman (?) with unnaturally-hued skin, wearing a blood-stained white dress and red shoes. Hidden in the rightside corner is a small rodent, who is staring at the being.

Black and white drawing of a Regenerador, an enemy monster from the Resident Evil 4 video game. A bulky, pale humanoid with a ghastly grinning face and long arms with tendrils coming out from the ends.

A black and white sketch of the Varcolac, a werewolf-like creature from the Resident Evil game series. A hairy, crouched humanoid with a face like a wolf's skull stares at the viewer

An illustration of a scuba diver within dark underwater depths, shining a dim light upon a monstrous aquatic creature with a vaguely humanoid face, a maw full of sharp teeth and hands.

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⛧𝕺𝖒𝖊𝖌𝖆 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝕶⛧ @omegablack.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

⚠️Open Path⚠️ King Balam 51/72 When summoned he speaks of all things past, present and future, teaches man to be cunning and wise and can turn a person invisible.