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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 28/02/2026

Good start to the weekend finishing this read🐶📖 #hekate #nikitagill

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The Horror Scriptorium @horrorscriptorium.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

My first horror writing guide will be coming out February 25! If you're interested in snatching this guide you can join the waitlist here: thehorrorscriptorium.podia.com/cheating-dea... Also on launch day up until February 28 if you use the code: OHTHEHORROR15 you'll also get 15% off the guide 🖤👻

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Cheating Death Horror Story Guide

Ready to cheat death? This horror writing guide is your one stop shop for creating your horror story.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 18/02/2026

As an artist that also loves collecting art, IMO some of the best pieces don’t demand attention. They hold it patiently, waiting for the right moment to be noticed again. Who else feels this??

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 17/02/2026

Some people choose their goddess. Some people realize she was already theirs. I created a short quiz to see which Dark Pantheon figure aligns with you most right now. It takes less than two minutes to complete. Take the quiz and comment below - who did you get? 👉 app.youform.com/forms/vepvjqg0

graphic of 8 gold-plated greek goddess enamel pins (hekate, persephone, nyx, artemis, eris, athena, medusa, and nemesis) with text above that reads "which figure of the dark pantheon guides you?" and button at the bottom that reads "take the quiz!"

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 13/02/2026

I wanted Persephone to feel whole. Not split, not torn, but moving freely between both. vegetation and decay coexist. . 🌸🍂 Back the Dark Pantheon Enamel Pin Kickstarter to claim Persephone 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos... #art #kickstarter #enamelpin #greekmythology

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Sues Thistle Studios @sgthistlestudio.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Finally finished up the puppy. He’s been waiting for back legs for awhile now. My daughter makes the cat (& dog) collars. Pattern by Claire garland. #knitting #puppy

Knitted puppy side view. Cream colour wool

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Sues Thistle Studios @sgthistlestudio.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

He finally got his head. Took all morning for that hair. And he still stands, around 14-15” Pattern was by red.bunny.crochet. #crochet #amugurumi #toydoll

Amigurumi elf in blue and white. Crochet.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 12/02/2026

Jen's beautiful ACEOs, explore her collection on eBay🤺🃏⚔️🐲🐴

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 12/02/2026

Which Greek Myth Figure watches over you? Comment below😄 Kickstarter live now, all stretch goal pins unlocked: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 12/02/2026

Emily's cute monster book is coming soon, sign up and get notified when it launches😄

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Ms_Owly @msowly.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I bought myself paint pens. I think this is a great example of social media making something look easy… but it’s not! I think you really have to be patient (not my forte) or you will find the paints/colours get muddled. And I didn’t realize how big a medium tip is. I do like how prismatic they are!

Coloured sketch of a castle on rocks under a moonlit sky

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 27/01/2026

I've added another post to my public membership posts. These posts give you a taster of what you might see when you join my membership (starts at £2 a month, cancel anytime). If you had been curious as to how I painted this, this post will show you! buff.ly/YmFa30d #artprocess #watercolour #art

a little three eyed fluffy black creature sits among some antiques at the base of an old tree. A sword, a battered old helmet, the remains of someone's boot with a bone sticking out of it, some gold coins and a satchel of...

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 03/02/2026

Cerberus, Underworld Guardian - enamel pin design drawn for the Kickstarter as an unlocked add-on. Also a FREE sticker for all physical backers. Thanks for watching me draw this on live stream on campaign opening hours🐶🐶🐶

Gold-outlined enamel pin art of Cerberus, the three-headed underworld hound, standing within an arched frame with glowing eyes and skull motifs against a dark stone background

Split image showing a rough digital sketch of Cerberus being drawn on a tablet on the left and the finished full-color Cerberus underworld guardian sticker design on the right, with text announcing a free 3-inch sticker for physical backers.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 22/01/2026

I dunno bout you, but my pin collection is stuffed... Except for cracks & crevasses. Why not fill em with robots? 🤖 Backers get to build a set of 5 #robot #pins in silver and black enamel! Each pin is roughly .5" Live now on @BackerKit.com as part of #Pintopia2026: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

Tiny robots, filler pin set, Live now. Features 3 different silver pins of various robot heads.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 29/01/2026

Pretty painting Basak... Love all your flower art...

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 29/01/2026

Thank you to backers of the Dark Pantheon Enamel Pin Kickstarter! We have awakened and unbound these pins: 🗡️Goddess Eris 🛡️Goddess Athena 🐴Companion Night Mare 🦉Companion Strix Next to awaken is Medusa, we are so close!

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of Medusa with serpents woven through her hair, reaching forward with a steady gaze, framed by a Greek key border.

$Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of a female figure in profile holding a dagger and a golden apple, framed by a fractured angular Greek motif against a dark stone background.$

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of an armored female figure holding a spear, flanked by an owl and greek temple columns, set against a dark textured background.

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of a black horse rearing within an arched frame, mane flowing like blue flame, evoking an underworld steed.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 29/01/2026

These are really cute... Strong icons🤖

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 27/01/2026

The ritual is live. The pantheon stirs, and Hekate stands with keys in hand and gate open. PLEDGE NOW to awaken additional goddesses. All backers get a free 3 inch holographic sticker of Cerberus, that I'm drawing on IG live stream RIGHT NOW. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of Hekate, Persephone, Nyx, and Artemis

Procreate drawing of Cerberus, three-headed guardian of the underworld

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 26/01/2026

Nyx, Primordial Night and Silence. One of the Greek goddesses awakening when my Dark Pantheon enamel pin Kickstarter launches. 🗓️ TOMORROW Tuesday, January 27th at 12pm EST 🔔 Follow the pre-launch page to be notified. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of goddess Nyx, a serene female figure with flowing hair emerging from layered clouds, crowned by a crescent moon and stars on a dark background.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 26/01/2026

Athena, Wisdom and Measured Strength. One of the goddesses who awakens as the Dark Pantheon takes form. 🗓️ TOMORROW - Tuesday, January 27th at 12pm EST 🔔 Follow the pre-launch page to be notified. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of an Athena, an armored female figure holding a spear, flanked by an owl and greek temple columns, set against a dark textured background.

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I was wondering why I was getting a big influx of people or groups now asking to feature me. Then I remembered that it's almost Black History Month. I know they mostly mean well. But Black people deserve to be celebrated year round and not just when it's popular to do so.

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Chris Beatrice 🚫NOAI @chrisbeatrice.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

"Rude Awakening" - New interior illustration for Hudson Mudworth Thinks of Something - an illustrated Middle Grade Mystery/Adventure novel. #kidlitartist #kidlitart #pigs #anthropomorphicanimals #middlegrade #illustration #noai #steampunk

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Keith Decesare @keithdartist.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It's #portfolioday Hi! I'm Keith Decesare, and I'm a freelance illustrator. I've worked in the RPG industry for a bit (Kenzer, Chaosium, Atlas, etc.) I've done covers for many independent authors as well as board games. Nowadays, I'm just working on personal projects in my spare time.

Taming the Boogeyman
A little girl having tea with a monstrous creature in her closet.

A werewolf coming out of the darkness partially transformed.

Book cover for The Nelig Stone by Sharon Skinner.
Two children attempting to retrieve a magical stone while a black dragon attacks from above.

Woman detective, with gun in hand, trying to hide from a multi-tentacled horror around the corner.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 23/01/2026

💀Persephone, one of the goddesses that awaken next week when my Greek Mythology enamel pin Kickstarter launches. Mark your calendars: Tuesday, January 27th at 12pm EST Follow the pre-launch page to get notified when it launches. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of Persephone, a split-face female figure, half skeletal and half human, holding wheat and a pomegranate within a teardrop-shaped frame.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 23/01/2026

Most of the work happens before the first mark. If I rush that part, the piece spends its entire life compensating. Anybody else feel this? #art

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 22/01/2026

The Kickstarter will start with these four awakened goddesses: 🗝️Hekate 💀Persephone 🌌Nyx 🏹Artemis More goddesses awaken as the campaign progresses😄 Follow and get notified when it launches on Jan 27 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of Hekate, a female figure holding a torch and key, accompanied by a wolf’s head, framed in a sharp triangular design.

Gold-outlined enamel pin illustration of goddess Artemis, a female huntress with antlers holding a bow, with a deer silhouette and night sky behind her, framed by a rounded ornamental cypress border

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Ronan @toadofjustice.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Happy #portfolioday everyone! I'm Ronan, and I mostly draw pin-ups of my and others' OCs, usually with a focus on fantasy and horror aesthetics. I've been particularly obsessed with my dullahan OC Rynne lately 🖤

A red headed woman wearing a frilly, gothic outfit consisting of a red corset and black stockings, black gloves, and a short black skirt. She is lifting up the skirt, revealing her underwear, and giving a cheeky expression. There is a guillotine visible in the background behind her.

Victoria, an OC by @carminedeville.bsky.social

A pale, nude, feminine person looking down at a skull in their left hand with a menacing expression. They have very long, wavy brown hair with a white streak in it, and have two skeletal arms extending from their back and grasping their thigh.

A dullahan woman holding up her head with her right hand while snapping with her left. She has messy red hair covering one eye, and is looking down at the camera and grinning. She has a slender build and is wearing a black choker, black gloves and stockings, and a red corset.

Medusa's severed head being held up by some of the snakes. She is looking at the camera, her face contorted in rage.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 22/01/2026

Some sessions don’t produce anything impressive visibly. They just loosen some internal soil. I used to resent those days. Now I see them as foundational gardening, planting unseen seeds that lets subsequent work bloom.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2026

A gate opens January 27 at 12pm EST. A dark fantasy enamel pin collection inspired by myth and transformation arrives on Kickstarter, led by Hekate, Goddess of Crossroads. Make 100. Open editions. Awakenings ahead. Stand at the threshold. Follow the pre-launch. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

A collection of ornate gold enamel pins depicting dark, mythic greek goddesses with celestial symbols, animals, and ritual objects on a dark marble stone background. text on top says "launched january 27 at 12pm EST on Kickstarter" and text on the bottom says "dark pantheon Greek Goddess Enamel Pins"

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2026

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2026

In 2025, I learned that burnout doesn't mean a lack of discipline. It’s what happens when you keep spending magic without honoring the cost of the spell. Exhaustion's not your enemy. It’s a messenger reminding you that even magic requires rest between rituals.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2026

I'm Joseph and paint dark fantasy worlds: 🖤Skulls, witches, and quiet power. 🖤All human-made on Procreate. No AI. 🖤Art for those who find beauty in the shadowed and sacred. 🖤If this speaks to you, welcome friend.

moonlit witch grips a broom as violet magic glows in her hand, bats swirling behind her in the night sky

red clad warrior lady sits atop a stone guardian lion under a full moon, candles and skulls glowing below

antlered woman emerges from a dark lotus pond, skeletal form visible beneath the water among lilies and koi fish

powerful floating necromancer wields a spellbook and staff as skulls and red magic swirl, the dead reaching up from below

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Aromie Kim ~Commissions open~ @aromiekim.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Share 4 artworks and tag 4 cool people train 🚆 Just 4?! 😭 @cartoonbeardy.bsky.social @lyelhaz.bsky.social @artofyorugami.bsky.social @aylameridian.bsky.social

An illustration of a fantastical creature called the Cockatrice - an orange beast with a reptilian / dinosaur-like body, winged arms and the head of a chicken. It has a long tongue and gecko-like eyes.

Sketches of four variations of the fantastical mandrake creature - a root-like being that is capable of fatal screams.

An anthropomorphic otter, squirrel and mouse dressed in medieval-style clothing sit among rocks. Each one checks a weapon - a javelin for the otter, a sling and stones for the squirrel, and a dagger for the mouse. Next to each one is a bowl of food: shrimps for the otter, nuts for the squirrel, and berries for the mouse.

Fan art illustration of the web series RWBY. In a wintry forest backdrop, a massive black wolf with a skull-like mask and protruding bones stares down a small girl dressed in a red tattered cloak and wielding a massive red scythe weapon

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2026

Some days, the artwork feels like it’s waiting for me to arrive honestly. Not energetically, not productively, but HONESTLY. Until then, everything I make feels ornamental, like I’m circling the truth instead of touching it. Anybody else feel this sometimes?

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2026

Well.... I said I'd be active on here, but I lied. Here's an attempt to start again😆

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David Mattingly @davidmattingly.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here, just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here: www.etsy.com/listing/812662435

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 25/12/2025

Just two beheaded pals having a nice Xmas😄

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Ronan @toadofjustice.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas! 🎄 Today we have my Secret Santa gift for @mdobi.bsky.social of their character Valentine! Her style is really different from my usual fare, so this was a fun challenge. I hope you like her! 🖤 Also thank you @pinsterwglasses.com for organizing this event! This was so much fun 🖤

A woman striking a sassy pose with one hand on her hip and the other behind her head. She has short, curly orange hair and is wearing a pink cropped turtleneck, a lighter pink denim skirt, loose pink socks, chunky red basketball shoes, and large star shaped earrings.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 23/02/2025

QRP with powerful women💪👸

goth lady with skeletal hand, casting a spell from her grimoire, surrounding her with skulls. She wears a black cloak and has potions and holds a staff.

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