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

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

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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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 · 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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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

I unfortunately didn't make it in time for Pintopia, BUT I do have a Kickstarter for Greek Goddess pins here! We are close to awakening Medusa🐍🐍🐍 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 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 · 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...

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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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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 · 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 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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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

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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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 30/08/2025

I had these and they're pretty good, though the actual gummies don't look as much like Shaq as the graphic indicates

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 29/07/2025

You won't believe that Levana was made by AI!🤖 ...Cuz it wasn't! I spent over 31 hours and just under 35k brushstrokes in Procreate manually drawing and painting this😅 . #darkart #seasonofthewitch #illustration #darkart #darkfantasy #bats #artsky

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 19/04/2025

My Memento Mori enamel pins have arrived! I'll begin to fulfill the Kickstarter, and once everything is out, I'll list the remaining stock on my website💀

Skull and two lotus enamel pin by artist Joseph Zhou

A series of skull enamel pins, snake coiling around human Skull, Skull with two lotuses, skull and redcap mushrooms, devil horned skull, and Death's head moth on skull, all by artist Joseph Zhou

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 25/02/2025

💎The Crystal Channeler😈 Part of my Hellborn devils collection🤘 #darkart #devil #demon #art #tiefling

Pink skin horned devil wearing a skin-tight sleeveless bodysuit. She has large horns coming from her brow-ridge, and long flowy dark hair, and is holding a dagger in one hand, while the other hand has a large floating crystal. Behind her is an archway built from bricks.

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

If you see this, share a skeleton My OC Ophelia, 27+ hours on Procreate😁 #art #darkart #skeleton #darkfantasy #artsky

digital illustration of woman in water up to her neck, she has deer antlers on her head, and her body is a skeleton below her neck under the water surface. Lotus flowers, lotus petals, and koi fish surround her

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 15/02/2025

Katsucon Day 2 The show goes on, even after yesterday's sewage pipe burst and rained stench on some artists tables. They neutralized the smell, and now we're open again. #artistalley #katsucon

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 24/01/2025

🌑Reverie of the Eclipse🐐 My latest painting of my new OC, a witch named Amaris and her kid familiar. The pair represents renewal, courage, and transformation. #art #goat #eclipse #moon #witch #daisy

Auburn haired lady with daisies in her hair holds a dark baby goat kid. She wears a daisy laced top, with her belly showing, behind her is a row boat with a lantern chained to it’s stern, and beyond is the ocean crashing against rocks, as a solar eclipse is framed by fluffy clouds in a filled blue evening sky.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 22/01/2025

Free holographic skull sticker for all physical backers! Thank you to those who tuned in during the Launch Party and participated in the drawing of this design. I finished cleaning this up last night, and it's going to look like this! #artsky #skull #art #darkart #artcrowdfunding

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2025

💀Which one is your fave? Kickstarter launches NOW. I’m excited to bring these to life as enamel pins. I want to thank the members of Unleash Creativity Club as well as @anadiachan.bsky.social for their wisdom and guidance in helping me bring these designs to life! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

4 skull enamel pin designs featuring lotus, mushroom, snake, and moth

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 21/01/2025

💀🪷Luminis Post Mortem - light after death, process video of the design of this enamel pin. This is a Limited Edition glitter variant! Memento Mori enamel pin Kickstarter launches today at 1pm ET www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos... #mementomori #skull #darkart #enamelpin #artsky #kickstarter

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 20/01/2025

Folks, we made it, thanks for getting me to 100. I'll be drawing a skull on IG Livestream during the Launch Party for my Kickstarter, and all backers will get a FREE STICKER of that skull design! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 20/01/2025

It will be about my OC Nanci! 💀 Bluesky's character limit is too small, so I'll screenshot this from my site lol... I spent about 2 weeks in December outlining the entire thing, and fleshing out all the character personalities and relationships. I might have enough content for 2-3 books😆

NANCI THE NECROMANCER

Power comes at a cost. Nanci knew that more than most. Sacrifice was something she knew deeply, and she would sacrifice everything to gain enough power to rescue her daughter Nirah from Hellborn King Akstroth's clutches. Nanci was willing to sacrifice her mind, body, and soul practicing the darkest of crafts - the blasphemous magics of resurrecting and controlling bodies of the dead. After all, in order to rescue her daughter, Nanci would have to cross over into the Under Realms to find her…

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 20/01/2025

Agaricum Fatalis - deadly mushroom, Procreate timelapse of my upcoming enamel pin drop, inspired by the phrase Memento Mori. The Kickstarter launches tomorrow, January 21, at 1pm ET🍄💀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos... #mementomori #skull #mushroom #darkart #artsky #artcrowdfunding #kickstarter

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 19/01/2025

Memoria Mortis - Video footage of the making of this moth enamel pin🦋💀 Kickstarter link in pinned post on profile😎 #art #artsky #enamelpin #artcrowdfunding #kickstarter #moth #skull #darkart #procreate

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 17/01/2025

Happy year of the snake🐍💀 Procreate drawing time-lapse of my new viper and skull enamel pin, coming January 21st at 1pm on Kickstarter. Follow the campaign👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos... #art #artsky #artcrowdfunding #kickstarter #yearofthesnake #skull #mementomori #snake

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 17/01/2025

My first enamel pin set and first Kickstarter! This launches January 21 at 1pm ET. Only 100 of the lotus glitter design💀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

four gold plated enamel pin mock-up designs of "skull with two pink lotuses", "skull and redcap mushrooms", "snake wrapped with viper", and "skull with death's head moth". with text above "coming soon to kickstarter" and text below "memento mori skull enamel pins"

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 16/01/2025

Thanks for the 1.5k followers! It's been cool to discover fellow artists- I’m looking to meet more! #artshare 💬Post your work! 🔁Repost for visibility 🏷️Tag friends! 🖤Like and repost what you see 🚫no AI (I am much more likely to repost images with Alt Text - do your part folks)

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. 3 zombies emerge from the swampy water below. Nanci's owl familiar watches perching from the leafless tree looming above her

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 04/01/2025

My OC Nanci the Necro, on a woven blanket. This is the largest I've ever seen my art on a physical format😏 #artsky #art #darkart #fantasy #artpreneur

Woven blanket on a couch with artwork of skulls and a necromancer on it. A dog sleeps next to the blanket.

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 03/01/2025

I've got a viper enamel pin that I cannot show yet... BUT I can show this Medusa sketch! #medusa #snake

medusa pencil drawing with snakes on her head and she is in water, looking at the viewer

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 02/01/2025

Thank you for reading my 2024 journey! This year was full of challenges and wins, and I’m so excited for 2025. How was your year? Let’s celebrate and reflect together. 🖤 #ArtVsArtist2024 12/

Joseph Zhou’s face in the middle of his pencil sketches

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 02/01/2025

🌱 Looking ahead to 2025: - Write my novel 📖 - Prioritize personal paintings 🎨 - Crowdfund 🪙 - Build healthier habits 💪 - Thrive creatively. Let’s make it a year of growth, resilience, and joy. 11/

Photo portrait of a guy looking at the camera

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 02/01/2025

🔋 2024 = a "charging" year. I built knowledge, faced fears, and rediscovered joy in creating. Painful but so rewarding, this year laid the foundation for what’s next. 10/

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 02/01/2025

💡 Mentorship Changed Everything: Dougie @shadowmyths.bsky.social introduced me to UC Club, where I found accountability, inspiration, and a supportive community. It was a game-changer for 2024. 9/

Mentorship graphic of one person helping another

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Joseph Zhou, Dark Fantasy Artist @josephzhou.art · 02/01/2025

🎨 Personal paintings were fewer this year, but sketching became my creative refuge. @marcscheff.bsky.social's 21-day challenge at @unleashcreativityclub sparked so much growth. 8/

Banner of Unleash creativity club, community and inner growth

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