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Marie Baumgarten

@mariebaumgarten.bsky.social
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(She/Her/🌈) (🚫 AI sucks ) 🌙 Concept Artist & Illustrator from Germany ✨ Portfolio & Contact: linktr.ee/saphitstrue ☔ Happily obsessed with all things slightly dark and sad but beautiful! 🔮 personal project: #oraculus

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Elif Siebenpfeiffer @elif7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
QRP with your skull art! 💀 I got skulls for all kinds of folks!
An illustration of smoke forming a glowing skull emerging from a book in which a hand is writing magical glowing symbolsA black and white ink drawing of a figure with a deer skull standing in a cloak with a brim made of fur and rib bones, holding a cup of a golden liquid.
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Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 29/09/2026
It's my birthdaaaaay!🎊 As an artist, it's often difficult to acknowledge how much I work and how much I improve, so today I want to be nicer to myself and share some of my favourite pieces I made since my last bday.💙 If you'd like to share, it would be a lovely gift!🙏✨
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Anato Finnstark @anatofinnstark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yen Available as HD 4k on my Ptreon !
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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Given today's news I'm not sure if he's such a good guard dog...
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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Been a while since I had a flash mini painting! 🪻Lavender Teahouse🪻 Acryla gouache, airbrush, ink Size: 3.5x5" $100 (includes US shipping) DM to claim (I take Venmo/PayPal)
Artist holding small painting of a lavender thatch cottage surrounded by lavender plants.Detail small painting of a lavender thatch cottage surrounded by lavender plants.
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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd @netizenses.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Monsters, monsters, I love monsters ❤️😈
Images for Veture Forth Games' 'Garrison'.
Left: Two types of murklings stand ready: a lighter bodied mage type summons bubble magic with his webbed hand, while the hefty melee murkling grips a sharp shell weapon

Centre: A startled harpy turns to face the viewer, wings aloft and perched on a thick branch, the talons of her left foot keeping her recent prey in place.

Right: A sketch painting of three different types of goblins.
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Logan Preshaw @wickedinsignia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If a studio or director can't make a great work of art without underpaying artists or forcing crunch they DON'T DESERVE TO MAKE A GREAT WORK OF ART.
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martyfive @martyfive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
01: brush #swordtember
drawing of a wide, white painting brush with short handle and number 50 on it, turned into a sword. it looks like the brush/sword just painted its own blade with red paint.
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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 02/09/2026
using the 300+ little shrew and mole doodles i've saved up over the last year as zine caulk filling in all the empty spaces the big critter monk book
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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Faraway 🏰🩵 #art
An illustration of a princess in a cloak on a horse in the woods. The weather shows it’s been raining as there are rain puddles around. In the distance we see a castle and pine trees surrounded by fog
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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Drop some MAGIC ✨
Art for the MTG card Ray of Frost
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Replica004 | Sara Zeno Camponeschi @replica004.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hello hello, it's my Birthday! 💫🥹💙 It would be the greatest gift for me if you shared my art 🥰
4 digital artworks I madecharacter sheet of a male winged characterEndpapers and Dust Jacket I made for Witch of the Wolves, for thebookishboxTwo cards I made for the fantasy-themed TCG SpellArms
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Kristina Gehrmann @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
petition to bring back this meme format
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Marie Baumgarten @mariebaumgarten.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Same for professional clients btw.. Been ghosted plenty of times by actual ADs and companies after being promised work, discussing refs and blocking time in my calendar. It's disrespectful to say the least 😮‍💨
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cozy milly 🍂 GWF prep @mischiefmilly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
this sentiment is definitely applicable here
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i think ppl would be a lot happier and better-adjusted on here if they realized that being online on a website is like being in any other casual public space full of people. if u walk into walmart u dont immediately think to yourself “i have to be friends with everyone in this walmart and if not everyone likes me i’m a failure” and u really shouldn’t feel that way online either. likewise if there’s a guy in the walmart parking lot shouting obscenities u probably wouldn’t answer him and that’s literally an exact equivalent to some of the weird stuff that people on here seem to feel they’re obligated to respond to.
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Simon Pape @simonpapeart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Knight.
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Grace @eriopsis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My censor for a new draw steel game. 100% just a normal guy.
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korraiko @korraiko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🏹🖤🥀 #art #fantasy #darkfantasy
A digital painting of a female hunter wearing a red cloak and holding a bow. She is looking at a sword from which strands of hair are hanging. In the background, there is a tree with bare branches and a castle with spires
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Hampus Viklander @spookystirfry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
could you imagine? Guns? in my fantasty?! Never! oh and don't mind these witches, I don't know how they got in
Concept art sheet of a powder witch, to the left there is a set of weapon itterations, in the middle a character turnaround of the witch, to the right a set of firearm itterations together with a sketch of the witch firing a spellConcept art sheet of a powder witch, to the left there are a set of cannon itterations, in the middle a rendered picture of the witch, to her right a backview of her design. and to the top right a sort series of sketches showing the witch charging and firing her cannon
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Aitor Sebastián @inkeyjay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Avalon card backs and visual development for them
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Johanna Forster @johannaforster.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
little treasures 🌱 little things laying arount at the side of the public pool, taking a break under the oak trees there is the best :) Red ink + #watercolor in my #sketchbook 🌿 #inkart #drawing #natureart
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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 06/08/2026
anyone got a photoshop pencil brush they love? I find myself in search of a good one
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Kaiko🍂🍄 @kaikonyan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Me when I saw the designs for the new euro banknotes. Vote for the birds! surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/neweuro/
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Christina Kraus @elbenherzart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🌙 Elrond, Moon - Reader 🌙 Painted for Magic: The Gathering - Universes Beyond - The Hobbit AD: Cassie Murphy Very excited to show my take on Elrond for the Mtg Hobbit Set! Back when I was a teenager Elrond was my favorite character of the books and getting to officially paint him, was a huge joy! 😍
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Some thoughts:
When using GenAi as a mood board you don't get sources. This means you deprive yourself from knowledge.
You generated a location? You deprived yourself of knowing more about the interesting parts of the world and why things came to be.
Generate an armor or costume? You deprived yourself on real world techniques, function, form and history.
You generated art inspirations? You deprive yourself of learning about artists from history or lock out living ones from potentially being hired.
Ethical issues of using GenAi models aside, one ends up making visuals mood boards devoid of reality and history. With it one deprives themselves from learning about our world and who is living in it, inadvertently making your work weaker, because of how detached it is from our shared human reality and history.
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iga | scherville @scherville.com · 21/07/2026
not feeling extremely creative today, but here's another timelapse! (I'm not saying that you should commission me to draw your cool characters and effectively cure my mental art block, but maybe that's something to consider 🌹)
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𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖒 @teradiamart.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Seeing fellow artists from the industry using AI (many do not say it ofc, but professionals will always notice...) feels like a fucking punch in the guts ngl, I am so sick of this. Even worse when you know the client they work for does not accept AI assisted art
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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We'll keep on pointing at this comic by @skutchdraws.bsky.social and @hbomberguy.bsky.social until it's embarrassing for tech bros to call you a luddite for hating AI! More of Failure to Launch in the link bsky.app/profile/iron...
"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" A simpleton looking peasant yells as they smash the wooden machine.

The standard narrative goes that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. (But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.)

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. 

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Oxford at sunset, the Royal Institute of Translation looms over the city. First illustration for R. F. Kuang's Babel - illustrated edition 40x30cm ink on claybord
a black and white scratch board drawing depicting an aerial view of the city of Oxford in the mid 1800s. A large tower looms over the city in the distance. On the left side of the illustration, a curved road with horse drawn carriages.
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Doruk Golcu @dorukgolcu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
My balloon day is the day after portfolio day this year, apparently! I still humbly request the traditional share!
Spooky man on zombie-like horse in creepy woodsCyrano de Bergerac annoying a noblemanNaked woman with antlers and a glowing hoof stepping over a pondRand al'Thor and company riding through woods covered in magically-summoned fog
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Robin and Ramy witness Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation, in all its foreboding majesty second illustration for R. F. Kuang's Babel - illustrated edition, out now from Harper Voyager 40x30cm ink on claybord
a black and white scratchboard drawing. In the background a very large tower looms over Gothic buildings overlooking a vast paved plaza. In the foreground, two characters wearing black Oxford robes walk towards the tower.
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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd @netizenses.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hello #portfolioday! ❤️✨I'm Sophie, from rural Bedfordshire in the UK, predominantly working in #gameart. Currently looking for more contract work from September onwards - would love to work in #ttrpg, #tcg, and #bookcovers. I also take personal commissions :) www.sophieellensmith.com
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Patricia Moj 🎨 || freelance illustrator / concept artist @pbmoj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hi #PortfolioDay ! 💕 I'm Patricia, a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Germany. I especially love doing character-centric illustrations and do work for books, tabletop, board + video games, and other projects! 😊 ✨ patriciamoj.com ✨ pbmoj.art@gmail.com
digital painting of an elf holding a magically glowing cup, leaves floating arounddigital Painting, a happy cockatiel signaling their human friend about a blue glowing magic crystaldigital painting of a koala wearing a belt with a sachet full of leaves and a green glowing potion. The koala reaches out to some leaves in the foreground.digital painting, a mage wielding water magic
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Rod Mendez @rodmendez.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hello #Portfolioday ! I'm Rod, illustrator and concept artist. I work mostly with fantasy but love other genres as well. Here are some environments focused illustrations.
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🌺 Giulia Valentini | Artbook PDF on KoFi!! @kurocyou.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It's #PortfolioDay! 💗 I'm Giulia, a queer Art Director in videgames and fantasy art lover. One day I'll get back to my true love: book covers and illustrations. 📧giul.valentini@gmail.com Portfolio | Links | Art Zine | Prints #illustration #ttrpgart
On the Left: fullbody portrait of a elf woman in a layered red outfit with various satchels containing instruments like brushes and scalpels, and holding various scrolls. She stands proudly in a dusty, sandy environment, a cheeky smile on her face.
On the Right: painting of two feminine figures, Fley (a green skinned tiefling with long dark hair, wearing a tight black dress)  and Darania (a pale half-elf, blonde hair pulled up in a crown braid, wearing a white robe with red spider lily embroidery). Darania stands behind Fley, clutching the other's face in her hands, red polished nails pressing in her skin, and looks at the viewer with a predatory smirk. Fley stares ahead with wide eyes.A scene set in what looks to be a temple, dominated by a huge circular stained glass window. The sun is setting behind it, illuminating the room in gold and pink light. At the center of it, a tiefling priest is giving their sermon, their pose solemn but not detached from the audience, wearing a sun symbol on their chest and belt and flowing fabric. Behind them there are four hooded priests. In the foreground, the audience (consisting of people from different races, species and ages) listen closely from the shadowed areas.illustration, painted in warm grays and reds, of Sheireen (OC - a drow woman of undefined age, with rot exposing the flesh of the left side of her face and hand) wrapped in a dark shawl blown by the wind. In the background, a barren land with a tower crumbling in the air against the backdrop of a red moon.Illustration of Fley [OC], a tiefling with light green skin, long black hair and golden eyes. They wear a robe with flowing white sleeves. They're staring ahead at the viewer with a determined expression and snarling a spell out, their hand outstretched in a command. Green and pink magic swirls around them in a wave reminiscent of water and northern lights.
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Anna Podedworna @akreon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here is the cover I had the pleasure of illustrating for the Polish edition of "The Husky and His White Cat Shizun" Published by Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca
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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is also why I care so much about younger and newer artists, why I always try to answer if someone comes to me for advice - I can’t reach back in time and give the person I was a hand, but I can do the next best thing
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War on Christmas Veteran @sfaccountant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A post saying "People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think of they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art"
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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Churchyard's Watchful Protector
In a snow-covered churchyard in front of a large gothic church, a large black dog with glowing eyes sits among the graves. The graves are weathered and covered in lichens, and capped with snow. Behind them stands a grand gothic stone church with many large indicate windows separated by buttresses (each topped by a pinnacle), with a tall central bell tower. Around it to the right are tall but bare trees. All are set against a smooth blanket-like cloudscape.
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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One Cold Night
In a dimly lit snowy scene, a woman with red hair wearing a dark cloak stands in a field covered by white snow. Around her are many sheep with black and white faces and golden wool flaked with fallen snow.

I'm the background, beyond a wall, is a large stone house with large sash windows.  Bright orange light invisible in the windows, and shadows of people and things inside can be seen. On either side of the house are tall bare trees.
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Helena N. @koalalaurelin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hi!) Today is my birthday!😁 And by tradition, I will be very happy with your retweets - this is the best gift for an artist)
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Chris.M🌙 @boredguitarfish.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Half way through artfight and I sit here sweating cuz I didn’t make a proper character sheet for Aumraun 🙂‍↕️ But here he is, his concept sheet at long last. I need him to serve 👌👌👌
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looceyloo @looceyloo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Opening some skeb-ish comm slots in this experimental style! Each slot is $80 and will be completed throughout the next 2-3 weeks, between other commission slots. Please email me at looceyloo@gmail.com if you're interested! More details below~
Digital art of a dark-skinned man with long flowing black hair, pointed eras, and golden eyes. He is dressed entirely in black with his chest exposed, and wears an crown of branches/antlers. He poses with a black long sword and a cocky smirkdigital art of Yves, a purple teifling with long blue hair. he is draped in a large purple with gold embroidery shawl, and wears loose pants. his chest is bare, revealing lots of tattoos. Yves gives a sly smirk and lazily scratches his tumdigital art of a voluptuous purple skinned tiefling with long black hair and twin black horns. She poses seductively in a sparkly blue-black dresdigital art of a voluptuous purple skinned tiefling with long black hair and twin black horns. She poses seductively in a sparkly blue-black dress
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Adrian Campos @friendadev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The game industry is so fucking back
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Dave Guertin @daveguertin.com · 03/07/2026
My absolute FAVORITE toolset for working digitally is on sale. The absolute BEST ellipse tool and perspective system money can buy. The dev builds with care in support of the creative community: for humans by a human.
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Replica004 | Sara Zeno Camponeschi @replica004.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Whittaker, my Ghast OC 💀🖤 #dnd
Full Body digital painting of my original D&D character Whittaker, a Ghast and Rogue. On the top left corner, a close up portrait of him.
Whitty is an undead humanoid with pale veiny skin, long gangly limbs with talons on his hands and feet. He has a skeletal face with pointy teeth and a long purple tongue, partially hidden under a rusted chainmail. His right eye is covered and his left one glows red. He carries a rusted bastard sword while crouching.
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Lauri @4yvle1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Noirsnow @noirsnow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Banshee
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Kane (Minkmoding) @kanexan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Do. Not. Use. Fucking. Sticker. Mule.
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