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Joel Chaim Holtzman @joelchaimholtzman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

JOB OFFER: A client reached out to me with a book cover gig I am unable to take on right now! Pays well. Post your work in the comments for the client to take a look! (I am not affiliated with this project, the client will reach out to you if they are interested)

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ryan @dotswap.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🟠 innocence lost

illustration of my original character, boris velasco
he stares directly at the viewer with a bright orange glow in his eyes, dark hair blowing in the wind. he wears a light blue pajamas, and holds out his hands to cup a single, faint glow of a butterfly.
Around him flock dozens of ravenous crows, sharing the same menacing glow in their eyes. they are all aimed for what is in his hands at full speed.

Description:
This illustration pertains to much of Boris' character in general. His succumb to hopelessness, seeking power instead of love, losing his innocence and his whimsy.
The frail butterfly symbolizes what remains of his inner child (this is also why Boris likes Aiden, who i also associated with butterflies, because he subconsciously reminds Bo of who he used to be) and the crows are the jaded violence he has been taught to use to feel less small. By habit, they seek to destroy any traces of incorruption - because what if it makes him the weak one again?

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 06/10/2026

Hi all! I’m so excited to share The GM’s Menagerie of Monsters!!! Written by @dungeondad.bsky.social and completely hand-illustrated by yours truly, it features over 50 new monsters for your #dnd 5e/5.5e table! Pick it up IN STORES February 2nd 2027, or preorder now with this link: linktr.ee/GMMoM

A book cover for the Game Master’s Menagerie of Monsters, featuring, from front to back, a tiefling woman with a black bob cut and one broken horn, dressed in leather asymmetrical armor and wielding one sword of light and one of fire; upon her shoulder, a small acorn knight with an autumn leaf cape; a pale woman with mascara tear marks on her face and long oil-slick-black hair wearing full plate armor wields a massive warhammer; a construct made of plate mail and glass containing a green smoky ghost inside looms over them, wielding a maul and a greatshield. Behind them, another construct of plate mail, this time of gleaming silver with black smoke pouring out of a frogs-mouth helm, stands at the ready. Above it all, a hellish pale nude headless figure with four blood red wings and a sword of pure dark energy eclipses the sun.

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Reiko Murakami @reikomurakami.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

QRP with your skull art!

Variant cover for Briar #8. A skull on the ground drawing and sucking blood as it goes through a resurrection ritual

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Kwoin @mathiasteur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spooktober sadtober : _ (

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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 symbols

A 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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Nimasprout 🔜 LBX 213 @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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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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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 🥰

character sheet of a male winged character

Endpapers and Dust Jacket I made for Witch of the Wolves, for thebookishbox

Two 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

Yeah! It feels much more common lately. 🥲

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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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Marie Baumgarten @mariebaumgarten.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Unfortunately tight deadlines are incredibly common in the tabletop space 🥲

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moonlit milly 🌕 GWF ✌🏼 @mischiefmilly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

this sentiment is definitely applicable here

tumblr post by nurseleonedeactivated-deactivat

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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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 spell

Concept 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 woods

Naked woman with antlers and a glowing hoof stepping over a pond

Rand 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 around

digital Painting, a happy cockatiel signaling their human friend about a blue glowing magic crystal

digital 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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Marie Baumgarten @mariebaumgarten.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Stoker definitely depicted him as a predatory animal without any seduction or romantic context. Other depictions of vampires in literature where very different though and the vampires where often Byronic in nature and seduction played a bigger part. Princes Weekes made a fantastic video about this!

youtu.be

Why Fandom Wants Mina to Date Dracula

YouTube video by Princess Weekes

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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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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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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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