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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Last day of #folktember2026 🥳 This great being is named Trǫll by the village, as they do not know exactly what it is nor it's purpose here. Yet, it is not aggressive towards the villagers, so they let it be. Although, sometimes it'll inadvertently block the path through the woods. 🌳🍁

Tall trees populate these darkening woods, though it does not seem to scare the young traveller who has decided to walk the trodden path through the woods.
A great beast lies atop the traveller's trail. Politely, the traveller is asking it to shift over a bit.
The sleepy beast regards them with one giant looming eye, two smaller eyes on each side of a large head, horns curling magestically above it. It's long muzzle smelling the traveller as they walk past.
Long fluffy ears flick, listening, the jingling of its earrings a faint sound.
Front paws with long talons block the way, as the rest of its cloven body disappears into ththe darkness of the woods.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Prompt number 6, Witch's Cottge. #folktember2026 What better way to travel than via giant snail? This witch, definitely a maximalist! 🐌

A giant snail with a shell covered by a thatched roof.
On it, several windows of different shapes and sizes. Different styles of bunting and even a washing line hung between 2 windows.
The snail wears some kind of armour and a set of reins hangs from them. There is also a wind chime, a balcony and a weather vane. A very busy looking snail!

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#folktember2026 Prompt 5, 'Naiad' I've named her Gemynd, it means memory. As pearls of thought drop like wishes into the waters, she keeps them safe until the creator returns for them at the end of their life. So that they may dwell on the life they had, or else, start again.

An aquatic creature with large dark eyes, long thin arms outstretched to catch a falling pearl.
2 tusk like extensions from her face and a trail of spiked fins grace her head and down her back.
On her hips, out flows the top part of a jellyfish, from underneath out comes a strong tail, with a hooked barb on the end.
In her other hand, she holdholds another barb, fashioned into a mysterious large needle-like tool.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Folktember2026 This kind of sacred landmark is for those who are grieving. Not just about their lost ones, but for the end of times. Come to the Mourner on the Hill when you wish to be guided through grief; leave a candle, throw a treasured possession into the water, turn away and don't look back.

A large statue of a fairy, standing tall and bowing her head. On top of the hill she stands within a small pool of healing waters.
A shrine stands before her, a single candle lit.
Two figures, tiny in comparison, begin walking towards her, hand in hand.
She has two thin horns and the long beak of a bird. Her wings resemble that of a moth. Her hands held in her lap before her as her long robes fall into the water beneath.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's #folktember2026 prompt 3, 'Fire Serpent' 🔥🐍 This piece is inspired by Loki and the idea that he is the fire that lights when lightnings hits a tree. 🌳

A long nosed snake facing upwards and coiling downwards. His belly has a basket woven texture inspired by traditional nordic knotwork.
He is wreathed in fire. By his mouth, lightning strikes.
An oak leaf sits behind the snake as this is the tree most associated with lightning.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#folktember2026 prompt 2! Wishing Well 🪄 I have yet to give this creature a name and lore - but I think the mystery of it is exactly what allows it to grant wishes! Try to understand it, and it shall vanish. ✨️🐋 #illustration #creatureart

A girl at the well stares down after the coin she's just wished upon. From below, a leviathan of smooth skin and spiralling patterns looks above towards the girl with its 9 eyes. Long feelers by its beaked nose, 2 sets of fins on the face and 2 large flippers. The rest of the creature cannot be seen, its immensity larger than the page.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm taking part in #folktember2026 and the first prompt is 'Forest Sprite'! 🧚 This creature, I named Blēaþe Grīma 🍁 (Full story in Alt text)

This sprite holds a 7 pointed leaf to her face, eyes poking through.
An awkwardly shaped body serpentine in nature with a poofy tipped tail.
A skirt made of leaves, a necklace made of seeds and a hagstone pendant in one of her for hands.
She has 3 sets of transparent wings.
Her eyes slitted like a snake, dark in colour, though her posture lacks confidence.

Blēaþe Grīma's story:

This variety of forest sprite, no larger than a grapefruit, is very timid, giving her the name 'Timid Mask'.
She will muster a lot of courage to emerge out of her hiding place at dusk.
Using leaves or shells to hide her face, she believes that this makeshift mask will help make friends with the other fairies, as she's very conscious that her appearance may seem intimidating or ugly.
Her accessories are an effort to copy what the other fairies do, in the hopes that she blends in, showing them that she can be just like them.
It's rare to see her come out during the day where she might get spooked by the other denizens of the forest.
Yet, since she's so inspired by the joyous festivities organised by the fair folk, with their colourful lights and beautiful sounds, she tries her best to combat her timid nature.
The hagstone she carries on the end of a cord is what she believes to be the source of her courage. She gives it a comforting squeeze before leaving her shelter, wishing to be just as brave as everyone else.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Homebrew D&D item, the Hat of Devouring! 👒 I love the lil teefs - they were inspired by the Frill Shark! 🦈 🧛‍♂️ #dnd #homebrew #dnditem #art

A royal blue pointy wizard's hat with gold stars and tassels. Looks perfectly normal from the front. But once worn, inside tears through 16 rows of tiny sharp teeth, all facing inwards, locking the victim in place.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Valet LeTrefle ♣️ D&D Character Art playing card, one side is his past and the other his present. 🃏 This was a really fun challenge to know what to mirror and what to change! 🎭 #dndart #dungeonsandragons #wizard #dndcharacters #dungeonsanddragonsart

Top side, a younger man, jaw length hair with a calm collected expression. Holds a playing car with coins on it. The Club of a traditional playing card next to him depicts a wave with a fish tail coming out of it.

The bottom side, the same gentleman but looks more roughed up, with holes in his clothes. His expression has changed to one more serious. His playing card he holds has a juniper branch on it. And the Club has a tooth dagger with a cuckoo bird on top.

In the centre that divides them there is elven text.

Same art as the other picture, just flipped 180 to show they're mirrored images

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I had a dream about this creature here eating one of my biscuits from my stash! 🍪 I just found them so adorable that I had to make them real. Now they guard my biscuits!

Clay figurine, very rounded and smooth, two tiny horns, a big nose and two wide eyes looking very content and holding a biscuit between two big arms.
Carved into the design are 3 celtic spirals.

Pencil sketch of the clay figurine. The guardian of biscuits!

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Alas! Nearing the end of the year now, once more I present my Art vs Artist of 2025! 🎨 It's tough to divide the attention between all my interests at once, but somehow I find the time! 🎉 Have a splendidly restful holiday everyone! 🎄

A selfie of myself in the middle, surrounded by my favourite works of 2025 including:
King Kiwi, a portrait of my friend's dog.
Watering can with flowers coming out of it.
An illustration of a creature design I named Mors per Picem.
Character design for a new RPG system I started playing, her name is Skuld, the Danse Macabre.
A piece called Muscida, displaying a bear skull with gold leaf around it.
Muad'Dib, a small illustration of the hopping mouse from Dune.
Thurisaz, an illustration from my runic series, a rune for thorns.
And lastly, the sketch portrait of the Mors per Picem creature when I was still designing his head.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Muad'Dib 🐭 A delicate weekend drawing exercise! 🏜

Dune's own kangaroo mouse delicately posed in front of a crescent moon.
Beautiful black eyes and poised fluffy tail, tiny hands with large feet and large pink ears! Perfect for a desert dweller.

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☀Hyde Angelus☀ @ RCCC : K26 @hydeangelus.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A stranger to happiness

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The Danse Macabre 💀 Character design of mine for our Beacon mini-campaign! I'm playing a Lifeweaver Elemental of life & death, seemed fitting for this time of year! 🕸

A vision of black and white, the everflowing dancer stares down at her foe through the stolen clay mask. Pale garments trail behind her as she grins with understanding that she has won. She wears cuffs of black metal, the skin that shows is cracked like drying earth, she beholds 3 other masks similar to the one she wears now. Her eyes, like brightest stars, display the promise that a bargain will be struck this day, or your life is theirs to dance to.
Momento Mori, Momento Vivere.
The Danse Macabre.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 28/10/2025

Day 28 for #repostober The witches #darkart

Art of witches with bird skull heads, riding brooms at night

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 29/10/2025

Day 29 for #repostober Vampire #darkart

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XI 🌱 熙 @shiximi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Keyleth and Vax'ildan

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 19/10/2025

Day 19 for #repostober 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Death #darkart

4 horsemen of the apocalypse, Death. Hooded figure carrying a red scythe riding a pale horse with a skull face. White flames and ghostly blobs swirl around it.

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NightmareHound @houndminternet.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My eely dark part of #feastphone2025 hosted by @ascalaphid.com (hashtag live lumpfish reaction)

Murky image of three differently coloured eels curling around each other, one biting the other, multiple dark eels are gazing from below as few lumpfish and a bull-rout are looking varily. One orange lumpfish is staring right at the viewer.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Made some progress today! Love how she's coming along! 💃🤩

The pose of a dancer with wonderful flowing attire. A veil over her head and a mask over her face holding a very cheeky grin. Her skin resembles cracked clay.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 17/10/2025

Day 17 for #repostober 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Famine Famine rides the black horse & carries a set of scales. #darkart

Art from the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse series, Pestilence. Skull headed rider holding a banner with scales. He rides a black horse with a skull head. They stand in a field of dead crops under a burning sky.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 18/10/2025

Day 18 (for real this time) for #repostober 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Pestilence #darkart

4 horsemen of the apocalypse, Pestilence. Child wearing a mask holding a bow, riding a sickly white horse.rats run on the floor, and a orange sun hangs in the sky

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I finally figured out what was wrong with my tablet and managed to get back to drawing! 😭 The way I turned shrimp so fast! Anyway, here's a light sketch of my new character!

Sketch/line work of a dancing woman, mask affixed to her face in a cheeky grin. Clothes flowing behind her. Hands gracefully outstretched.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 16/10/2025

Day 18 for #repostober I did a 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse series a few years back. This one was War. #darkart

Art of War of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Knight on a red horse holding a lance, with fire and swords in the foreground.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Had a lot of friends join me on my adventure here, so welcome! Glad to have you here! Hope you enjoy my shenanigans! 🥳 (Here's a get-to-know-me page from last year).

"Get to know me, artist version!
Name: Sophie
Age: mentally? Old lady
Type of artist: fantasy illustrator
Fave colour: sunflower yellow
Art mediums: photoshop or acryllic paint
Fave thing while doing art: Podcasts!
My inspiration: mythology and monsters

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HimmyDraws @himansu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Oh hello #Portfolioday! Here’s some of the stuff I’ve done:

Digital drawing of a winged veiled woman using one of its wings to partially cover a horned child from the light above them both. Shades of brown hints of teal.

Digital painting base on a sculpture angel by Lorenzo Bernini bastardized. The head of the angel is now two blooming flowers obscured by a sketchy pink neon skull, complete with horns and halo. The background is textured with a non repeating pattern resembling a script.

Digital portrait of a masked woman. Tones of pink, grey and yellow. Large coiled snake bares its fangs in the foreground.

Digital drawing of a white barn own standing on a plinth with a mutated mouse in its talons

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 14/10/2025

Heyo #PortfolioDay! I'm Sygnin, I illustrate in an ink & color style. Interested in working on book/game/card art. I like making art featuring folklore, fantasy, romantic horror. Portfolio - sygnin.com Vgen (commissions) - vgen.co/sygnin Email - sygnin[@]gmail[.]com

art of a female vampire's head looking at the viewer. flowers cover one of her eyes. her dark hair flows upwards and she wears a lace victorian type outfit

art of a silhouetted hooded rider on a horse with horns and red glowing eyes. behind them is a red moon

art of a hunter fighting with a large flying monster that looks like a dragon. based off Monster Hunter game.

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Malizias @malizias.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Sonne ☀️ #dndart #dndoc #ocsky #dnd

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🩸 morteraphan 🗝️ @morteraphan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I'm back to drawing designs, the new pack will be out in a couple of days! 🐐

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Jasper Miller 🐦‍⬛ @jaspermillerart.com · 30/09/2025

So Alex Jordan (VA for one of the Rook voices in Veilguard) is doing a playthrough over on twitch and his Rook is glamrock incarnate and also hot [ #jasperdraws #veilguard ] www.twitch.tv/alexjordanvo

Illustrated portrait of Lazarus "Rook" Ingellvar (elf, pale skin, facial tattoos, long dark curly hair). He is looking side on at the viewer

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MAF @velnna.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Cracks knuckles here we go, CR portrait 1 of 8

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Runo ✦ @artvaris.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

A black and white sketch of a horned character with long hair (2023)

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꒰ᐢ..ᐢ꒱颖琦Gwyn @gravenmyth.com · 22/09/2025

🐍 Drop some SNAKES oho this one is perfect for me (≖ᴗ≖ )

Art of Messmer the Impaler in a semi-serpentine form and my original character Megaera from Elden Ring. His serpent form is coiled around her as she's reaching down to grasp his chin. There are Grave Violet flowers around them and a black pyrefly floats above one of his hands.

Art of my Elden Ring OC, Megaera. One of Base Serpent Messmer's winged serpents is wrapped around her body as she runs her tongue over it with a smile. A larger serpent is behind her with some Grave Violets.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 08/07/2025

Hey #portfolioday! I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache My style vibes with what I need it to do laura@fallenlights.net fallenlights.net

Abstracted deer that looks as if it is made of woods and bones. He has antlers that grow out of his head, bones and branches for a body, and a calm stare. Teal, gold, and white.

landscape of branches and roots growing around a small puddle of water. a blue raven stands above it with a feather in his beak, peering down into the water.

dark blue landscape of two woods meeting for a conversation. It can also possibly be a single tree split down the middle.

three small abstract landscape paintings. Green seaweed looking one, a pink stone formation that can be a city, and a green and yellow natural formation that can be a leaf breaking apart.

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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Happy Autimnal Solstice 🍂

Illustration of a witchy woman laying on the forest floor with purple magic exploding out of her fingers

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Painterly Me 𓍊‧𖤣°𖥧˚ ‧ @painterlyme.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Started this over the summer and I finally finished it. ✨🍄🍄‍🟫🌿

Embroidery of mushrooms and flowers on black fabric.

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Runo ✦ @artvaris.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Character sketches (2023)

A sketch page of various fantasy character portraits, all of which have long hair and horns/antlers of some kind

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Yitanran @yitanran.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Commission

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Maddy Bellwoar @maddybellwoar.com · 21/09/2025

Another mushroom studies page in gouache 🌿🍄✨

Photo shows a sketchbook sitting open on a wooden desk, surrounded by painting supplies such as paint tubes, brushes, and a palette. The page displays 5 gouache painting studies of different types of mushrooms growing locally in the Netherlands.

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Mavis Bickle @mavisbickle.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

A little watercolour I’ve been working on, which all got a bit hypnotic for some reason. #oaktrees #savethebutterflies #inverts #nature #wildlifeart #teammoth

A circular watercolour painting of a spiralling oak tree with some associated insect life around the edges of the tree

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

hades 2 this week!!! wahoo!!! #art

an illustration of melinoë from the game hades 2. she is brandishing dual blades, with a plume of green magic behind her, with the vague visage of hecate forming above her. from within the flames of magic are almost skeletal, claw-like hands reaching out. melinoë is framed by two pillars and walls depicting the bosses encountered throughout the game.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

QRP with your favourite portrait you've drawn! 😄 #art

Hope.
This commissioned character is a pleasant looking Yokaii.
Flat nose with very large happy eyes, amber in colour.
Blond, shoulder length hair covered by a hood that takes the shape of what would be two large ears also.
Her priestess robes hold a pale blue and white colouration, with trims of gold and magenta.
Long slender arms and a single hoofed foot peaks from underneath.
Over the top, she wears a scaley dark green trench coat, and holds a whistling charm in her hand.
She smiles delightfully, so full of wonder and hope.

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 21/09/2025

La Meunière (2024)

Rough digital painting of a woman walking in some yellow grass. In the background a couple of windmills are lost in the mist.

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Storyteller ✨️ Sophie @shelloiloi.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Wishing you all a very warm Autumn Equinox weekend! 🍁 📸 Photos from our walk in the forest, very excited to see the mushrooms again! 🍄

Tiny white mushroom amidst a dark floor of dead leaves

Termite-eaten bark the texture and colour of bones

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Igor Grouper-Commissions Open @igorgrouper.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Gone fishing sketch. #art #sketch

A sketch of a woman with a basket full of fish riding on the back of a pelican hippogriff on the bank of a body of water.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 18/09/2025

I’ve learned most online arguments aren’t worth having. If someone’s hostile and locked in or a complete stranger, usually nothing good comes of it. I save my energy for conversations where something might actually grow.

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🩸 morteraphan 🗝️ @morteraphan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Love this lil bastard #Silksong

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