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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lil dragon and some bluebells. Ideally gonna be doing a series of dragons and various flowers... I just have a bad habit of mentioning the intention of a big project and then never working on it more u_u

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

a piece for de-rusting and also to time out my process for future reference, which has already come in handy. I never did totally make up my mind on Wish's redesign, but this feels like the most solid its been.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

well these took too long and I got lost in the details sauce as usual. It feels bad cause its not really *for* anything, you know?

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I keep doing sketches for new and different projects rather than picking something and sticking with it through inks + colours 😔 Thumbnail sketches for a series of dragons & flowers.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some random character designs for practice, I guess? I just kinda fell into working on them and didn't think about it harder than that. for like four days. lol. I'll probably try and get them coloured soon, probably good to throw into the portfolio after that.

8 character designs in two rows of 4. top 4 are masculine, bottom 4 are feminine. They are all front facing, no additional facings.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

clean inks! Took forever! I'm out of practice though. I don't expect I'll be colouring it, for reasons.

Digitally inked drawing of a humanoid Venus fly trap monster holding a human skull among a field of giant man eating Venus fly traps and bones. Some flytraps are closed and leaking fluids. The smallest ones are open maws. A large vertical trap next to the humanoid is opening to reveal a human ribcage and lots of goop.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Sketch from daily drawings in May 2023 that I'm revisiting to ink. Lots of good old stuff that never got finished that I can go back to now... I think I'll be trying to regularly post old stuff that may have never gotten shared before, cause I sure didn't feel like sharing the last few years.

Sketch of a humanoid Venus fly trap monster holding a human skull among a field of giant man eating Venus fly traps and bones. Some flytraps are closed and leaking fluids. The smallest ones are open maws. A large vertical trap next to the humanoid is opening to reveal a human ribcage and lots of goop.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Finally drew something for meee. Might focus on horror and monsters more going forward.

greyscale digital drawing of some kind of horror monster. corpse amalgam of bones from different animals, all tied together with some kind of organic stringy mess.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hey, hi. Life changed really suddenly. ~2 months ago I was laid off. So far I've just kinda... been existing. Longer text about the situation I wrote for Tumblr, so don't mind the mention of Bluesky at the end. Probably delete this later.

I was laid off at the beginning of June. At the end of June I would have worked at the studio for eleven years.

I've never had another job. I've never actually searched or applied for a job.

I've just been sort of aimlessly floating through the last two (almost) months.

It was so easy to think "now I'll have time for my own art" but I really haven't done any so far. I've never been any good at self-direction and motivation.

Getting a normal-style job in art is so scary and unlikely, I've been thinking a lot about how to get into like... merch selling, I guess. Friends were very encouraging about doing craft fair tabling and the like... which I just don't think I can do, for a lot of reasons. But online, maybe? But again I don't see myself doing well with having a physical stock of stuff and having to mail out and...

Above all, I've never had an audience that would buy things in the first place. I entirely overthink "building an online audience" - I don't know where to START. Let alone actually then posting consistently and like... building something. I don't really like posting, as a generalization.

I don't know what to do. I have so so many options, and that's a big part of the problem. I'm too indecisive. I still have that comic to finish - its the size of a small graphic novel and everybody that's read through the rough has had very positive things to say. is posting online worth it? do I attempt self-publishing or traditional publishing? Or do I try smaller anthology comic stuff? Little horror stories? Try to stay in indie game development, somehow? Options, options, and none of them stick out for better or worse. I just don't know.

And yet when I step back and look at the bigger picture, I really don't want to be a freelance independent artist. Especially not doing commissions. Sounds terrifying. And technically, doesn't that eliminate most things I listed already?

Anyway. Just speaking into the void, I guess. But if I'm gonna try and do the Online Artist thing again, I'll be posting art here eventually. Presumably. And I guess maybe Bluesky? I know X is a hellscape, but like... I don't hear anything good about anywhere else, so... I actually don't even know.

But I've said that before. So... Who knows.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

My love for Wind Waker managed to pull me out of a long and deep depression pit long enough to do this. Started playing the HD version and its just so pretty, I finally actually wanted to draw something. So here's my OC Wish in WW style!

Digital drawing of an original character in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker's cartoony style. He has purple hair over one eye, visible eye is silver, pointed ears, a blue, black, and white outfit, and feathered wings and a tail that are a lighter purple than his hair, but matching purple at the tips. His wings are spread wide as he is floating mid-air and has a mildly surprised expression. There is a blue gradient rectangular block of colour as a background behind him.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Sorry I disappeared, but the last few months have been really bad! Really life stuff, family stuff... Things have been settling down though so hopefully with the new year I can get back to doing some more art. For now, here's a year in review, one piece per month.

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 08/11/2023

This is a good article. For all the importance we have in creating the entire look of the product, we really don't have any power. We are not even allowed to show our labor to find new jobs most of the time. Artists need to unionize. aftermath.site/most-video-g...

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Repostober 31 - 2015 #art Happy Halloweeeen Did this after I finished Grim Fandango for the first time. Excellent game, highly recommend.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Repostober 30 - 2015 #art One of few old pieces that still gets some attention on the original posts, so why not bring it to the forefront again. Midna keeping an eye on Hyrule Castle through a portal or whatever.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Repostober 29 - 2015 #art More Steven Universe! I think of these as "chibi" even if they're... mostly not. Really just simplified? Closer to the show's style than my usual, at least. Many more of the one-coloured-shaded style in the replies!

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Repostober 28 - 2015 #art These mostly kinda make me laugh now lol. There's plenty of problems (with the feet and shading especially) but like. I'm surprised by how much effort I put in, honestly. 2015 was a different time. Gonna put em all separately in the replies!

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Repostober 27 - 2015 #art A small series of "Flower Language" (and leaves) portraits for some gems. I definitely did research (though couldn't tell you the sources anymore) and picked stuff out for all the major characters but only finished these three.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Repostober 26 - 2015 #art How about MORE STEVEN UNIVERSE I wanna say this was done before it was clear Amethyst wasn't there for the war proper... but also Ruby and Sapphire are there so maybe I just willfully missed that detail lol, I don't remember exactly.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Repostober 25 - 2016 #art Here, have more old SU fan art. I sure didn't know what to with Garnet's hair lol

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Repostober 24 - 2016 #art I did a fair bit of Steven Universe fanart for a hot minute.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Repostober 23 - 2016 #art From a "Draw all the things" challenge, taking 3 words and making one picture out of them. This one was Witch, Jacket, Pattern.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Repostober 22 - 2017 #art seasonally appropriate!

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Repostober 21 - 2017 #art a rare fan art, cause like. errybody was drawing fem Gerudo Link. Theres some wonkiness here but I still mostly like it. Was a fairly early attempt at bounced light, too.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Repostober 20 - 2017 #art I didn't forget this time, I was busy doing a 24 hour charity stream :'D Dragon! I used to draw dragons so much. Now they're kind of few and far between, but still hold a special place in my heart. I still love the way her eyes turned out - don't remember how I did it lol

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

HELLO FRIENDS I'm gonna be streaming for Extra Life tomorrow, October 20th, at twitch.tv/cnegames I'll be on stream from 6pm-7pm and (maybe) 4:30am-5:30am PST gonna be doing a drawing thing with donation incentives, check my Extra Life page www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fu...

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Repostober 19 - 2018 #art A scene from a TTRPG campaign, a homebrew wild west game. Some complicated feelings, cause it was supposed to be a podcast, but... buncha dumb stuff happened. beh. Was a really good story... Wanna be proud of it, and this piece, but just. Sad. :C

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Repostober 18 - 2018 #art Yeah just posting the next immediately sorry (not sorry?) The first drawing/design for Echo! I think their horns kind of unconsciously got longer over time and they rarely use their staff, but other than that they really haven't changed!

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Repostober 17 - 2018 #art UGH I keep forgetting cause I'm real busy lately. Have a big full piece thats generally on the shortlist for re-sharing every once in a while

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Repostober 16 - 2018 #art Echo, beloved feral hyena druid One of those pieces that just continues to look shockingly good for its age.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Repostober 15 - Extra Life 2018 #art (forgot again bluh) the other, first big ridiculous piece from Extra Life fundraising. Again, mostly DnD characters. Less silliness this time too.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

Repostober 14 - Extra Life 2019 #art The big ridiculous scene that came out of fundraising for Extra Life. Mostly its peoples' DnD characters (including a few of mine). This was the second, and final, of these huge scenes lol. None of my other art-related fundraising ideas have been as successful...

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Repostober 13 - 2019 #art My beloved water genasi vampire spawn Cleric of Lathander, Tethys! She got killed by Strahd and came back as a vampire spawn... But because she was a Light Domain Cleric (&had a kind DM) she wasn't a thrall and was able to escape Castle Ravenloft and return! I loved her ;-;

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Repostober 12 - 2019 #art aaaag forgot to post this yesterday cause I couldn't think of what to say and put it aside and it just left my mind completely. So uh I'll just tell you this is one of the first pieces for Hemlock, my Eladrin circle of spores druid.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Repostober 11 - daily drawing October 2020 #art Buncha fun monsters, thats all really.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Repostober 10 - daily drawing May 2021 (two days each) #art These little square chunk cross sections of environments were going around for a little while, so I tried em out. I think the forest one is much less good but I dislike it less now than I did at the time.

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skelehime @skelehime.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

THE MAGAZINE 💭 a horror comic about the scariest dream I ever had 1/3

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Repostober 9 - Nov 2021 #art The Skewering. That one DnD session where our party was TPK'd by the nation of vampire conquistadors. We lived, they took us prisoner. Hemlock was the last one up, but uh... yeah. surrounded and skewered.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Repostober 8 - daily drawing Oct 2021 #art well, this one was done over two days, but still. Bones n nature is one of my favourite combinations. themes? concepts. exploratory... art... thing.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Repostober 7 - daily drawing Oct 2021 #art a one-off character design I'm still quite fond of! Maybe it'll become a character some day, who knows. When I first posted it on Twitter someone suggested they'd be a Warlock with an Elder Ooze patron, which is a fun idea.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Repostober 6 - daily drawing Oct 2021 #art Did a lot of good stuff that year, expect to see a few more with that label. I feel like this one sort of speaks for itself? no big backstory or anything, it is what you see, and I like it.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Repostober 5 - daily drawing Oct 2021 This one spawned a short story concept I've got stashed away somewhere. Who knows if I'll get to it someday though. Either way I still really like this piece. #art

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Repostober #4 - 2022 #art All the main characters from that time I DM'd Curse of Strahd. The first 4 are the players: Lucretius, Reese, Aroden, Gonbri. The next two are twin NPCs Mirabel and Korga Nimrovitch. (if you know CoS, they're new Ismark and Ireena.) And of course the man himself, Strahd.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Saw on tumblr the idea of #Repostober, so gonna kinda participate in that. Cause the things I posted last two days don't "fit" but WHO CARES! Tethys!! Water Genasi Cleric from a Curse of Strahd campaign that got SO CLOSE to the end... then the panini happened. #art

a fully coloured illustration in chibi style of Tethys, Water Genasi Cleric of Light. She has minty green skin, black eyes with glowing golden pupils, scars from a wolf attack, and wet hair. She is wearing full plate mail in white and gold, the Symbol of Ravenkind around her neck, and holding a Mace of Disruption.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M FINALLY GONNA POST IT. I was too anxious about it being overlooked. This took me 5 years. Obviously with huge pauses. Its kind of like concept art for a story... This is Lilium (or just Lily) and her shapeshifting pet/partner Nash. They're exploring an upper level of Hell.

A large coloured illustration with bright blue and yellow lighting. There is a teenage girl with white hair in jeans and a leather jacket riding a large quadruped beast with white fur and small black horns. They are in a cave system with various nooks and crannies and one large fissure leading down to a lava lake on the right side. There is various alien flora and fauna about.

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Lorin @nirol.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Waking up on October 1st like

Comic book panel showing a skeleton saying “my flesh! My clothes! What happened to them? I’m…gulp…a s-skeleton! ……gulp….”

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SMrry @bloodexer.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

SILENT HILL 3

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Emmett Nahil @emnays.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

Carmen Maria Machado: “Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror”

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I'm finally starting Baldur's Gate 3... and I spent FIVE GD HOURS making my character. HOW, you say. There aren't that many options, you say. WELL YEAH, SO I HAD TO GET MODS. also then just choosing a class was a whole thing, and couldn't decide if I wanted to make an old DnD PC or totally new... 🙃

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Character designs for a new DnD character for an upcoming campaign. They're a changeling Bard, big into one-man-shows with masks and marionette plays. The top one is their performing costume/persona. The tielfing on the bottom is a separate persona to be their own manager. #art

a character design sheet with five figures. Top two are the front and back of a jester-like performer with long flowing sleeves, full length coat, and many layers of fabric. All skin is covered. The colours are bright, with yellow, alternating/asymmetrical pink and green, and accents of almost-black dark green. Their marionettes are on either side of their jacket at the hip. They are wearing a mask that matches their costume, with four other masks attached around their head.
The bottom row has a naked changeling, a simple humanoid with purse white skin, no hair or genitals. Next to them is a tiefling, a demonic humanoid. They have grey-purple skin, white hair, and bright green eyes. Large dark purple curled horns with gold jewelry, and a thin tail ending in a curled spike. They're wearing blue and red slashed jester pants and elbow length gloves, reddish brown leather high boots and vest which has a sheer blue flowy fabric underneath, and belt made of many golden ropes.

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Venn 💀 @skelevenn.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

The final 3! Ended with 42 total goblins. Because I'm that kind of nerd. - was intended to be a Cleric, looks weirdly like a nun - fencer, Fighter? - more aggressive spellcaster, Sorcerer or Warlock? #art #goblin

A black and white drawing of a goblin sitting cross-legged with their hands kind of cupped, lying on their knees. Their eyes are closed and their face is hidden by a veil. They are wearing plain religious-y robes that have attached strips of parchment with symbols written on them.

A black and white drawing of a goblin with their back 3/4s to the camera, holding a fancy rapier up to their face in a salute. Their other hand is held behind their back. They wear a large floppy hat, bandito mask, and large leather gloves and boots.

A black and white drawing of a goblin leaping through the air with their arms raised, fists clenched, with blue lightning emanating from them. They are wearing a two piece outfit of flowy cloth and strings of square bits of jewelry. Their eyes are also on fire, also blue.

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