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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I am taking a break between deadlines in my indoor jungle to wish you all a happy 2026! may all your wishes come true. Here are some of the images I worked on 2025. #artvsartist #artvsartist2025 More to come!! 😊 🍃🍀

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Book cover for Endless Blue Beneath by Shannon K. English Design by: Lisa Marie Pompilio AD: Lauren Panepinto

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Book cover for @owlcrate special edition of What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher 🦋

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Book cover for @owlcrate special edition of What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher I had so much fun with this one

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

THE SUPERBLOOM HAS ARRIVED 🏵️🌹🪷🌻🌷🌼💮 @marissavu.bsky.social and the Violet Lichen team are thrilled to present the cover for ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE FICTION! 🌿 Cover Art: @tropicalgloom.bsky.social Cover Design: Mikio Murakami @ Silent Q Design

Cover art featuring a large, extraterrestrial pink hibiscus. Text reads in geometric font: "The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction. ECO24. Edited By Marissa van Uden"

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

New book cover for WE, THE MISSING by Arwyn Sherman

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The one and only mermaid I've done. (for „The Sword of Destiny“ Illustrated Edition by Andrzej Sapkowski) #Sh’eenaz #mermay

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Kate Blagodatskikh ✦ comms open @blagodatskix.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🌿I'm open for commissions!🌿 If you are interested in commission feel free to email me!! Looking forward to the opportunity to draw your characters! More commission info - blagodatskix-info.carrd.co I will super highly appreciate the RT! 💙 #art, #horror, #commissions, #fantasyart, #dndart

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Thank you to the ones who have bought a print this month. It really helps! Today is the last one with free shipping for a while, so if you're interested here is the link to my print store: www.inprnt.com/gallery/marc...

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Nachtgarten (alt version) this is a photo-composite version of “Nachtgarten“ (from last year) it is more raw and you can see the imperfections of the mask made with metal wires. It’s been a very difficult week and this image feels like a release… cathartic and soothing, exactly what I’m needing now.

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If you see this, post your skeleton art

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I stopped checking instagram for some days and my head feels like a friendlier space.

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New book cover: House of Hearts by Skyla Arendt Design and art direction by: Kristie Radwilovicz at Penguin Teen ❤️🩸🌹🥀♦️♠️

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New book cover: House of Hearts by Skyla Arendt Design and art direction by: Kristie Radwilovicz at Penguin Teen ❤️🩸🌹🥀♦️♠️

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

If you see this, post your purple art

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Book cover / jacket art illustration for „The Glade“ by Nasser Jamnia @jamsternazzy AD: Karin Paprocki I loved to work on this whole jacket so much. Looking forward to more assignments with these supernatural kind of forests :-D

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If you see this, quote with your Night/ Dark Art!

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Sam Araya @arayaart.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

"Day" oil and digital. Cover art for Night and Day, forthcoming all original anthology from SAGA Simon and Schuster. Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

New book cover for HER WICKED ROOTS by @tanyapell.bsky.social AD/Design: Danielle Mazzella di Bosco at Gallery Books @ Gallery Books

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

New book cover for HER WICKED ROOTS by @tanyapell.bsky.social AD/Design: Danielle Mazzella di Bosco at Gallery Books @ Gallery Books

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E. C. Fuller @ecfuller.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Does anyone know any great artists who specialize in fantasy map making? I’m going to remove my book from Amazon, and I thought to celebrate a new edition, I’d add a fantasy map of my world to the inner pages of the book. I drew a map long ago to keep facts straight as I wrote, so I have a mock up.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 28/01/2025

Hey #kidlit illustrators, I'm looking for an artist who can capture apartment-life in an urban setting for a beginning reader series with a vibrant ensemble cast and a grayscale interior. Respond here with images and a link to your folio. Please no DMs. Agents are welcome to email. 💙❤️

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Tanya Pell @tanyapell.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🥀 Cover reveal for HER WICKED ROOTS 💀 “What’s planted in the Garden, grows in the Garden.” 🕯️Thank you @tropicalgloom.bsky.social and the art team at Gallery for this haunting, gorgeous cover! 😭

Cover of the Gothic novel Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell. A pale hand that appears to be morphing into a flower “grows” from a garden bed of greenery and purple flowers expelling smoke.

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Every time you write "Columbia" instead of Colombia a puppy dies 🐶 be careful

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

It is exactly when you merge the 400 layers of a file and feel ready to send the .psd that you start noticing all the tiny errors. 1 hour more working on this I guess. #deadlines

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Hopefully someone here fits this style! ⬇️

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generalsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

@ artists: William Schafer (of Subterranean Press) is looking for an artist with a handle on fairytales in Art Deco style for Novik’s “Buried Deep and Other Stories”

Screenshot of William Schaefer’s (@ SubPress) post looking for an artist reads:

“Crowdsourcing Call!
Hey there,
For Naomi Novik’s BURIED DEEP AND OTHER STORIES, we’re looking for an artist whose strength is fairy tales in an Art Deco style. Suggestions, with links, are most welcome.
Second, I’m looking for someone to handle art direction on a few books, collaborating with the artist, me, and possibly the author. If you have experience in this area, please get in touch. This is a paid opportunity.
Info at subterranean press dot com
Thanks all,”

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Chthonic Tide

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Dusty Ray @sloppjockey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay I am Marcela. I like everything gloomy, dreamlike and lush. Here is some of my work. marcelabolivar.com E-mail: m4rcelab@gmail.com

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 14/01/2025

Hey there #Portfolioday - I'm a UK based artist and work in watercolours. In the past have worked with Hitpoint Press for their cards, I am also fond of a book cover. Fantasy & Folklore & Creatures are my thing. www.emilyhare.co.uk

a black furry three eyed creature in a forest at the base of a tree with old armour and discarded items around him. Next to him is an old sword stuck in the ground, some spilled gold from a purse, an old boot with the leg bone still in it and in the shadows behind him there is another tree with more creatures like him on it.

half human/half tentacles. The being stares at the viewer while relaxing in a cave pool with its tentacles coming out of the water, its upper body looks humanoid with long black hair and white glowing eyes.

lesser demon painted for hitpoint press. A hairy pink creature with sharp claws, one knee up, prancing across the page with curls of green stink coming from its mouth. It has twisted grey horns and its ears stick out at the sides. It has loads of sharp teeth and bright yellow eyes and a red nose.

Gnoll painted for hitpoint press. The twisted face of a knoll, brown with dark brown spots, white eyes and a nose with gold rings in it. Scars on the face and loads of sharp teeth are being bared at the viewer.

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Nekro @nekroxiii.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We are dead gods for a time already collapsed Not even our dreams were saved Only the shadow has remained #portfolioday

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HELLhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 2/3- @elhyana.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Let's go #PortfolioDay ! I'm a fantasy illustrator, working on my own book project, between commissions!

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Sam Guay @samguayart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hello #PortfolioDay I like painting strange, fae, dreamy things and I'm currently working on the Saturnine Oracle to follow up the Blood Moon Tarot.

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Sam Araya @arayaart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Its #portfolioday ! I love doing covers for horror / weird fiction books. My favorite part is getting a free book with my cover and also getting $$$.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 14/01/2025

Hey #PortfolioDay! It's me again, ya girl Aimee. I'm a dark fantasy/sci-fi illustrator. I'd love to work with anyone interested in doing book covers, game cards, album art... Or anything really! Reach out to me and let's chat. :) 🖼️ AimeeCozza.com ✉️ aimee@aimeecozza.com #Art #DarkArt

An illustration of a person from the chin down. They have both their arms around black wolves, which are asleep and cuddled against the person. Two more wolves are asleep and piled on top. The person and the animals are all smeared and smattered with blood, indicating they had a great meal together.

A man wearing armor with large black and white wings outstretched behind him walking towards sunrise/sunset. He has his arm reaching back to grab the hilt of a sword with his seated between his wings.

A woman dressed in white standing amidst a roaring blizzard in the forest. Her hair and hood are whipped by the wind; her eyes are glowing, and she's cradling a baby-shaped wrapped object in her arms. Her dress and mouth are stained with blood.

A hand reaching up and touching a glitchy, multi-colored beam.

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It's #PortfolioDay! I'm Holly, an artist and illustrator from the UK. I mostly specialise in mild spook and things with a touch of the medieval. You can find a big collection of my work at holboldoart.com! I'm looking for more work later in the year. I'm also on patreon and sell prints!

A knight wearing a great helm and black cloak holding a sword glowing orange sits upon a large black horse dressed in a black ragged caparison. The sky behind them is red, lit by a bolt of red lightning, illuminating a distant cathedral spire and many wooden ruins. Before the knight is a dark landscape marked with puddles reflecting the red sky. Large leech-like creatures crawl across the ground.

A tall humanoid crow figure with a raven's head and dark flowing robes stands before a heavy carved semicircular arch within a small church. The arch is decorated with geometric patterns. Around the arch are painted medieval-style murals on the walls, depicting various other humanoid crow figures. In front of the central figure are many wooden pews, each one holding a tall candlestick with a lit candle on the top.

In a field beneath a low full moon stage two humanoid crow figures with crow heads and black flowing robes, their arms outstretched in front of them. Their eyes glow yellow. Behind them are many trees and a tall castellated and spireless church tower rising high above them. The bright full moon hangs in a featureless sky just above the tower.

A black dog with glowing eyes sits among a field of sheep at dusk. The grass is mostly brown and the sheep are white. The sky in the background is a yellow dusk partially obscured by grey clouds. The sun is half-covered by these clouds. In the field in the background are tall oddly-shaped radio masts.

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korraiko @korraiko.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

#PortfolioDay HI! I'm korraiko, I like to draw dark and creepy

A woman stands on a roof, she stands with her back to the viewer, but her head and gaze are turned towards the viewer. She is wearing a dark dress, holding a scythe in her left hand. A tall Gothic-style tower is depicted in the background. The lighting and sky are red in color.

1) This is a portrait of a white male vampire with dark hair, red eyes and light pupils. Dark hair covers the right side of his face, which is covered in burn scars. He is wearing a large dark fur collar, a burgundy coloured shirt with a neckline and a silver medallion hanging from his chest. The background is a solid blue colour
2) Portrait. Three quarter view. The portrait shows a woman, she has dark hair with white locks of hair, her eyes have a purple color, her right eye is lighter than her left eye, it is slightly luminous. She has gothic makeup. She is wearing a dark top with a white collar with lace on it
3)Portrait of a female vampire, she looks at the viewer with a mesmerizing gaze. She has dark hair gathered in a bundle, a red glow emanating from her eyes, on the left side of her face under her left eye you can see veins under the skin. She is wearing a red dress with a deep neckline, a medallion with a red stone hangs around her neck, and an earring can be seen in her left ear. Behind the woman is a red background.

The illustration depicts a woman, she holds a medallion in her right hand, and a staff with a green stone in her left hand. She is dressed in dark clothes with open shoulders and long gloves up to her shoulders, on her head she wears a tiara. In the background is a forest landscape covered in snow

The illustration shows a woman surrounded by sharp branches of blackthorn bushes and to the left of her is a book, sharp branches are coming out of the book. The woman has reddish-orange eyes and light brown hair, her hair is long and wavy, from the sharp branches she has fresh light wounds. On the book is an owl with three stars

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

hello #PortfolioDay ! i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🖼️ www.nooska-art.com ✉️ alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk

An illustration inspired by the game Disco Elysium. It shows Kim and Harry sat at a table playing a boardgame: the boardgames features important characters and people of interest to the Hanged Man case (the case they solve over the course of the video game). Kim holds a card and looks determined while writing down notes in his notebook. Harry looks thoughtful, his hand reaching for a set of 6 sided dice.

An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.

A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."

A landscape illustration of Fearne, Orym, and Dorian from Critical Role. They are lying down in a field of grass. Fearne is laughing, holding her staff. Orym has his eyes closed, a warm smile on his face. His hands are interlocked over his chest. Dorian looks at the two of them, smiling.

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MarcoMaps Bernardini @marcomaps.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi hello and happy #portfolioday ! I'm Marco Bernardini, a freelancer cartographer and illustrator from Italy who LOVES detail and colorful maps you want to move and live into! My clients are WotC, Critical Role, Darrington Press, KB Presents and many other!

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Yulia Zhuchkova @avalach.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Yulia, an illustrator for books, music albums covers, RPG, TCG, TRPG games, as well for private projects. I love to paint both dark fantasy worlds and bright magical pieces, in love with storytelling and bringing characters and univerces to life in my pieces. linktr.ee/avalach

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