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Aleks7 illustration

@aleks7.bsky.social

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award-winning (and losing) illustrator. Emulsification of visual stimulation that evokes equal parts terror and elation.

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Nov 13

Visions of Terror

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 8h

The Art and the Artist

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 4d

⊹ Day 14 : TRUNK ⊹
The Trunk split open after the storm, revealing a face pressed deep within the grain. Its lips moved slowly, mouthing the sound of rain.
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#inktober #inktobertrunk #inktober2025trunk #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 5d

⊹ Day 13 : DRINK ⊹
The sea took him once. It’s been thirsty ever since.
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#inktober #inktoberdrink #inktober2025drink #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 6d

⊹ Day 11 : STING ⊹
The spore sat perfectly still—too still for something alive. They said it came from a star that died screaming. Every thorn still points toward the sky, as if remembering the fall.
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#inktober #inktobersting #inktober2025sting #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 6d

⊹ Day 10 : SWEEP ⊹
One sweep of the current erased the harbor, the ships, the names. The water left only silence to remember them by.
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#inktober #inktobersweep #inktober2025sweep #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 6d

⊹ Day 09 : HEAVY ⊹
It fell from the sky centuries ago, and they built a city around it. Sometimes, in the quiet hours, the city shifts to keep it comfortable.
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#inktober #inktoberheavy #inktober2025heavy #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 6d

⊹ Day 07 : RECKLESS ⊹
It signed first—slow, deliberate gestures that mirrored my own. I answered, and its hands began to bloom with mine.
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#inktober #inktoberreckless #inktober2025reckless #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 11d

⊹ Day 07 : STARFISH ⊹
It rose from the water like a star torn from the sky, each arm dripping constellations that writhed and blinked. When I looked up to pray, I realized the heavens were only its reflection—already descending.
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#inktober

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 12d

Day 06 : PIERCE
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Something small wriggled beneath the punctures, too deliberate to be blood. The wound had far too many teeth to be human— I felt it trace the shape of my veins, learning the map of me.
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#inktober #inktoberpierce

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · 17d

This is my 8th year doing Inktober!
Day 01 : Mustache
His head hovered, mustache writhing with whispers of the Old Gods. My jaw unhinged against my will, My throat tore open in a bloom of black hairs, each one gasping his name until the room echoed only “Nas’hrah.”
#funger #fearandhunger

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Sep 12

Man this sucks

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Nov 27

Posting mostly for personal accountability since I've made zero progress (in the past 5 years) on my Zodiac series 20th anniversary remastered drawings. Nothing but value studies in marker and ink. And 2024 is the 20 year mark I want all of them to be published

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Aug 2

Beep boop

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Jul 31

and aliens

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · Jul 28

t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.

Cartoon with corporate media asking U.S. Government how it would like "Control of Internet Speech" wrapped: Anti-terrorism or protect kids

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Mar 5

That's heavily implied

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Mar 5

Only people cheering that English is now the official language are the ones who can only speak one language, and that's laughably pathetic.

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Mar 1

This is probably the best erasers in the world and this box will last me another 10 years

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Franck Besançon 🩸 Ecstasy&Agony artbook pre-orders open! @franckbesancon.bsky.social · Jan 22

Hello new followers 👋🖤 here's a taste of what's in store here

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Franck Besançon 🩸 Ecstasy&Agony artbook pre-orders open! @franckbesancon.bsky.social · Jan 10

WIP for @hellsculptclub.bsky.social monthly challenge, topic: Snake.

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Jan 10

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Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year!

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Dec 21

Примеры штриха по форме в рисунках и гравюрах старых мастеров

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Dec 21

13yo me would be super stoked

Aleks7 illustration @aleks7.bsky.social · Dec 18

Where were you at midnight on 06/06/06 ?

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · Dec 18

Great opportunity to plug the horror movie review podcast BLOODHAUS which:

A) exposed me to dozens of incredible horror movies I’d never heard of

B) I painted the artwork for and

C) taught me to loathe the term “elevated horror”

Podcast artwork for Bloodhaus. Textured painterly low contrast portraits framed by broad acrylic brush strokes of Joshua Conkel and Drusilla Adeline, the hosts, with amazing typography by Drusilla of the title, Bloodhaus

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