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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS

@illusbal.bsky.social

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Colorful queer transmasc dad-type. Amateur mycologist, woodworker, and gardener. Watercolor&digital painting, character design for TTRPGs and more. Freelance illustrator & artist of http://peregrine-lake.com. Reposting prohibited http://ko-fi.com/illusbal

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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 2h

i was only at work for like 6 hours?????

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Ben McEntee @benmce.bsky.social · Oct 18

Some recent characters from the stars ⭐️

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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 3h

OOUUUUGG

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 9h

This morning's drive music
youtu.be/-35TZ4xAOLM

Call Me Malcolm - There's No "I" In Apocalypse (Official Video)

YouTube video by CallMeMalcolm

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bluetie @bluetiedesigns.bsky.social · 20h

"To Adelaide! To Adelaide! Come on and join the Adelaide parade..."

Greg: @pintsizedliz.bsky.social , costume made by her
Wirt: me (bluetiedesigns), costume made by me
Photo: @vontography.bsky.social who found us lost in the Unknown

#otgw #wirtcosplay #gregcosplay #otgwcosplay #overthegardenwall

Two people dressed up in a green romper and a blue cloak surrounded by trees with yellow leaves. They are dressed as characters from Over the Garden Wall.

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 1d

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

man. a slow, haunting cover of Bad Moon Rising would go hard in a horror movie/game

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Léan 🌷 @kyotosparty.bsky.social · 1d

Oh it's #PortfolioDay !

Hi, I'm Léan, I'm a freelance illustrator who works for tabletop games and books (mostly!)
Character design is my one true love, followed by fashion history, mythology and skeletons.

🌐kyotosparty.com
✉️[email protected]

Busts of Jayce and Viktor, with their heads split open, sharing a single skull with arcane corruption all over it. There are butterflies fluttering around them, they're also surrounded by Zaun's smoke and Piltover's clouds. The skyline of Piltover crowns the piece, aligned with an arcane explosion right at the bottom center.

A blue tiefling playing the oboe surrounded by golden columns and lilac tiefling in the middle of a bloody swamp framed by soft turquoise walls
An elf? holding two swords and being pierced by two more standing between columns that turn into tree roots and a ??? thing ??? stepping on a giant scolopendra in the middle of a gothic archway with seven skulls above them

My OC Eliott sitting atop a broken statue that is holding a sword and a quill. There's a crack on the face of the statue, with a skull peeking from underneath. Eliott is reaching for the quill but his other hand hovers over the sword.

Gideon Nav and Harrowhark Nonagesimus holding hands and looking at each other. It seems as if Harrow is about to fall and Gideon is catching her. Two spears pierce through their linked hand and the blood pouring from them is dying Harrow's scarf red. It looks like bloody wings.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 1d

good morning #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 ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ [email protected]

A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War:
- A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away.
- A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire.
- Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas.
- No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance.
- A skull pressed into the earth.
- A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: 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.
Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face.

2 different portrait illustrations side by side.
Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers.
Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

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 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."

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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

ouuuagh. ouch

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

my wife keeps holding her arm next to mine and going "i'm so pale....."

yea

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

i need to bring my truck in to the shop but i'm dreading how much it will cost

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

oh my god shes so noodle

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

Wow Cool Dracula

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 1d

YAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAUAYAYAYYAYAYAY

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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 2d

entire hillside of daylilies

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 2d

there was a tiny mud dauber nest inside our truck's lugnut?????? the larvae weren't alive but it was fascinating

Ethan @ CRYPTICON MPLS @illusbal.bsky.social · 2d

y'know i'm glad this is the last thing i see before leaving for work

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Leiv @iuminouscrown.bsky.social · 2d

Hey all! I am only $70 away from covering Spool's travel expenses. I have time, but I still want to bump his travel gofundme since I am so close.

www.gofundme.com/f/spools-tra...