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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · 18d

On display at Skeleton Crawl Art Ball - here til the 2nd of November. Come take a look. #skeletoncrawl

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · 20d

Some of the things I'll be doing, places I'll be and spots to see my art this month. It'll be a busy month, and there may yet be more. If you're in Brooklyn, come and find me.

#artshows #darkart #skeletoncrawl #brooklynhorrorfilmfestival #brooklynartcave #thingstodoinbrooklyn #halloweenartshow

Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Sep 12

Here's to you, America. Here's to the day that drove us insane.

Pictured: "Aconite Garden", by me - a piece about how hatred is a garden you grow

#neverforget #darkart #aconites #hatred #NineEleven

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Jan 30

On display at Bushwick Street Art at Monsta House Universe

Back at it.

#darkart #macabreart #artshow #bushwickstreetart #monstahouseuniverse #galleryshow #indieartist

Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Chinese New Years, everyone. May this year be one of safety, prosperity, love, and excellence. Take care of yourself and those closest to you. Hold tight, and you’ll surely float on.

#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake

Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Jan 24

WIP detail from my latest work

#wip #painting #digital #wires #darkart

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Years, everyone. Here's to a finer, fuller and more blooming 2025 - for you, for me, for the world, and for all of us.

See you all soon.

#HappyNewYearsEve

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Dec 1

#repost

We, Who Languor In Braindeath, Lavish You With Our Dreams

A piece about the veils between life and death, and those who sleep in them - and reach, from them.

#darkart #surrealart #braindeath

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Dec 1

Oh - my speciality.

Clockwise from upper left-

I'm Not Ready
St. Cerise's Offering
Paying It Forward
We Who Languor In Braindeath Lavish You With Our Dreams

#darkart

Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 23

An old piece - but still a resonant piece for many - called "Precipice".

It is about letting go of painful things.

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 23

Thank you very much : )

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 19

#throwback #repost

"St. Cerise's Offering" - an expression of tragic, uncorrectable wrongs, and a tribute to a particular storyline in Fallen London

#darkart #horrorart #macabreart #emotionalart #digitalpainting #fallenlondon #mreaten #areckoningshallnotbepostponed

A figure with a contorted, sorrowful face and black streaked tears in their eyes nuzzles and cradles another figure, who is missing their head. In place of the head is a lit, half melted red candle, which dribbles wax that mixes with the blood from the wound, onto both figures. The lighting is stark, shadowy, and yellow. A meat cleaver, with arms reached, lays abandoned on the floor, stained with red, and a long arcing streak of thick red liquid spatters the ground. The lit candles creates a glowing halo of yellow light that frames the headless figures' lack of head, and shoulders.

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 18

Dying Season 12 - Defiant To The Last

If there will be no succor, then let just desserts be measured otherwise - in pounds of flesh.

#darkart #inktober #artchallenge #injustice #justdesserts #poundofflesh #heavymind #feminism #spite

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 18

Welcome to all newcomers fleeing from other more poisonous environs.

There is art to be had here. While i work on some new pieces, here is some of mine. I am available for commissions, if my work strikes your fancy.

#twitterexodus #exodusfromtwitter #darkart #macabreart #commissionsopen

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 5

Dying Season 11 - The Meek

In the end, all that will be left the worms. And it is from them we shall grow anew.

#DyingSeason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #surrealart #macabreart #darkartculture #drawtober #goryart #worms #TheMeekShallInheritTheEarth #renewal #digitalart #dansemacabre

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Nov 1

Dying Season 10 - Shimmering Dance

There is profundity in all things - order in the fluttering of a butterfly's wings.

A tribute to an old friendship I ruined.

That's right - October may be over, but Dying Season continues.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #fandance #monk

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Oct 31

Ah...the vent. The piece comes across as an expressive expulsion, and its got the furious energy of something that needed to be gotten out of you. The exact tenor of what it is that needed to be gotten out of you I couldn't speculate at. But I've been there, at least.

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Oct 31

I like this vibe. Its one I'm all too familiar with. But it looks great - and thank you for sharing it.

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Oct 31

Dying Season 9 - Too Scary

A spooky ghost and a terrifying pumpkin.
Happy Halloween, everyone.

#dyingseason #inktober #ghost #pumpkin #scaryart #terrifyingart #horrifyingart #thescariestthingyouveeverseen #ohgoditssoscarypleasestop #happyhalloween #happyhalloween2024

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Patrick Tsao | Commissions 1/3 @machiavelli33.bsky.social · Oct 30

Dying Season 8 - Where Has The Time Gone?

"I thought it'd change when I got older
But the same year came over and over
And the only change that I could feel
Was the aging of my bones"

#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #darkart #emoart #horrorart #goreart #bodyhorror #macabreart #aging