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Toronto based Illustrator & Surface Pattern Designer. Mythology, folklore, occult history & lover of all things spooky •COMMISSIONS OPEN• 🔗http://babeandoak.carrd.co 🌙PRINTS- https://ko-fi.com/babeandoak/shop 💌COMMISSIONS - [email protected] 🚫AI/NFT

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay

I’m Élle • Freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer

Specializing in detail heavy B&W work & passionate about occult history, horror & symbolism

Open for work in publishing, book covers, TTRPGs, private & commercial commissions

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 babeandoak.carrd.co

Altar prayer card for the goddess Diana. A rectangular card has a black border with parts of the Orphic hymn for Diana surrounding it as a border in white text. In the bottom right are twin arrows over a crescent moon representing her and Apollo. In the bottom left and top right are white outlined 8 point stars. Inside the border is a marble shockwave black and grey pattern with white outlining that forms an arch at the top with lining to look like columns on both sides. In the middle is a stag skull with painted antlers of a diamond and star pattern. Behind the skull are smaller 8 point stars and cloud ripples. Above the skull is a scraggly branch of queen Anne’s lace with small dots above. In the top corners are two constellations for Sirius as her hunting dogs and Roman numerals for 13 and 8 for the date of the Nemoralia festival.

Victorian Ward - Black and white illustration of a Victorian wall with a scarab ward framed. The border of the whole piece is a torn paper. Inside is Victorian black and white striped wallpaper with damask type filigree in the black and smaller stripes and speckles in the white with small vertical black stripes on either side. In the damask pattern are slightly abstract symbols of infinity, an hourglass and other resurrection symbols. In the middle is an ornate rectangular frame framing a large scarab beetle with its wings out. On its wings are celestial symbols like Jupiter, stars and the moon. Around the scarab are peony flowers and branches of a tree branching towards the top left with a vine white line swooping in an out and around the frame in the same direction. The scarabs body is engraved like metal with filigree. Behind the scarab in the frame is grain shading grey over black.

Dark Vibrations - Inktober 2022 black and white ink illustration. Plain rolling hills lead to the door of a building with a large central spire and a small covered porch. To the left side of the building is a three facet bay windows and the other windows have ornate stained glass. On top of the central spire is a lighting conductor in the shape of a 5 point star. In the highest window of the spire is stain glass in the shape of an eye. Converging at the start is a large vortex spiraling and expanding through the whole sky. The vortex is pulling party’s of the building up towards it and cracking parts of the wood and foundation. The vortex is casting light and highlights on the building and the tress behind it. Converging towards the building is a circle of 12 white bird silhouettes.

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay

I’m Élle • Freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer

Specializing in detail heavy B&W work & passionate about occult history, horror & symbolism

Open for work in publishing, book covers, TTRPGs, private & commercial commissions

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 babeandoak.carrd.co

Altar prayer card for the goddess Diana. A rectangular card has a black border with parts of the Orphic hymn for Diana surrounding it as a border in white text. In the bottom right are twin arrows over a crescent moon representing her and Apollo. In the bottom left and top right are white outlined 8 point stars. Inside the border is a marble shockwave black and grey pattern with white outlining that forms an arch at the top with lining to look like columns on both sides. In the middle is a stag skull with painted antlers of a diamond and star pattern. Behind the skull are smaller 8 point stars and cloud ripples. Above the skull is a scraggly branch of queen Anne’s lace with small dots above. In the top corners are two constellations for Sirius as her hunting dogs and Roman numerals for 13 and 8 for the date of the Nemoralia festival.

Victorian Ward - Black and white illustration of a Victorian wall with a scarab ward framed. The border of the whole piece is a torn paper. Inside is Victorian black and white striped wallpaper with damask type filigree in the black and smaller stripes and speckles in the white with small vertical black stripes on either side. In the damask pattern are slightly abstract symbols of infinity, an hourglass and other resurrection symbols. In the middle is an ornate rectangular frame framing a large scarab beetle with its wings out. On its wings are celestial symbols like Jupiter, stars and the moon. Around the scarab are peony flowers and branches of a tree branching towards the top left with a vine white line swooping in an out and around the frame in the same direction. The scarabs body is engraved like metal with filigree. Behind the scarab in the frame is grain shading grey over black.

Dark Vibrations - Inktober 2022 black and white ink illustration. Plain rolling hills lead to the door of a building with a large central spire and a small covered porch. To the left side of the building is a three facet bay windows and the other windows have ornate stained glass. On top of the central spire is a lighting conductor in the shape of a 5 point star. In the highest window of the spire is stain glass in the shape of an eye. Converging at the start is a large vortex spiraling and expanding through the whole sky. The vortex is pulling party’s of the building up towards it and cracking parts of the wood and foundation. The vortex is casting light and highlights on the building and the tress behind it. Converging towards the building is a circle of 12 white bird silhouettes.

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you! 🥰

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 6h

I was playing it too fast and loose with waiting on it to break lol

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 6h

It’s this week thankfully- it was just right when I was trying to ship things and coordinate files to my printer and like every package got delayed 😵‍💫

But all good now 👍

I’m sending good vibes to your phone tho!

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 7h

Right?! I was right in the middle of gallery show prep

Though this is literally the first time ever I had all my files backed up lol

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 7h

Ah perfect ✨

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 7h

Mine white screened out on me last week 😑😭

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 7h

Such a lovely thing to have hanging up especially during autumn 🙂💕

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AInh.bsky.social @ainh.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, #PortfolioDay!
I'm A-Inh! I arts and comics 🥰

I’m creating an author’s project – the universe called Mnogolichiye (Multi-facial space). These are different worlds where you can find ones full of magic as well as those where space is explored by starships among the Creators initial designs🖤

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 8h

🤢 ewwww lol why do people act like this

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 8h

a man says you are the best human ever i adore you

Alt: Xander says you are the best human ever i adore you

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 8h

🥰🥰🥰

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you lovely! 💕✨

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 8h

The witch bells are sooo pretty especially the storm one

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 8h

Oh thank you so much! 🙂🖤💛

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Pablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 22h

Happy portfolio day! I’m an artist with experience on projects for companies ranging from Wizards of the Coast to Walt Disney Animation, though my constant passion in art is always depicting glimpses of prehistoric worlds 🦖 #portfolioday #paleoart #paleosky #dinosaurart

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carter keane @carterkeane.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to creepy woods connoisseur @wnwagner.bsky.social for her stellar review of MORSEL! Her novel GIRL IN THE CREEK was one of my most anticipated reads this year. It did not disappoint!

“Though it be little, Morsel serves a fierce critique of the American cultural landscape as its heroes are swallowed up by a plot equal parts folk horror and pyramid scheme. This is a propulsive read with complex, believable characters—and one very good dog. Keane has proven that the Ohio woods are supremely scary.”
—Wendy N. Wagner, author of Girl in the Creek

Image of Wendy N. Wagner's book, Girl in the Creek

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 13h

a couple of men standing next to each other with the words `` you got this '' written on their faces .

Alt: Chandler and Joey saying you got this

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 13h

#art #artist #illustration #illustrator #publishing #bookcover #surfacepatterndesign #skull #victorian #horror #mythology #folklore #darkart #b&w #digitalart #artistforhire #october #spooky #gothicart #ttrpg #tcg #commission #procreate #canada #canartist #ink #witchsky #sciart #repeatpattern #bugsky

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Jaws Stone - indefinite hiatus @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 21h

Hi #PortfolioDay - I'm Jaws, a depressed mess and a skank. I just wanna draw my little guys, pay my bills and try to get through it all.

🖼️ jawsstone.com
✉️ [email protected]
👛 patreon.com/only_jaws

An illustration of a scarred man kissing a replica of the statue of David

Three character studies of a long haired man in a crop top and hotpants

An illustration of the movie director David Lynch

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SAM @tealartifact.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay!

My name is Sam. I'm an illustrator and character designer with a love for TTRPGs!

Commission info: tealartifact.carrd.co

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/tealartifact

Bust of a character named Sir Hector Castillo with a decorative border. He's a half-elf paladin with dark, greying hair and a confident smile.

A dhampir woman with long black hair holds a rosary in prayer, her makeup smudged and a trickle of blood running from her mouth

Two humanoid skeletons stand on a dark background, one with the face and shoulders of a teal-ish elf, and a skeleton on downwards, the other a full skeleton. The elf is holding a heart in her hand with a fearful expression. There's a raven flying in the background, and spider lilies under them in the foreground

A smiling man lays surrounded by trays and bowls of all kinds of food- fruit, cheese, wine, fish, etc.

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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 21h

Hey it's #PortfolioDay - I'm Kim, an illustrator who loves drawing wavy lines. www.kimherbst.com for my whole portfolio 💖

Illustration of a tiger along a water's edge with her cub swimming behind her.

Illustration of a young Goku staring up at an ethereal dragon shape above a mountain with Bulma sitting below him

Illustration of a monkey eating a glowing piece of fruit

Illustration of a white dove embracing a blackbird, surrounded by a halo and orbs of light

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♔ＥＬＩＡＳ♔ @atelierapricity.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay ! ₊˚⊹

I'm Elias, a queer freelance illustrator with a love for anything fantasy and gothic.

Mostly working with private commissions but would love to work on bigger things ૮₍ ´ ꒳ `₎ა

✧ 📧 [email protected]
✧ atelierapricity.carrd.co/
✧ vgen.co/atelierapric...
✧ #apricityart

An illustration of Erenville from Final Fantasy XIV

An illustration of a dragon's portrait. He is my original character named Solus.

An illustration I made for Mermay, featuring my original character Cassiel resting on an open clam.

An illustration of my original character, Solus, in his human form.

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Ashley Hankinstein Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com · 20h

Hey there, #PortfolioDay!

I'm Ashley, an artist who works on book covers, TTRPG's, and tarot cards. I thought today I'd show y'all two of my fav pieces that I just saw are in the wild~ 💚

Done for the @oldgodspod.bsky.social TTRPG with @montecookgames.com

#DigitalArt | #MyArt | #DarkArt

A tall young man leans forward on a countertop of a market stall, face close to the seated young woman who runs it. They are deep in conversation. We see a banner for her store, "Ruth's Apothecary", and note that she is surrounded by various witchy supplies including ceremonial knives and hallucinogenic dreamer's tea.

A young woman with overalls stands yelling in the middle of a river, her arms outstretched to try and distract to shadowy monsters that have chased her and her friends to this point. Behind her, a man carries a woman in a yellow dress, who look is looking over his shoulder, terrified at what she sees. He is carrying her toward a house on top of a hill with lit windows, a beacon of hope.

Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 16h

Omg how did it sneak in then?

Good they’re so carful though. I’m still shocked by how many people just don’t wash their hands 😵‍💫