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Riola @riolavar.bsky.social · 4h

Hi. I'm Riola. I enjoy drawing characters from complex angles and with backgrounds that better illustrate their actions. I love anything with danger and bad guys.

Email for commissions: [email protected]
And also Vgen vgen.co/riola

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Morgane Magloire illustration @morganemgl.bsky.social · 1d

Hi it's #portfolioday !

I'm Morgane a freelance artist who loves to illustrate deep emotions,I do book covers, interior art, and recently started to do card illustrations for MTG🥹

Woman with a big pink dress looking behind her back

A couple exchanging their last kiss underwater

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Kaldwin’s Art @kaldwinsart.bsky.social · 19h

I forgot #portfolioday happens!
Hi I’m Kaldwin, a Mexican American artist who loves drawing people’s characters and my own.

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Sarah M 🌈🍉🌻 @braverobynart.bsky.social · 23h

Hi hello #portfolioDay! Im Sarah, a snr concept artist in games, indi Dev, freelance #cartographer & #TTRPG designer from Scotland. I love being an artist and over the last 15 years I’ve worked on projects like #DeathsDoor, #SpyroReignited, Possessor(s), Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns & more!

A shipwreck on a mountain top, with a Japanese-style noodle bar inside.

Secret area of deaths door. a ruined templed inside a cave covered in snow.

Exterior and interior concepts for an old rundown bar with stained glass. Inside is a smokie dive with lots of plants and hanging cages for different creatures.

Flooded street with a character skating over the water, ruined buildings and tech to either side of the street. Large trees grow through old buildings.

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Bethan Valerious🌺🌿 COMMISSIONS OPEN @bethanvalerious.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you for the kind words!! 💖 You made my day

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 1d

hark! the #portfolioday bell tolls.

nitsinihka'sim angel. I am a two-spirit illustrator working at the intersection of dark fantasy and queer erotica. worldbuilding is my most fluent love language. bones are a close second.

welcome to my crypt. let's get weird together!
🪦 sabattons.com

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Fantasmary 🐦‍🔥 fantasy illus @fantasmary.bsky.social · 1d

Heck is it #portfolioday already?
I'm Maria from Italy, I do both private commissions and works for games and novels publishers. Looking for more opportunities, and happy to chat about your project!
Fantasmary.com

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Replica004 | Sara Zeno Camponeschi @replica004.bsky.social · 1d

It's #portfolioday again! 👀

I'm Zeno, Italian freelance artist working in book publishing and private projects. I mainly do character designs and book covers lately, and I'd love to work for TTRPGs, TCGs, and games!

✨ replica004.carrd.co
📨 [email protected]

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scherville @scherville.com · 1d

Hello, #PortfolioDay!

I’m Iga and I’m an artist based in Scotland. I specialise in character artwork and love to play with texture.

Open for commissions and freelance work! Feel free to reach out directly, as I’m in the process of updating my website.

🔸 [email protected]
🔸 scherville.com

A selection of nine portraits - mostly commissioned by various clients as well as two personal pieces. They’re all done digitally in painterly style with visible brushstrokes and deep colours. There are vampires, vieras, elves, lizards, dragons and other humanoid but ethereal creatures.

Two painted book cover illustrations side by side, both showing a pale blond man and a brown-haired woman. The one on the left shows the figures lying down on the dark ground as they gaze longingly at one another. The one on the right has the man holding the woman in a dramatic pose as she awakens to her vampiric powers. Illustrations commissioned by Cat Rector for her novels: Coal Gets In Your Veins and Learning to Bleed.

Two watercolour portraits displaying loose brushwork. On the left - Maelle from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a young girl with red hair in a ponytail. On the right - a woman with dark hair and flushed cheeks.

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ida ✸ blueguy brainrot 💎✸ @tujiux.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!!! I’m Ida, I’m a queer Malaysian artist who loves drawing TTRPG and fantasy!! 💖🎨

An illustration of a lady knight by the title of River Styx in front of a depiction of a vulture and a cavernous river.

darling cupid poses with a broken heart vest over her leotard

Leora in her void form is grabbing a star that emits orange flame. The text reads: star catcher.

an illustration of my character leora and npc absimiliard laying their heads on each other. there is a smaller art of her skeletal stag, mriga out into sea. the text reads: "if death is what it takes to be with you."

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HEllhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 2/3- @elhyana.bsky.social · 2d

Post your favourite underrated art. Let's give'em more love

I have a few that would fit, but I've picked this one, it never does much numbers but I love it, so much happening here at once, the bonk, the angry farmer, the soldiers, the animals
It's just so fun to me

After a storm, a woman riding away on a stolen horse, smacking a guard in the face with a shovel, behind a farmer is screaming at her
Another farmer can be seen clutching her own shovel
And in the foreground two royal guard are pursuing the thief

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Shade of Stars @shade-of-stars.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.

✉️[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars

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Kova𓍊☽𓋼semi-hiatus @twoshortswords.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, #PortfolioDay
I'm Kova, fantasy artist from Poland with passion for nature themes, folklore and warm color palettes🌿

✉️ [email protected]
Portfolio: cara.app/twoshortswords

#art

Portrait of Roy Harper from Arsenal, Green Arrow and Teen Titans comics

A brown skinned man with white hair and deer antlers is positioned in a pose based on "The Fallen Angel" painting by Alexandre Cabanel, surrounded by forest nature.

A brown skinned man with long hair and deer antlers is surrounded by leaves and branches

Light haired man with golden wings surrounded by alkengi plants

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Bethan Valerious🌺🌿 COMMISSIONS OPEN @bethanvalerious.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay ! 🌺🌿

My name is Beth, I am freelance artist, I mostly do character art. I have great passion, numerous ideas and so little time!

If you like my work please show me by pushing like&repost on my posts, it really means SO much!

Commissions&Tip Jar: ko-fi.com/bethanvaleri...

Digital art of a bust of an elven woman. She wears a traditional hungarian style coat, a 'szűr'. It's very rich in embroidery, celestial in theme - stars, constellations, sun and moon motifs. She has lush brown hair with many grey stripes, in a low pony tail, her visible ear is long, but it is cut and badly healed. She has a fancy hat with colorful feathers and a heron shaped, golden pin. She wears many jewellery pieces and round glasses that are decorated with an octopus wrapped around them.

Digital art of a dark blue colored bird with shiny golden facial feathers, opalescent eyes, sharp beak and claws. It's standing in the middle of a small forest clearing inbetween two trees that have vines and tiny flowers wrapped around them. The bird is assuming a threatening position towards the viewer. Its wings are flexed and the feathers show circular patterns that resemble moon phases in reflective gold color. The enormous tail feathers are splayed out much like a peacocks. It is dark blue with many tiny reflective gold spots, giving the tail a resemblance to a clear night sky. Among the fluffy dark tail feathers there are multiple bigger pure gold feathers too that stand out. Below the bird is the title of the D&D supplement book Fen's Guide to Myriad Realms.

Digital art of a white girl with long, straight black hair. She has a golden, spiky crown. She wears a gown made of threads of pearls woven in a loose cobweb pattern aroundher torso. From the mid-thigh the gown gradually becomes black and sparkly. In her right hand she holds a realistic human heart that has a golden thread wrapped around her body that reaches a wooden spindle hanging from her other hand.

Digital art of an elf woman. She has dark hair with grey stripes, her hands are blackened, she wears a white shirt and lot of jewellery. She is writing in a journal. On the table next to her is her lavishly decorated pirate hat and a mound of gold and treasures. Around her seegrass, tall kelps grow, some undead hands reach for her and there is a humpback whale looming behind her.

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looceyloo @looceyloo.bsky.social · 1d

Ayyy it's #portfolioday again!

I'm lucy, I mainly draw fantasy art

I'm currently booking for December, to finish just in time for the holidays. Email me if you're interested!

[email protected]
looceyloo.com

Fanart of Vraska, a Planeswalker from Magic the Gathering. She is a pallid woman with glowing golden eyes and head full of green and orange snakes for hair. She wears a dress of fungi and greenery. She lounges comfortably on a dilapidated stone throne, and holds the Thaumatic Compass in one hand.

Digital art of a ranger and a giant jackalope equipped with a saddle and bags. The ranger is wearing a white cowboy hat, a red serape, and dusty mauve cowboy boots. She is down on one knee, examining a broken feather as she looks off in the direction of her quarry. It is midday - the colours are vivid and warm, conveying the heat and aridness.

Art of a deathly pale woman with long white hair. She is dressed in black, with gold-trimmed light armour. She lunges forward, brandishing a long black knife and pointing a long metal claw. Black shadow magic erupts from her casting implements in the shape of wings.

Character art of a "Starlight Saint". A knight dressed in excessively decadent armor and cape in a neo-classical and baroque fashion. The armor is gold, studded with bright magenta gems and hot pink ribbons. Panels on the armor are deep purple and magenta, with gold constellations. The clothing that peeks through the armor at the arms and legs are white slashed silks over purple silks studded with constellations. In his right hand he flourishes a white cape lined with deep purple, embellished with pink gems and gold constellations, and edged with a line of gold tassels. In his left hand he flourishes a sword with an incredibly long and thin magenta blade, and a gilded hilt featuring an angel with swirling wings. He wears a leopard pelt bedecked in ribbons with gems set in its eyes. The face of his full mask helmet is that of a classical statue, with a triple crest of plumes. A gem-studded gold halo circles the top of the helmet.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm Oliver, a queer and disabled artist/writer based in the UK. I love to paint with ethereal lighting and playing with lost edges.

Whilst my illnesses are too severe for work, I still take part in charity projects and mutual aid (see below) and happy to be invited!

A digital landscape painting with oil like brushes. Two characters kiss underwater, holding hands as they float through the water. Cyrus, left, is a tall Black man and wears fantasy travel like clothes with knee boots, baggy trousers and a sleeveless jacket with fur around the neck. He has long red dreadlocks floating around him in the water and pointed ears. Niko, right, is a slim light skinned man with long wavy navy hair. He wears blue toned princely attire with thigh high leather boots and golden details. He has a long pointed ear with a red earring. The piece has blue tones with bright warm sun reflecting off the riverbed background and off their clothes.

A digital semi realism painting with oil like brushes, showcasing Sothis, a youthful goddess with light skin and long, wavy emerald green hair in thick ponytails. She wears a blue purple dress with a black leather chest piece and golden details down her torso and on a thick circlet. She holds her hands over Garreg Mach, a castle in mountains surrounded by dramatically shaped clouds that swirl around her. Behind her are more natural clouds hit with sunlight. This casts Sothis in a golden glow from the side and beneath her, casting highlights on the lower half of her face.

Older depictions of Sylvain and Felix from Fire Emblem Three Houses in a digital oil style. They sit together on a wooden bench on a balcony, looking at warm moonlight together. A wall is behind them with an open window on a hatch, and leaves dangling around the building. A table is nearby with cloth, a pitcher and glasses. Felix wears turquoise robes with his canon boots, a stick propped next to him. His navy hair is longer, tied into a low side ponytail. Sylvain sits on his right, wearing a reddish brown jacket, a turquoise waistcoat and black trousers with knee high brown boots. He leans to Felix with a hand on his hip. He has a beard.

A digital oil like painting of Sorey and Mikleo from Tales of Zestiria in a realism style. Sorey carries Mikleo in a bridal carry, fingers spread as though pleading. His face is covered in dark shadows and he smiles sadly with blood dripping down his face, one leg on a tree stump and the other shown in perspective from above on the forest floor. Sorey wears his white cape with feather details and buckled boots over dark baggy trousers. Mikleo is sprawled lifeless in his arms, his own arms limp, blood dripping down on one and through the chest of his turquoise and white jacket with gold embellishments. There are leafless trees behind them against a cool backdrop, and dying flames are on the forest floor.

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🦇mirandakat🦇 @mirandakm.bsky.social · 1d

Drawtober 3: Mushroom Fairy

#drawtober #art #illustration #fantasy

Illustration of a fairy sleeping on the ground surrounded by mushrooms.

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🎃 DETTAN ☛ COMMS OPEN @dettanarts.bsky.social · 5d

[OC] The Ocean priestesses in their cerimonial vestements ~ I'm still pretty proud of these pieces
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Maybe I'll eventually give this treatment to the other priestesses

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Ghoul - comms open @poisonghoulart.bsky.social · 2d

If you go exploring in the Shearing Channel, one might come across these abominations, mutated by the influence of The Chained Oblivion

My piece for @exandriaartists.bsky.social Tourist's Guide to Taldorei

CW for fleshy creatures

#TGTT #criticalrolefanart #myart

An illustrated poster, depicting various mutated sea creatures. Each of which is fleshy, have multiple eyes, mouths or many teeth. There is an oyster, octopus, snail, jellyfish, fish, starfish, turtle, anglerfish, conjoined seahorses, snake and manta ray

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Bethan Valerious🌺🌿 COMMISSIONS OPEN @bethanvalerious.bsky.social · 2d

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Artist! Post your favourite underrated art. Let's give'em more love 🖤

Glia Caudara, salamar druid

She rarely gets any engagement, but this is the most important piece to me. One look is enough to remind me that I am capable, I laid all this pigment down on paper and I think it looks amazing!

Colored pencil drawing of a salamander-like, bipedal humanoid girl sitting on a tree stump in a forest. Her skin in bright green with many darker green spots, and some flesh colored counter shading on the underside of her chin, her tail, feet and hands. She wears a straw hat with pink frilly lace decoration, it sits a bit awkward on top of her enormous pitch black, shiny eyes. She has a sort pink shirt with floral embroidery and brown overalls. Instead of shoes, her feet are wrapped in white linen and are decorated with floral trinkets. She holds a round vial with bright green goo in it and the same substance is dripping from her smiling mouth. The tree stump has many mushrooms, fungus, moss and leaves around, Her decorative leather bag is laid on it too.

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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd @netizenses.bsky.social · 2d

Artist! Post your favourite underrated art. Let's give'em more love 🖤

I think it's probably this. I don't think people engage with it as strongly as my other work, but I know how much I learned from the process so it feels like a success to me. Either way I still like it!