Ryan Van Dongen
@ryanvandongen.bsky.social
he/him | Concept Artist | Freelance Illustrator
📍 Philadelphia
🚫 No ĀĪ
📧 [email protected]
Portfolio & Prints: ryanvandongen.art
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ryanvandongen
📍 Philadelphia
🚫 No ĀĪ
📧 [email protected]
Portfolio & Prints: ryanvandongen.art
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ryanvandongen
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Hello bluesky, I’m Ryan and I draw monsters and stuff
"Good hunter. This may sound strange, but... Have I somehow changed?"
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Good hunter. This may sound strange, but... Have I somehow changed?"
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
My “Tempo” / “Time” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My “Tempo” / “Time” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Hello, travelers. I am also a new artist here.
An uncertified druid with a sloth as my spirit animal (but I love wolves) I make fantasy & surrealism art, love peculiar creatures, DnD, and moody art subjects.
Hope we can explore art together
#Illustration #DnDartist #fantasy
An uncertified druid with a sloth as my spirit animal (but I love wolves) I make fantasy & surrealism art, love peculiar creatures, DnD, and moody art subjects.
Hope we can explore art together
#Illustration #DnDartist #fantasy
January 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hello, travelers. I am also a new artist here.
An uncertified druid with a sloth as my spirit animal (but I love wolves) I make fantasy & surrealism art, love peculiar creatures, DnD, and moody art subjects.
Hope we can explore art together
#Illustration #DnDartist #fantasy
An uncertified druid with a sloth as my spirit animal (but I love wolves) I make fantasy & surrealism art, love peculiar creatures, DnD, and moody art subjects.
Hope we can explore art together
#Illustration #DnDartist #fantasy
“Atonement for the wretches...
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Atonement for the wretches...
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
“Curse the fiends, their children too. And their children, forever, true“
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“Curse the fiends, their children too. And their children, forever, true“
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
“Here we stand, feet planted in the earth, but might the cosmos be very near us, only just above our heads?”
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Here we stand, feet planted in the earth, but might the cosmos be very near us, only just above our heads?”
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Some closeups
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some closeups
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
fury road freehand ink study (2024)
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
fury road freehand ink study (2024)
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
WOO so honored to have been a part of this project and I can't wait for the full release 👀
Our timeloop otome game, Unquiet Grey, was ranked #2 in story, aesthetics and overall in Scream Jam 2025! I'm so, so proud of my team 😭
I've written a devlog about our process and what's to come, but for now, happy late Halloween!
endysis.itch.io/unquiet-grey...
I've written a devlog about our process and what's to come, but for now, happy late Halloween!
endysis.itch.io/unquiet-grey...
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WOO so honored to have been a part of this project and I can't wait for the full release 👀
My Ch 1 “Blood” / “Sangue” artwork for Apokalypsis. For this piece I wanted to capture the visceral horror of the hunt, even with “regular” encounters of Yharnam like scourge beasts and large huntsmen, juxtaposed with the fearless hunter, a whole different form of terrifying and formidable beast… 🩸
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My Ch 1 “Blood” / “Sangue” artwork for Apokalypsis. For this piece I wanted to capture the visceral horror of the hunt, even with “regular” encounters of Yharnam like scourge beasts and large huntsmen, juxtaposed with the fearless hunter, a whole different form of terrifying and formidable beast… 🩸
My “Tempo” / “Time” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My “Tempo” / “Time” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
January 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Post I quoted was deleted but its about the artist James Mulligan. You can find more on him here youtu.be/EqmvqrdHaSc
DragonCon AI "Artist" Removed by Police
YouTube video by Inkwell
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Post I quoted was deleted but its about the artist James Mulligan. You can find more on him here youtu.be/EqmvqrdHaSc
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Human artists!?
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Definitely gonna be this one (and the cheeky detail shots) from me for a while 🙂
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Definitely gonna be this one (and the cheeky detail shots) from me for a while 🙂
June 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Human artists!?
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Definitely gonna be this one (and the cheeky detail shots) from me for a while 🙂
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Definitely gonna be this one (and the cheeky detail shots) from me for a while 🙂
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
Gonos - Vermin Overlord. Creature design and illustration for KryptikTCG
November 15, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Gonos - Vermin Overlord. Creature design and illustration for KryptikTCG
Reposted by Ryan Van Dongen
In Philadelphia alone, a crowd of over 100,000 hit the streets despite the rain.
🎥 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social
🎥 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In Philadelphia alone, a crowd of over 100,000 hit the streets despite the rain.
🎥 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social
🎥 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social
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ah good the horror everyone predicted
i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ah good the horror everyone predicted
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My god god have mercy on our souls
ICE went at full speed ramming the crowd
ICE went at full speed ramming the crowd
June 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My god god have mercy on our souls
ICE went at full speed ramming the crowd
ICE went at full speed ramming the crowd
May 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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