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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 4h

I'm doing some drawings for this. So if you like #shadowdark and you like demons, check it out! #osr #shadowdark #demonart

www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Dark Devilry | for the Shadowdark RPG

A pair of fiendish supplements for Shadowdark and the wider OSR space.

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von Zzyzx @vonzzyzx.bsky.social · 20h

Goblins! Chilling in their den #goblin #goblins #shadowdark #monstermanual #shadowdarkrpg #osrart #dndart #goblinart

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 1d

Check out Orange Eyes Creations compilation of their #drawtober so far:

youtu.be/eE8NW7mBJno?...

Drawtober 2025 | Week 1 compilation | ShadowDark Map Making

YouTube video by ORANGEeyes Creations

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Everything Man @everythingman.bsky.social · 2d

Dnd inktober day 8

#brianhuntress #inktober #inktoberday8 #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dnd5e #dnd2024 #ttrpg #pathfinder #landofeem #shadowdark #drawsteel #daggerheart #glyos

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Everything Man @everythingman.bsky.social · 2d

Dnd inktober day 9

#brianhuntress #inktober #inktoberday10 #dungeonsanddragonsart #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd5e #dnd2024 #ttrpg #pathfinder #landofeem #drawsteel #shadowdark #daggerheart #glyos

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 2d

Great perspective on this one!

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WatcherDM (He/Him) @watcherdm.com · 2d

Day 12 - Chains

#shadowdark #drawtober2025

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 2d

This is cool - would make awesome custom portraits for an Icewind dale run. .. I always wanted better portraits to import into that game

towershade @towershade.bsky.social · 3d

Elf in candlelight..
#fantasyart #dnd #shadowdark #osr #grimdark #gameart #retro #80s #90s #grimdark

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WatcherDM (He/Him) @watcherdm.com · 3d

Day 11 - Sea Wolf

#shadowdark #drawtober2025

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 3d

Hoh-leeeee shiiiiiittttt

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 3d

Check out the stock art pack when it drops. There aren't many artists doing scifi stock art. Support them! #stockart #ttrpg #scifiart #indieartist

SpiderQueenLong (She/They) @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social · 3d

The hype continues! I expect #Dieselshot's Mech Pilot Stock Art Pack (stylistically compatible with our previously released Cyberpunk packs) will be released early next week (Tuesday or Wednesday or at the latest Thursday) with a smaller "Mecha" vehicle pack released later!

A Corporate-sponsored Mecha Pilot with Ads and such festooning his jumpsuit. Hands on hips.

An Oni-coded Wide-bodied mecha pilot glaring at the audience

A serious lady with short hair holding controls w/ an Space Invaders tattoo

A cheery androgynous fellow with a goggled helmet and cybernetic arms.

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SpiderQueenLong (She/They) @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social · 3d

The hype continues! I expect #Dieselshot's Mech Pilot Stock Art Pack (stylistically compatible with our previously released Cyberpunk packs) will be released early next week (Tuesday or Wednesday or at the latest Thursday) with a smaller "Mecha" vehicle pack released later!

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 3d

Porcupine paladin

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LTB / Vati @vati.bsky.social · 4d

From earlier today, "Skull". Already feel like I should do more with the shading on this one, but oh well.

#art #inktober #shadowdark #drawtober2025

A black and white ink drawing with a skull, pierced by a knife.

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 4d

The Wheel of Fortune #wip #marseillestarot

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 5d

#MÖRKTOBER day 9: THORN

"A year ago Franglein planted roses at the base of Melvung’s monolith. They soak up the blood and the star stuff, and they sprout thorns as thick and black as a broken thumb. Once a week Franglein comes to harvest them."

Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me

MÖRKTOBER day 9: Thorn

THE HARVESTER
The stars fall, and Melvung swallows them, and as the dawn breaks he bleeds onto the ground.
A year ago Franglein planted roses at the base of Melvung’s monolith. They soak up the blood and the star stuff, and they sprout thorns as thick and black as a broken thumb. Once a week Franglein comes to harvest them.
She wears gloves lined with lead and wool. Even still, the thorns whisper to her in languages that predate the world. She sells them to anyone willing to pay; merceneries seeking weapons that wound the soul, occultists who grind them into powder, the dying who hope to draw one more breath before the void takes them.
She knows where three other wizards are bound, and will tell you their locations for 500 silver each.

Starblood thorn
d4 damage. On a hit, Test Presence DR14 or hear the voices from beyond the stars and become distracted (−2 to all rolls) for d6 rounds.
When ground and consumed, restores d6 HP but permanently reduces Strength by 1. The user’s blood glows faintly in darkness.

Franglein the Harvester
HP 7 Leather −2
Morale 8 Pruning blade d6

art: Illustration of a crooked and toothless hag creature wearing only a cloak and gloves. She smiles eerily and holds a small scythe in one hand an a wicker basket with roses in the other.
Carries 2d6 thorns at any given time.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

One of my favorites

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 4d

#MÖRKTOBER DAY 10: BEETLE

"Out of the bottomless Múr they come, crawling and scuttling on thrice-kneed legs. When giants roamed the land and everything was bigger they were little more than lice, but the giants have gone and all but the beetles have shrunk."

Words by me. Art by @nohr.se

BEETLE
Album: Vile Creature - Cast of Static & Smoke (2018)

Out of the bottomless Múr they come, crawling and scuttling on thrice-kneed legs. When giants roamed the land and everything was bigger they were little more than lice, but the giants have gone and all but the beetles have shrunk.

Their carapaces are thick as castle walls, thick veins of amber in the black still pulsing with slow, cold giant blood. They drag themselves up from the deep places, mandibles clacking, searching for the warmth of the giants. Finding only men, they settle for crushing us instead.

They nest in the ruins of giant-works - old bridges, fallen towers, the hollow skulls of colossi. The sound of their approach is that of an avalanche learning to walk.

Múr Beetle
HP 24 Armor -d8 (chitinous shell) Morale -
Mandibles d10
Defense DR 8 (slow and ponderous)

Giant Blood: When the beetle takes 6+ damage in a single blow, ichor sprays from their husk. Test Agility DR 12 or be coated in the caustic fluid (d4 damage per round until scraped off).

Any attempt to move a dead beetle requires a dozen strong men or a team of oxen. Their shells can be carved into shields or sold for 600s to armourers.

Beneath Their Shells (d6)
A clutch of eggs the size of a human head
A dessicated giant’s finger wearing a silver ring worth 500s
A colony of smaller beetles (d100, HP 2 each, d2 damage)
The wet echo of something vast and dreaming
Enough blood to fill three barrels (50s each to an alchemist)
Scroll lodged in the carapace written in the language of the giants

An illustration to the right of the page shows a massive horrible beetle.

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 4d

Why carouse when you can just have a good soak when you get back to town?

Carlos Castilho - AVAILABLE FOR COMMISSIONS! @crawlstilho.bsky.social · 4d

Illustration I did for Emerson Call

#fantasy #drawing #dungeonsanddragons #rpgart #ink #shadowdark #dwarf #crawlstilho

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 4d

Left to my own devices, I tend to draw elves more fey with huge ears and bare feet and less star trek Vulcan with slightly pointed ears and stuffy demeanor

#osr #ttrpg #inkdrawing #elfart

Pencils for this elf maiden's lineart . She's in the lotus position and hovering a few feet off the ground

elf maiden's lineart . She's in the lotus position and hovering a few feet off the ground

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saxondelapore.bsky.social @saxondelapore.bsky.social · 4d

Day 9: Paladin

Not all paladins look like crusaders, some look like robot gunslingers with a machine gun arm.

#shadowdark #drawtober2025
#doodling #pencilandpaper #osr

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WatcherDM (He/Him) @watcherdm.com · 4d

Day 10 - Skull

#shadowdark #drawtober2025

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LTB / Vati @vati.bsky.social · 4d

"Sleep".

Technically the prompt for yesterday, but I decided to go with it today...

#art #Inktober #shadowdark #drawtober2025 #eyeofdakess

Black and white ink drawing of Ricki sleeping in a dark cave, with a campfire that has gone out. Glowing eyes watch from the darkness surrounding her.

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Everything Man @everythingman.bsky.social · 4d

Dnd inktober day 5

#dnd #brianhuntress #inktober #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonsanddragons #dnd5e #dnd2024 #ttrpg #pathfinder #landofeem #shadowdark #drawsteel #daggerheart #glyos

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John Bilodeau Illustrations @servsci.bsky.social · 5d

That's cool - sounds like a shout out to Lythande from Thieves World. They were an adept of the blue star...

Screen grab of the cover of the first thieves world book

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