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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 19m

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Christine, a full-time Environmental Conservation Student and a Freelance Illustrator specializing in animal fantasy.

🦚 Website: SkidarStudios.com
🎨 Portfolio: christineridgway.carbonmade.com
🍂 Commission Info: trello.com/b/RU37S4So/s...

digital painting of an anthro deer, a dik dik, in glasses and a pack filled with flowers. he's crouching to pick a flower in the forest

A desert scene of an anthro saber tooth tiger riding a buckskin horse into the camp of an anthro thylacine sitting in front of a low-burning fire. The thylacine's pinto horse is tied to a cactus int he background. The scene is border by rocks and cacti. A full moon shine above clouds illuminated by the last rays of sunset on the horizon

digital art of a seaweed draped double crested cormorant in front of dazzling, sunset-colored water.

an anthro sockeye salmon in fantasy garb hunched over carrying a large crook shaped like a fish hook with lures hanging off of it

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BloodhoundOmega@AniMaBi @bloodhoundomega.bsky.social · 14m

Happy #PortfolioDay!

I am BHO, aversatile freelance artist from Germany who likes to dibble in all sorts of styles. I have been working for board games and RPG publishers and I am currently open for work.

[email protected]

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 25m

Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to see you again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything!
💼: AimeeCozza.com
✉️: [email protected]

An illustration of a person from the chin down. They have both their arms around black wolves, which are asleep and cuddled against the person. Two more wolves are asleep and piled on top. The person and the animals are all smeared and smattered with blood, indicating they had a great meal together.

A man curled over onto his elbows, his head in his hands, amidst green leaves. A glowing, luminous dagger dangles above his neck and spine. His hands are cupped and outstretched towards the sky. Luminous liquid slips through his fingers.

A small child holding a bunny rabbit stuffed animal standing in front of a line of darkened forest. Inside the forest are lots of glowing sets of eyes

An oil painting of a foggy, monochrome forest with a singular man with glowing eyes standing in front of it. Before him are multiple shadows of wolves, their eyes glowing in the darkness as well.

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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 47m

Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Oni, a French artist doing a little bit of everything. Especially illustration, resin and jewelry!
Since it's one one my main job, come check my shop! I'll put an Inprnt site later too!

Shop : onidraws.etsy.com
All my links : onidraws.carrd.co

Painting of a red borzoi dog. It looks ominous and scary, its half of the body is unraveling into red stripes and glitch effects can be seen in the whole picture.

Picture of a dragonair floating in the air with its head bent toward the ground. There's a gold halo behind the head, some stylized gold clouds and Chinese decoration in the background, as well as stars.

A zoomed photo of a resin job stone inspired from the game final fantasy 14. It's blue, pink and white with gold elements like moon and stars with glitter and gold foil

a pair of golden earrings looking like aetherytes with blue crystals and little white crystals inspired from the game final fantasy 14

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Kenyon @kenyonart.bsky.social · 1h

Hello #portfolioday!

My name is Kenyon, a 3D character artist with over 6 years of professional experience, that loves to turn other people's 2D work into 3D models.
I am still on the lookout for a new fulltime job, or freelance work. Feel free to send me a message if you're interested!

A 3D model of a bird gunner. It is based on a 2D image drawn by Nesskain. Full credit for that goes to him!

A 3D model of a leopard mercenary. Based on a 2D drawing made by Kouta Nagamori. Full credit for the design of the character goes to them!

A 3D model of a futuristic dragon car robot bust. Based on a 2D drawing made by Neo Tokyozilla. Full credit for the concept goes to them!

A 3D model of a mech tiger. Based on a 2D drawing made by Anh Dang. Full credit for the concept goes to them!

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🍄Just a Mushroom🍄 @mycotae.bsky.social · 1h

Seems it's #PortfolioDay

Canadian artist focused in horror, monsters and weird wildlife!

Have a few pieces :)

A lion bull monster snarling at the viewer.

Three wide-eyed hares looking at the viewer. They surround a decaying canine carcass. One has its hind paw in the canine's lifeless jaws.

A skeleton with a decaying albatross tied around its neck. The albatross has a golden star in its beak, and the skeleton has golden designs on its forehead. Feathers float at the forefront.

Frank, from Go Home Annie. A monstrous deer with no lower jaw. Instead, a toothy flap of skin hangs there. He is looking at the viewer with blank eyes.

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Lydia @coyoteprince.bsky.social · 1h

Hi #Portfolioday!
I'm Lydia, professional for over a decade specializing in illustration & merch design. Subjects I focus on are disability, autism, grief, and the paranormal- all of which encompasses my webcomic project, Widderwood.

🕸️ site: www.coyoteprince.com/
📯 contact: [email protected]

Photo of gothic stickers laid out on a wood table

Drawing of a Capricorn (mermaid goat) bound by ropes inside a rectangle

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Cu Sith @cuarsith.bsky.social · 5h

Hello, #PortfolioDay!

I'm Cu Sith, digital and traditional artist. I like drawing all kinds of creatures and dark atmospheres 🖤

Links: cuarsith.carrd.co

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💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸 @artofmaquenda.bsky.social · 2h

#Portfolioday

I’m an artist exploring the wild, raw, and unseen. My paintings reflect the animal in us, the humanity in nature, and the cycles of body and spirit. They come from an intuitive place, rooted in nature, change, and learning to accept myself.

Shop: artofmaquenda.etsy.com

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Raironu @raironu.art · 2h

Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Rai. I'm a concept artist/illustrator focused on creatures and characters. I use various styles and like to play around with the atmosphere.

Used to work in gamedev, currently a freelancer. Looking for opportunities.

🎨 raironu.art
🔗 linktr.ee/raironu

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 1h

Happy #PortfolioDay

I'm just a Dan who is sharing what I draw with pens and paper on my personal art journey. Art is what I do to process my feelings about and escape from the world for a bit in the evenings and on weekends.

Pen drawing of a ghostly upper torso, neck, head and shoulders of a bald human emerging from a mass of organic shapes that suggest organs, musculature, veins and other structures. Facing left it is looking with solid white eyes and a third eye towards an area of alien writing and shapes in white on a black background next to what appears to the left half of a viewer facing grey style alien being in an embryonic pose in a container and hooked up to wires and is propped up by the same structure of the background

Pen drawing that is mostly black and white focused on a humanoid figure with many different organic growths coming out of their back that contain eyes, while the upper part of their face is covered by a solid plate that has the skin of the lower part of the face connected to it by rivets. The rest of their body is covered by strange techno-organic growths and in the background is another figure reclining and holding their hands above their head into the arched walls that frame the scene. The surrounding area makes an oval portal like shape that filled with a yellowish hue and a number of orange ringed elongated eye like shapes with white centers with black filaments.

Pen drawing with the main element being a serpentine figure with vaguely feminine human features and a spiral shell like structure on the head, leaning from the right with large black eyes and a body covered with various bony growths like armor down it's back, kneeling on an uneven stone floor. One arm with a couple of large claws is slightly pointed at another figure is visible just below a large obsidian stylized skull pendant. The other figure is standing, holding a flowing robe at the waist, but has a smooth stone face but is otherwise human. In the background, lounging on the ground or on a pillar amount he strange organic shapes while in the background are stone structures that appear to be a temple like complex with a large circular structure that looks to be plugged into the large stylized skulls below it.

Pen drawing of a stylized, thin, feminine figure with a face that is just a black void with three white orbs sitting cross-legged in tattered black gown floating under an arch surrounded by runes and vegetation. They are floating amoung ruins flanked by a winged figures with bodies made of starry sky with smaller beings with animal skull type heads in black robes in the foreground of the floating figure. The wings of the crouching figures are in front of organiseh-yellow portals in the blue and purple sky while a feline humanoid figure slinks in from the right in the foreground.

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KDOG @khaosdog.bsky.social · 4h

#portfolioday
Hi, I’m Khaos, a traditional artist with a love for the strange. My work often blends the eerie and the beautiful, inspired by long strides in the wild, forgotten places, the quiet presence of animals and the fragile balance of nature.

Watercolor portrait of a white wolf, painted with blotches and starry splatters, its left side fading into a skull.

Watercolor painting of a snow leopard and a wolf, leaping through a universe of stars.

Watercolor painting of a fox and a tiger, soaring through a colorful cosmic realm.

Watercolor painting of a snail which has a rodent skull instead of a normal shell.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 6h

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Katie, a fantasy and fine artist in the PNW.
I paint landscapes, nature, animals & creatures. My specialty is dragons in detailed, lush backgrounds.

🐉Book covers, TTRPG illustration
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 kamakru.com/portfolio
🛍️ kamakru.com
#fantasyart #dragons #traditionalart

Watercolor of a light red dragon on a twisted tree overlooking the PNW misty mountains. Text kamakru.com signed Katie croonenberghs 2025

Watercolor painting of a sunset over a beach with a dragon flying overhead. Inspired by Picnic Point Washington State. Text kamakru.com signed Katie croonenberghs 2025

Watercolor and gouache painting with green tones of mountains with a moon glowing through the clouds. A white dragon stands on the cliff with wings high. Text reads in kamakru.com signed Katie croonenberghs 2025

Watercolor of a starry dragon flying up through space with wings of sunset colors and a mountain range below. Text reads kamakru.com signed Katie croonenberghs 2025

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// Isabella // Izzy // memberships on ko-fi! @helixel-illustrations.com · 3h

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Isabella, a scifi/fantasy artist from Ireland. I love making pinups, covers, and character designs. I'd love to work on more covers or posters if given the chance to!

🌐 www.helixel-illustrations.com
✉️ helixelcommissions[at]gmail.com

A scifi scene depicting my take on Mulan if it took place in a far future. Mulan wears scifi clothing and sits under the dragon statue. Mushu is a red hologram dragon crawling down the statues arm as the rain pours and Mulan sheds some tears after cutting her hair. Her bike in the distance.

Drawing of street fighter characters done for Udon's swim suit special! Lilly holds a giant leaf above her head while she wades through a pool. Water crashing down on the leaf as she enjoys it.

A white skinned and black haired dragon woman with bright blue eyes in a kimono is shown from a low angle, as if you're looking up at her. She looks back and down at the viewer with a sweet expression on her face as sunlight trickles in through the leaves of a nearby tree creating pleasant sunbeams across her form.

A lizard-like humanoid with blue mist coming out of their head like "hair" is perched on a rocky outcrop in a misty forest. They look as if they are on lookout hunting something in particular. They hold a silver wind instrument in their hand, that has blue crystals bunched on the ends to create a war axe. It gives off a rainbow glint.

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 3h

Ohhh #PortfolioDay again !
My name is Rune, I'm an illustrator & 3D artist which specializes in the art of times long past!
I mainly do Illustrations for books and TTRPG games, but I'm open to all sorts of projects!

🌲http://lunegrimm.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]

Examples of my work! First medieval manuscript werewolf

Woodcut like piece of the folklore goddess "Perchta

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Kaya's Kosmos @kayas-kosmos.bsky.social · 7h

Hello #PortfolioDay!

I like to do creature design, character design and fantasy illustration. My current personal project is called Flowerpunk, a story about magic and monsters with a Solarpunk twist!

🎨 - cara.app/kayaskosmos

☕ - ko-fi.com/kayaskosmos

A drawing of eight tiny little clover people known as "cloverkin" crossing over a mossy log. One is sitting on a broken branch stump, one is waving at us, one is showing a four-leafed member a tiny leaf they found while the four-leafed cloverkin holds a tiny staff and looks impressed. There is a parent and child cloverkin skipping along the branch behind them and at the far end of the log, one cloverkin is giving another a piggyback. In the background there is a forest and a river.

A drawing of a creature known as a “Moonstalker.” This is a creature from the “Flowerpunk” webcomic. The drawing takes place at night and the canvas is dominated by a navy blue colour scheme. In the foreground are some cliffs and tress. Off in the distance is a grassy plain with a river running through it. Even further into the distance, the moonstalker strides across the landscape, its tail stretching off far into the distance. The moon-shaped structure on its back climbs high into the sky, lit up by the light of the moon. There is a small mountain range along the horizon and some nimbus clouds billow up into a starry sky.

A drawing of 7 characters who are part of "the lovely anarchists" in the Flowerpunk webcomic. From left to right, Bruno, Cassie, Molly, Kimi, Ludwig, Earwig and Maggie. Maggie is at the front of the group clapping her hands and singing. Ludwig is playing a pride-themed electric lute while Earwig follows looking excited. Kimi is vibing to the music behind Ludwig, Molly is marching energetically and Cassie is stopping her hat from blowing off. At the back of the group, Bruno is doing a proud march/jig along to the music.

A drawing of an earth colossus crossing the Scottish coast. The colossus has six legs and somewhat resembles a massive bull-like ungulate. It is made from earthy materials and has forests and plains growing on its back. There is a strong fossil motif running throughout its design, including its lower legs which resemble giant shells. The creature also has huge, stony antlers protruding from its head, though its face is a cross between bull and human. It also has several manmade structures on its back, including giant glass domes with trees inside, some modern wooden and stone huts and the ruins of an abbey on the back end. It is also has several airborne wind turbines tethered to it. In the foreground of the image are two climate scientists on the clifftop observing the creature. They have set up some equipment for measuring meteorological conditions.

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Suzanne 🪡 in Brno: Oct 17-19🪡 @anatomoth.bsky.social · 3h

Hello #portfolioday!
I'm Suzanne,fine artist who evolved into a tattoo artist.Gouache,acrylics,ink,inspired by flora,fauna,anatomy,psychology.Stationed in Budapest..Currently looking for a stable guestspot in Germany!
✉️ [email protected]
✨ ko-fi.com/anatomoth/
⚜️ instagram.com/anatomoth/

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⛈️Dawner, comms open! @thedawner.bsky.social · 4h

#portfolioday
I draw critters and make brushes.

Brushes can be found here:
ko-fi.com/thedawner/shop

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Elwyn Rain @ewylana.bsky.social · 7h

Hello #PortfolioDay
I am Elwyn Rain, freelance illustrator looking for work in ttrpg industry and for book covers
I am open for private commissions too
🔗 elwyn-rain-art.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]

An oil painting of a fantasy landscapes, composed of hills and mountains circling a lake. In the center of the lakes a huge city is visible. There are multiple ruins and strange stuctures all around. A line of light dots go from the first planes toward the middle of the lake

An artwork showing a strange aquatic humanoid creature, with blue skin in a chitonous armor having fun riding an armored anomalocaris in similar colors. But below her a giant creature is swimming, and the head of the monster is going in her direction...

An illustration showing a woman in a dragon inspired armor and with dragon wings sitting on a ruined wall, in front of a city

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Abandon Ambition 🔜 Fluufff @abandonambition.com · 3h

#portfolioday I'm Dana! My creations explore themes of despair, escapism, and survival in the natural world through illustrations of animals and mythical beasts. Opposites/contrasts, witchcraft, burning forests, and rising seas feature in a lot of my work.

#art #animalart #darkart

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🍀ElenPanter @elenpanter.bsky.social · 2h

#PortfolioDay
I'm Elen, digital illustrator and comic artist. I love drawing animals and work on dinosaur comic "Raptor"
☕ Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/elenpanter
🟠 Patreon: patreon.com/ElenPanter
🌐 Links: elenpanter.carrd.co

Links to "Raptor" comic: bsky.app/profile/elen...

Tiger calmly walking in water under trees shadow

Snow dinosaurs raptors running in mountain valley trespassing the river

Kerry flying in mountains
gryphon griffin based on cockatiel bird korella

Otter jumping out of water at night with stars

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Skulldog @skulldog.bsky.social · 2h

Morning work over, time to share some Portfolio day posts, I love seeing everyone's art flood my feed so much.

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Skulldog @skulldog.bsky.social · 5h

#portfolioday Intro!
I'm Kei, full time illustrator, concept creator, and lover of creepy things who makes comics on the side.

I work in both traditional and digitally, and open for work.

🏠theskulldog.com
🎨inprnt.com/gallery/skulldog
🛒skulldog.storenvy.com
✍️theskulldog.com/blog/commission-guide

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a wolf like creature with golden chain.

Digital image of two black coyotes with wings holding up a central deer skull against neon backdrop.

Two pencil sketches, the top a creeping monster hidden in graffiti, the bottom a black goat with glowing wax horns.

Digital image of three raptors running through bones, with a neon lines trailing.

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Auk @aukkenopsia.bsky.social · 18h

Specbio design work for my alien creatures. I don't have a name for them yet, think I'll just refer to them as "Discerners", since they've taken a vow of knowledge and their society is built around studying the world that they live in and reality altogether (as well as themselves).

A digital illustration showing a creature design sheet. There are full bodies, portraits, hand and feet detail, and eye detail as well as wing detail of the creature that's designed. The animal has a quadrupedal body that is shaped like a cheetah's, mixed with a meerkat. Its torso is long, with an extended pointy tail. The front arms are more like human arms, with opposable thumbs and four fingers on each hand. They sit upright like humans. On their backs are folds that contain wings that are like bug wings, that unfold when opened. The colors of the creature are brown, tan, blue, and cream. The eyes are yellow, and have nictitating membranes. The face of the animal is dog-like, but with a pointy hooked nose that looks sort of beak like. Their nose is bright blue, and their teeth are sharp and carnivorous.

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs

A display of Coyote & Crow, the roleplaying game, Wolves, the cooperative board game, Naasii, the Coyote & Crow Dice Game, and a set of custom dice for the RPG. All created by Cherokee Nation citizen, Kenna Alexander.

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