Aleks7 illustration
@aleks7.bsky.social
award-winning (and losing) illustrator. Emulsification of visual stimulation that evokes equal parts terror and elation.
Pinned
So far so bad
Posting mostly for personal accountability since I've made zero progress (in the past 5 years) on my Zodiac series 20th anniversary remastered drawings. Nothing but value studies in marker and ink. And 2024 is the 20 year mark I want all of them to be published
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM
So far so bad
An image about absence can sometimes say more than a page of names.
This editorial illustration highlights the heavy redactions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and the broader question they raise: who is visible in the historical record, and who is obscured. When documents meant t
This editorial illustration highlights the heavy redactions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and the broader question they raise: who is visible in the historical record, and who is obscured. When documents meant t
December 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An image about absence can sometimes say more than a page of names.
This editorial illustration highlights the heavy redactions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and the broader question they raise: who is visible in the historical record, and who is obscured. When documents meant t
This editorial illustration highlights the heavy redactions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and the broader question they raise: who is visible in the historical record, and who is obscured. When documents meant t
United States of ███████
December 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
United States of ███████
Fun graphic design fact.
The Font is Cloister Black or Textura-style Fraktur, common in:
Gothic / medieval blackletter designs
Far-right nationalist propaganda
White supremacist graphic aesthetics
Neo-Nazi merch design
The Font is Cloister Black or Textura-style Fraktur, common in:
Gothic / medieval blackletter designs
Far-right nationalist propaganda
White supremacist graphic aesthetics
Neo-Nazi merch design
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fun graphic design fact.
The Font is Cloister Black or Textura-style Fraktur, common in:
Gothic / medieval blackletter designs
Far-right nationalist propaganda
White supremacist graphic aesthetics
Neo-Nazi merch design
The Font is Cloister Black or Textura-style Fraktur, common in:
Gothic / medieval blackletter designs
Far-right nationalist propaganda
White supremacist graphic aesthetics
Neo-Nazi merch design
So it's pretty much impossible to record drawing and inking process while enjoying drawing
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So it's pretty much impossible to record drawing and inking process while enjoying drawing
⊹ Day 19 : ARCTIC ⊹
We walked for days before realizing the stars were beneath the ice. Frost grows differently on our skin now, spiraling, deliberate. It’s learning the shape of warmth.
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We walked for days before realizing the stars were beneath the ice. Frost grows differently on our skin now, spiraling, deliberate. It’s learning the shape of warmth.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
⊹ Day 19 : ARCTIC ⊹
We walked for days before realizing the stars were beneath the ice. Frost grows differently on our skin now, spiraling, deliberate. It’s learning the shape of warmth.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
We walked for days before realizing the stars were beneath the ice. Frost grows differently on our skin now, spiraling, deliberate. It’s learning the shape of warmth.
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⊹ Day 16 : BLUNDER ⊹
I drew the circle backward, an honest blunder. The thing it summoned wasn’t.
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#inktober #inktoberblunder #inktober2025blunder #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
I drew the circle backward, an honest blunder. The thing it summoned wasn’t.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberblunder #inktober2025blunder #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
⊹ Day 16 : BLUNDER ⊹
I drew the circle backward, an honest blunder. The thing it summoned wasn’t.
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#inktober #inktoberblunder #inktober2025blunder #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
I drew the circle backward, an honest blunder. The thing it summoned wasn’t.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberblunder #inktober2025blunder #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
The Art and the Artist
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Art and the Artist
⊹ Day 14 : TRUNK ⊹
The Trunk split open after the storm, revealing a face pressed deep within the grain. Its lips moved slowly, mouthing the sound of rain.
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#inktober #inktobertrunk #inktober2025trunk #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
The Trunk split open after the storm, revealing a face pressed deep within the grain. Its lips moved slowly, mouthing the sound of rain.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobertrunk #inktober2025trunk #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
⊹ Day 14 : TRUNK ⊹
The Trunk split open after the storm, revealing a face pressed deep within the grain. Its lips moved slowly, mouthing the sound of rain.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobertrunk #inktober2025trunk #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
The Trunk split open after the storm, revealing a face pressed deep within the grain. Its lips moved slowly, mouthing the sound of rain.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobertrunk #inktober2025trunk #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
⊹ Day 13 : DRINK ⊹
The sea took him once. It’s been thirsty ever since.
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#inktober #inktoberdrink #inktober2025drink #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
The sea took him once. It’s been thirsty ever since.
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#inktober #inktoberdrink #inktober2025drink #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
⊹ Day 13 : DRINK ⊹
The sea took him once. It’s been thirsty ever since.
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#inktober #inktoberdrink #inktober2025drink #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
The sea took him once. It’s been thirsty ever since.
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#inktober #inktoberdrink #inktober2025drink #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
⊹ Day 11 : STING ⊹
The spore sat perfectly still—too still for something alive. They said it came from a star that died screaming. Every thorn still points toward the sky, as if remembering the fall.
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#inktober #inktobersting #inktober2025sting #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober
The spore sat perfectly still—too still for something alive. They said it came from a star that died screaming. Every thorn still points toward the sky, as if remembering the fall.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobersting #inktober2025sting #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
⊹ Day 11 : STING ⊹
The spore sat perfectly still—too still for something alive. They said it came from a star that died screaming. Every thorn still points toward the sky, as if remembering the fall.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobersting #inktober2025sting #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober
The spore sat perfectly still—too still for something alive. They said it came from a star that died screaming. Every thorn still points toward the sky, as if remembering the fall.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobersting #inktober2025sting #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober
⊹ Day 10 : SWEEP ⊹
One sweep of the current erased the harbor, the ships, the names. The water left only silence to remember them by.
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#inktober #inktobersweep #inktober2025sweep #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
One sweep of the current erased the harbor, the ships, the names. The water left only silence to remember them by.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobersweep #inktober2025sweep #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
⊹ Day 10 : SWEEP ⊹
One sweep of the current erased the harbor, the ships, the names. The water left only silence to remember them by.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobersweep #inktober2025sweep #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
One sweep of the current erased the harbor, the ships, the names. The water left only silence to remember them by.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktobersweep #inktober2025sweep #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
⊹ Day 09 : HEAVY ⊹
It fell from the sky centuries ago, and they built a city around it. Sometimes, in the quiet hours, the city shifts to keep it comfortable.
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#inktober #inktoberheavy #inktober2025heavy #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
It fell from the sky centuries ago, and they built a city around it. Sometimes, in the quiet hours, the city shifts to keep it comfortable.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberheavy #inktober2025heavy #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
⊹ Day 09 : HEAVY ⊹
It fell from the sky centuries ago, and they built a city around it. Sometimes, in the quiet hours, the city shifts to keep it comfortable.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberheavy #inktober2025heavy #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
It fell from the sky centuries ago, and they built a city around it. Sometimes, in the quiet hours, the city shifts to keep it comfortable.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberheavy #inktober2025heavy #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
⊹ Day 07 : RECKLESS ⊹
It signed first—slow, deliberate gestures that mirrored my own. I answered, and its hands began to bloom with mine.
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#inktober #inktoberreckless #inktober2025reckless #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
It signed first—slow, deliberate gestures that mirrored my own. I answered, and its hands began to bloom with mine.
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#inktober #inktoberreckless #inktober2025reckless #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
⊹ Day 07 : RECKLESS ⊹
It signed first—slow, deliberate gestures that mirrored my own. I answered, and its hands began to bloom with mine.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberreckless #inktober2025reckless #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
It signed first—slow, deliberate gestures that mirrored my own. I answered, and its hands began to bloom with mine.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober #inktoberreckless #inktober2025reckless #inktober2025 #inktoberchallenge #inktober #horrorstories
⊹ Day 07 : STARFISH ⊹
It rose from the water like a star torn from the sky, each arm dripping constellations that writhed and blinked. When I looked up to pray, I realized the heavens were only its reflection—already descending.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober
It rose from the water like a star torn from the sky, each arm dripping constellations that writhed and blinked. When I looked up to pray, I realized the heavens were only its reflection—already descending.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
⊹ Day 07 : STARFISH ⊹
It rose from the water like a star torn from the sky, each arm dripping constellations that writhed and blinked. When I looked up to pray, I realized the heavens were only its reflection—already descending.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober
It rose from the water like a star torn from the sky, each arm dripping constellations that writhed and blinked. When I looked up to pray, I realized the heavens were only its reflection—already descending.
─┉┈◈◉◈┈┉─
#inktober
Day 06 : PIERCE
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Something small wriggled beneath the punctures, too deliberate to be blood. The wound had far too many teeth to be human— I felt it trace the shape of my veins, learning the map of me.
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#inktober #inktoberpierce
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Something small wriggled beneath the punctures, too deliberate to be blood. The wound had far too many teeth to be human— I felt it trace the shape of my veins, learning the map of me.
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#inktober #inktoberpierce
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Day 06 : PIERCE
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Something small wriggled beneath the punctures, too deliberate to be blood. The wound had far too many teeth to be human— I felt it trace the shape of my veins, learning the map of me.
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#inktober #inktoberpierce
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Something small wriggled beneath the punctures, too deliberate to be blood. The wound had far too many teeth to be human— I felt it trace the shape of my veins, learning the map of me.
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#inktober #inktoberpierce
This is my 8th year doing Inktober!
Day 01 : Mustache
His head hovered, mustache writhing with whispers of the Old Gods. My jaw unhinged against my will, My throat tore open in a bloom of black hairs, each one gasping his name until the room echoed only “Nas’hrah.”
#funger #fearandhunger
Day 01 : Mustache
His head hovered, mustache writhing with whispers of the Old Gods. My jaw unhinged against my will, My throat tore open in a bloom of black hairs, each one gasping his name until the room echoed only “Nas’hrah.”
#funger #fearandhunger
October 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is my 8th year doing Inktober!
Day 01 : Mustache
His head hovered, mustache writhing with whispers of the Old Gods. My jaw unhinged against my will, My throat tore open in a bloom of black hairs, each one gasping his name until the room echoed only “Nas’hrah.”
#funger #fearandhunger
Day 01 : Mustache
His head hovered, mustache writhing with whispers of the Old Gods. My jaw unhinged against my will, My throat tore open in a bloom of black hairs, each one gasping his name until the room echoed only “Nas’hrah.”
#funger #fearandhunger
Man this sucks
Posting mostly for personal accountability since I've made zero progress (in the past 5 years) on my Zodiac series 20th anniversary remastered drawings. Nothing but value studies in marker and ink. And 2024 is the 20 year mark I want all of them to be published
September 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Man this sucks
Reposted by Aleks7 illustration
t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
Only people cheering that English is now the official language are the ones who can only speak one language, and that's laughably pathetic.
March 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Only people cheering that English is now the official language are the ones who can only speak one language, and that's laughably pathetic.