Gael Ricci
@gaelricci.bsky.social
Dark fantasy and surrealist oil painter, dotwork tattooist and engraver.
Fighting chronic pain.
I paint not to escape, but to endure.
Fighting chronic pain.
I paint not to escape, but to endure.
Reposted by Gael Ricci
I am building my own world 💀🥩🦷
Dark Fantasy Body Horror with plants and ruins
QRP with your world
Dark Fantasy Body Horror with plants and ruins
QRP with your world
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I am building my own world 💀🥩🦷
Dark Fantasy Body Horror with plants and ruins
QRP with your world
Dark Fantasy Body Horror with plants and ruins
QRP with your world
Meet Joy, my most loyal companion.
While I’m painting, she’s usually sleeping —
Just warmth, calm, and the sound of brushes moving.
Maybe she’s the real artist here.
#JoyTheBulldog #StudioLife #ArtistCompanion #DogsofBluesky #art #darkfantasy #dog #dogs
While I’m painting, she’s usually sleeping —
Just warmth, calm, and the sound of brushes moving.
Maybe she’s the real artist here.
#JoyTheBulldog #StudioLife #ArtistCompanion #DogsofBluesky #art #darkfantasy #dog #dogs
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Meet Joy, my most loyal companion.
While I’m painting, she’s usually sleeping —
Just warmth, calm, and the sound of brushes moving.
Maybe she’s the real artist here.
#JoyTheBulldog #StudioLife #ArtistCompanion #DogsofBluesky #art #darkfantasy #dog #dogs
While I’m painting, she’s usually sleeping —
Just warmth, calm, and the sound of brushes moving.
Maybe she’s the real artist here.
#JoyTheBulldog #StudioLife #ArtistCompanion #DogsofBluesky #art #darkfantasy #dog #dogs
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They call it The Mycaryon.
No one knows if it was born of the earth…
Its flesh is neither beast nor bloom —
a decaying prayer, whispered by roots and bone.
It feeds on memory.
Each step erases a dream...
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#art #drawing #blackbooksky #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky
They call it The Mycaryon.
No one knows if it was born of the earth…
Its flesh is neither beast nor bloom —
a decaying prayer, whispered by roots and bone.
It feeds on memory.
Each step erases a dream...
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#art #drawing #blackbooksky #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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They call it The Mycaryon.
No one knows if it was born of the earth…
Its flesh is neither beast nor bloom —
a decaying prayer, whispered by roots and bone.
It feeds on memory.
Each step erases a dream...
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#art #drawing #blackbooksky #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky
They call it The Mycaryon.
No one knows if it was born of the earth…
Its flesh is neither beast nor bloom —
a decaying prayer, whispered by roots and bone.
It feeds on memory.
Each step erases a dream...
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#art #drawing #blackbooksky #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky
❖The pencil is a gentle blade.
It doesn’t cut — it digs.
Each line searches for the fracture beneath the skin of the world.
In the silence of paper, I hear the matter resisting.❖ #art #drawing #darkart #blackbooksky #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
It doesn’t cut — it digs.
Each line searches for the fracture beneath the skin of the world.
In the silence of paper, I hear the matter resisting.❖ #art #drawing #darkart #blackbooksky #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
❖The pencil is a gentle blade.
It doesn’t cut — it digs.
Each line searches for the fracture beneath the skin of the world.
In the silence of paper, I hear the matter resisting.❖ #art #drawing #darkart #blackbooksky #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
It doesn’t cut — it digs.
Each line searches for the fracture beneath the skin of the world.
In the silence of paper, I hear the matter resisting.❖ #art #drawing #darkart #blackbooksky #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
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I’m not looking for followers.
I’m looking for witnesses.
Every line, every shadow,
is a fight against oblivion.
Those who stay here don’t look at drawings.
They watch a crossing.
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#art #darkart #drawing #artistonbluesky #gaelricci #artoftheday #mysticart #discipline #fineart #visionaryart
I’m not looking for followers.
I’m looking for witnesses.
Every line, every shadow,
is a fight against oblivion.
Those who stay here don’t look at drawings.
They watch a crossing.
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⸻
#art #darkart #drawing #artistonbluesky #gaelricci #artoftheday #mysticart #discipline #fineart #visionaryart
October 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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I’m not looking for followers.
I’m looking for witnesses.
Every line, every shadow,
is a fight against oblivion.
Those who stay here don’t look at drawings.
They watch a crossing.
⟡
⸻
#art #darkart #drawing #artistonbluesky #gaelricci #artoftheday #mysticart #discipline #fineart #visionaryart
I’m not looking for followers.
I’m looking for witnesses.
Every line, every shadow,
is a fight against oblivion.
Those who stay here don’t look at drawings.
They watch a crossing.
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⸻
#art #darkart #drawing #artistonbluesky #gaelricci #artoftheday #mysticart #discipline #fineart #visionaryart
✶ She carries the forest within her armor.
Fungi bloom where faith once stood.
The bird remembers what the body forgot.
And somewhere beyond the mist, the mountain still waits for her return. ✶ #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #darkfantasy #art #artcommissions
Fungi bloom where faith once stood.
The bird remembers what the body forgot.
And somewhere beyond the mist, the mountain still waits for her return. ✶ #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #darkfantasy #art #artcommissions
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
✶ She carries the forest within her armor.
Fungi bloom where faith once stood.
The bird remembers what the body forgot.
And somewhere beyond the mist, the mountain still waits for her return. ✶ #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #darkfantasy #art #artcommissions
Fungi bloom where faith once stood.
The bird remembers what the body forgot.
And somewhere beyond the mist, the mountain still waits for her return. ✶ #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #darkfantasy #art #artcommissions
The forest remembers.
Every creature that falls becomes a vessel —
roots through flesh, spores through silence.
Death here is only a change of shape. #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #gaelriccidot #Dreamscape
Every creature that falls becomes a vessel —
roots through flesh, spores through silence.
Death here is only a change of shape. #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #gaelriccidot #Dreamscape
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The forest remembers.
Every creature that falls becomes a vessel —
roots through flesh, spores through silence.
Death here is only a change of shape. #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #gaelriccidot #Dreamscape
Every creature that falls becomes a vessel —
roots through flesh, spores through silence.
Death here is only a change of shape. #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #gaelriccidot #Dreamscape
Every line is a fragment of a dream I couldn’t wake from.
Every shadow remembers something I tried to forget.
I draw to see what words can’t say.
The shape of silence. The echo of a wound. #darkart #blackwork #artoftheday #fantasyart #gaelriccidot #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
Every shadow remembers something I tried to forget.
I draw to see what words can’t say.
The shape of silence. The echo of a wound. #darkart #blackwork #artoftheday #fantasyart #gaelriccidot #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
October 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Every line is a fragment of a dream I couldn’t wake from.
Every shadow remembers something I tried to forget.
I draw to see what words can’t say.
The shape of silence. The echo of a wound. #darkart #blackwork #artoftheday #fantasyart #gaelriccidot #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
Every shadow remembers something I tried to forget.
I draw to see what words can’t say.
The shape of silence. The echo of a wound. #darkart #blackwork #artoftheday #fantasyart #gaelriccidot #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
Infra theory tattoo collection/ #blacksky #blackbooksky
#tattoo #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
#tattoo #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
October 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Infra theory tattoo collection/ #blacksky #blackbooksky
#tattoo #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
#tattoo #darkart #horror #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
"Forest remembers.
Every arrow that pierced flesh is a hymn carved into the soil.
The meek fall, but the roots rise — carrying the weight of old blood." #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Every arrow that pierced flesh is a hymn carved into the soil.
The meek fall, but the roots rise — carrying the weight of old blood." #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
October 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Forest remembers.
Every arrow that pierced flesh is a hymn carved into the soil.
The meek fall, but the roots rise — carrying the weight of old blood." #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Every arrow that pierced flesh is a hymn carved into the soil.
The meek fall, but the roots rise — carrying the weight of old blood." #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
It took the shape of a memory — half beast, half bird — still flying in the places where memory bends. #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
#oilpainting #darkart #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It took the shape of a memory — half beast, half bird — still flying in the places where memory bends. #blacksky #blackbooksky
#oilpainting #darkart #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
#oilpainting #darkart #art #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
Always chasing time… so I carved it into my skin.
The White Rabbit reminds me: every second is borrowed. #Tattoo #Blackwork #Linework #AliceInWonderland #WhiteRabbit #InkArt #IllustrationTattoo #blackandwhite #BodyArt
The White Rabbit reminds me: every second is borrowed. #Tattoo #Blackwork #Linework #AliceInWonderland #WhiteRabbit #InkArt #IllustrationTattoo #blackandwhite #BodyArt
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Always chasing time… so I carved it into my skin.
The White Rabbit reminds me: every second is borrowed. #Tattoo #Blackwork #Linework #AliceInWonderland #WhiteRabbit #InkArt #IllustrationTattoo #blackandwhite #BodyArt
The White Rabbit reminds me: every second is borrowed. #Tattoo #Blackwork #Linework #AliceInWonderland #WhiteRabbit #InkArt #IllustrationTattoo #blackandwhite #BodyArt
A crown is not just worn.
It’s carried in silence,
with every choice, every scar, every word unspoken.
#TattooArt #Blackwork #art #blacksky #blackbooksky #DarkArt #BodyArt
It’s carried in silence,
with every choice, every scar, every word unspoken.
#TattooArt #Blackwork #art #blacksky #blackbooksky #DarkArt #BodyArt
September 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A crown is not just worn.
It’s carried in silence,
with every choice, every scar, every word unspoken.
#TattooArt #Blackwork #art #blacksky #blackbooksky #DarkArt #BodyArt
It’s carried in silence,
with every choice, every scar, every word unspoken.
#TattooArt #Blackwork #art #blacksky #blackbooksky #DarkArt #BodyArt
There are nights when pain feels like a pact.
Not an accident, not a wound — but a covenant signed in silence.
The body twists, the nerves burn, and every second whispers of surrender.
#art #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Not an accident, not a wound — but a covenant signed in silence.
The body twists, the nerves burn, and every second whispers of surrender.
#art #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There are nights when pain feels like a pact.
Not an accident, not a wound — but a covenant signed in silence.
The body twists, the nerves burn, and every second whispers of surrender.
#art #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Not an accident, not a wound — but a covenant signed in silence.
The body twists, the nerves burn, and every second whispers of surrender.
#art #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
A wolf that carries the forest in its breath.
Feral, fractured, yet eternal.
Ink as a reminder that strength is born from the wild. #tattoo #tattooart #blackwork #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #artistsonbluesky #blacksky #blackbooksky
Feral, fractured, yet eternal.
Ink as a reminder that strength is born from the wild. #tattoo #tattooart #blackwork #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #artistsonbluesky #blacksky #blackbooksky
September 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A wolf that carries the forest in its breath.
Feral, fractured, yet eternal.
Ink as a reminder that strength is born from the wild. #tattoo #tattooart #blackwork #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #artistsonbluesky #blacksky #blackbooksky
Feral, fractured, yet eternal.
Ink as a reminder that strength is born from the wild. #tattoo #tattooart #blackwork #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #artistsonbluesky #blacksky #blackbooksky
A silent guardian, forged in ink.
Between decay and flight, it waits.
Not just a bird—
but a reminder that even in ruin, there is vigilance. #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Between decay and flight, it waits.
Not just a bird—
but a reminder that even in ruin, there is vigilance. #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
September 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A silent guardian, forged in ink.
Between decay and flight, it waits.
Not just a bird—
but a reminder that even in ruin, there is vigilance. #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Between decay and flight, it waits.
Not just a bird—
but a reminder that even in ruin, there is vigilance. #art #illustration #darkart #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite #blacksky #blackbooksky #artistsonbluesky
Beneath rusted steel and shattered bone, he endures.
Once a knight of flesh and oath, now a vessel of silence and memory.
His armor no longer shields life, but carries the echo of battles uncounted.
#art #drawing #blacksky #blackbooksky #horror #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
Once a knight of flesh and oath, now a vessel of silence and memory.
His armor no longer shields life, but carries the echo of battles uncounted.
#art #drawing #blacksky #blackbooksky #horror #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
September 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Beneath rusted steel and shattered bone, he endures.
Once a knight of flesh and oath, now a vessel of silence and memory.
His armor no longer shields life, but carries the echo of battles uncounted.
#art #drawing #blacksky #blackbooksky #horror #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
Once a knight of flesh and oath, now a vessel of silence and memory.
His armor no longer shields life, but carries the echo of battles uncounted.
#art #drawing #blacksky #blackbooksky #horror #artcommissions #supportartists #blackandwhite
This is an Art Deco project, mainly in flat colors, black and white. I love both the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements, as I feel they always retain that elegance that defines them so well. #blackwork #darkart #bskyart #illustration #artoftheday #blackart
September 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is an Art Deco project, mainly in flat colors, black and white. I love both the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements, as I feel they always retain that elegance that defines them so well. #blackwork #darkart #bskyart #illustration #artoftheday #blackart
A lone figure wanders through ruins, carrying more questions than answers.
The wreckage whispers of forgotten empires… and the silence feels heavier than stone.
#Art #InkDrawing #MythicArt #Surrealism #FantasyArt #DarkArt #VisionaryArt #ContemporaryArt #NarrativeArt #ArtistOnBluesky
The wreckage whispers of forgotten empires… and the silence feels heavier than stone.
#Art #InkDrawing #MythicArt #Surrealism #FantasyArt #DarkArt #VisionaryArt #ContemporaryArt #NarrativeArt #ArtistOnBluesky
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A lone figure wanders through ruins, carrying more questions than answers.
The wreckage whispers of forgotten empires… and the silence feels heavier than stone.
#Art #InkDrawing #MythicArt #Surrealism #FantasyArt #DarkArt #VisionaryArt #ContemporaryArt #NarrativeArt #ArtistOnBluesky
The wreckage whispers of forgotten empires… and the silence feels heavier than stone.
#Art #InkDrawing #MythicArt #Surrealism #FantasyArt #DarkArt #VisionaryArt #ContemporaryArt #NarrativeArt #ArtistOnBluesky
INFRA tattoo collection, a black dotwork tattoo with lines and abstract sequences... #dotwork #blackart #abstract #blacktattoo #owl #tattooart #dot #illustration
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
INFRA tattoo collection, a black dotwork tattoo with lines and abstract sequences... #dotwork #blackart #abstract #blacktattoo #owl #tattooart #dot #illustration
I am preparing to launch an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) through my Instagram.
Codes, and fragments of a story will be scattered across my posts.
Only those who pay close attention will be able to follow the path… and unlock secrets... #ARG #artgame #mystery #cryptic #blackart #alternatehistory
Codes, and fragments of a story will be scattered across my posts.
Only those who pay close attention will be able to follow the path… and unlock secrets... #ARG #artgame #mystery #cryptic #blackart #alternatehistory
September 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just a part of a big composition i did last week! It's a dark fantasy drawing only with red and black colors #blackwork #illustration #darkart #bskyart #artoftheday
September 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just a part of a big composition i did last week! It's a dark fantasy drawing only with red and black colors #blackwork #illustration #darkart #bskyart #artoftheday
An old charcoal surrealist piece of the Fantasia collection, 2012. #darkart #visionaryart #bskyart #artoftheday #surrealism
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
An old charcoal surrealist piece of the Fantasia collection, 2012. #darkart #visionaryart #bskyart #artoftheday #surrealism
Reposted by Gael Ricci
go.bsky.app/LGMy86E I’ve created my own Starter Pack – follow my world of tattoos, oil paintings & symbols.
Check it out and discover the artists that inspire me.
Check it out and discover the artists that inspire me.
August 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
go.bsky.app/LGMy86E I’ve created my own Starter Pack – follow my world of tattoos, oil paintings & symbols.
Check it out and discover the artists that inspire me.
Check it out and discover the artists that inspire me.
One of my last tattoo, I love this kind of project. It's a 5 hours dotwork tattoo. What do you think about it? #blackwork #darkart #bskyart #illustration #artoftheday
September 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
One of my last tattoo, I love this kind of project. It's a 5 hours dotwork tattoo. What do you think about it? #blackwork #darkart #bskyart #illustration #artoftheday