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gretashand.bsky.social
Gret :^] (G.D. Hand)
@gretashand.bsky.social
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Pro 2D Animator and Story Artist, lover of all things horror. I also make #comics :) #illustration #storyboards #animation
📧: contact.grhand@gmail.com
🕸️: www.gretahand.com

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Gret :^] (G.D. Hand) @gretashand.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hello to everyone who's migrated over to Bluesky! I'm Gret, I'm a 2D animator and story artist who also makes spooky art and comics in my spare time!

📧: contact.grhand@gmail.com
🕸️: www.gretahand.com
Links: linktr.ee/gretashand

#storyboards #characteranimation #2danimation #illustration #comics
2d rough animation of a girl arguing with her friend. she's obviously frustrated and its bleeding into anger. storyboards from a sequence about two best friends getting into a spat over entering the carnival funhouse before opening. done in photoshop. black and white illustration of a woman in an intricate Victorian style dress holding her own head on a platter. Behind her are a bunch of picture frames with botanical drawings. All depth is created through lines inspired by stained glass and topographic maps. four page spread from my comic 'Little Red Heart' about a monster hunter struggling to come to terms with the fact that the woman she's in love with is a werewolf. The pages are of a woman in a cloak walking through the woods and approached a lone cabin that has been trashed inside.
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lamantia.bsky.social
Four of my larger works from last year. There are two more that I'm leaving out but I enjoy how these complement each other.
Four detaied black and white illustrations.
January 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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emilyschnall.bsky.social
Hey cool cats, want to help fill my 2026 work calendar?

I'm open for horror, sci comm, comics covers/interiors, and more!
If you have a project and think my art would jazz it up, get in touch ✨🌱
Digitally inked and colored comic page showing a woman nervously leaving her apartment and heading to the subway at night “The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Sixth #2” Cover: vultures flying over an armored man with a long shadow made of flames Illustration of a landscape with pine trees in the foreground, a lake, and forested mountains in the background Illustration of a kangaroo rat among some pebbles and grass
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Almost done. Had some energy to burn after work apparently
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark
A mammoth skull on a fur robed skeletal body surrounded by tenple looking stone ruins
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Day 2 progress point. Deliberate light day and taking my time
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark
A mammoth skull on a fur robed skeletal body surrounded by tenple looking stone ruins
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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emilylorange.bsky.social
If your Healthcare costs have gone up today's a good day to recalculate your freelance rate with Alexandria Neonakis' spreadsheet (make a copy to your own drive to edit)

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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wodeworm.bsky.social
Ludwig, the holy blade

#bloodborne
Horsen limb and sinuous hair corrupts every facet of the human form, writhing tumor erupts with the inner eyes of insight blindly looking for humanity, the glow of a moonlight blades illuminates and guides this affront to life
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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walkingcoffin.bsky.social
VMBRA II
7.5x11" monotype
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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chancesecond.bsky.social
It pervades every part of so much of the language of success and you gotta actually stop and think “what if sacrificing myself isn’t the way to go, what happens after the sacrifice of my health?” Because it isn’t glory. The glory is the carrot for the buggywhip of you sacrificing, it never shows up.
haileypiperfights.bsky.social 🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 4d
Apropos of nothing in particular, "sacrifice yourself to defeat your enemies and be remembered in glory" is fascist rhetoric, and we're swamped in it from decades of media
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
gretashand.bsky.social
been dreaming about this moment for the last 2 years
photo of the holding case for the deluxe collectors edition of The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. It shows a gold foil imprint of a elaborate doorway on navy fabric interior of the holding case with a print of one of the illustrations done for this edition on the left and the front of the hand leather bound edition of the book on the right. The navy leather has a honeycomb pattern imprinted on it along with a yellow and gold imprinted design of a honeybee with a lock in its center. the book is now in the left side of the cover showing the back of the book where some of the navy honeycomb design has been filled with golf foil. the right side of the covers interior is revealed a velvet honey coloured fabric with the quote “Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
January 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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theartofasty.bsky.social
the horrors will keep coming, and we will keep resisting.

Happy New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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jackykillian.bsky.social
Congratulations on 3k and happy new year!!!
I'm Jacky, a horror artist who likes to draw monsters and just whatever goes on within my mind!
January 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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ddbtorres.bsky.social
Aromie!! congrats on 3k!!

and thank you for the artshare!
I'm on a break and don't have anything new from the past couple weeks, but here are some less common pieces
a rat warrior wearing a black armor standing on its hind legs to hold a black sword a zombie knight, clad in black armor an holding a greatsword, riding a black steed, also armored. both are in profile. illustration of a lady clad in armor and holding a richly ornamented shield. Her sword is lowed, her eyes are closed, her hair is flowing and she's surrounded by darkness
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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cobaltcorvus.bsky.social
Congrats on the milestone and thanks for hosting! And thank you @fonscordi.bsky.social for the tag!

Hello, everyone! I'm Ren Varela, a freelance artist that specializes in dark, slightly surrealist fantasy illustrations, and character and creature designs.
A dark art digital painting of portrait of a headless figure in a suit and tie with two glowing halos of different sizes floating where the head would be. A black and white digital drawing of a large mushroom creature that is shaped like a giraffe and based on inky cap mushrooms, walking through a foggy scene. A digital painting of a jackal skull in profile view floating about a horizontal, black halo, both floating above the neck of a dismembered, semi-human, teal torso. All is painted on a black back drop. A digital painting of a giant, multi-armed, skull-headed figure in a large thunder cloud with several bolts of lighting generating from it.
January 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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spectralmeat.bsky.social
May the upcoming 365 days have you feeling like strawberries growing through your face. (Illustration from a beer label I drew up a few years ago)

#horrorart #horror #horrorartist #handdrawnart #illustration #darkart #micronpens
A hand-drawn illustration depicting two crowned heads on a balcony in Italy with strawberries and a variety of herbs growing through them, under a starry night.
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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aromiekim.bsky.social
Why not start the year off with a long overdue art share 🍰
I've reached 3k+ followers!

Cheers to all the wonderful creative folks! Let me know what makes you tick and post whatever you fancy - your finished works or WIPs!

Share, tag and interact as you please!

#art #artshare #アートシェア
A picture of a parakeet-like creature screaming. Text reads: Art Share If you do creative stuff -art -crafts -writing -music -acting (Please) tell me who you are -Repost is nice -No AI / NFT -(reasonably) SFW
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Congrats on the 3k aromie! 😎🍷

Here are my recent completed pieces. There will be one finished today, but its not ready yet

(Optional) tags for @akanelogics.bsky.social @chrisnazgul.bsky.social @runningcritter.bsky.social @yulkradness.bsky.social @riolavar.bsky.social @blagodatskix.bsky.social
Pen drawing of a humanoid figure made of black void, covered in symbols whose body flows into root-like structures and radiates light blue and purple energy upward set against a massive stone wall embedded with winged statues and carved archways. Sitting atop the wall are three feminine presenting celestial beings with black void for faces with two of them huddled around the third who is taller than the other two and has three bright star like points of light for a face instead of the single one in the other two. Around them are an assortment of domed organic shaped structures that tower up in the distance while a strangely textured moon hangs in a sky that shimmers with a blue and purple aurora like pattern with white lights and streaks embedded within it. Pen drawing of a long, black haired feminine figure with four arms per side that get smaller as they go down their back. Small shell and gem like objects in their hair while their face a smooth, bone or polished stone looking surface with a small oval where the main features would be. Their primary left arm is outstretched towards a floating book with a highly textured surface of bone and flesh looking shapes with odd growths that flows up the right side of the page and behind their head. These same style of growths surround them at shin height with shapes renunciant of devices embedded in it along with crystals. A smaller left arm is grasping a large orb held up by one of these organic columns while in the distance a cliff rises up with figures standing near a sculpted standing stone while a large gas giant looking planet hangs in the sky of the upper right of the page. Pen drawing of a feminine figure caught between strange technological devices to the left of their head and upper torso with metallic bits intruding under the skin while to the left of their tattooed face they flow into swirls of mystical looking energy. Pen drawing of a feminine figure on the right side with an elongated skull that flows into various organic shapes down and around her long neck as he long tongue extrudes out of her mouth, licking twisted organic form with multiple faces and made up of intertwining tendrils and other fleshy, bulbous shapes. Surrounding the scene are streaks of night sky embedded with ghostly forms and surrounded by twisted bodies and body parts.
January 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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sanzuniur.bsky.social
set an alarm and leave a note on the fridge

it will happen again
January 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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lamantia.bsky.social
Graves - OC Commission, representing an undead Faun/Elf hybrid, gay transman. As I've been reflecting on my own gender and sexuality over the year, it was helpful to be working on this piece. I'm looking forward to him finally getting home and continuing my journey in the new year.
Detailed black and white illustration of Graves, an OC, undead Faun/Elf hybrid, gay transman. His face is hidden in darkness behind long black hair. His sharp teeth flash open and forked tongue whips violently. He is reaching forward with one arm as he is mostly surrounded by rot and a surreal explosion of insects, skulls, and rot.
December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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ladylowrely.bsky.social
Aurevoir 2025

See you next year, wishing you all the best, health and love!!
A person with wavy mid-short hair sleek to the back, wearing tinted light brown glasses, multiple ear piercings and a two tone fabric blazer. A cat lays on their shoulders grinning
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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coeykuhn.bsky.social
Happy New Year (of the horse) #bloodborne
January 1, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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xenianth.com
Happy Horse Year

#art #DarkArt #horror
Digital black and white illustration, title at bottom: The Cavalry of Woe. A horse-like creature with numerous legs filling most of the lower half of the canvas. Twisting vines or branches make up its body and spread to a vast array of branches out of its muntjak skull. The antler-branches take up most of the top half of the canvas. The piece is shaded with extensive crosshatching.
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 AM
gretashand.bsky.social
- Finally finish the storyboards for my short

- Complete all art for one of the short comics I wrote last year

- Finish writing the first draft of my novella

- Find more time to work on my illustration
rj-palmer.com RJ Palmer @rj-palmer.com · 5d
What are your art ambitions for 2026? Make sure to post them here so we can publicly shame you if you achieve none of them!!
January 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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jrgdrawing.bsky.social
Jester !
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
gretashand.bsky.social
if you ever wonder why gym ppl are like that its bc with only 2 months of injury (one of which I was doing PT) i have already lost 10lbs
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
gretashand.bsky.social
love lies bleeding is weird and i love it so much
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM