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John Swartwout
@jawnswart.bsky.social
200 followers 130 following 240 posts
3D artist, digital sculptor
open for work
I make distorted creatures
https://bio.site/jswartwout?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZH9yrPMHFV9fluIHaZEnhJhj0vBVn7lzn81VwlZbf0vAexZ1I6xvNEJvY_aem_cuUzFN4FnvZO5zGFDf_-dw
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jawnswart.bsky.social
Sketching is an integral part of my process.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
Me + My art
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
Noctbag
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
002_Metamorph_I
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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woofiee.bsky.social
#portfolioday , i’ve forgotten to participate in this for years but here are some of my recent works (: (acrylic paints, air dry clay and oil pastels)
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
I feel so lucky to win one of these!
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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tamvmat.bsky.social
Hey ho it's #portfolioday again!
I'm Tam, a Canadian freelance artist, always looking for work.
I specialize in creature and character artwork in both digital and traditional mediums. No AI 🚫
Here's a bit of my art! And my portfolio site 💚🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦
tamvmat.myportfolio.com/work
Line art illustration, fan art from Dredge. A small fishing boat sits on monster infested water Digital original painting, a dolls head suspended by fishing wire, cracked and bleeding. Brain tissue is revealed to be inside. Horror art. Dark art Cover art digital illustration for a ttrpg book. A man sits upon a Gothic throne, a druid woman at his side with an antler headpiece, and a small magpie humanoid sits at the top Digital painting of a giant crustacean, guarding her clutch of eggs.
October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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omegablack.bsky.social
abstraction
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
jawnswart.bsky.social
Give your support to Franck! He's one of the best
franckbesancon.bsky.social Franck Besançon 🩸 Ecstasy&Agony artbook pre-orders open! @franckbesancon.bsky.social · Oct 7
That's it, my very first artbook is now available for pre-order!
themansionpress.com/collections/...
Deliveries scheduled before Christmas, worldwide, the perfect gift for the people you love and those you don't.
🎁💀
Ecstasy & Agony Artbook
October 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
Yay! Please give Mick a follow. He makes amazing stuff out of wood :)
mickstorm.bsky.social Mick Storm @mickstorm.bsky.social · Oct 1
🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉

I'm giving away ONE of my Evil Dead inspired 100% wood playing card boxes to one of my followers.

I'll pick a random person on Mon 10/6 who:
Follows me
Likes the post
Re-posts this.

I will pay for shipping in the US, but please see the alt text for details #giveaway #woodworking
A picture of two red wooden boxes with lids carved with the human skin faces reminiscent of the Necronomicon Book of Dead featured in the Evil Dead Movies. One box is open with a pack of cards in it. The other, on the top of the image is closed. Text at the top reads "Necronomicon Playing Cards Box" - at the bottom the text reads "Giveaway" - this image is a promotional image by Mick Storm who is going to give away one of these boxes to one of his followers - winner will be selected randomly on Monday Oct 6th, from a list of people who follow him, liked and and re-posted this post. The playing cards featured in the image are not included. Shipping will also be covered, but this unfortunately will be limited to the US - if you are from another country, winning will be dependent on if I can ship there from the US, and you providing the cost of shipping. Their are others available if you don't win, and the cost is $100 + shipping. These are made of 100% wood, 100% by me!
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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mickstorm.bsky.social
🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉

I'm giving away ONE of my Evil Dead inspired 100% wood playing card boxes to one of my followers.

I'll pick a random person on Mon 10/6 who:
Follows me
Likes the post
Re-posts this.

I will pay for shipping in the US, but please see the alt text for details #giveaway #woodworking
A picture of two red wooden boxes with lids carved with the human skin faces reminiscent of the Necronomicon Book of Dead featured in the Evil Dead Movies. One box is open with a pack of cards in it. The other, on the top of the image is closed. Text at the top reads "Necronomicon Playing Cards Box" - at the bottom the text reads "Giveaway" - this image is a promotional image by Mick Storm who is going to give away one of these boxes to one of his followers - winner will be selected randomly on Monday Oct 6th, from a list of people who follow him, liked and and re-posted this post. The playing cards featured in the image are not included. Shipping will also be covered, but this unfortunately will be limited to the US - if you are from another country, winning will be dependent on if I can ship there from the US, and you providing the cost of shipping. Their are others available if you don't win, and the cost is $100 + shipping. These are made of 100% wood, 100% by me!
October 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
Been a little quiet on here, but here is something new to haunt your dreams. Work done for HSC monthly challenge.

#horror #darkart #creatureart #nightmare #hell #demon #monster
September 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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hellsculptclub.bsky.social
Childhood Nightmares
Our 8th monthly Discord challenge.
Congrats to all participants, fantastic series!

September topic is:
Terror of the household objects

Our Discord is open to anyone interested in horror, dark art, and creatures: 👉 discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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hellsculptclub.bsky.social
Tartarean Machines
Our 7th monthly Discord challenge.
Winners: @franckbesancon.bsky.social & @tamvmat.bsky.social 👏
Congrats to all participants!
August topic is: Childhood Nightmares !

Wanna take part? Join us on Discord!
👉http://discord.gg/rBkFbYbbMz
August 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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decassette.bsky.social
yesterday's severian, colourised
watercolour painting of a young fantasy goth boy with a stern face, a black cloak & a sword
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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sutexii.bsky.social
Chris here, a freelance illustrator and character designer that loves dark fantasy, monsters, and folklore 🍄🌙

Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️

🕸️ sutexii.art
✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com

✦ #portfolioday #art
A large mushroom-warped woman stands holding the hand of her sword. Skeletons sit below her, and a broken moon bleeds onto them. Character Design - various monsters based on mushrooms fullbody color commission. A character with white hair wears a cloak secured by a bird pin, blue tunic, and strapped boots. They hold a spear dripping blood into the rainwater at their feet. they appear contemplative as a red droplet falls into their hand. Character lineup - a squad of odd masked mercenaries
July 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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anafi.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday! ✨

I am Ana, character concept artist working for games. Clients include Blizzard Entertainment, Critical Role, Gunfire Games, Sharkmob and Bioware.

Currently living as a freelancer, but my dream is to join a big game studio making RPG/action games one day 😄

✨ linktr.ee/anafi
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
jawnswart.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay

I'm John. I'm a 3D artist that specializes in dark characters and creatures.
July 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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aromiekim.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Aromie, a concept artist who specializes in creature and characters. I love experimenting in style and genre.

I'm open for work opportunities any time!

📧: aromie.kim@gmail.com
🎨: aromiekim.artstation.com
Comms: aromiekimart.carrd.co
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/arom...
A massive, hissing pale snake adorned in gaudy golden jewelry on its tail and head. Red feathers decorate its neck Reimagined concepts of the Wizard of Oz characters. Five characters are shown. In the middle is a young girl wearing a white button-up and a blue suspender skirt, holding a gun in one hand and a basket of ammo in the other. Next to her is a Cane Corso dog with a collar that says "Toto." To the left is a tall, knife-wielding man dressed in a ragged, bullet-worn suit and fedora, a crow with a knife in its beak sitting on his shoulder. To the right is a man dressed smartly in a vest and mask, with prosthetic arms and one prosthetic leg, an axe on his belt and a can of gasoline beside him. In the back is a huge male brute in a vest with a bearded face and top-knot, wearing knuckle rings on his fists. A fantastical creature that appears to be a mix of a walrus and parakeet. Three are depicted: one large male, one female and one infant. The male and female have blue and white feathered, walrus-like bodies. Other sketches showing details of the creature are also depicted. A boy with a purple mohawk and punk clothes holds a small bat decorated with thumbtacks. He sits on top of a big pig, who also has a mohawk, a spiked collar and a painted skull brand on its leg. On the collar is a stick on which an apple hangs in front of the pig's nose.
July 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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reikomurakami.bsky.social
Hi #portfolioday!

I do books covers and comic covers!
Drawing of a girl whose eyes are covered with fire. Graphite mixed media Cover art for Joe Hill’s The Black Phone. A ghostly silhouette of a boy carried to the sky by the black balloons. Graphite mixed media. Cover art for Brian Evenson’s Good Night, Sleep Tight. A robot covered by vines that morphs into organic branches and vines. Graphite mixed media. Drawing of a figure being held by a pair of hands by her neck, three pairs of hands are shown in front of her, all in different gestures. Graphite mixed media.
July 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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artlillo.bsky.social
hey #portfolioday
I'm Lillo, 3d/concept artist in progress focused on dark/horror/grimdark topics

my main goal is to grow as an artist, to share ideas and to keep on creating weird creatures

hope you enjoy my work and thanks for your support!

artstation: www.artstation.com/art_lillo
July 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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youngmoth.bsky.social
At A Glance

Digital
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Some detailing to take care of tomorrow and that'll finalize this one
11x17 pen and paper
#surreal #macabre #wip #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #B&Wart #GrimDark
Work in progress pen drawing of a large mechanical headed humanoid that flows into technoorganic structures
July 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
jawnswart.bsky.social
I just ate an entire packet of cookies. Wtf is wrong with me lol.
July 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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martintk.bsky.social
Another color variation of my Zombie sculpt
#darkart
#zbrush
July 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM