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Mark Stroud
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Traditional Human made Art.

my website: https://mark-stroud.squarespace.com/illustration-gallery/fantasy-illustration/?p

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tags: #art #sketchbook #darkart
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Bug #art
Ink sketch of a bug woman with feathery antennae and head surrounded by fluff. Big black featureless bug eyes
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Sketch #art
Ink sketch portrait of a woman with long dark hair and a smile
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Spear #art
Watercolor painting of a long haired figure with a spear resting on its right shoulder. Spear blade is red with red tassels
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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This was fun #art
Woman in bone like armor, mostly red/orange in color. Many spikes and horns on her head and back. White face paint on forehead and cheeks. White circles on horns and a symbol on her shoulder
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Cat #art
Woman with dark hair and cat ears looks to her right. Orange background other wise everything else is black or gray
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Old Watercolor #art
watercolor portrait painting of a woman. Her eyes glassy, her skin almost burnt looking. Scars on her face, Ok, not scars but mistakes I made that look like scars. Dark brown hair. This is an old watercolor of happy accidents I still like.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Something simple for today #art
Watercolor painting portrait of a woman wearing feathers in her hair. She is wearing feathers around her neck. A dark jem on her forehead. Deep shadow on the right side of her face
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Getting back into it #art
Watercolor painting portrait of a woman with horns looking over left shoulder, clothing with half assed designs. Color of painting is dark blue
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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They came to me in numbers. They said “oh mother, hold us to your bosom, bless us with safety and prosperity.” But…I was so hungry. #art
Ink portrait of a tall dark woman with eight arms, big messy flowing hair, and dark tendrils emanating out from her body.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Sketch #art
Ink sketch portrait of a girl with wind blown hair
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Sketch #art
Ink sketch of a woman in large robe, and helmet. The helmet has long protruding pieces with knobs on the ends. Robe is made up of lines and round curvy shapes. Her hair is flowing at the back of the helmet.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Sketch #art
Ink sketch of a woman in large robe, and helmet. The helmet has long protruding pieces with knobs on the ends. Robe is made up of lines and round curvy shapes. Her hair is flowing at the back of the helmet.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Bug #art
Simple ink portrait of a woman with bug antennas on her head
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Sketch #art
Ink sketch portrait of a woman with short dark hair. She is looking to her right
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Sketch #art
Ink sketch portrait of a woman with short dark hair. She is looking to her right
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Sketch #art
Simple ink sketch portrait of a woman with horns and long hair
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Sketch #art
Simple ink sketch portrait of a woman with horns and long hair
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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some three eyed monsters #art
floating white three eyed, two horned skull with tentacles. Red background with black edges and corners. third eye in skull is red/orange with ridges radiating out like a sun from it. Orange three eyed skull. Spikes from small to large radiate out from it. Black background. Third eye is kind of glassy. white skinned portrait of a woman with four horns on her head and a flame shaped forehead growth with a third eye in the middle of it. tentacles wrap around her neck. three red face painted lines on her chin. red dot under each eye. black background. close up of a person with a third eye, and bone like shapes radiate from the face. only other eye present is dark, skin on nose and mouth is light purple, all other surfaces are yellow/gold
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Portrait #art
Ink portrait of a woman with big hair and light blue skin
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Squeezing in a monster on the last day #art
Skull faced woman smiles creepily, bone like clothing and dark hair
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Portrait #art
Ink portrait of a woman with big hair and light blue skin
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Mess, I blame end of the year burnout. #art
Ink portrait of a woman with massive horns on her forehead, badly disorganized dress ornaments, long messy dark hair, ink spattered background. Black dots under her eyes.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Mess, I blame end of the year burnout. #art
Ink portrait of a woman with massive horns on her forehead, badly disorganized dress ornaments, long messy dark hair, ink spattered background. Black dots under her eyes.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Portrait #art
Watercolor portrait of a woman with a birds head, blue feathers, purple background, head looking down
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Old watercolor #art
watercolor portrait of a woman with purple hair and yellow/green eyes. red/brown background. vague purple shape on cheek, not sure what I was trying to do there.
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM