Juan Santapau
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Juan Santapau
@santapau.bsky.social
Comic artist, ttrpg enthusiast. Chile. No ai bs.
https://thesecretknots.com
https://patreon.com/santapau
I've redone the pose so many times it's practically a choreography.
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Artist be like if I shift this line 0.05 cm to the left, increase overlay by 2%, and move this character’s head slightly by 3° will make a life changing difference that everyone notices
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Another Haunted Doll made for this past Halloween, in this case it's an automaton / bisque doll drawn for @diesiskey.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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It's 20 years since @seanphillips.bsky.social and I exchanged a sketchbook back and forth in the mail, a drawn &painted call and response. INTERSECTIONS may be out of print but here is a flip through that sketchbook. You can still find the book out there :)
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Here's a mix of drawings made at different times, based on some of my favorite horror / mystery movies. I hope you have a nice Halloween!
Halloween Movies Miscellanea | Juan Santapau
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October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Favorite horror films: The Exorcist III
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've been drawing patrons as Haunted Dolls and Puppets.
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Rites Second Ed. is out! This is my classless, ancestry-neutral, fantasy roleplaying game of ideal magic.
It is a d20 game of free-form spell creation, flexible advancement, weapon deterioration and repair, and other fun bits.
dadostostados.itch.io/rites-second...

#nsr #fantasy #ttrpg #tabletop
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I'm still thinking about this show two years later.
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wow, it seems the (over)use of ClipStudio 3d dummies is making some superhero comics look really stiff.
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The year the theme was werewolves, it was fun to try to capture likenesses in fully transformed mode. Here's Cole:
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here's a battling wizard:
October 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There was a year for Wizards. Here's a portrait of a warlock with his loyal snake familiar.
October 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There was also a year for Ghosts: this one is a portrait of Rachel being a pirate spectre:
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This portrait for Irym is also one of my favorites, drawn on paper and very loose.
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
One time I made a comic called Orgone Noir for some reason, so that year I tried with that theme: a mix of a noirish strangeness for the portraits. Here's Sara:
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
October is for making spooky portraits of patrons, with a different theme every year. These are some of my favorites:
From when the theme was Gothic Portraits...
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Very specific tip: if you struggle with the drawing of ears, like me, get a pair of these really cheap silicone models they use to exhibit piercings.
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Obligatory repost
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The next comic is about: video rentals in the 90s, niche movies, a deer.
August 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My Victorian Characters pack is done! It includes 30 illustrated tokens, plus tables for Victorian backgrounds and names. Available in Drivethru RPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Victorian Characters - VTT Tokens - The Secret Knots | DriveThruRPG
30 heroes and investigators for games set in Victorian times. Plus! A table with 36 system-agnostic story seeds to give your character a literary, Victorian flavored background; and 3 tables with peri...
www.drivethrurpg.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm drawing patrons (or their OCs) in the styles of my ttrpg Victorian tokens.
August 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:

Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I want to make an Elric comic.
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM