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William Dawson
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Leeds based. Mainly digital #art at the moment. A bit of #classicalmusic original composition. Also writing a novel
Check Instagram http://instagram.com/willdawsonart
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William Dawson @willdawson.bsky.social · Oct 17
For full portfolio, please see my Cara page:

cara.app/williamdawson

#art #digitalart
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So, I composed a piano concerto because, you know, too much time on my hands.

Here's the wild and stormy first movement!

#classicalmusic #originalcomposition
Piano Concerto 'Dark Waters' | 1st Mov | Dark and wild - Caught by the Storm | Original composition
YouTube video by William Dawson
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November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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So, I composed a piano concerto because, you know, too much time on my hands.

Here's the wild and stormy first movement!

#classicalmusic #originalcomposition
Piano Concerto 'Dark Waters' | 1st Mov | Dark and wild - Caught by the Storm | Original composition
YouTube video by William Dawson
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November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??
In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices. A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands. The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention. Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane. Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury. Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree. A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air. A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.
October 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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🌙Artshare time✨

I’m an artist who turns inner emotions into moody, atmospheric art. I invite you to share your visions and creations in this art gathering

- Repost this for visibility
- Share your art, introduce yourself
- Interact with others, tag friends
- Keep it SFW, No AI/NFT
#artshare
September 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
willdawson.bsky.social
Please enjoy my 100% accurate adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Thank you
1/2

#digitalart #booksky
August 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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It's hydrangea season. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
a painting of a girl walking through the rain, holding a white umbrella
June 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🦋something simple, something blue 🦋
June 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Here’s a little fan art I painted for my friend @venrin.bsky.social to celebrate her debut novel, The Roots That Bind Us. I had the joy of being a beta reader, and I absolutely loved it!
Characters –charming, magic system –elegant, politics – intriguing, romance – delicious.
So proud of you girl! 💖😭
June 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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photo study ~4h
June 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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September Dances

Just cycling through some old works...

#digitalart
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I painted a bookstore. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
A painting of a girl in front of a bookstore. Green, red and brown hues.
May 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The Aquarium

One final #mermay picture in which is suddenly all goes dark...
#digitalart
May 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The Escape. Personal artwork from 2025. Part of a planned longer series of images.
May 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Venetian Mermaid

Another old #mermay artwork
May 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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#mermay

Pond Mermaid
May 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The Holy City of Rab

Ironically given that it was my most successful piece on Cara, I wasn't particularly happy with my first attempt at this scene. So second try.

As for the snow, in my defence, it was still winterish when I started this #artwork several weeks ago!

#digitalart
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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The Holy City of Rab

Ironically given that it was my most successful piece on Cara, I wasn't particularly happy with my first attempt at this scene. So second try.

As for the snow, in my defence, it was still winterish when I started this #artwork several weeks ago!

#digitalart
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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May 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Agnete og Havmanden

"Agnete! Agnete! come to the sea with me!
Your small children long for you"
"Yes, let them long, as long as they would like!
I will go to them nevermore"
April 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Farewell to 2023

Residents of West #Leeds might recognise the corner

#art
December 31, 2023 at 1:13 PM
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It's #portfolioday !
Hi I'm Morgane an artist passionate about conveying emotions through my illustrations.
And this year I'm finally starting my art carreer !🤞
April 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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toivarg.bsky.social
Hello! #PortfolioDay 🍂

I am Anastasia, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and painting characters

✒️ toi.varg@gmail.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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hannahartwork.bsky.social
Happy #portfolioday 😊 I create art nouveau style art with a modern twist on procreate ✨️ nice to meet you!
Two art nouveau style posters of Jinx and vi from Arcane. An illustration of a radiant ghost walking down a gothic flight of candlelit stairs An illustration of a female knight floating among lily pads. Ghostly hands reach out to her from the gloom A portrait of a female knight at sunset, surrounded by sunflowers.
April 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Eleonor and I'm a freelance illustrator from Portugal - I make art for book covers and interiors, TTRPGs and TCGs, among other things!

🎇 eleonorpiteira.squarespace.com
Storm from X-Men painted by Eleonor Piteira for the 2024 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Matriarchs of Marvel set. A black woman with white eyes and white gray hair flying in the wind like clouds, manipulates lightning with her hands. Cover illustration of 'The Mercy Makers' by Tessa Gratton, painted by Eleonor Piteira. A cocky dark-haired woman in a red dress with a mask made of magic is smirking at the viewer as she manipulates golden geometric threads with her hands. The hand with the red silk glove is removing a thread, the other is holding a sort of stylus and drawing a new thread. Below, there is the silhouette of a city, and one moon. Cover illustration by Eleonor Piteira of the book 'To Clutch A Razor' by Veronica Roth. Two identical men stand in the same pose, one of them has a gold halo around his head and is holding a gold book with pages flying away from it. One of the pages has a drawing of a sword. On the background tile rooftops and a church are painted red. Cover illustration by Eleonor Piteira of 'The King Must Die' by Kemi Ashing-Giwa. A black slim woman with grey-ish hair stands against the sun, looking at the right side in profile and holding a quarterstaff. On the desert around her, several stylised figures stand raising their swords up. In the sky there's a faint planetary ring with two moons, one on each side of it.
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Eileen, a London based Illustrator. I love to draw horror, gothic romance & fantasy 🦇🩸Looking for more book/comic cover work, deluxe editions, film posters, games, vinyl art & other exciting projects, esp vampires!

✉️ eileenkhkwan@hotmail.com
🩸 eileenkaihingkwan.co.uk
My cover for the Legacy of Kain Official Encyclopaedia. My illustration of a vampire lovingly holding and biting her victim My cover for House of the Beast by Michelle Wong My cover for horror anthology, SILK & SINEW edited by Kristy Park Kulski
April 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM