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John Dervishi
@johndervishi.bsky.social
Albanian symbolic painter based in Italy ☀︎
instagram.com/john_dervishi
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Hello world! I'm John, an Albanian symbolic painter inspired by mythology and dreams ☼
#art #mythology #illustration
Can finally share this! My latest commission work 🐈‍⬛

#commission #digitalart #digitalpainting #renaissance #portrait #cat
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Minos Bull Believer

A tribute to one of my most beloved and tragic figures in Greek mythology: Asterion, the Bull of Minos. Inspired by Gaetano Cellini’s masterful sculpture Humanity Against Evil.

#Minotaur #Asterion #GreekMythology #MythologyArt #FigurativeArt
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Three years ago, I began illustrating Albanian folklore and mythology. This painting was the one that started it all:

SHTOJ—ZO—VALLE
#folklore #mythology #digitalpainting
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A couple of my favorite pieces from my first year of wood whittling: a blackbird and a mountain bluebird. They’re small, simple studies, but they’re where I started falling in love with carving birds.
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfinished "Self-portrait with the Goldfinch", from four months ago.

Oil on wooden panel
July 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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'Still'
Brown pencils on ivory cartridge paper, 150 × 105 mm.

Belated #Junicorn
July 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"We are like the dreamer who dreams and then lives inside the dream."

Rest in peace master David Lynch :(
January 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Hi #PortfolioDay
I love to paint the dream realm, sometimes with mythological symbolism✨
January 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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my sacrificial lamb painting as an offering, since it's my first time posting on here✨🕯️
January 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hey #Portfolioday! I'm John, an Albanian symbolic painter inspired by mythology and dreams ☼

instagram.com/john_dervishi
January 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I love sketching ideas for paintings on my Nintendo DSi XL.
December 16, 2024 at 1:46 PM
My biggest dream to see my favorite symbolic paintings in person: "Souls on the Banks of Acheron" in Vienna, and "Isle of the Dead" in Switzerland.

However, that's too expensive and they're not going anywhere. Here and now, in my town, there are multiple art and photography exhibitions. (1/3)
December 7, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Nëntori i ftohtë
Më ndjek dhe sot
Nëntori i ftohte
Jehon në mot
December 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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First post yay!
A few of my favorite artworks throughout the years✨

#art #fairy#fantasy
November 20, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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Aphrodite fanart from #Hades
#Hades2
November 29, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Dark Souls 3 — Ashes of Ariandel
#darksouls #fromsoftware #ds3
November 20, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Hello world! I'm John, an Albanian symbolic painter inspired by mythology and dreams ☼
#art #mythology #illustration
November 20, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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Helle, character belongs to @tesknica.bsky.social 🖤
November 16, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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John Dervishi
April 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM