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@machiavelli33.bsky.social
Illustrator, comic-maker, game designer, DM. Lead artist on Half-Man. Creator of Never To Return. Purveyor of madness and wonder in equal measure.
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Today is polyamory day!
I came out as polyamorous years ago and has done allowed me to feel and be my fuller, more complete self.
I don't talk about it too much - but on this of all days I figure I should say something.
Thanks for listening : )
#PolyamoryDay
I came out as polyamorous years ago and has done allowed me to feel and be my fuller, more complete self.
I don't talk about it too much - but on this of all days I figure I should say something.
Thanks for listening : )
#PolyamoryDay
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today is polyamory day!
I came out as polyamorous years ago and has done allowed me to feel and be my fuller, more complete self.
I don't talk about it too much - but on this of all days I figure I should say something.
Thanks for listening : )
#PolyamoryDay
I came out as polyamorous years ago and has done allowed me to feel and be my fuller, more complete self.
I don't talk about it too much - but on this of all days I figure I should say something.
Thanks for listening : )
#PolyamoryDay
On display at Skeleton Crawl Art Ball - here til the 2nd of November. Come take a look. #skeletoncrawl
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
On display at Skeleton Crawl Art Ball - here til the 2nd of November. Come take a look. #skeletoncrawl
Some of the things I'll be doing, places I'll be and spots to see my art this month. It'll be a busy month, and there may yet be more. If you're in Brooklyn, come and find me.
#artshows #darkart #skeletoncrawl #brooklynhorrorfilmfestival #brooklynartcave #thingstodoinbrooklyn #halloweenartshow
#artshows #darkart #skeletoncrawl #brooklynhorrorfilmfestival #brooklynartcave #thingstodoinbrooklyn #halloweenartshow
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Some of the things I'll be doing, places I'll be and spots to see my art this month. It'll be a busy month, and there may yet be more. If you're in Brooklyn, come and find me.
#artshows #darkart #skeletoncrawl #brooklynhorrorfilmfestival #brooklynartcave #thingstodoinbrooklyn #halloweenartshow
#artshows #darkart #skeletoncrawl #brooklynhorrorfilmfestival #brooklynartcave #thingstodoinbrooklyn #halloweenartshow
Here's to you, America. Here's to the day that drove us insane.
Pictured: "Aconite Garden", by me - a piece about how hatred is a garden you grow
#neverforget #darkart #aconites #hatred #NineEleven
Pictured: "Aconite Garden", by me - a piece about how hatred is a garden you grow
#neverforget #darkart #aconites #hatred #NineEleven
September 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Here's to you, America. Here's to the day that drove us insane.
Pictured: "Aconite Garden", by me - a piece about how hatred is a garden you grow
#neverforget #darkart #aconites #hatred #NineEleven
Pictured: "Aconite Garden", by me - a piece about how hatred is a garden you grow
#neverforget #darkart #aconites #hatred #NineEleven
Happy Chinese New Years, everyone. May this year be one of safety, prosperity, love, and excellence. Take care of yourself and those closest to you. Hold tight, and you’ll surely float on.
#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake
#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake
January 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy Chinese New Years, everyone. May this year be one of safety, prosperity, love, and excellence. Take care of yourself and those closest to you. Hold tight, and you’ll surely float on.
#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake
#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake
Happy New Years, everyone. Here's to a finer, fuller and more blooming 2025 - for you, for me, for the world, and for all of us.
See you all soon.
#HappyNewYearsEve
See you all soon.
#HappyNewYearsEve
January 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Happy New Years, everyone. Here's to a finer, fuller and more blooming 2025 - for you, for me, for the world, and for all of us.
See you all soon.
#HappyNewYearsEve
See you all soon.
#HappyNewYearsEve
#repost
We, Who Languor In Braindeath, Lavish You With Our Dreams
A piece about the veils between life and death, and those who sleep in them - and reach, from them.
#darkart #surrealart #braindeath
We, Who Languor In Braindeath, Lavish You With Our Dreams
A piece about the veils between life and death, and those who sleep in them - and reach, from them.
#darkart #surrealart #braindeath
December 1, 2024 at 11:30 PM
#repost
We, Who Languor In Braindeath, Lavish You With Our Dreams
A piece about the veils between life and death, and those who sleep in them - and reach, from them.
#darkart #surrealart #braindeath
We, Who Languor In Braindeath, Lavish You With Our Dreams
A piece about the veils between life and death, and those who sleep in them - and reach, from them.
#darkart #surrealart #braindeath
Oh - my speciality.
Clockwise from upper left-
I'm Not Ready
St. Cerise's Offering
Paying It Forward
We Who Languor In Braindeath Lavish You With Our Dreams
#darkart
Clockwise from upper left-
I'm Not Ready
St. Cerise's Offering
Paying It Forward
We Who Languor In Braindeath Lavish You With Our Dreams
#darkart
December 1, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Oh - my speciality.
Clockwise from upper left-
I'm Not Ready
St. Cerise's Offering
Paying It Forward
We Who Languor In Braindeath Lavish You With Our Dreams
#darkart
Clockwise from upper left-
I'm Not Ready
St. Cerise's Offering
Paying It Forward
We Who Languor In Braindeath Lavish You With Our Dreams
#darkart
An old piece - but still a resonant piece for many - called "Precipice".
It is about letting go of painful things.
It is about letting go of painful things.
November 23, 2024 at 4:09 AM
An old piece - but still a resonant piece for many - called "Precipice".
It is about letting go of painful things.
It is about letting go of painful things.
#throwback #repost
"St. Cerise's Offering" - an expression of tragic, uncorrectable wrongs, and a tribute to a particular storyline in Fallen London
#darkart #horrorart #macabreart #emotionalart #digitalpainting #fallenlondon #mreaten #areckoningshallnotbepostponed
"St. Cerise's Offering" - an expression of tragic, uncorrectable wrongs, and a tribute to a particular storyline in Fallen London
#darkart #horrorart #macabreart #emotionalart #digitalpainting #fallenlondon #mreaten #areckoningshallnotbepostponed
November 19, 2024 at 8:37 PM
#throwback #repost
"St. Cerise's Offering" - an expression of tragic, uncorrectable wrongs, and a tribute to a particular storyline in Fallen London
#darkart #horrorart #macabreart #emotionalart #digitalpainting #fallenlondon #mreaten #areckoningshallnotbepostponed
"St. Cerise's Offering" - an expression of tragic, uncorrectable wrongs, and a tribute to a particular storyline in Fallen London
#darkart #horrorart #macabreart #emotionalart #digitalpainting #fallenlondon #mreaten #areckoningshallnotbepostponed
Dying Season 12 - Defiant To The Last
If there will be no succor, then let just desserts be measured otherwise - in pounds of flesh.
#darkart #inktober #artchallenge #injustice #justdesserts #poundofflesh #heavymind #feminism #spite
If there will be no succor, then let just desserts be measured otherwise - in pounds of flesh.
#darkart #inktober #artchallenge #injustice #justdesserts #poundofflesh #heavymind #feminism #spite
November 18, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Dying Season 12 - Defiant To The Last
If there will be no succor, then let just desserts be measured otherwise - in pounds of flesh.
#darkart #inktober #artchallenge #injustice #justdesserts #poundofflesh #heavymind #feminism #spite
If there will be no succor, then let just desserts be measured otherwise - in pounds of flesh.
#darkart #inktober #artchallenge #injustice #justdesserts #poundofflesh #heavymind #feminism #spite
Welcome to all newcomers fleeing from other more poisonous environs.
There is art to be had here. While i work on some new pieces, here is some of mine. I am available for commissions, if my work strikes your fancy.
#twitterexodus #exodusfromtwitter #darkart #macabreart #commissionsopen
There is art to be had here. While i work on some new pieces, here is some of mine. I am available for commissions, if my work strikes your fancy.
#twitterexodus #exodusfromtwitter #darkart #macabreart #commissionsopen
November 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Welcome to all newcomers fleeing from other more poisonous environs.
There is art to be had here. While i work on some new pieces, here is some of mine. I am available for commissions, if my work strikes your fancy.
#twitterexodus #exodusfromtwitter #darkart #macabreart #commissionsopen
There is art to be had here. While i work on some new pieces, here is some of mine. I am available for commissions, if my work strikes your fancy.
#twitterexodus #exodusfromtwitter #darkart #macabreart #commissionsopen
Dying Season 11 - The Meek
In the end, all that will be left the worms. And it is from them we shall grow anew.
#DyingSeason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #surrealart #macabreart #darkartculture #drawtober #goryart #worms #TheMeekShallInheritTheEarth #renewal #digitalart #dansemacabre
In the end, all that will be left the worms. And it is from them we shall grow anew.
#DyingSeason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #surrealart #macabreart #darkartculture #drawtober #goryart #worms #TheMeekShallInheritTheEarth #renewal #digitalart #dansemacabre
November 5, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Dying Season 11 - The Meek
In the end, all that will be left the worms. And it is from them we shall grow anew.
#DyingSeason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #surrealart #macabreart #darkartculture #drawtober #goryart #worms #TheMeekShallInheritTheEarth #renewal #digitalart #dansemacabre
In the end, all that will be left the worms. And it is from them we shall grow anew.
#DyingSeason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #surrealart #macabreart #darkartculture #drawtober #goryart #worms #TheMeekShallInheritTheEarth #renewal #digitalart #dansemacabre
Dying Season 10 - Shimmering Dance
There is profundity in all things - order in the fluttering of a butterfly's wings.
A tribute to an old friendship I ruined.
That's right - October may be over, but Dying Season continues.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #fandance #monk
There is profundity in all things - order in the fluttering of a butterfly's wings.
A tribute to an old friendship I ruined.
That's right - October may be over, but Dying Season continues.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #fandance #monk
November 1, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Dying Season 10 - Shimmering Dance
There is profundity in all things - order in the fluttering of a butterfly's wings.
A tribute to an old friendship I ruined.
That's right - October may be over, but Dying Season continues.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #fandance #monk
There is profundity in all things - order in the fluttering of a butterfly's wings.
A tribute to an old friendship I ruined.
That's right - October may be over, but Dying Season continues.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawingchallenge #darkart #fandance #monk
Dying Season 9 - Too Scary
A spooky ghost and a terrifying pumpkin.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
#dyingseason #inktober #ghost #pumpkin #scaryart #terrifyingart #horrifyingart #thescariestthingyouveeverseen #ohgoditssoscarypleasestop #happyhalloween #happyhalloween2024
A spooky ghost and a terrifying pumpkin.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
#dyingseason #inktober #ghost #pumpkin #scaryart #terrifyingart #horrifyingart #thescariestthingyouveeverseen #ohgoditssoscarypleasestop #happyhalloween #happyhalloween2024
October 31, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Dying Season 9 - Too Scary
A spooky ghost and a terrifying pumpkin.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
#dyingseason #inktober #ghost #pumpkin #scaryart #terrifyingart #horrifyingart #thescariestthingyouveeverseen #ohgoditssoscarypleasestop #happyhalloween #happyhalloween2024
A spooky ghost and a terrifying pumpkin.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
#dyingseason #inktober #ghost #pumpkin #scaryart #terrifyingart #horrifyingart #thescariestthingyouveeverseen #ohgoditssoscarypleasestop #happyhalloween #happyhalloween2024
Dying Season 8 - Where Has The Time Gone?
"I thought it'd change when I got older
But the same year came over and over
And the only change that I could feel
Was the aging of my bones"
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #darkart #emoart #horrorart #goreart #bodyhorror #macabreart #aging
"I thought it'd change when I got older
But the same year came over and over
And the only change that I could feel
Was the aging of my bones"
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #darkart #emoart #horrorart #goreart #bodyhorror #macabreart #aging
October 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Dying Season 8 - Where Has The Time Gone?
"I thought it'd change when I got older
But the same year came over and over
And the only change that I could feel
Was the aging of my bones"
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #darkart #emoart #horrorart #goreart #bodyhorror #macabreart #aging
"I thought it'd change when I got older
But the same year came over and over
And the only change that I could feel
Was the aging of my bones"
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #darkart #emoart #horrorart #goreart #bodyhorror #macabreart #aging
Dying Season 7 - Ramadan
A tribute to my favorite story from the Sandman series of graphic novels.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #sandman #fanart #fantasyart #ramadan #morpheus #darkart #muslimart #vertigocomics #artoftheday #characterart #comicart #comiccharacter #neilgaiman
A tribute to my favorite story from the Sandman series of graphic novels.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #sandman #fanart #fantasyart #ramadan #morpheus #darkart #muslimart #vertigocomics #artoftheday #characterart #comicart #comiccharacter #neilgaiman
October 29, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Dying Season 7 - Ramadan
A tribute to my favorite story from the Sandman series of graphic novels.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #sandman #fanart #fantasyart #ramadan #morpheus #darkart #muslimart #vertigocomics #artoftheday #characterart #comicart #comiccharacter #neilgaiman
A tribute to my favorite story from the Sandman series of graphic novels.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #sandman #fanart #fantasyart #ramadan #morpheus #darkart #muslimart #vertigocomics #artoftheday #characterart #comicart #comiccharacter #neilgaiman
Dying Season 6 - The Malice of Orchids
Such beauty, such fastidiousness...such hunger.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #drawtober #horrorart #emetophobia #creepyart #flowers #flowerart #monsterart #digitalart #artoftheday #art #orchids #beauty #hunger #pollen #allergies #decay
Such beauty, such fastidiousness...such hunger.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #drawtober #horrorart #emetophobia #creepyart #flowers #flowerart #monsterart #digitalart #artoftheday #art #orchids #beauty #hunger #pollen #allergies #decay
October 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Dying Season 6 - The Malice of Orchids
Such beauty, such fastidiousness...such hunger.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #drawtober #horrorart #emetophobia #creepyart #flowers #flowerart #monsterart #digitalart #artoftheday #art #orchids #beauty #hunger #pollen #allergies #decay
Such beauty, such fastidiousness...such hunger.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #drawtober #horrorart #emetophobia #creepyart #flowers #flowerart #monsterart #digitalart #artoftheday #art #orchids #beauty #hunger #pollen #allergies #decay
Dying Season 5 - Trepanation Garden
Each flower is a memory.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #spooktober #darkart #horrorart #bodyhorror #macabreart #trepanation #garden
Each flower is a memory.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #spooktober #darkart #horrorart #bodyhorror #macabreart #trepanation #garden
October 12, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Dying Season 5 - Trepanation Garden
Each flower is a memory.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #spooktober #darkart #horrorart #bodyhorror #macabreart #trepanation #garden
Each flower is a memory.
#dyingseason #inktober #drawtober #spooktober #darkart #horrorart #bodyhorror #macabreart #trepanation #garden
Dying Season 4 - On The Old Road They Found Redemption
Many fall in the face of chaos; but not these ones, not today.
Fan art for @darkestdungeon.bsky.social, by @redhookstudios.bsky.social.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkestdungeon #fanart #characterart #horrorart #monsterart ss
Many fall in the face of chaos; but not these ones, not today.
Fan art for @darkestdungeon.bsky.social, by @redhookstudios.bsky.social.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkestdungeon #fanart #characterart #horrorart #monsterart ss
October 11, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Dying Season 4 - On The Old Road They Found Redemption
Many fall in the face of chaos; but not these ones, not today.
Fan art for @darkestdungeon.bsky.social, by @redhookstudios.bsky.social.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkestdungeon #fanart #characterart #horrorart #monsterart ss
Many fall in the face of chaos; but not these ones, not today.
Fan art for @darkestdungeon.bsky.social, by @redhookstudios.bsky.social.
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkestdungeon #fanart #characterart #horrorart #monsterart ss
Dying Season 3 - Chattering Infant
A monster I designed for my D&D campaigns. #mypoorplayers
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkart #macabreart #bodyhorror #monsterart #monsterdesign #dungeonsanddragons #creatureart #horrormonster #surrealart #artoftheday #art #characterart #creaturedesign
A monster I designed for my D&D campaigns. #mypoorplayers
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkart #macabreart #bodyhorror #monsterart #monsterdesign #dungeonsanddragons #creatureart #horrormonster #surrealart #artoftheday #art #characterart #creaturedesign
October 8, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Dying Season 3 - Chattering Infant
A monster I designed for my D&D campaigns. #mypoorplayers
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkart #macabreart #bodyhorror #monsterart #monsterdesign #dungeonsanddragons #creatureart #horrormonster #surrealart #artoftheday #art #characterart #creaturedesign
A monster I designed for my D&D campaigns. #mypoorplayers
#dyingseason #inktober #spooktober #darkart #macabreart #bodyhorror #monsterart #monsterdesign #dungeonsanddragons #creatureart #horrormonster #surrealart #artoftheday #art #characterart #creaturedesign
Dying Season 2 - Eden
Nature is all around us. To discern its true nature, all you have to do - is reach out.
#dyingseason #eden #inktober #darkart #macabreart #horrorart #spookyart #surrealart
Nature is all around us. To discern its true nature, all you have to do - is reach out.
#dyingseason #eden #inktober #darkart #macabreart #horrorart #spookyart #surrealart
October 4, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Dying Season 2 - Eden
Nature is all around us. To discern its true nature, all you have to do - is reach out.
#dyingseason #eden #inktober #darkart #macabreart #horrorart #spookyart #surrealart
Nature is all around us. To discern its true nature, all you have to do - is reach out.
#dyingseason #eden #inktober #darkart #macabreart #horrorart #spookyart #surrealart
Inktober comes again. But I'm bad at following prompts and Inktober is all about following the prompt.
So this year's exercise will be called DYING SEASON. For the season of passings.
Dying Season 1 - Aconite Garden
#dyingseason #inktober #parasiticplant #gardening #compost #aconite #hatred #art
So this year's exercise will be called DYING SEASON. For the season of passings.
Dying Season 1 - Aconite Garden
#dyingseason #inktober #parasiticplant #gardening #compost #aconite #hatred #art
October 3, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Inktober comes again. But I'm bad at following prompts and Inktober is all about following the prompt.
So this year's exercise will be called DYING SEASON. For the season of passings.
Dying Season 1 - Aconite Garden
#dyingseason #inktober #parasiticplant #gardening #compost #aconite #hatred #art
So this year's exercise will be called DYING SEASON. For the season of passings.
Dying Season 1 - Aconite Garden
#dyingseason #inktober #parasiticplant #gardening #compost #aconite #hatred #art
Hateful Summer 7 - Last Journey of the Shieldmaiden
Aldrei er líf að eilífu óbrotið.
No life goes forever unbroken.
#hatefulsummer #darkart #nordicart #surrealart #blackandwhiteart #bannersaga #norse #macabreart #emotionalart #imaginaryfeels #shieldmaiden #unbroken
Aldrei er líf að eilífu óbrotið.
No life goes forever unbroken.
#hatefulsummer #darkart #nordicart #surrealart #blackandwhiteart #bannersaga #norse #macabreart #emotionalart #imaginaryfeels #shieldmaiden #unbroken
August 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Hateful Summer 7 - Last Journey of the Shieldmaiden
Aldrei er líf að eilífu óbrotið.
No life goes forever unbroken.
#hatefulsummer #darkart #nordicart #surrealart #blackandwhiteart #bannersaga #norse #macabreart #emotionalart #imaginaryfeels #shieldmaiden #unbroken
Aldrei er líf að eilífu óbrotið.
No life goes forever unbroken.
#hatefulsummer #darkart #nordicart #surrealart #blackandwhiteart #bannersaga #norse #macabreart #emotionalart #imaginaryfeels #shieldmaiden #unbroken