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Marco González - Fantasy artist
@mgonzalezart.bsky.social
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Vancouver, Canada based fantasy artist. Looking for work.
Pro 2SLGBTQ+ and community values, anti genocide/occupation and imperialism.
In the wake of technofascism, call me a luddite.

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Got a lot to do, but wanted to take a break to do some quick practice sketches so I don't get too rusty (while actually working on art, I guess that makes sense somehow)
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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These are a few characters I painted some time ago for Grim Hollow, published by @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social. Love doing these sort of characters!
AD: @mattdemino.bsky.social
Set of Grim Hollow characters. From left to right: - An Apocalypse Sorcerer dwarf - A College of Fools bard orc - A Clan Limgri viking rider - Shpegal, a halfling sheppard
October 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Human Artists!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
A massive creature with multiple reddish, fleshy and bony limbs, flies above a crowd cheering on it. Its face is human-like, and small in comparison. Above its head sits a halo emitting several rays from its centre. Its wings are formed by an indefinite number of thin limbs. Most people in the crowd below are raising their arms in adoration, and some of them are missing parts of their body. The sky is bright orange with greenish, ominous clouds.
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Artists, what's your favorite part to draw? Quote this post!

For me, it's usually organic shapes and textures, almost abstract when you isolate them, whether it's part of a character, a prop, a creature or an environment piece.
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Artist! Quote with your evil art 🖤
A large, reddish figure whose body is predominantly made of rows of bones and exposed flesh, sits on a huge stone throne. They hold a long staff with its tip spreading out into smaller branches, which emit a warm light. Above their head, a pale-yellow halo glows in multiple spikes. To the left of the canvas, a smaller, mannequin-like character stands before them on top of a hand shaped stone platform.
October 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Artist! Quote with long hair art ✨️
A yuki-onna sort of character with long, straight, black hair in a torn, blood-stained dress, dashes towards the camera wielding sharp scissors. Blood streaks float around her, and she's surrounded by a pale blue aura. In the background, we see an abandoned village.
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Hey #Portfolioday! I'm Marco González, freelance artist and art instructor working on TCG, TTRPG, videogames and book publishing, among others. I love creating worlds and bringing fantasy to life.

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A ghostly white head with long hair and a circlet is trapped in a glass jar with a metal, spiky lid tied with chains. The head is screaming with its mouth open wide, while a purple ooze flows from it. The jar is on top of an altar of sorts with runic inscriptions on the steps leading to it. Behind it, a huge, dark creature with long extremities looms over the scene, with its hands surrounding the jar. A red-haired dwarf with an eye patch, a mohawk and a manica and a Huge, muscular, long-haired character at a bar share a table, some drinks while playing and/or gambling. The dwarf has just leapt onto the table holding a massive axe and threatening to severe his opponent's hand, while the other begs him not to. In the background, a lively crowd cheers and laughs while watching the scene. The focus of the illustration is massive cocoon-like formation made of gnarled branching shapes with a warm, eye-shaped light in the centre. In the foreground, a thick “branch” where a character is standing goes towards the background. The atmosphere is mostly blue and hazy, with some warm light particles floating around. A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly cool colours. In the bottom of the frame, we see a small character looking at the giant creature, standing on an organic-looking pathway.
October 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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'Cut a Long Story Short', the second (and last) card I got to paint for Flesh and Blood - Super Slam. Had a lot of fun gathering references and painting this one.
AD: Robbie Wen & Sam Yang
A red-haired dwarf with an eye patch, a mohawk and a manica and a Huge, muscular, long-haired character at a bar share a table, some drinks while playing and/or gambling. The dwarf has just leapt onto the table holding a massive axe and threatening to severe his opponent's hand, while the other begs him not to. In the background, a lively crowd cheers and laughs while watching the scene.
October 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The other day my partner and I overheard this song saying something like "beautiful people don't stress, beautiful people say yes", and our immediate reaction was thinking how low-key fascist, capitalist and/or dystopian it sounded. Kind of what you'd hear in the streets of 'A Brave New World'.
A tryptich of paintings of trees. Oil on canvas.
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Been away for a while, but here I am trying to get back on track. Here's Vigorous Roar, a card I got to paint a while ago and released recently for @fabtcg.com - Super Slam!
AD: Robbie Wen & Sam Yang.
A muscular and heavy orc-looking Brute scantily dressed in leather, fur and bone stands in the middle of a market scene, his legs and arms wide apart. He's looking up, roaring at the sky with his fists clenched. The intensity of his voice makes passersby fall to their knees and cover their ears, while crates, produce and clothes get blown away.
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Thanks for the tag! Here are some from me✨
A massive creature with multiple reddish, fleshy and bony limbs, flies above a crowd cheering on it. Its face is human-like, and small in comparison. Above its head sits a halo emitting several rays from its centre. Its wings are formed by an indefinite number of thin limbs. Most people in the crowd below are raising their arms in adoration, and some of them are missing parts of their body. The sky is bright orange with greenish, ominous clouds. A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly cool colours. In the bottom of the frame, we see a small character looking at the giant creature, standing on an organic-looking pathway. A white-ish, mannequin-like character stands atop a cliff in a barren, rocky landscape. Right next to it, there’s an altar kind of structure, with fire lit in the centre. All around, we see huge formations reminiscent of hands and fingers, surrounding a dry pathway leading towards the background.
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Hi Aimee, congrats on all those followers! I love my fantasy with a dark aura, so that's what I try to do in my spare time (or if I land a project in that vein, I wouldn't complain). Here are a few samples of my work!
A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly cool colours. In the bottom of the frame, we see a small character looking at the giant creature, standing on an organic-looking pathway. The focus of the illustration is massive cocoon-like formation made of gnarled branching shapes with a warm, eye-shaped light in the centre. In the foreground, a thick “branch” where a character is standing goes towards the background. The atmosphere is mostly blue and hazy, with some warm light particles floating around. A massive creature with multiple reddish, fleshy and bony limbs, flies above a crowd cheering on it. Its face is human-like, and small in comparison. Above its head sits a halo emitting several rays from its centre. Its wings are formed by an indefinite number of thin limbs. Most people in the crowd below are raising their arms in adoration, and some of them are missing parts of their body. The sky is bright orange with greenish, ominous clouds. A tryptich of bony/organic shapes, resembling parts of modified human-like bodies.
September 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Post a mage! ✨
A white-haired mage in brown and red robes grasps their head in pain, yelling. Their eyes have a bright blue glow, and runes of the same colour shine around their eyes and on the back of their hands. Around them, similar runes glow on the surface of different artifacts, while streaks of blue light converge on the character’s head.
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Quote how you paint dark skin! 🖤🤎
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Congrats Emily! You have such a distinct style, very classic with a modern touch. Here's some of my work, I love fantasy, mythology, worldbuilding and the such.
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Another piece I made for Dragonath a few years back, really fun one.
A group of goblin-like creatures move messily around a battlefield, covered in makeshift armour, simple leather, linen and fur clothing, and various jewelry items. One of them is blowing a horn while stepping on the head of a fallen character. In the background, we see orcish warriors passing by against a dusty sky.
September 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly blue and greenish colours.
September 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I used to be a rather different artist back when I wasn't trying to make a living out of it. I appreciate and see the privilege of being able to do so now, but there's so much I'd like to do, so many things I'd like to learn and express that I can't help but wish I didn't have economical constraints
September 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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🧙
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Warming up, hadn't done this in a while but it's so much fun.
September 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Quote with your red art ❤️
Edmund Gloucester, from Shakespeare's King Lear, holds a dagger in his left hand with the tip resting on his right arm. He has an evil expression on his face, paired with red eyes. His thick, dark, wavy hair flows in the wind, and he has a thin moustache and a small goatee. He's wearing a dark doublet with puffy shoulders with red stripes, covered by a similarly coloured jerkin with gold accents. A red cape flows dramatically from his shoulders. He's framed by gold, organic, art nouveau-ish shapes, stylized smoke and an opening on the wall.
August 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I don't think I've ever posted anything about it, but I've been working on a pixel art metroidvania project (not my own, I'm only doing the art side of things). I don't consider myself a pro pixel artist, but I enjoy working with its restrictions, kind of therapeutic. (These are not from the game!)
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Congrats Julia! Here's some of my art 🖤
A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly blue and greenish colours. A massive creature with multiple reddish, fleshy and bony limbs, flies above a crowd cheering on it. Its face is human-like, and small in comparison. Above its head sits a halo emitting several rays from its centre. Its wings are formed by an indefinite number of thin limbs. Most people in the crowd below are raising their arms in adoration, and some of them are missing parts of their body. The sky is bright orange with greenish, ominous clouds. In the foreground, we see a character from the back, wearing makeshift armour made from scraps and partially torn urban clothing. They’re wielding a spiked baseball bat and a scrap metal shield, and they’re preparing to deliver a blow to a zombie that leaping towards them. The zombie is wearing ragged clothes. It only has hair on the sides of its head, and parts of its face show the red tissue underneath, particularly around the eyes and mouth. In the background, we see a forest, with more zombies coming out of it. We see a party of wizard apprentices wearing brown sleeveless leather jackets with gold accents, leather gloves, deep blue shirt and pants, and a blue cape (gold on the inside) with a hood. They are inside a collapsing building. There are stone columns and stairs, ornate arches, a huge mirror with an ornate, metal frame, and a massive door at the very back. Everything is either cracked or breaking apart, and the whole building is caving in. There's dust and rubble falling all around. In the foreground, we see one of the characters grabbing an ornate tome with a red leather cover, gold accents, and four round jewels (green, purple, red and blue) and a diamond shaped one (white) embedded. The character seems to be grabbing it in a rush, while trying to quickly get away, while the other two are in the background either running or calling on them to hurry up. The book was on a stone surface along with other objects, such as another book, some herbs, a candleholder with a lit candle (which is now falling apart as well), purplish gems, and magic scribbles on old pieces of paper.
August 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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'Light, however faint, shines its way through the shadows. But does that mean it should be praised and sheltered...or is it rather a reason to crave it? To subdue it? To consume it?'
August 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Got to go back to work 🌚
August 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM