Nil Castelltort
banner
nilcastelltort.bsky.social
Nil Castelltort
@nilcastelltort.bsky.social
Not 54 rats in a trench coat
Ask me for free art critiques or overpaints
they/them (singular, not rats)
nilcaste@gmail.com (commissions and mentorships)
linktr.ee/nilcastelltort

No AI/NFTs, human art (not rats); put me in luddites blocklists
Melinoë from Hades 2 took me out of my art funk! Here's some fanart.
October 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you vampire this, see a post 🦇
April 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We'll be starting a Changeling: The Lost game soon, here's my character, Tuesday, an Autumn Court Wizened psychiatrist. I didn't expect to like the system and world as much as I did, but there are some incredibly juicy elements!
April 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I also did it, but in aquamarine because red is scawwy. I dig the process, but I did end up trying to nail the angles of guides when freehanding them on the right. I'll try to care less next time.
January 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
QRP with your couple art

I think of this as a failed illustration but I did learn tonnes making it. I should revisit the concept and trim it down a bit.
January 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Heyo! I present my portfolio in this most sacred #portfolioday.

The name's Nil, the trade's artist, the availability's yes, the email is nilcaste@gmail.com.
January 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Looking at my art past and sharing my future art goals. Some pieces and studies from when I was just a portrait artist.

Goals!

🐧Start hitting up some art director inboxes
🦇Get better at drawing from imagination
🦌Do more personal joy pieces
🦐More portfolio!
🐩Website maybe?
December 17, 2024 at 4:58 PM
If you see this, post some cart. Cat art. 🛒 🎨 😺

Really old really dark piece that I have half a mind to revamp because I still dig it. And also donut cat. Will not elaborate.
December 16, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Late to the party, but here's my favourite piece. No kitty, but it's was one of those super quick pieces where everything goes right, and it feels very mine. I hope I can attend your class when I scrounge up some time from under the couch cushions!
December 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Let's share some art then! After Paul's mentorship I'm taking stock of where to go next. I'm looking to do yours at some point too! Here's some of my artses and my Cara portfolio:
cara.app/nilcastelltort
December 9, 2024 at 12:56 PM
If you see this, post a vampire and pass it on.
December 8, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Color train 🌈🚂✨💕

Quote this green art 🍏 with some blue art! 🫐
Change colors and tag some people to join!

Gods, ObElifsk, all my green art is from my orc era and old as hec

@twigby-art.bsky.social
@danrobinett.bsky.social
@zyralynnart.bsky.social
@simajan.bsky.social
@oliviahintz.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 1:16 PM
QRP with your skull art
November 27, 2024 at 11:21 AM
My D&D character, a dragonborn called Ventsort de la Tour Courbée. With them I am roleplaying what it feels like to be an extrovert.
November 12, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Here's the battie getting swole. Sometimes you gotta remember your early studies, because I recall making it a point in my concepts that upper torso musculature is really important for flight, but at some point my bat skipped neck day so had to send him to the gym.
November 11, 2024 at 9:21 PM
After linework and rough block-in (pictured), we saw that the battie needed more mass, and that the vampie's pose was a bit too stiff, so I reworked them before rendering further.
November 11, 2024 at 9:21 PM
For colour explorations, I of course wanted something moody, being the goth freak that I am. While the bluer or greener tints seemed pretty safe and solid, I thought the golden hues were cool, and perhaps not as explored for night scenes.
November 11, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Here are some of the early compositional sketches with some rough lines. I really really wanted to paint transparent wings, and the hugest friggin' moon helped achieve that.
November 11, 2024 at 9:20 PM
During the process, we did some concept explorations. I've never done this for a piece before, it turned out to be pretty fun. The idea of an albino vampire bat was floated at some point, pending value work.
November 11, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Painted this up under the Scottish-accented chaos-laden tutelage of @abigbat.bsky.social during an 8 week mentorship, in the style of a MtG card. It was a blast, honestly.
November 5, 2024 at 9:49 PM
It's #PortfolioDay!
I'm Nil, freelance illustrator for hire!
✉️nilcaste@gmail.com
More here: cara.app/nilcastelltort
October 8, 2024 at 12:15 PM
"The rain hadn't been kind, so the young woman was chosen as a sacrifice, like the forgotten rituals of old. Goddess Donnoa, however, looked kindly upon her, and not wanting to reap an insignificant life, she offered a valuable gift instead."
July 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
I am doing #portfolioday I am an illustrator. I am available for hire. Please hire me.
July 9, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Finished this commission of a noir rogue, Mr. Eugene Bar. I had a lot of fun shooting reference for this, I actually borrowed a trench coat that my late grandfather used to wear during the 50s, so it was period-accurate (kinda, it's still D&D)
September 25, 2023 at 6:30 PM
"Oh dear, what magnificent cheekbones. May I have them? Hahah, just a Tzimisce joke, don't worry."

Yuxa, a very shiny Kindred in my Vampire the Masquerade Chronicle, the Sunscreen Club.
August 21, 2023 at 4:29 PM