Ryan Van Dongen
@ryanvandongen.bsky.social
he/him | Concept Artist | Freelance Illustrator
📍 Philadelphia
🚫 No ĀĪ
📧 ryanvdon@gmail.com
Portfolio & Prints: ryanvandongen.art
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ryanvandongen
📍 Philadelphia
🚫 No ĀĪ
📧 ryanvdon@gmail.com
Portfolio & Prints: ryanvandongen.art
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ryanvandongen
"Nightmarish rituals crave a newborn. Find one, and silence its harrowing cry.”
My Ch 6 “Alba” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Queen Yharnam in front of Mergo's Wet Nurse and the pale moon, standing at the end of the Nightmare of Mensis.
#bloodborne
My Ch 6 “Alba” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Queen Yharnam in front of Mergo's Wet Nurse and the pale moon, standing at the end of the Nightmare of Mensis.
#bloodborne
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Nightmarish rituals crave a newborn. Find one, and silence its harrowing cry.”
My Ch 6 “Alba” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Queen Yharnam in front of Mergo's Wet Nurse and the pale moon, standing at the end of the Nightmare of Mensis.
#bloodborne
My Ch 6 “Alba” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Queen Yharnam in front of Mergo's Wet Nurse and the pale moon, standing at the end of the Nightmare of Mensis.
#bloodborne
"Good hunter. This may sound strange, but... Have I somehow changed?"
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Good hunter. This may sound strange, but... Have I somehow changed?"
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
My Ch 5 “Sonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne
“Atonement for the wretches...
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Atonement for the wretches...
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
By the wrath of Mother Kos...“
My Ch 4 “Carne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.
#bloodborne
“Curse the fiends, their children too. And their children, forever, true“
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“Curse the fiends, their children too. And their children, forever, true“
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
My Ch 3 “Pietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.
“Here we stand, feet planted in the earth, but might the cosmos be very near us, only just above our heads?”
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Here we stand, feet planted in the earth, but might the cosmos be very near us, only just above our heads?”
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
My Ch 2 “Cosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌
Some closeups
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some closeups
My Ch 1 “Blood” / “Sangue” artwork for Apokalypsis. For this piece I wanted to capture the visceral horror of the hunt, even with “regular” encounters of Yharnam like scourge beasts and large huntsmen, juxtaposed with the fearless hunter, a whole different form of terrifying and formidable beast… 🩸
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My Ch 1 “Blood” / “Sangue” artwork for Apokalypsis. For this piece I wanted to capture the visceral horror of the hunt, even with “regular” encounters of Yharnam like scourge beasts and large huntsmen, juxtaposed with the fearless hunter, a whole different form of terrifying and formidable beast… 🩸
Closeup of Djura on the clock tower
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Closeup of Djura on the clock tower
My “Tempo” / “Time” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My “Tempo” / “Time” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam
those pointy scales under the wing catching the direct light 🤌
July 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
those pointy scales under the wing catching the direct light 🤌
May 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It’s still #PortfolioDay somewhere-
I’m Ryan, I am a freelance concept artist and illustrator in Philly. I like to create creatures, characters, and key art for fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, and sci-fi worlds
🌐 ryanvandongen.art
✉️ ryanvdon@gmail.com
#darkart #fantasyart #art
I’m Ryan, I am a freelance concept artist and illustrator in Philly. I like to create creatures, characters, and key art for fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, and sci-fi worlds
🌐 ryanvandongen.art
✉️ ryanvdon@gmail.com
#darkart #fantasyart #art
April 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It’s still #PortfolioDay somewhere-
I’m Ryan, I am a freelance concept artist and illustrator in Philly. I like to create creatures, characters, and key art for fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, and sci-fi worlds
🌐 ryanvandongen.art
✉️ ryanvdon@gmail.com
#darkart #fantasyart #art
I’m Ryan, I am a freelance concept artist and illustrator in Philly. I like to create creatures, characters, and key art for fantasy, dark fantasy, horror, and sci-fi worlds
🌐 ryanvandongen.art
✉️ ryanvdon@gmail.com
#darkart #fantasyart #art
Tourmaline automaton
March 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tourmaline automaton
I started this piece a few years ago as a rough zbrush sculpt, but just recently decided to come back to it with a paint over
February 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I started this piece a few years ago as a rough zbrush sculpt, but just recently decided to come back to it with a paint over
Waking up the Centipede
February 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Waking up the Centipede
If you see this post a knight! ⚔️
February 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If you see this post a knight! ⚔️
Can you find Messmer?
“Gaze of the Pyrefly” / Knight of Moonlight artwork I made for @otzdarva.bsky.social for the release of #EldenRing Shadow of the Erdtree
“Gaze of the Pyrefly” / Knight of Moonlight artwork I made for @otzdarva.bsky.social for the release of #EldenRing Shadow of the Erdtree
December 22, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Can you find Messmer?
“Gaze of the Pyrefly” / Knight of Moonlight artwork I made for @otzdarva.bsky.social for the release of #EldenRing Shadow of the Erdtree
“Gaze of the Pyrefly” / Knight of Moonlight artwork I made for @otzdarva.bsky.social for the release of #EldenRing Shadow of the Erdtree
what’s he doin there
December 13, 2024 at 1:57 AM
what’s he doin there