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Yasu Matsuoka
@yasuartstudio.bsky.social
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Yasu Matsuoka | Fantasy artist and freelance illustrator for books, games, and products. Contact me about your project.

Email: contact@yasuartstudio.com
Website: https://yasuartstudio.com
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Yasu Matsuoka @yasuartstudio.bsky.social · Oct 9
Hi, #portfolioday I’m Yasu, a freelance illustrator, and artist from Japan, who enjoys creating fantasy art. Contact me about your projects.
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zaraalfonso.bsky.social
My last card for Tarkir is out! 🖤
#mtg #mtgtdm
Spirit token for Magic: The Gathering Tarkir: Dragonstorm, by the artist Zara Alfonso.
March 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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littleevil0ne.bsky.social
Post your most popular art from Twitter
I don't think anything came close to my angel 🪶 #art
November 16, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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nozomimats.bsky.social
Commission work done for @jacenlandry.bsky.social 🌹
In a clear spring morning, a man sits on the edge of a small fountain in a garden, with a tome on his lap, practicing a spell. A dog sits in front of him, looking up at him curiously. The man has pale skin, dark hair, and a well kept mustache and beard. He wears purple robes, and dark pants and boots. The spell he is practicing fans out wide over both the dog and the man, and is casting a soft pink light on the area. The dog has a dark overcoat with white underbelly, and white eyebrows. The garden is well kept and has many flowers, with tulips, daffodils, and grape hyacinths. A footpath runs through the garden, and bushes and trees line the edges of the garden, with a stone wall separating the garden from the outer forest. The sky is pale blue, tinted with yellow as the sun rises in the morning.
March 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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cristianaleone.com
Congrats on the milestone and thanks for the artshare!
I am Cris from Italy, a freelance illustrator with a focus on Fantasy & dark fantasy!
LILITH - Digital hand painting portrait fanart of Mother Lilith, from the game Diablo published by Blizzard. ELISE - Digital painting portrait of Elise, demoness/vampire/succubus original character of Selianne. She has white hair, fair skin, viole eyes and black horns. She is looking at the viewer with open mouth, while licking her fingers covered in blood. RED SONJA - Hand-painted digital half-body of Red Sonja, the female heroine of Dynamite Comics. She wields an axe fiercely above her head and a dagger in her other hand. She is ready for action, fearless, while a rock wall with a carved skull is visible in the background. Various torches are lit. STREGANERA - Digitally painted portrait of a beautiful but menacing witch, dressed in black and purple. Her gaze is fierce and cruel. Around her neck she wears a compass pendant and has two small skulls for earrings.
March 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
yasuartstudio.bsky.social
Finally finished this personal piece that I started back in January: A Window to Another World.
I hope you enjoy!

#fantasyart #artistoninstagram #book #forest #mermaid #magic #reflection #lily
#freelanceartist
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Here is Taurus from the Mermaid Zodiac series I painted back in 2020.
Hope you enjoy!

Available as Art Prints. Link in bio

#fantasyart #mermaid #Mermaidart #zodiac #Taurus #constelation
March 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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sammanleyartist.bsky.social
HOT FRESH NEW ART!

This is the Voll Marshstrider, from The Macharian Requsition Guide for the 40k ttrpg Imperium Maledictum:
Making his way through the mud of Voll, this spear-armed Marshstrider Pilot is bringing home his 8-legged catch of the day!
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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babeandoak.bsky.social
HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you 🦌🌙
[ #ArtShare ]
Altar prayer card for the goddess Diana. A rectangular card has a black border with parts of the Orphic hymn for Diana surrounding it as a border in white text. In the bottom right are twin arrows over a crescent moon representing her and Apollo. In the bottom left and top right are white outlined 8 point stars. Inside the border is a marble shockwave black and grey pattern with white outlining that forms an arch at the top with lining to look like columns on both sides. In the middle is a stag skull with painted antlers of a diamond and star pattern. Behind the skull are smaller 8 point stars and cloud ripples. Above the skull is a scraggly branch of queen Anne’s lace with small dots above. In the top corners are two constellations for Sirius as her hunting dogs and Roman numerals for 13 and 8 for the date of the Nemoralia festival.
March 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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arthurbrgs.bsky.social
Playing with some handmade lowpoly assets.
Experimenting with the kuwahara node in the compositor. I'm really enjoying this workflow.
small mediterranean island in an anime, stylized style in front of a cloud small mediterranean town in an anime, stylized style with some trees. Taking advantage of the kuwahara for a painterly setup before final touches in photoshop another composition created with the same assets. Small harbour town with a leaving ship. Big landscape formations. Raw render of my eevee setup. No paintover on this image
March 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
Modern day Malenia 🩸

(Old sketch but I don't think I've ever posted it here before??)
#eldenring
March 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
yasuartstudio.bsky.social
Here is Aries from the Mermaid Zodiac series I painted back in 2020.
Hope you enjoy!

Available as Art Prints. Link in bio

#fantasyart #mermaid #Mermaidart #zodiac #Aries #constelation
March 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
yasuartstudio.bsky.social
Here is Pisces from the Mermaid Zodiac series I painted back in 2020.
Hope you enjoy!

Available as Art Prints.

#fantasyart #mermaid #Mermaidart #zodiac #Pisces #constelation
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Here is Aquarius from the Mermaid Zodiac series I painted back in 2020. Hope you enjoy!

Available as Art Prints. Link in bio
March 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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jolantru.bsky.social
The duology is now complete!

Cold Steel: www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/cold-st...
The cover for Cold Steel.
March 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
yasuartstudio.bsky.social
I’m revisiting my zodiac series from 2020. Here’s Capricorn.
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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karenyumilusted.bsky.social
It’s #portfolioday !

I should introduce myself!
I’m Karen and I’m a watercolor artist living in Japan. I like painting fantatistical surrealism with hair and flowers!
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#watercolor #painting #portfolioart #artist #水彩
#aquarell #watercolour
A female mermaid with long curly, flowing hair, a sweeping tail with curls, draped in a flowing shawl, sitting on rocks surrounded by coral and seaweed. A female mermaid with orange hair, streaked with black strands, with koi fish colours and foliage patterns on her tail, floating along colourful coral, seaweed and rocks and playing with koi fish. A female with long red-orange flowing hair, wearing a long yellow-red dress, sitting on a twisting tree branch with yellow-orange leaves, mushrooms and surrounded by blue birds. A female with long green-blue hair flowing hair, wearing a long flowing blue-green dress, sitting on twisting branches, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and blue-green butterflies.
January 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
yasuartstudio.bsky.social
This piece from last year is one of my favorites. I particularly like the contrast between the warm and cool tones.
February 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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nozomimats.bsky.social
Old comm work done for floralsilk_ ❤️
A woman dressed in a red coat with white fur trim readies a ball of light to hurl at enemies that are out of frame. The background is snowy and barren, with a few lamps hanging from the snow laden trees. There is also a large, primitive altar with an antlered beast's skull on the top in the background.
February 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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dzeljka.bsky.social
Pavilion exterior illustration painted earlier last year for a DnD supplement

#dnd #illustration
February 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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shade-of-stars.bsky.social
Some of my favorite still-life studies.
Digital painting of an iridescent candle holder with two purple candles standing on a glass table. Digital painting of red and yellow peppers and some green leaves. Digital still life painting of a coffee cup, coffee-mill and cezve.
February 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
yasuartstudio.bsky.social
Here’s a throwback to last year’s zodiac. Maybe I’ll try painting the rest of the zodiac. We’ll see…
February 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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nozomimats.bsky.social
Commission work done for @gaallo.bsky.social 💚💚

#warcraft #warcraftoc #nightelf #commissionart
A nightelf druid looks off into the distance, hair blowing in the wind, standing near Amirdrassil. She has long green hair, and a muscular physique. Her forearms and chest are bound with white wrappings, and she wears loose green and brown pants. She also has dark, delicate tattoos on her person.
February 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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idunaya.bsky.social
Hi, I'm an illustrator, graphic designer and I also write. 😊
I love cozy and whimsical art, golden hour light, cute creatures and everything magical.
I also like to share my rpg inspired art, sometimes.

🌐 www.franziska-detlefsen.com
✨ www.inprnt.com/gallery/idunaya
☕ www.ko-fi.com/idunaya
A pink dragon between leaves and flowers in front of a starry night sky holding a glowing flower with a baby dragon inside A cute owl with witch hat holding a carved pumpkin and a little tortoise with hat and pumpkin costume sitting on a stack of pumpkins. A female butterfly queen standing on top of stairs with a little butterfly princess hiding behind her. A fairy sitting on a stone in a lake holding a pot with a plant that grows one single strawberry. She happily leans her head against the head of a snakelike furry dragon that wears a collar with a strawberry tag.
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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elhyana.bsky.social
Cursed sword goes brrr
At dusk, in the forest, two women face each other The first one closer to the viewer is wearing a full plate armor, she's lifting a metal shield to protect herself from the other woman who jumped and is swinging her sword. A flash of purple energy smashing on the shield
February 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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syenli.bsky.social
#pathfinder commission of a seafaring kineticist c: This guy belongs to @whisperingcrow.bsky.social !
November 16, 2024 at 6:32 PM