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Mike Z

@mikez.bsky.social

Guild Eleven co-founder and artist. I mostly work with watercolor. Guild Eleven = my creative friends! https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ovf2usv5d7piqbfwwjq3puar/lists/3kmkp5p2bkp2b Check out my Linktree! Prints & such. https://linktr.ee/artistmikez

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 3h ago

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Pen drawing centered on a large stylized face with black eyes embedded with ghostly lines with the face being roughly textured and broken with circular symbols around it with the forehead dominated by a damaged circular shield. The face appears to be damaged or disintegrating and is underlit in blue. It is suspended over a number of columns that have gaps that are filled with ghostly symbols and circular paths creating the illusion of charts and equations. The structures are highly detailed and circuit-like and two large angled walls converging under the skull. Robed figures with black masks that only show eyes are arrayed under the ceremonial face and on either side of the scene are two stylized humanoid statues with feminine proportions with only the one on the right side of the page fully visible, and the one on the left partially visible.

Pen drawing of an otherworldly landscape with high-walls carved with figures of an ancient Egyptian style with various symbols and patterns towards the top, ending in gardens. These walls frame a set of altars while elements of the ground are liquifying and floating upwards or breaking up with some cenotaphs floating broken up into the air. A large eye looms over the horizon like a sunrise while smaller or more distant ones hover in the sky with tentacles hanging down from their bodies. This is set against a blue sky that turns pinkish purple towards the horizon with several planets in the sky above. A gas giant with green, blue and orange clouds with three moons in orbit around it. A blue planet hangs closer in the sky than a large, reddish orange planet showing signs of cities with three rings orbiting it along with a moon.

Pen drawing of a cluster of beings, from the torso up that have the appearance of skin stretched tight over and under boney ribs leading up into elongated skulls that only have open mouths for features, with hooks in the four corners of them looping around to the back of their head. At the base of these torsos is an eye positioned over a mouth with a long tongue hanging out of it. The entire mass becoming a twisted set of organic and cancerous shapes that spreads out. To They are flanked by large arcs of tusk, carved with sigils and patters with a pyramid shape rising in the distance with each layer made up of shapes resembling screaming faces with voids where their eyes and mouths are. In the middle is a faint planet showing a large scar like canyon through the haze. On the side opposite the pyramid is an arch above set of bones that look like a large column below a circular window and flanked by mottled skin. Behind the arch is a titan scale skull flanked by three spikes where it's right shoulder would be, that has multiple black void circular eyes and a head that flares out into branches tightly woven branches, with a long haired head hanging off one.

Pen drawing of a crouched humanoid figure scratching their chin with one hand while examining a blue, glowing orb in front of it. It's eyes are solid black and the skull slightly elongated with tubes emerging from along its sides up and into a the biomechanical mass that it is perching on. Embedded in the mass of bioforms are faces with extra eyes also examining the orb while several creatures cling to the structure of lounge on it. There is a gap that shows a city off on the horizon, framed by additional growths opposite to the figure. The sky is hazy and a purple star hangs low in the sky near the edge of the 'cliff' the being is on, while additional blue orbs float in the distance.

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2h ago

The Violinist. #AuGhost

A dapper ghost who has no head, but branches or antlers there instead. It has a violin in one hand and a bow in the other. It stands in a misty, leafless forest. Watercolor.

Harold Richer @haroldricher.bsky.social · 9h ago

Ambush !

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 12h ago

Happy 7th day of #AuGhost! The theme today is #eerie #AuGhost2026

Black and white illustration of a large bat hanging upside down from a tree and gazing at a tree branch that has 5 tiny white ghosts hiding among the leaves.

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · yesterday

Dragons returning home. #smaugust

A coffee painting of two flying dragons near a tree on the edge of a cliff.

Davis Bickford @davis.social · yesterday

QRP your starry art

Digital illustration in dark purples, ochre, and white.
A Sisyphean figure of a man is pushing a large spherical boulder up a steep slope with stars and galaxies in the background.

Yorgos Cotronis@cotronis.bsky.social · yesterday

QRP your starry art

Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 18h ago

Day 7 of #RepostAGhost 👻 'Simon wasn't one to shirk He'd bury himself with his work. Studying parasites, his end was grim As his work decided to bury in him.' Excerpt from: www.amazon.co.uk/Hindsight-be... #AuGHOST #AuGHOST2026 #ghost #poem #BookSky #parasite

A photograph of an illustrated page with a poem from 'Hindsight: A gift from beyond the Veil' by Emily Jane Foster. The title reads 'Bury'. The illustration is centred in an oval shape. A ghost sits on a wheelie chair at a desk staring into a microscope. A poster on the wall says 'Welcome to the parasitology department' and has several boxes with pictures of parasites. The poem reads 'Simon wasn't one to shirk/ He'd bury himself with his work./ Studying parasites, his end was grim/ As his work decided to bury in him.'

Emily Jane Foster@emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 2d ago

Day 6 of #RepostAGhost 🔋👻💡 A series of ghosts #AuGHOST #AuGHOST2026 #ghost #B&Wart

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · yesterday

Dragons returning home. #smaugust

Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day I'm an #illustrator storyteller. My specialty is animal characters, natural or anthropomorphic and I do people too. Portfolio: dianadelosh.com represented by @lynnettenovak.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

An illustrator promotional postcard with my ink, watercolor, color pencil and digital illustration of a squid character nestled among the coral and seaweed looking up with a curious expression. The text above the squid: Diana Ting Delosh
illustrator • storyteller • dianadelosh.com
represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
At the bottom: my name stamp is at the left corner, © Diana Ting Delosh is at the right corner.

Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 2d ago

So far they're just out for a walk 11x14 pen and paper #wip #surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Work in progress pen drawing of a tall figure with a vaguely humanoid shape but a face that has tentacles hanging off the lower jaw, multiple eyes on the head and a body that flows down into a tower of tentacles rather than arms and legs. There are bulbous shapes in the background

Daði Einars @mysticartsdm.bsky.social · yesterday

Thanks so much to @euphoriaap.bsky.social, @laurieblake.bsky.social, and @buttonkin.bsky.social for their interviews at @ukge.bsky.social. Let's talk about AI in the RPG space, and invite our friends at UKGE to come join us in the stance we're taking. youtu.be/spq0HSP4Mnc

We've got to talk about AI

YouTube video by Mystic Arts

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Candra Hope @candrahope.bsky.social · 2d ago

Another batch of sketches I don't mind sharing again.

H.B. Tyson @hbtyson.bsky.social · last wk.

Entangled

A photograph of a watercolor and gouache painting on paper. The palette is a monochromatic blue and depicts three humanoid figures: two standing above one that’s reclining in the grass. The resting figure has vines growing out of a void in her face. The vines spread across the page, weaving in-and-out of the other figure’s faces.

Mike Timonin @bookreadingguy.bsky.social · 2d ago

There's an apple vending machine at Cornell; these should be together!

Curator Rob@curatorrob.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is what the future looks like...

A sign, next to a road and on a grass verge. In black on a white background it says 24 hour cheese vending machine. An arrow point off to the right.

Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open)@hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · yesterday

Some weapons. Animal themed, not practical.

Illustration of various weapons. Light green on a pink grid. Theme is animal

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3d ago

Happy 5th day of #AuGhost! Today's theme for our garden ghosts is #wet #AuGhost 2026

Digital painting of a white koi fish with black and orange spots swimming between green lily pads and pink lotus blossoms while 3 tiny ghosts look on in awe.

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 3d ago

Oh, what a tangled web she wove. #AuGhost

A painting of a ghostly woman whose arms and dress trail off into spiderwebs.

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 3d ago

#AuGhost Day 4: Forest I got too ambitious and will not finish my illustration for today in time, so have an old illustration I made of a ghost in the forest Gouache 😈🎨🦇 #AuGhost26

Gouache illustration of a misty forest scene with a full moon above and a little ghost floating between the trees

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 4d ago

#AuGhost Day 3: Wispy Gouache 😈🎨🦇 #AuGhost26 2.5" x 3.5" ACEO: $13/ea + $6 S/H If you would like to claim/reserve this ghost in advance of me loading them onto my site at the beginning of Sept, you can do that by replying here. First come, first serve. (Shipping is + $1/ea for any addt'l ghosts)

BozeMart.wtf 🫟@bozemart.bsky.social · 3d ago

this has a CRIMINALLY low amount of views. thousands of people illustrating The Fellowship of the Ring, frame by frame. it's so beautiful

Flipbook of the Rings "Chill Edition" (the first 11 minutes)

YouTube video by Flipbook of the Rings

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 3d ago

Let's see who this is amd where they are 11x14 pen and paper #wip #surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 3d ago

These are ghost pears. #AuGhost

My Graphite drawing of three pears with faces.

Chris Miller @goramtor.bsky.social · 3d ago

Fun fact for everyone thinking about a vist to Maine! Ha!

A fisherman in slicker and hat holding a large lobster. A small row boat loaded with lobster traps behind him.

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 4d ago

VVildebeest. #AuGhost

A painting of a somewhat skeletal and incorporeal gnu ghost.

Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 4d ago

A bookmark of the Ghost Brothers’ Library. #AuGhost

My black and white painting of the Ghost Brothers hovering over a library entrance.

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 4d ago

Day 3 of my son’s #Smaugust prompts is Quagmire. I thought I might use this as an excuse to try some different art media & my little swamp dragon is in oil crayons & ink. My son’s dragon is a fascinating & creepy collection of parts with antlers and six insect-legs. #Smaugust2026 #dragon #drawing

As described this is my little drawing in oil crayons of a mangrove swamp with trees, reeds, cattails and hanging moss in greens, yellows, blues and brown with a swimming long dragon with its head, one hump and tail out of the water. Its nostrils are smoking. It is mostly white with the sail in Quinacridone violet. On a yellow background at the bottom is the word “QUAGMIRE” also in Quinacridone violet.

My son’s dragon pencil drawing is also labelled “quagmire” and shows a 6 legged dragon reminiscent of a scorpion rearing up with antlers, moustache and big teeth. There are hints of green.

Lala @talalarey.bsky.social · 4d ago

This one is kinda spooky, but I gotta give the indominus Rex a chance to shine. Don’t worry the red stuff is just koolaid 🫣 #originalart #dinosaur #jurassicworld

A grayish theropod dinosaur in dark woods eliminated by a hunters target.

Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open)@hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 4d ago

This needs quite a bit of signatures and you can just be a comic reader to sign it. You ever read Hellboy and want to help the next generation of creators make their Hellboy, this is the kinda stuff we got to do to ensure that. Sick of seeing corp mindsets destroy creative life’s into nothingness

Jimmy Presler 🐴@jimmypresler.bsky.social · 6d ago

Sign this petition to show your support for keeping Senior Editors in the Dark Horse Workers Union. actionnetwork.org/petitions/dh...

Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 5d ago

Back to scanning artwork. Some originals will be on sale, some prints, and I’m starting to curate so I can put together the much vaunted exhibition I keep threatening… These will be in the 2026 Clarkive sale. Prices in alt if you want to reserve (DM me)! #art #bsnm #artforsale #originalart #artist

The sky’s the limit… little watercolour cherry blossom study… with gold ink highlights and a beautiful blue sky A6 £75 + postage

Cherry blossoms with a tangle of spring flaaaahs, watercolour with gold ink embellishment A6 £85 + postage

Opera pink azaleas, the flaah that made me fall in love with painting flaaaahs this year

Watercolour and gold ink A6 £95 + postage

Two stones - a little study of a stonechat on a stone with some glorious yellow gorse

Watercolour A6

£110 + postage

Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 5d ago

Check out my daughter’s gorgeous tiger portrait!

Lala@talalarey.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you don’t know the story of Happy the Tiger from Columbia SC, it’s a sad but compelling one. I thought I would draw her in reflection of her name! #procreate #tiger

A tiger painting in the grass, with the word happy in orange over top.

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 6d ago

Sparrow-wight. #AuGhost

A pencil drawing of a ghostly bird on a branch.