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𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔯, 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔠 𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔰𝔱, 𝔠𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔪𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔯 ✴𝖍𝖊/𝖍𝖎𝖒✴ no n/ft no a/i no na/zis ✴ comics: https://tapas.io/belagrosslaub mail: scarycircus@proton.me

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 13h ago

The thing about AI as an artist is, we were here first. We’ve outlived other tech trends that were supposed to radically reform the landscape (NFTs, etc), and one day we will live to fight against another life altering attempt to kneecap artists It will always be, and we will always fight back

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 13h ago

My gf made me finally watch Blue Eye Samurai and it's so gooooooood!!!

jess m. ☕🍂@jametc.bsky.social · 3y ago

more blue eye samurai fanart in between animating not my best work but I'm very rusty

a bunch of illustrations of Blue Eye Samurai protagonist Mizu

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last yr.

Help an artist pay his bills, take a look at my shop! ✨👁️ i got prints, stickers and original art! #artsky #blueskynightmarket #art ko-fi.com/scarycircus/...

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NOWHERELAND is now available in my shop! In print and digital! 26 full colour comic pages #comics #art #horror ko-fi.com/s/2540876e6d

physical copy of my comic book Nowhereland. a wwi style soldier holding a rifle standing in a hellmouth frame. a white, upwards drippy font says nowhereland

backcover. white on red font. the blurp reads: ""Maybe we're dead. Maybe we're dead and this is hell." When war and magic meet, things quickly go awry. A lowly soldier gets lost in a strange place, not only between frontlines but between reality and nightmare. Not that it would really make a difference..."

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 3y ago

Raging Unicorn #art #illustration #fantasy

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Some more impressions of my comic Nowhereland, plus my ridiculous storyboard pages #comics

A wwi soldier in a mignola like no man's land

A wwi inspired war mage in a mignola like black and white style

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last yr.

. Strength . . the pet-parent's card #tarot #illustration #artsky

Strength tarot card. a red skinned (literal red) devil lady in a Cranach dress gently keeping a dragon's snout closed in front of a yellow sky and a lush green landscape

otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 5d ago

likely pair

a digital illustration of an alt/goth woman with dark make up and with complete sleeves and upper body tattoos. she's sitting in a well-tagged train cabin that has bright orange seats and metallic green walls. she's browsing her phone with headphones on. out of her canvas bag pokes out a small, powerfully fluffy white dog with a pink ribbon on its head

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 2y ago

I made this for @moringon.bsky.social for her orc LARP group but it sure does speak for the entirety of orc LARP! #germanlarp #fckafd

Antifa illustration of a LotR style orc holding a corpse banner (Celebrimbor style). The corpse has "fascist" carved into it. Blood and entrails are running down the banner's staff, forming the words "FCK AFD" which is short for "fuck AfD" a German far right party

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last wk.

Watched Obsession yesterday with my lady. What a fantastic film! Highly recommend

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 2y ago

trying a style for a tarot deck. i wanted to illustrate my own cards for ages. let's see how this works out. #tarot #illustration #artsky #fantasy #horror

a tarot card of the magician. the right hand is pointing upward, the left downward. his head is a floating skull, his rips and sternum are exposed. behind him are the minor arcana symbols sword, staff, chalice and pentacle. he's framed by blue thistles and stars

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

. The Devil . . you and me and the Devil having fun in the kinky dungeon #tarot #illustration #art

the Devil tarot card. a red devil sitting atop an altar carved like a tortured face. a man and a woman stand on either side of it. they're chained to somewhere inside the altar face's eyes with chains of gold with ruby droplets hanging from it.

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

. The Moon . . "I always said the Moon was a mean ol' pervert but don't take a devil's word for it" #tarot #art #illustration

illustration of The Moon tarot card. he has a big round moon face, grinning darkly. he's wearing gothic armour and a surcotte and dancing over a nightly landscape flanked by two towers. a werewolf woman cowers at his feet. in a pool below, three fish are looking up

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2w ago

As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2w ago

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

Srutis 🔞@srutis.bsky.social · 2w ago

I know artists who participated in NFTs like to shove that shit under the rug but remember they directly participated in sponsoring the infrastructure for the development of AI whether they like it or not and that should be remembered

Jaws @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 2w ago

The entire thread as one post, for sake of ease. Link: www.patreon.com/only_jaws

Jaws@jaws-stone.bsky.social · 2w ago

A lot of sketches. A _lot_ of them. Some exclusive posts (because they're either WIPs of comics or they are NSFW in which case I have to lock them by Patreon rules). That's it. Nothing fancy. If you read this far, thank you and here is my link: www.patreon.com/only_jaws

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 11mo ago

. Death . . Skelly in a sally #tarot #illustration #artsky #art

Death tarot card. the grim reaper in black gothic armour rides atop a pale horse bearing a black standard. the social classes cower in fear before him, a priest, a soldier, a king lies fallen at his horses feet. a burning city can be seen in the distance and a river of blood is flowing past. a crimson coat is trailing behind the reaper.

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"dance you must as goes the rhyme" . NOWHERELAND #comic in print and digital JUNE 2026

a wwi style soldier in a gas mask waltzing with a scarlet red lady Death

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

✴ Mistress of Death ✴ . "The known and the nameless, she takes them all in." #illustration #horror #comics

a red angel of Death inside a dark gothic frame.
a poem in the frame reads: mistress death as old as time, dance you must as goes the rhyme, red as blood and pale as bone, come she will, this much is known

jess m. ☕🍂@jametc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 3y ago

🗡️ The Siren 🗡️ oops, i did another one i dedicate this one to my dad, who loved to draw boobs and mermaids

Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gerard DuBois

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last mo.

Surefire way to portray one's limited understanding of both fantasy and medieval history

Qsy@qsy.bsky.social · last mo.

The only reason firearms would look out of place in the type of fantasy I see is because the author, much like OP, doesn't know about their history and can't imagine making fantasy weapons out of them.

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last mo.

and now i found it's anti-thesis. i'm in a MOOD this week

screenshot of a video by Clay Head on youtube titled "Don't let anyone forget about The Fifth Element." showing a collage of characters from the film The Fifth Element, most prominently Milla Jovovich as Leelo.

Béla | comms closed@gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last mo.

I feel like video essayism has got out of hand

screenshot of a youtube video titles "We need to talk about how weird HOOK is" by Patrick H Willems
the title card shows Robin Williams and Julia Roberts as adult Peter Pan and human size Tinkerbell respectively. between them are the words "this is weird"

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

. The Star . . self-reflect the shit outta this, my children #tarot #illustration #art

The Star tarot card. a blue demon woman is kneeling by a pond and scooping water. around her, flowers are blooming. on a hill behind her, a tree can be seen with a red heron-like bird. above her, a big eight-pointed star can bee seen, surrounded by seven smaller stars

🌿Lindsey Lichenthrope🌿@shminsington.bsky.social · last mo.

I think we NEED to stop looking back on adventurously made media and calling their creativity weird. Like sorry it doesn’t look like gray mud and has a memorable soundtrack I guess??

𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In case anyone missed my little X-Files point and click daydream

Mulder, Scully, Skinner, and the Lone Gunmen, all drawn in a cartoony style.

A hallway of an institute or something like that, with eldritch green light pouring in through a far window.

A car crests a hill at night. A figure with a shovel stands by the roadside.

My wife and I are watching a little bit of The X-Files again and I've been doodling
along.

Imagine if you will: a five act point-and-click where you switch between Mulder and Scully depending on what kind of clues and puzzles you're working with. The Lone Gunmen get their own episode during Act 4 but they all move together like a single character. Tone is 70% comedy 30% paranormal horror.

Scully: "Mulder, you can't combine those."
Mulder, trying to tie a stick of dynamite to a taxidermied pheasant using half a shoelace: "Ancient Roman augurs read omens into the flight paths of birds all the time, Scully."

Scully: LOOK AT Enormous Rotating Saucer Hovering Over the Town
Scully: "That's the second biggest weather balloon I've ever seen."

Scully: LOOKAT Fox Mulder's Docs Folder
OPEN Fox Mulder's Docs Folder
Scully: "Ah."
Mulder: "I get those for the articles."
Scully: "Yeah who doesn't love a juicy article."

Mulder LOOK AT Mysterious Skull
Mulder: "Seen this, Scully?"
Scully: "Artificial cranial deformation has been attested in numerous cultures,
Mulder. The practice results in elongated skulls and flattened foreheads."
Mulder: "Does it make the bones glow green?"

Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · last mo.

I feel like video essayism has got out of hand

cort 🍅 loves their wife @sulemiomercury.butchsky.social · last mo.

I really don't understand that is about Harry Potter that makes everyone just..... stupid? What the fuck does this shitty ass children's series have on EVERYONE that makes them so willing to throw away morals for fucking stupid wizard bullshit.

Leonie Jonk ✨@leoniejonk.bsky.social · last mo.

Someone sent me this petition to exclude micro businesses (like ours) it was only started today but it may be a way to get our voices heard and change this..? 🥹 www.change.org/p/stop-destr...

Sign the Petition

Stop destroying EU micro-businesses: Immediate moratorium on cross-border EPR fees

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