Babe&Oak

“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement.

After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”

Something in The Deep - Black and white ink illustration of a gigantic eldritch inspired underwater creature near a pier. There is a small dock to the left with a building on a pier above the water. In the middle below is a small fishing boat with dark ripples of water to the left of it. Behind is fog rolling in partially covering four giant tentacles coming out of the water

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I just love them

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Those cats are perfect !

The landscape turned out soo lovely

The way you capture atmosphere is so gorgeous

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.

Victorian Ward - Black and white illustration of a Victorian wall with a scarab ward framed. The border of the whole piece is a torn paper. Inside is Victorian black and white striped wallpaper with damask type filigree in the black and smaller stripes and speckles in the white with small vertical black stripes on either side. In the damask pattern are slightly abstract symbols of infinity, an hourglass and other resurrection symbols. In the middle is an ornate rectangular frame framing a large scarab beetle with its wings out. On its wings are celestial symbols like Jupiter, stars and the moon. Around the scarab are peony flowers and branches of a tree branching towards the top left with a vine white line swooping in an out and around the frame in the same direction. The scarabs body is engraved like metal with filigree. Behind the scarab in the frame is grain shading grey over black.

Dark Vibrations - Inktober 2022 black and white ink illustration. Plain rolling hills lead to the door of a building with a large central spire and a small covered porch. To the left side of the building is a three facet bay windows and the other windows have ornate stained glass. On top of the central spire is a lighting conductor in the shape of a 5 point star. In the highest window of the spire is stain glass in the shape of an eye. Converging at the start is a large vortex spiraling and expanding through the whole sky. The vortex is pulling party’s of the building up towards it and cracking parts of the wood and foundation. The vortex is casting light and highlights on the building and the tress behind it. Converging towards the building is a circle of 12 white bird silhouettes.

Swatch pattern card on top of matching pattern background. Swatch card is a large white rectangle with a square swatch of the NESS magazine brand pattern I designed in the 2025 summer issue colour-way. Swatch card has font at the bottom corner that read “BABE&OAK endpage repeat pattern summer 2025 client: NESS magazine” and the stamp for Babe&Oak in the bottom right corner.

Hi #PortfolioDay

I’m Élle • Freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer

Specializing in detail heavy B&W work & passionate about occult history, horror & symbolism

Open for work in publishing, book covers, TTRPGs, private & commercial commissions

✉️ babeandoak@gmail.com
🎨 babeandoak.carrd.co

My Gods & Monsters favorites from the @oacmn.bsky.social show last Saturday. Open gallery hours will be scheduled (increased) as I jump back on staff with the main OAC crew. If you’re in Minneapolis, please check it out.

It looked like a lovely show and the space is so gorgeous. I really hope to make it over from Canada to one of the events sometime. 🙂

a cartoon of a boy and a dog playing with leaves Alt: Charlie Brown and snoopy playing with leaves

Yay!

Of course! Love your work as always 💕

Hope the English fall weather is prettier than here atm

Not in the UK myself but would love to recommend @lri.bsky.social ?

So thrilled you like my piece. Thank you for including me and to the entire OAC crew for all your hard work 💛

The Gods & Monsters Exhibit by @oacmn.bsky.social is still on tonight & tomorrow in Minneapolis at ALTR Gallery! 🎨

Lots of Horror, dark & moody art to wrap up October

FTR I love ALLLLLLLL your work

a close up of a cartoon cat with a surprised look on its face ALT: a close up of a cartoon cat with a surprised look on its face

LOL

a picture of a girl with the words all shall love me and despair above her Alt: Galadriel saying all shall love me and despair above her

Hahahaha

Bringing in my work with this energy

Thank you for sharing 🥰🥰

Ooooh check it out if your about!

Omg with SEAN BEAN!

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I have heard

They have it up tonight and tomorrow additionally 👀👀👀

So if you're in Minneapolis stop by!!

Come see one of my pieces as well as a piece by @aimeecozza.com 👻!

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The Gods & Monsters Exhibit by @oacmn.bsky.social is still on tonight & tomorrow in Minneapolis at ALTR Gallery! 🎨

Lots of Horror, dark & moody art to wrap up October

Multiple dark artworks of skulls and various other things hung on a gallery wall. Some sculptural items are on a white box as well.

Amazing #DarkArt show up at @oacmn.bsky.social in Minneapolis, MN tonight and tomorrow ONLY. You should stop by and check out all the amazing artworks if you're in the area. This is just a tiny, itty bitty sneak peak. There's SO much more in this show (even one of mine 👀)

Spookiness continues! ✨✨✨