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MELFIST

@lordmelfist.bsky.social

Italian freelance comic/concept artist, writer, illustrator, all-around idiot. Comics and tabletop RPGs are my life and blood NO AI/NFT http://linktr.ee/melfist

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A huge, scarred and glabrous humanoid stands, clad in black, leathery bat wings from his back. The monster joins his long-clawed hands together and looks down with his fanged, scarred visage upon a man in the foreground, looking up to the monster from a cliff. The cliff is covered in a white substance (snow, ash?) that is marked with the footsteps of the man rising over it, and many skulls are buried beneath the surface. The man is much, much smaller than the giant vampire, at least ten times smaller, if not more. A black, cracked ring of metal hovers the towering vampire's head like a halo, and projects light around it in the otherwise black background.

A huge, scarred and glabrous humanoid stands, clad in black, leathery bat wings from his back. The monster joins his long-clawed hands together and looks down with his fanged, scarred visage upon a man in the foreground, looking up to the monster from a cliff. The cliff is covered in a white substance (snow, ash?) that is marked with the footsteps of the man rising over it, and many skulls are buried beneath the surface. The man is much, much smaller than the giant vampire, at least ten times smaller, if not more. A black, cracked ring of metal hovers the towering vampire's head like a halo, and projects light around it in the otherwise black background.

A representation of a Tzitzimitl, an aztec mythological creature akin to a skeletal deity related to eclipse events. Similar to the representation in the Codex Magliabechiano, the creature wears complex headwear filled with severed hands, wears more hands around its neck, and has strange eye-like protrusions in the joints of its clawed, bony body. Behind its headwear, a violet light pours through.
In the background, four other shadowy figures, similar to the first, loom, their eyes and headwears faintly shimmering in the dark.

A representation of a Tzitzimitl, an aztec mythological creature akin to a skeletal deity related to eclipse events. Similar to the representation in the Codex Magliabechiano, the creature wears complex headwear filled with severed hands, wears more hands around its neck, and has strange eye-like protrusions in the joints of its clawed, bony body. Behind its headwear, a violet light pours through. In the background, four other shadowy figures, similar to the first, loom, their eyes and headwears faintly shimmering in the dark.

A monstrous version of the Venus of Willendorf, sporting tentacled arms and mouths on her breasts. A giant looks at here from behind, as if crouched over a table where the venus rests. The giant has many skulls as earrings, decayed lips, a plethora of eyes resting in his left eyesocket, and more sprouting in his deformed shoulders.

A monstrous version of the Venus of Willendorf, sporting tentacled arms and mouths on her breasts. A giant looks at here from behind, as if crouched over a table where the venus rests. The giant has many skulls as earrings, decayed lips, a plethora of eyes resting in his left eyesocket, and more sprouting in his deformed shoulders.

Much obliged.
Does the last one count?

09.03.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

How is this account not drowning in likes?

08.03.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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ΠŸΡ€Π΅ΠΊΡ€Π°ΡΠ½ΡƒΡŽ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠ½Ρƒ отСчСствСнного ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΠΌΠΏΠ΅Ρ€ΠΈΡƒΠΌΠ°, с ΠΏΡ€Π°Π·Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ!

08.03.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

QTP with women ❀️‍πŸ”₯
Happy Women's Day! βš”οΈπŸ’«

08.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

08.03.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5751    πŸ” 2862    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 17
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Jino's dark gift: VULCAN

#umbralchains

07.03.2026 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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lil wip ✨

07.03.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And the meme will keep on going.
#scottmccloud #sona #understandingcomics #meme

07.03.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lil Storch ❀️

07.03.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this, post a monster!

07.03.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It is an existential imperative that we begin a serious global dialogue about how β€˜experts’ as the media uses the term, consistently lag behind us laymen when it comes to Knowing Some Bullshit When We See It.

07.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 938    πŸ” 239    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 3
Women's Day Sale on Steam - games by women-led studios - March 6th to 15th. Signalis key art, 30% discount

Women's Day Sale on Steam - games by women-led studios - March 6th to 15th. Signalis key art, 30% discount

We are celebrating Women’s History Month with a 30% discount! ✨

Also take a look at all the other games made by studios led by women and gender-marginalized developers!
store.steampowered.com/sale/womensd...
πŸ—“ March 6–15
Organized by @wingsfund.me

07.03.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 469    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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One the most complex, and humbling, images I have tackled as an illustrator - Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

I was commissioned for this after Kieth Parkinson requested that I be contacted to execute this work for a company he helped create, Sigil Games. Keith could not do the work himself...

07.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 234    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Artist! Quote with long hair art ✨️

07.03.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I was just venting to a friend the other day about how 10 years ago it was like… unheard of to see this volume of projects get so far into development before the company funding it decides β€œproject cancelled, everyone go home” how much money is being thrown away on art no one gets to see?

07.03.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1763    πŸ” 532    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 11

Demihuman IS Ajin. The site translated some of that stuff

07.03.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was alright. I had more in mind but this time I could stop at 9.

07.03.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
If an artist isn't able to visualise their ideas on paper (or on the screen) without the use of genAI, they are not an artist.

I know some artists who aren't capable of visualising things in their head, yet they can still create stunning art. I know others who brainstorm their ideas and compositions with literal scribbles and stick figures, only to end up with a beautifully rendered piece.

There is absolutely no excuse for a self-respecting artist to use genAI at any point during their process.

If an artist isn't able to visualise their ideas on paper (or on the screen) without the use of genAI, they are not an artist. I know some artists who aren't capable of visualising things in their head, yet they can still create stunning art. I know others who brainstorm their ideas and compositions with literal scribbles and stick figures, only to end up with a beautifully rendered piece. There is absolutely no excuse for a self-respecting artist to use genAI at any point during their process.

Someone over on Instagram saying that genAI is bad for art, but can still be used by artists who have trouble visualising their ideas.

I had to reply.

06.03.2026 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1145    πŸ” 285    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 28

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
bsky.app/profile/lord...

07.03.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A stupid ass edit of Hulk as a skilled artist.

A stupid ass edit of Hulk as a skilled artist.

Whenever people ask me if I'm a gifted artist.

10.01.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15260    πŸ” 4100    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 79

I couldn't make you all wait so much again, so I took some time to do another this morning.
Have a blessed day!

07.03.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

site reached its limit 😭

07.03.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

MECH TIME BABY
bsky.app/profile/lord...

07.03.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I come to resurrect this thread from ages past- what do you mean it's only been 22 days?
Anyways, M E C H T I M E!
What's next?

07.03.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
the skull-wearing pokemon, cubone, balances a bone on its nose as it stretches in the sunshine

the skull-wearing pokemon, cubone, balances a bone on its nose as it stretches in the sunshine

this small friend is now up in the shop!!

eiffel.art/store/calm

06.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ALEX TOTH'S GHOST IN THE SHELL

06.03.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Commission for an email client

06.03.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 359    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
A color photo of Eiser

A color photo of Eiser

A front page of the Spirit newspaper supplement, a cover to the Spirit comic book, a cover to PS: The Preventative Maintenance Monthly, and the cover to his graphic novel Contract to God.

A front page of the Spirit newspaper supplement, a cover to the Spirit comic book, a cover to PS: The Preventative Maintenance Monthly, and the cover to his graphic novel Contract to God.

Today is the birthday of Will Eisner (March 6, 1917-Jan. 3, 2005), one of the most influential American comic creators of all time.

06.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

It's not easy, huh. I had a lot of fun with Two Thrones as well, but that one has a lackluster ending. WW also had the Sand Wraith which was so rad.
My first Halo was Halo 3, around when I was 14-15. I was in love with ODST as well, but only had one slot for both.

06.03.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well i hit 1.3k followers so time for a extra #fangsoutFriday #artshare

it doesn't need to be art with fangs but a bonus cookie if your art has some

just some basic rules
share this post
all art is welcome
sfw or nsfw just tag it
interact with others
NO A I

20.02.2026 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 4