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Ryan Van Dongen

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he/him | Concept Artist | Freelance Illustrator πŸ“ Philadelphia 🚫 No Δ€Δͺ πŸ“§ ryanvdon@gmail.com Portfolio & Prints: ryanvandongen.art πŸ”— https://linktr.ee/ryanvandongen

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it’s like a majestic gigantic unicorn

23.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! they do mix to a cooler grey, but it’s a neat effect. but I have no idea whether mixing them is bad for either marker long term

16.02.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM

16.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1946    πŸ” 621    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8
Owl demon creature sketch on tan-toned paper sketchbook. Drawn using grey Copic alcohol-based markers and Arteza white acrylic markers

Owl demon creature sketch on tan-toned paper sketchbook. Drawn using grey Copic alcohol-based markers and Arteza white acrylic markers

Some sort of owl demon. been having fun with markers

16.02.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne without his hair, mask, and hat. He appears to have no eyes or eyeholes.

Screenshot of Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne without his hair, mask, and hat. He appears to have no eyes or eyeholes.

based on @zlofsky.bsky.social β€˜s unmasked Father Gascoigne screenshot

14.02.2026 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Copic sketch marker and Arteza acrylic marker drawing of eyeless hairless Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne on paper

Copic sketch marker and Arteza acrylic marker drawing of eyeless hairless Father Gascoigne from Bloodborne on paper

Beasts all over the shop…

14.02.2026 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!!

14.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Grey Prismacolor marker sketch of aerial view of a fortress. A small dog is asleep next to the sketchbook

Grey Prismacolor marker sketch of aerial view of a fortress. A small dog is asleep next to the sketchbook

grey marker sketch featuring sleepy Coco Rose

10.02.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New personal piece- inspired using a 3D/2D workflow to quickly get a β€œfinished” looking image without getting too lost in overworking. Next post in the thread includes a pan around of the set in blender and some thoughts on process! #visualdevelopmentart #darkfantasyart

19.01.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

sick salets and stechhelms

24.12.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wheaton illustrator says AI ripped off his unique style | What rights does he have?
YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago Wheaton illustrator says AI ripped off his unique style | What rights does he have?

Plus he was in the news this year for AI art copying his signature youtu.be/RU9_9sspuPM?...

13.12.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks, I don’t think I put any runes other than Eye in here on purpose, but I can also kinda see Formless Oedon in there now

01.12.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Nightmarish rituals crave a newborn. Find one, and silence its harrowing cry.”

My Ch 6 β€œAlba” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Queen Yharnam in front of Mergo's Wet Nurse and the pale moon, standing at the end of the Nightmare of Mensis.

#bloodborne

28.11.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Glossy! That’s what I was going for with the Doll’s cape, and the cape is also forming some of the details of Maria’s chair

28.11.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHere we stand, feet planted in the earth, but might the cosmos be very near us, only just above our heads?”

My Ch 2 β€œCosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌

19.11.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

one of the dumbest, greediest mfers alive

27.11.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 366    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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It's my birthday today πŸ’«
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:

26.11.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1592    πŸ” 619    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 5

"Good hunter. This may sound strange, but... Have I somehow changed?"

My Ch 5 β€œSonno” artwork for Apokalypsis. An illustration of Lady Maria and the Doll's connection across dreams/realities, and linking the state of death with dreaming in #Bloodborne

22.11.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
In front of the fires, which are still crawling with beast patients, a blood-starved beast hangs while Djura watches from high up above on the clocktower.

In front of the fires, which are still crawling with beast patients, a blood-starved beast hangs while Djura watches from high up above on the clocktower.

My β€œTempo” / β€œTime” artwork for RoundTwo’s new Bloodborne lore book Apokalypsis: Blood. For Chapter 0 I decided to depict a pivotal event in the history of Bloodborne - the burning of Old Yharnam

16.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hello, travelers. I am also a new artist here.
An uncertified druid with a sloth as my spirit animal (but I love wolves) I make fantasy & surrealism art, love peculiar creatures, DnD, and moody art subjects.

Hope we can explore art together

#Illustration #DnDartist #fantasy

17.01.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Kos, or some say… Kosm

Kos, or some say… Kosm

Gehrman and Laurence… I maybe made them too old for this point in Bloodborne’s timeline

Gehrman and Laurence… I maybe made them too old for this point in Bloodborne’s timeline

more closeups

22.11.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lady Maria, holding Rakuyo

Lady Maria, holding Rakuyo

Lady Maria

22.11.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Glossy!!

22.11.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAtonement for the wretches...
By the wrath of Mother Kos...β€œ

My Ch 4 β€œCarne” artwork for Apokalypsis: Byrgenwerth’s fateful visit to the fishing hamlet where they found Kos washed ashore, crawling with parasites, and their actions would catalyze their spiral into the nightmare.

#bloodborne

22.11.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

thank you. maybe the Caryl runes are parts of one!

20.11.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCurse the fiends, their children too. And their children, forever, trueβ€œ

My Ch 3 β€œPietra” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to depict Yharnam’s cityscape while emphasizing the corrupt, sinister character of the city, the cathedral’s Astral Clocktower, and surrounding architecture of #bloodborne.

20.11.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you, yep I didn’t really put the brand of sacrifice in there on purpose but it was hard to avoid. Formless Oedon, Moon, and Heir are kind of in there too

20.11.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!!!

19.11.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ebrietas and Rom's two forms

Ebrietas and Rom's two forms

Mother Kos above the blood moon

Mother Kos above the blood moon

Amygdala

Amygdala

The Brain of Mensis in front of the Moon Presence (Winged form with Paleblood from the concept art)

The Brain of Mensis in front of the Moon Presence (Winged form with Paleblood from the concept art)

Some closeups

19.11.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHere we stand, feet planted in the earth, but might the cosmos be very near us, only just above our heads?”

My Ch 2 β€œCosmos” artwork for Apokalypsis. I wanted to show #Bloodborne Great Ones arranged like a twisted divine vision, something you might see while making contact with Yharnam’s cosmos 🌌

19.11.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2