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Show your dark themed art

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Show your dark themed art 2024-09-13 00:10:15


Either its actually dark(low brightness, grayscale, etc..)or that art has a dark meaning on it


Sample

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-13 02:32:41


penus

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-13 02:40:28


Literally dark:


Thematically dark:

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-13 09:02:42


I don't do dark themed art. Most of my animations and art are cute and silly.

(but I hide some sad implications and hidden meanings in a few of them. I'm not sure if those count.)

This is as dark as it gets.


Hi Nice To Meet You I'm Yosos and I do Pixel art.

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-13 09:22:26


I have 4 relating to dark in some way, though nsfw to varying degrees.


If you’re talking about monochromatic or desaturated, I got these guys. Whether that means they’re dark is up to you to decide.





I haven't felt like this since 2008

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I got a few pieces that I think fit the bill. Some of these are pretty old.






This one is pretty similar to the others but this a bit more hopeful. So, I’m not sure if it’ll exactly fit the whole Dark theme.


Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-13 23:47:24


Literal dark

Da spoopy

idk lol


Cool, wild and Groovy beat.

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 05:10:33



Here's one with a dark theme (meaning):


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It's an exaggerated self-portrait.


Here's one with a dark theme (brightness):



It's Freddy Freaker!


Here's one with a dark theme (both):



My country is ruled by Holocaust deniers.


Also, hey Waterina! I missed you!


Check current mood, cool music!

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 08:26:19


Honestly I'm not even sure if I could post this one here, as it features self harm fetishism

Does that go against any rule? Like it doesn't encourage self harm or anything it just features a (18+) character who has a fetish for it


Well Nene exists...so maybe it's fine?


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Neapolitan Nightmares

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 08:35:14


Hm, would this count as dark-themed?


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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 12:39:32


Ok!


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Old ones...

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 13:50:09


Is dragging skinned man on the ground dark enough ?



Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 16:46:28


Some creepy art from the past two years:


This was for a short horror story I wrote about a somnophiliac who lives in his victim's house.

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I drew these after listening to Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, a nightmarish musical piece by Krzysztof Penderecki and watching Barefoot Gen.

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I've also recently developed some morbid fascination for medical-themed body horror...

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Welcome to the middle of nowhere--the centre of everywhere.

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 16:53:40


some cult idea


vent art that i am really proud of for some reason


some eldritch inspired by some giant bird eldritch eating a baby bird eldritch


for a collab


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↺ REPEAT ‖ PAUSE ≫ NEXT SONG

Former fan of the general forums. Artist, Twitter hater, loser, bad poet.

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-14 23:43:45


Well, this is all I could find that would fit with the meaning of dark. I think.




I like Pizza!

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 03:58:04


At 9/14/24 04:46 PM, CobaltRogueX wrote:Some creepy art from the past two years:


Jesus & Buddha in a fucking Cadillac!...


I wish I could draw/render like that.


Pen pusher, brush dragger, wood butcher & usual suspect.


Check out my scribblings & stuff here, por favor.

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 04:04:06


As of now, the best dark piece I have is this:


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I also have some other stuff. Click on 'em to get a feel for my pessimism:



Pen pusher, brush dragger, wood butcher & usual suspect.


Check out my scribblings & stuff here, por favor.

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 04:52:53


At 9/15/24 03:58 AM, ShadenLines wrote:
At 9/14/24 04:46 PM, CobaltRogueX wrote:Some creepy art from the past two years:


Jesus & Buddha in a fucking Cadillac!...

I wish I could draw/render like that.


A lot of it is very simple saturation/levels tinkering in Photoshop. I'm not a Photoshop expert by any means. The Sleepwatcher piece was run through an online filter tool called Photomosh. Only problem is that it severely lowers the quality of the overall image so you have to save it as a jpg and change the DPI in Photoshop to 300 just for it to look its best.


Welcome to the middle of nowhere--the centre of everywhere.

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 05:02:08


here we go!!!iu_1269677_23552162.webp

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 07:29:37


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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 14:59:55


Some pieces about Bloody Mary:


"Drop by drop, limb by limb, only when the Tsunami of blood is paid, the gate will open, and her soul may rest..."


She's a warped take of the Bloody Mary myth. Historically she's been interpreted as a spirit of some kind, where as here she is more of a vampire.


After Maryanna Reed was murdered, she had been revived as Vampire phantom. Now she's trapped in this rage induced existence. Either she slashes her way through this pursuit of constant bloodshed, or wither away into the eternal abyss. When the tsunami of blood is paid, and only then, she may rest.

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 15:01:24


The Watchman:

"The mechanical watchman hides in the forest at the darkest hour of the night. It waits for those unfortunate to hike its path, waiting with a constant desire for carnage. When it finds you, it will paint the trees with your blood. Then it will become you..."

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 18:53:42


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https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1462424#bbspost26672076_post_text


it's dark art its greyscale its about zombies there is some white colour though...

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 18:58:48


At 9/15/24 06:53 PM, thomasBaldwin wrote:
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1462424#bbspost26672076_post_text

it's dark art its greyscale its about zombies there is some white colour though...


heres one of the dark parts of the comic book...

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 19:01:23


At 9/15/24 06:58 PM, thomasBaldwin wrote:
At 9/15/24 06:53 PM, thomasBaldwin wrote:
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1462424#bbspost26672076_post_text

it's dark art its greyscale its about zombies there is some white colour though...

heres one of the dark parts of the comic book...


iu_1269957_2286692.webp

Does this count?

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 19:05:51


At 9/15/24 07:01 PM, thomasBaldwin wrote:
At 9/15/24 06:58 PM, thomasBaldwin wrote:
At 9/15/24 06:53 PM, thomasBaldwin wrote:
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1462424#bbspost26672076_post_text

it's dark art its greyscale its about zombies there is some white colour though...

heres one of the dark parts of the comic book...


Does this count?

in this pannel an alien is using the dark to hide... is it dark art?

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Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 19:41:42


I basically just draw cartoon thingies, so even the stuff that you’d expect to be dark (eg. plague doctors) ends up just being silly

Maybe I should go for something more intense? I dunno

Response to Show your dark themed art 2024-09-15 19:52:53


This is a dark fantasy artwork I did a while back ago. (^-^)iu_1269975_22566941.webp