joshua johnson 🖌️

@joshj

Human | Husband | Dad of Three | Illustrator | Tattooer 🚫 NO AI 🚫 NO NFT Find me @: I want to make the world more beautiful, creative, and kind. 😅

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joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Jun 28

Quote post with something that is a circle. 🟠

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Jun 7

A photo of an expedition 33 tattoo with rose petals on an upper arm with handwritten text to the right of the photo.

"I forgot to post this one! There's not much I enjoy tattooing more than super-nerdy tattoos.

Whether it's video games, comics, obscure TV shows - you can LITERALLY wear your fandom on your sleeve. Do it."

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· May 31

I've been super excited about 3d printing lately. And I decided I wanted to try my hand at model painting. So I've been playing around with an airbrush and some high-quality acrylic paints to see what happens. Here's my first statue…so far.

A 3d print of a bust statue of Vecna from Stranger Things, with a coat of gray and green paints as a base coat. Held in-hand in front of a wooden table with paint brushes and a rinse cup in the background.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· May 27

A little page from the sketchbook. And a reminder that as we're rolling into Summer, I spend most of my time with the kiddos and on the farm. I'll only be in the studio when there's an appointment on my calendar, and if you book a virtual consult, that saves me the travel time!

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· May 23

I've been excited to share this one since we started it over a year ago. :)

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· May 21

I finished up the next tarot card in the deck yesterday. That's 5 cards down! Just...a bunch more to go! 😅 I have a couple of other older pieces that I can also turn into cards in the set. I might just have to update those to match the rest.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Feb 17

I had so much fun working on this one! I think I've finally found a repeatable process that I can use for making a comic. Yeah. Next up, I'll be tackling The High Priestess. #Tarot #FantasyArt #WorldBuilding #DigitalArt #Art #Artist #Illustration

Digital illustration of a dark-skinned man with three glowing eyes in fantasy attire, holding a staff and a book. He's wearing a hooded cloak, tunic, and a white mask on is attached to his hip. The staff has a curved blade at the top and the book is bound. Background is a sky with clouds and floating islands.

A tarot card design with the Roman Numeral 1 ( I ) and "The Magus" printed beneath it. The illustration is a dark-skinned man with three glowing eyes in fantasy attire, holding a staff and a book. He's wearing a hooded cloak, tunic, and a white mask on is attached to his hip. The staff has a curved blade at the top and the book is bound. Background is a sky with clouds and floating islands.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Feb 11

A little sneak peek at my next personal project. A WIP of the Magus (my version of the Magician tarot card). #DigitalArt #FantasyArt #Tarot #WIP #NoAI #WorldBuilding

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Jan 30

The World (in her Embrace)

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Jan 24

Hey...if you haven't read the Maus comic yet, you should definitely give it a good, thorough read. Maus. By Art Spiegelman.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Jan 7

A little bit of progress on my "The World" tarot card for today. It's just a sketch, but I've been pecking away at it slowly. This is a different approach that I hope still conveys completion and nirvana -- The World in Her Embrace.

Black-and-white sketch of a woman (Rane) embracing a younger girl (Kyra), depicting a tender moment between mother and daughter, with a sunburst pattern in the background.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 31

Apple Pencil is still in transit (will hopefully be delivered on Friday), so I figured I'd repost one of my favorite pieces for my Wednesday Blood Oath. I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve! I'll probably be in bed before the ball drops...

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 25

I got to spend the day with the missus doing a tattoo to celebrate her graduation (with high honors). What a nerd.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 18

Pulling an illustration from the archives. :) This was one of the first illustrations that I was really proud of. I think it still holds up pretty well!

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 10

Kyra and the Cat -- as The Fool card. I've been having a blast creating illustrations that also let me build a world in the process. So much fun! #Tarot #Art #FantasyArt #Artist #DigitalArt #WorldBuilding #Illustration

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 8

The #ACLU sticker is the latest to get added to my sticker-bombed workstation. :) Thanks to everyone who helped me do fundraising on Nov. 11th!

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 5

I provide the best aftercare I've been able to find, for free. From Saniderm to Hustle Butter. But I don't do it for entirely unselfish reasons. The better your aftercare is, the better your tattoo heals. And a tattoo that heals well is good marketing for me.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 5

Progress #WIP on my first tarot card. My take on "The Fool" A young girl and her pet bobtail venturing into the great unknown. #Art #Artist #FantasyArt #TarotCard #DigitalArt #Illustration

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Dec 1

I'm harder on myself than anyone else ever could be. I still do this little self-critique with every tattoo. Feel free to steal it and use with whatever craft you happen to practice. It works with almost anything. Just replace "tattoo" with whatever. ☺️

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Nov 29

Haley is working through the last weekend of her practicum! I wanted to take a moment to compliment my amazing wife on her incredible effort over the past year and a half. She's intelligent, driven, and gorgeous. The total package. I'm a lucky guy.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Nov 28

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates! The Johnsons have been in Hawkins for most of the day, but we're full and ready to pass out now. 😂 Can’t wait for the next episodes!

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Oct 13

Just a semi-regular reminder, if you'd like to commission a portrait of a loved one, I'd be honored to help you out. https://joshj.blog/comm/ #Art #Artist #CommissionsOpen #DigitalArt #Commissions #Portrait #Illustration

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Sep 24

Here it is. The finished-as-it-gets environment design I did for a contest this month. One Last Adventure. #Art #FantasyArt #EnvironmentArt #DigitalArt

An old man and his dog look out over a fantasy autumn landscape with waterfalls, floating rock islands in the sky, and fall colors everywhere.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Sep 17

Well...I'm changing things up last-minute on this design. I think I like the lower perspective with the bigger mountain. :) I'm gonna roll with it. #Art #Artist #FantasyArt #DigitalArt #Landscape #EnvironmentDesign

An old man with a backpack standing next to a dog look into a fantastical landscape with a large mountain in the distance. There is a hole in the mountain and a large floating rock island in the sky has a waterfall pouring into a river below. There is a lot of mist, fall colors, and other floating rocks in the sky.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Sep 16

Hallo. I'm Josh. It's also my birfday. Gettin' old and stuff. I like fantasy art. Here's some of my stuff (With alt text). Thank you for the artshare, and Happy Birthday again. :D

A faerie with red hair on an abstract green background that suggests leaves. She is wearing revealing brown clothing that has gold art nouveau inspired accents, and has a gold chain earring. There are "motes" of light floating around her.

A Leanan Sidhe (dark fae muse) floats in an ethereal space. She has elongated, pointed ears and an otherworldly gaze and pale eyes. Flowing hair and a billowing robe give her a spectral presence. She clutches a dark, heart-shaped object close to her chest, as if guarding it. In the background she is framed by a large circular frame with an art nouveau motif of a blooming magnolia alternating with skulls.

A beautiful young woman with dark hair, freckles, and blue eyes is looking at the viewer, standing in front of a broken mirror with an art nouveau styled frame. Her reflection in the mirror has more severe features and pale skin, it is looking over its shoulder and also looking at the viewer with a smile on its face.

An illustration of a redheaded, muscular woman in revealing adventurer’s clothing exploring a crypt with a small blue animal perched on her shoulder. She is carrying a torch that is casting light on small orange monsters that are eating the remains off of a skeleton silhouette in the foreground.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Sep 10

I...don't do environments. But this is an awfully fun challenge. Can you tell what season I'm excited for? #Art #FantasyArt #EnvironmentIllustration #Artist #DigitalArt #Procreate #FallWeather #AutumnWeather #WIPWednesday #WIP

A work-in-progress illustration of a fall landscape with a mountain in the distance and a body of water in the foreground. There are floating islands in the sky, one of them in the center of the hole in the distant mountain, with a waterfall coming out of the island inside the mountain. A man and his dog are silhouetted in the foreground, looking into the scene.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Sep 4

It's a rough start, but it's a start. #WIPWednesday #WIP #Art #Artist #Illustration

Rough painting of an explorer looking into a mountainous landscape with a large mountain in the distance that seems to have a hole in it, with a floating stone in the center and a waterfall pouring out of it.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Aug 27

My #BloodOath offering for the week. Finally calling this one FINISHED, and sharing it on Bluesky BEFORE my website...I've been really neglecting my website, but this month has been WAY busier than I expected it to be. #Art #Artist #FantasyArt #DigitalArt

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Aug 25

So...I did something SUPER nerdy last night and set up my "Ideals, Goals, and Projects" as something a little more fantasy-ish. Campaigns are lifelong goals. Adventures are big goals that take longer than 3 months. Quests are projects that make up adventures. Or one-off side-quests. Genuis? Yes.

joshua johnson 🖌️@joshj· Aug 20

Man...working on this one has taken WAY longer than I expected it to, but I'm getting tons of good footage out of it! LoL A little more #WIP for Ms. Roxanna and her tiny noble companion. #Art #Artist #FantasyArt #DigitalArt #RedheadsRock