Belle 🦇

@gwenypatu

Ysabel Gwen • She/her • Illustrator inspired by the dark and wild • folklore, fantasy & nature enthusiast🕯️ 🏳️‍🌈 (Human artist, no A/I or N/F/T) Links: Portfolio:

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Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· 3d

Huge congrats, that's such a crazy milestone!! 🖤 Thank you for the share :) I'm Belle, a dark fantasy & folklore inspired artist. Most of my work features unusual animals and melancholic creatures 🦌

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· 10d

Thank you for the share! 🖤🌙

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· 11d

QRP with your most popular piece on bsky 🕯 I was so happy this one got so much love <3

Painting of a woman standing in a foggy field, holding a candle up to a great, otherwordly crow.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· 12d

the white fawn .✦ ݁˖ #darkart #nature #fantasyillustration

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jun 21

Maybe my favourite theme for an artshare... 🖤 Thank you for hosting!

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jun 21

honestly it feels like this 😭

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jun 19

If you see this, show your dark/nighttime art 🌕 #darkart #illustration #darkfantasy

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jun 16

Introduce yourself with four video games... (it's so hard to choose) 😭

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jun 10

I made a book! Introducing 'Familiars of the Witch', a guide to familiars in folklore. This was made for a university project, and I'll continue to develop it before producing more copies, but I wanted to share a few of the illustrations inside with you! 🖤🌙 #darkart #bookillustration #folklore

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jun 7

Artists, quote with your red art 🩸🦌

Illustration of a woman with the head of a deer, pulling open her chest as two wolves break out. She is connected by the eyes with two other deer heads, suspended above a red forest.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· May 18

Sorry for my lack of posting! I'm about to graduate so busy prepping stuff for a degree show, but I've been making all kinds of things - jewellery, stickers, and even a book... here's a little preview until I get some cooler photos of it all together! ✨

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· May 18

Artists, QRP with some warm art ☀️ This has very much made me realize that even my 'warmer' pieces tend to be quite cold. oops #fantasyart #illustration

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Apr 21

A fun little project I've been working on recently... scented candles 🕯️🍂

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Mar 30

Thank you for the share! ✨🌙

Fantasy illustration of a horse jumping, with fire bursting from its chest.

Fantasy illustration of a woman sat by a window, face hollowed with a single candle lit inside. Outside, there is a rainy forest at night, with a black trail leading away from the window.

Fantasy illustration of Pesta, the plague hag from Norwegian folklore (inspired by her depiction in the game Bramble: The Mountain King).

Illustration from a 'Draw This in Your Style' hosted by @/Putrid.Hound on IG, featuring a tiger with a splitting black mask in front of its face.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Mar 12

A little timelapse for those interested? 🖤

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jan 28

artists, quote with something dramatic 🐀

Portrait of Pesta, the plague hag from Norwegian Folklore (also inspired by her depiction in the game 'Bramble: The Mountain King').

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jan 15

Extra photos, including the inside...

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Jan 15

the painted hare box 🐇 My first time painting on wood, trying to visualize some of my research surrounding the hare in folklore & mythology! Super fun and experimental :)

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Nov 15

Quote your art with horns! 🐐

Witch covered in blanket of fur, with pale glowing hair and black horns protruding from her eyes.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Nov 7

Art train ! 🚂🚃🚃 Share 4 artworks and tag 4 (or more) people ! @blagodatskix.bsky.social @saturniasvart.bsky.social @littleevil0ne.bsky.social @anexart.bsky.social

Woman sitting by an old window, face hollowed with a candle lit inside. There are two small puncture wounds on her neck, and a black trail leads from the window to the forest beyond.

Black deer in a field, a shadowy raven sat on her back. A crescent moon sits in the sky, lighting the field and the forest below.

Two mirrored rats, tails entwined around a dagger. Sickly looking flowers glow around them, a skull on the hilt and a gathering of flies buzzing around.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 16

✨️Artists! Quote with long hair✨️ I love painting long hair so much

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 15

#Drawtober no.3 - Mushroom Fairy 🍄 Two little friends waiting for the rain to pass #fantasyart #fairytale #illustration

Illustration of a mouse and a fairy sat beneath a mushroom in the rain.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 14

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm an artist with a great fondness for the dark and beautiful in the natural world. I adore all things strange and surreal, and I'm deeply inspired by fantasy, folklore and horror. 🌙 🕯️ Portfolio: gwenypatu-art.crd.co 🕯️ Links: linktr.ee/gwenypatu 🕯️ Contact: gwenypatuart@gmail.com

Illustration of two foxes taking shelter from the approaching shadows.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 8

#Drawtober Prompt no.2 - Toad Astrologer 🌙 #darkart #illustration #folklore

Illustration of a toad with a sun in the center of its back. Around it in a glowing halo is all of the phases of the moon, surrounded by the different star signs.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 6

I yearn to draw more skeletons... most of mine are only skulls! Thank you for this share, I'm going to admire all of the bones 🦴🖤

Digital painting of a pale cloaked figure with a wolf skull for a head, dusty pink butterflies fluttering about. A streak of blood paints the wall behind them, dripping onto red poppies beneath.

Digital painting of a woman gently pressing a deer skull to her cheek. A heart sits above her head, connected to the woman with a dim white halo - roots sprout from the heart, tumbling back down to the earth.

Pen drawing of a hare sitting, head turned to face the viewer, eyes wide. Skulls float around the hare's head, smoky tendrils connecting them in a circle.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 3

Art vs Artist 🕯️🍂

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 2

Thank you for the tag, and for hosting!🖤🖤

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 1

Close ups and the prompt list (that you can find on IG @/drawtober)

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Oct 1

It's time for #Drawtober ! Here's my interpretation of 'Candlelit Messenger' 🕯️ #darkart #illustration #folklore

Painting of a giant raven emerging from the mist, claws raised above a candle held by a girl, standing alone in the meadow. The raven's eyes glow the same orange as the flame, a gathering of grey clouds parting to make way for a full moon.

Belle 🦇@gwenypatu· Sep 28

Artists! Quote with your yellow art 💛 A colour I don't often use! But I have this elven lady