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Dan McMillin

@13eard.bsky.social

Happy Samhain

#13eard_photography #13eard #Samhain #bwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnw #bwlovers #fineartbw #moodyphotography #atmosphericphotography #abandonedplaces #urbex #decay #forgottenplaces #rustandruin #statuephotography #sculpture #stonecarving #ohiophotographer

October 31, 2026 at 11:10 AM

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

#3wordchallenge Oct 30: Rust – Rat – Gearstorm-Curse Rust Rat King
When the gears grind and the smoke rises, the vermin rule the ruins.
#Steampunk #DarkFantasy #CreatureDesign #RustAndRuin #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

A grotesque, humanoid rat creature towers within a cloud of steam and smoke. Its matted gray fur is tangled with rusted metal parts, gears, and exposed wires. A cracked pressure gauge and bits of brass tubing are embedded in its skull, while jagged yellow fangs jut from its snarling mouth. Its large, tattered ears are frayed at the edges, stained red and lined with grime. The creature’s eyes glimmer with a mechanical intensity, framed by soot and oil. Its hands are raw and sinewy, tipped with claw-like fingers gripping a massive corroded gear—part of a larger pile of rusted machinery and clockwork debris at its feet. The rat’s tattered denim overalls hang loosely, torn and burned, revealing a patchwork of fur, metal plating, and exposed tubing beneath. Steam coils upward, obscuring the background, creating an atmosphere of decay, industry, and madness—like a nightmare born from a forgotten factory.

Keywords:
steampunk, rat king, mechanical creature, gears, smoke, rust, decay, dark fantasy, industrial horror, clockwork, post-apocalyptic, grim atmosphere

October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM

IamJohnB

@iam-johnb.bsky.social

Title: Forgotten Mechanics
Medium: Pen and Watercolour

A weathered shack, rusted machinery, and remnants of industry, reimagined in watercolor and ink.

Dungeness photograph courtesy of my missus

#WatercolorSketch #UrbanDecay #RustAndRuin #IndustrialRemnants #artist