— inspo

• Bloodborne (2015), game
• Devil May Cry (2001—2019), franchise
• Silent Hill (1999—2014), franchise
• The Thing (1982), movie

— refs

• Badasserywomen (gothic, dark colors, overall feel, use of palettes, shading)
• mournfulwizard (gothic, dark colors, overall feel, use of palettes, shading)
• bani-chan (gothic, colors, overall feel, use of palettes, composition)
• Jodie (gothic, dark colors, overall feel, use of palettes, composition, shading)
• pirate cashoo
• Lolimoog (female character designs, use of dark elements)
• Abigail Larson female character designs, gothic, dark colors, overall feel, use of palettes)
• Ksenia Svincova female character designs, gothic, dark colors, overall feel, use of palettes)
• Bampshi (female character designs)
• CTK CAVE (male character designs, composition)
• harteus (shading, composition)
• naz nemati (composition, character designs, overall feel, shading)
• Geneva (black girls)
• trueka (female character designs)
• dmnsc (overall feel, shading)
• iacediai (sketches)
• y_naf (sketches, lineart)
• manzana (composition)
• sacetcendre
• lizzart

— artists

• Zdzisław Beksiński
• Takato Yamamoto (composition, dark colors, overall feel)
• Agostino Arrivabene
• Caravaggio
• Dariusz Zawadzki
• Nicola Samori
• Yoshitaka Amano
• Ayami Kojima
• Kentarou Miura
• Shinichi Sakamoto
• Junji Ito

— improve

• colors
• stylization
• lips
• styles
• backgrounds
• faces
• hands
• fluidity
• harmony