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Julie Grohowski

@artofjulie

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✍🏻 Writer/Illustrator
🖤 Also me: @juliegrohowski @memoryinmelodies
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Rest in peace, Ethel Mae. Won her at a school carnival when I was six and learned an important lesson the next day when I saw her floating in her fishbowl after an evening of dining on the delicacy of bread. 🖤 #inktober52 #goldfishofinstagram #inktober #petfish #lessonlearned taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 months ago
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Every ritual has an aftermath. I. The Summoning II. The Reckoning 🖤 #artofjulie #gothicartwork #surrealartwork #darkillustration #feminineart taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 months ago
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New patterns from old worlds. Pulling figures, flourishes, and fragments from earlier designs and rearranging them until they become something new. 🖤 #patternart #bookcoverart #gothicromance #gothicartwork #darkfantasyart taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 months ago
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Revisiting older illustrations, combining them in new ways to build layered patterns that feel like forgotten wallpaper from haunted houses, enchanted libraries, and stories that haven’t been written yet. 🖤More soon.🖤 #artofjulie #patternart #coverartwork #wallpaperinspo #patterndesign taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 months ago
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Portals 💫✨ Another piece from my illustration series for La Suspendida’s jazz metal opera. Today’s gray skies and empty home has me dwelling in this threshold space between presence and absence, between creative fulfillment and silent rooms. While my husband drums his way through NYC tonight before continuing on with his Imperial Triumphant tour, I’m finding myself drawn back to these otherworldly gateways. Sending this energy out into the void. 🖤 #artofjulie #cosmicgate #mondaymoods #jazzmetal #cosmicart #artistlifestyle #albumcoverart #albumartwork #metalartwork #metalalbums #operalover #operalovers #drummerswife #mondayblues taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 years ago
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Behind every mask is another truth, another wound, another universe waiting to be seen. We are the light. We are the shadow. We are the shifting selves in between. #artofjulie #truegrittexturesupply #graphicnovelart #darkart #bookcoverartist #masks #darkarts #digitalartistry #procreateartists #comicbookcovers #comicbookcoverart taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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a year ago
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#throwbackthursday to one of my proudest artistic journeys…creating artwork for @lasuspendidaopera jazz metal opera. These are 2 of 9 illustrations I developed and there are alternate versions that were used for their performance in Paris, where my work served as a backdrop for their groundbreaking show. It’s thrilling to reconnect with the dark beauty of this project and enjoy my own private listening party blasting the album in my apartment on this rainy evening in NYC 🎶 What began as a challenging creative venture blossomed into one of my most fulfilling collaborations. Thank you so much @oldavidlo for the opportunity 🖤 #artofjulie #albumartwork #jazzmetal #operasinger #lasuspendida #lasuspendidaopera #mixedmediaartwork #abstractfloral #abstractflowers #creativecollaboration #metalalbum #albumart #truegrittexturesupply #procreateillustrations taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 years ago
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Inktober Day 25: Inferno I grew up learning to swallow the fire, keep the truth quiet, stay small enough to survive. Music and writing were the only places my voice could live. Indiana taught me to hide the flame and New York taught me to name it. This inferno isn’t about destruction. It’s the power I’ve learned to claim and the freedom that burns through everything I create. #artofjulie 🖤 @inktober #inktoberprompts #inktober2025 #inferno #artistsoninsta #illustrationart #emotionalalchemy #darkartwork #storythroughart #hauntedbeauty #survivorstories #truegrittexturesupply taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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a year ago
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Inktober Day 17: Ornate The ornateness of pain. Each fracture, a pattern. Each ache, a petal. Learning to alchemize it all into beauty, again and again. Resilience is its own kind of art. #artofjulie @inktober 🖤 #inktober #inktober2025 #ornate taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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a year ago
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“I’m starting to think that the only viable explanation is that we all died during Covid and this is hell.” - @scottevandavis “THIS IS THE BAD PLACE!” - @kristenanniebell 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #artofjulie #thegoodplace #womenwhodraw #arttherapylife taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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2 years ago
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In 2018, I was hired to illustrate Luxury in Death, a song from Imperial Triumphant’s album Vile Luxury, as part of a compendium project where each song was interpreted by a different artist. At the time, I was brand new to digital illustration, still teaching myself Procreate, and saying yes to something I wasn’t entirely sure I knew how to do yet. The challenge was… the song has no lyrics. Just sound. Texture. Tension. So I listened. Over and over. I let the music tell me a story. I wrote that story out, created thumbnails, and slowly built a visual narrative based entirely on what I heard and felt. It’s my interpretation of the song, shaped by instinct, symbolism, and the need I’ve always had to find the story inside the chaos. The only real direction I was given was Art Deco. It was the first time I had to invent a process on the fly. In doing so I discovered one I still use today, especially when I’m working on commissioned pieces. Listen deeply. Let meaning rise. Build from there. This past December, I finally saw Imperial Triumphant perform live in New York City at Jazz from Hell Festival. My husband has been the drummer in this band for over a decade and tours constantly, but NYC shows are rare, and it felt surreal to stand there watching a band whose music once pushed me to stretch, risk, and grow as an artist. It was an incredible show, and I couldn’t be more proud of my husband, he’s always making incredible music with great bands and I’m not just “the drummer’s wife”, I’m also a fan 🤩🖤 These three pieces are from that original series (I made 12 pieces in total), lightly reworked years later. Just sharing, just because. ✍🏼 #visualstorytelling #darkillustration #artistprocess #artofjulie #imperialtriumphant taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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9 months ago
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The launch of a monumental project, Kilter’s - “The Suspended Woman,” is now available on @silent_pendulum_records website. Available digitally and on limited vinyl. Pre order now and make sure to catch them on tour this fall and winter. More news coming soon. Album Cover: @artofjulie artwork @peurduloup graphic design Bassist Laurent David comments: "I'm extremely honored to introduce you to the first part of our massive opera project! Before you dive into the entire thing, here's a sneak peek with stripped-down versions of 9 out of the 17 tracks that make up the opera, performed as a trio. These are raw, intense renditions recorded during our Europe/India tour in November 2022. Crank up the volume, of course." @kilter_us @andromedaanarchia @sevensunsmusic @growlerschoir @wbnycity @antoinedelecroix @kevorkianmastering @bacons.bits taken in New York, New York by @artofjulie
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3 years ago
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