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Alena Kubíková

@ajinak.bsky.social

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Freelance illustrator from Prague, with a soft spot for both darker and silly. ☕️🎨 Card and board game art, book covers. | ✉️ [email protected] | 🔗 https://linktr.ee/ajinak

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Alena Kubíková @ajinak.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alena, a freelance illustrator who loves painting things with character, capturing little story moments. Working mainly - but not only - in card/board games & book covers.

Take a look at what I do at www.ajinak.cz 🎨

A collage of digital paintings: A sneaky red dragon above a forest stream, examining a little garnet. Two trios of bookmark illustrations, one centering around scenes (viking/valkyrie/valhalla, dwarf and swords, innkeeper and his rat inside a tavern), the other around female characters (vampire ball, steampunk, dark fantasy and magic). A cat warlock with glowing dual-bladed sword in a dusk scene. Arthas as a puppet paladin held by a boy, with red rose petals swirling around. An albino murloc pirate strolling a sunny beach, grinning, holding a sabre and a bamboozled fish.

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Alena Kubíková @ajinak.bsky.social · 15h

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 13h

Hey there #portfolioday

I'm a Welsh freelance illustrator/concept artist based in the UK. My works are inspired by nature, folklore and wildlife 🍃

Available for work

Portfolio - www.aledthompson.com
Email - [email protected]

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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 14h

hey #portfolioday! i’m an illustrator storyboard/comic book artist probably best known for my work w/ Dungeons & Daddies. would be more than happy to hear about any pin-up and cover projects you might need a hand on 👀

[email protected]
cargocollective.com/alexmooreill...
#art #comics #dnd

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Hampus Viklander @spookystirfry.bsky.social · 6h

Happy #PortfolioDay
I'm Hampus, I do concept art for video games and illustrations for ttrpg thingys.
I am not looking for work at the moment but hope I can borrow you to look at my personal piece "Divine Pandemonium"

Check it out in full hampusviklander.com/divine-pandemonium-k6bd-homage

Coloured digital drawing of a packed cityscape, filled with odd creatures ranging from red flying skulls, witches flying on brooms and demons bartering with small gnomes. In its centre is a large worm like figure clad in several golden masks, adorned with purple eyes peers down at the cityscape below

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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 9h

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ [email protected]

A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield.

A drawing of a woman in scale, plate and mail armor, with blue and brown cloths and a red hat. She is wielding a sword and shield. The shield is painted with a picture of a woman in a red dress, holding a sword in one hand and a decapitated, bearded head in the other.

A drawing of Steffon Darklyn in his kingsguard armor from A Song of Ice and Fire

A drawing of Lyn Corbray from A Song of Ice and Fire

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Lauren Walsh @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 6h

Hi #portfolioday I’m Lauren and I’m an illustrator and character designer.

Laurenwalshart.com
[email protected]

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Edward Delandre @dedart.bsky.social · 6h

they are probably up to no good.
A little Halloween painting!
Oil painting on panel 14"x18"

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 8h

Happy #PortfolioDay again! I'm also Jori, the fantasy/scifi/cyberpunk illustrator. Hoping to include more of the "fantasy" genre in this portfolio, but who has the time! Right now I do lots of work for Catalyst Game labs and the Shadowrun IP.

#illustration

Final cover art by Jori Bolton for the Shadowrun novella, The Mosaic Run, by Jennifer Brozek. The artwork shows two young women running down a narrow corridor in a server room while a security drone pursues and fires upon them. One woman aims a firearm at the drone.

Illustration by Jori Bolton of a dwarf woman wearing a flowing red cap and firing a crossbow at a leaping vampire-like creature in a desert cave for the Shadowrun TTRPG book, Astral Ways.

Illustration of a dwarf man and an ork woman in a dark, underground, abandoned subway station being used as a laboratory. The dwarf man grimaces and holds a hand up to glowing scratch marks on his face, while the ork woman in the background shines a flashlight at an apparently immobile rat monster held up by metal posts and connected to glowing orange tubes. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Catalyst Game Labs and the Shadowrun TTRPG.

Cover art for Shadowrun: Margin Calls, a TTRPG gaming supplement from Catalyst Game Labs, with an illustration by Jori Bolton showing a young girl walking with a glowing purple/blue coyote and looking towards the background of the image where a massive, diamond-shaped sign has fallen from the top of a high-rise onto a parked delivery van, crushing the van's roof and part of the windshield. Police stand around while a forensic team examines the vehicle.

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Alena Kubíková @ajinak.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you! It's a recent one, for a dragon calendar. Finally had chance to do some larger work again, so I really enjoyed it, getting more detailed and painterly again.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 6h

I just finished this up in a SmArtSchool mentorship class with Sam Weber. 😊 The assignment was to create an illustration with an original character, and I went with my current D&D character 😅

A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 13h

It’s #portfolioday once again! Hi, my name is Michelle and I’m a British artist in the UK! Clients have included Metallica, Magic! The Gathering, Boom!, Werewolf the Apocalypse and more!
My website is wolfskulljack.com

My art digital, surreal a women and a skeleton

My art digital a large goddess with wings for eyes and a glowing shape of a women with a single antler

A collection of posters that I’ve done for Metallica Volbeat and Trivium

My art digital a women looks into the jaws of a beast

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Kim Myatt⁷ @ysvyri.bsky.social · 14h

*deep inhale of dusty breath* What year is it??

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Iveta's Aviary @ivetasaviary.bsky.social · 18h

Hi, my name’s Iveta and I’m passionate about drawing birds. I’m open for small scale bird related projects.

🐦 ivetasaviary.com
📧 ivetasaviary[at]gmail.com

#portfolioday #wildlifeart #birdart #sciart #illustration

An illustration of an Eurasian Jay done in watercolor and ink.

A photo of a sketchbook placed on a cloth, surrounded by various object from the nature. The sketchbook is open on a page with an ink an watercolor illustration of a laughing kookaburra sitting on a branch.

Five digital studies of sanderlings - two drawings and three paintings.

An illustration of a Small Blue Kingfisher done in watercolor and ink.

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Jasper 🐦‍⬛ TTRPG artist @jaspermillerart.com · 14h

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Jasper, a fantasy illustrator working in TTRPG/TCG/publishing.

My work pendulums between dynamic and vivid; soft and intimate.

I'd love to work on more book covers and TCG, so don't hesitate to reach out.

📨 [email protected]
📷 jaspermillerart.com

Illustration of a drow standing in front of a large white snake with wings. The drow has long white hair and dark green clothing with copper accents. He holds a dagger above his head with blue magic arcing between the blade and his hand. They are in the Underdark, with blue spores and mushrooms surrounding them.

Illustration of the fellowship from the Fourth Age actual play. They are at a high altitude looking down into a valley with a river. From left: Theodas (bald elf, many scars, dark beard, golden interlocking armor, dull blue cape); Iairen (elf, medium brown skin, kinky brown hair with undercut and half up style, blue robes, holding a blue palantir); Mistiel (elf with dark brown skin, copper cape, long white box braids half up, golden armour); Eona (human, dark brown long hair with golden scales woven through, leathers and cape, holding a sword); Chicory (hobbit-elfish, lilac dress, pale skin, brown hair in loose waves, holding a wooden staff that crooks over and holds a glowing white stone); Aerlind (elf, dark hair, blue fine outfit, tanned skin, east asian features, holds an astrolabe in one hand).

Illustration from first person view, showing a hand holding up an opalescent stone with a hole in the center. The stone has brass filigree, and through the hole is a view of a mountain sheep. The background is a mountainous landscape. There are slight magical effects showing that the view through the stone is a zoomed in view of the background.

An alabaster gargoyle and a feminine figure dressed in black robes with their faces shadowed by hoods. The pair are within a gothic styled church, standing before an altar on a dais, preaching to spectators behind the POV. Candles cast plenty of light in the room despite the flames being purple, and all the decorations and the architecture is gothic in design. They look as though they are in the middle of performing a sermon in unison

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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 11h

Happy #portfolioday to all who celebrate!

I'm Evelyne, painting book illustrations in acrylics... especially for Gothic horror, fantasy, but also colourful sci-fi, always focused on characters.

www.evydraws.com/portfolio
✉️ [email protected]

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Beatrice Pelagatti @beatricep.bsky.social · 12h

It's #portfolioday again and this time I'm on time. Coming to you with the preview of a new personal piece and some old favourites

Illustration of a pixie with no wings and pink buns. She carries a jar full of honey on her back. She is riding her red frog and is casting a spell to make the frog fly. An army of bumblebees is trying to catch the two thieves. They are flying over a field of grass in a sunny day

Illustration of a huge library. A man is picking up books and holds a magical green orb to make some light. Color scheme: dark purple/blu and green

Character design of an old witch. She wears traditional Piemontese clothing, has a bag of herbs and is casting a spell with a bright pink color

A child is protecting a book from two elemental enemies.

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looceyloo @looceyloo.bsky.social · 16h

Ayyy it's #portfolioday again!

I'm lucy, I mainly draw fantasy art

I'm currently booking for December, to finish just in time for the holidays. Email me if you're interested!

[email protected]
looceyloo.com

Fanart of Vraska, a Planeswalker from Magic the Gathering. She is a pallid woman with glowing golden eyes and head full of green and orange snakes for hair. She wears a dress of fungi and greenery. She lounges comfortably on a dilapidated stone throne, and holds the Thaumatic Compass in one hand.

Digital art of a ranger and a giant jackalope equipped with a saddle and bags. The ranger is wearing a white cowboy hat, a red serape, and dusty mauve cowboy boots. She is down on one knee, examining a broken feather as she looks off in the direction of her quarry. It is midday - the colours are vivid and warm, conveying the heat and aridness.

Art of a deathly pale woman with long white hair. She is dressed in black, with gold-trimmed light armour. She lunges forward, brandishing a long black knife and pointing a long metal claw. Black shadow magic erupts from her casting implements in the shape of wings.

Character art of a "Starlight Saint". A knight dressed in excessively decadent armor and cape in a neo-classical and baroque fashion. The armor is gold, studded with bright magenta gems and hot pink ribbons. Panels on the armor are deep purple and magenta, with gold constellations. The clothing that peeks through the armor at the arms and legs are white slashed silks over purple silks studded with constellations. In his right hand he flourishes a white cape lined with deep purple, embellished with pink gems and gold constellations, and edged with a line of gold tassels. In his left hand he flourishes a sword with an incredibly long and thin magenta blade, and a gilded hilt featuring an angel with swirling wings. He wears a leopard pelt bedecked in ribbons with gems set in its eyes. The face of his full mask helmet is that of a classical statue, with a triple crest of plumes. A gem-studded gold halo circles the top of the helmet.

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Alena Kubíková @ajinak.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you so much!

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Danil 🌱 @danilluzin.com · 16h

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I am Danil, an illustrator/concept artist mainly in ttrpg space!

Portfolio: danilluzin.com
✉️ danilluzin [at] gmail

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Vincenzo Pratticò @vincenzoprattico.bsky.social · 13h

Hey #portfolioday!

I'm Vincenzo, freelance artist since 2016.

I love monsters and creating epic badass scenes.
As a cinema lover, I always try to give a cinematic aspect to my works.

My happiness lies in bringing other people's ideas to life!

For questions ask in the comments or via DM!🤟

A great battle between the army of the Blades of Khorne and the Lumineth.
The Aelves seem to be in trouble in this furious assault by Chaos!

The army of the Flesh Eater Courts breaches the Reclusians' fortress to free those they believe to be prisoners.

The Orruk army defends its territory by attacking the Citizens of Sigmar with fury.

The Idoneth army lands impetuously on the beach dominated by Chaos.

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Nikita Kapitunov @askelart.bsky.social · 16h

Hello everyone! It's #portfolioday !

I'm Nikita, character artist and illustrator Mostly do fantasy things, dnd, warhammer and a bit of random fanarts (like ton of marvel rivals things for the past months lol)

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Jimmy Makepeace @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social · 15h

Hello #Portfolioday

My name is Jimmy Makepeace and I am an illustrator and sometimes animator based in Bristol UK.

A woman rides on the back of a dragon with a bow and arrow over a blasted landscape.

A barbarian stands surrounded by skeletons in a throneroom backlit in red

A sleep paralysis demon sits atop a burned out tank against a crimson sky

Elric of Melnibone is gently pushed forward into the future by an unseen breeze, he's stood atop a boat surrounded by candles

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Polina Surygina @redsmo.bsky.social · 17h

Hey everyone! I hit a bingo today - it’s both #PortfolioDay and my Birthday 🥳🥳🥳
I’m Polina (Redsmo), a 2D artist and illustrator who loves creating fantasy worlds and atmospheric stories.

🔸 Portfolio: artstation.com/redsmo
🔸 Socials: linktr.ee/redsmo
🔸 Contact: [email protected]

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KarrahE @karrahe.bsky.social · 17h

Hello #PortfolioDay 🤗

I'm Bronagh, freelance artist of TTRPG portraits in various styles

I also really enjoy capturing RL likenesses through fan art!

I've done work for Marvel, Darrington Press and MtG

Business enquiries: [email protected]
Links: linktr.ee/karrahe

Painterly bust portrait of a kindly earth genasi woman. She has a soft, sweet smile. Her skin is warm grey with a pearlescent sheen where the light hits. Her hair is dark brown, curly and arranged in a messy low bun. She wears a purple cloak with a thin gold border over a simple cloth tunic in an orange shade. Her jewellery is gold: sunburst earrings and a pendant of the Church of Lathander. The background is a pastel sunrise sky.

Blackbeard tarot card painting from OFMD. A kraken tentacle emerges from the sea and has begun circling him. A rapier pierces his heart, where he holds a swatch of red cloth. The sword points to a distant lighthouse on the horizon

A stylised portrait of David Tennant as The Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna. They are clinched close, both looking alarmed towards something offscreen to the right of the image. The background is a starry sky.

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Domenico "ᴅᴏᴍᴇᴅᴅɪ" Esposito ✏🗡 @domeddi.bsky.social · 15h

Hey It's #PortfolioDay again!
Hi, I'm Dom and I'm an italian artist, I like to draw fantasy stuff and to roll dices with friends ♥️🎲⚔️

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