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Patricia Gutierrez @patrigmart.bsky.social · 12h

Happy Halloween!🎃

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Veronica O'Neill @zookie-art.bsky.social · 3h

Another sketch based on The Will of the Many ~

(Craving having the time to do a big personal piece that isn't just a sketch one of these days...)

#bookart

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Micah Epstein @micahepsteinart.bsky.social · 1d

Only 3 days left to grab prints! A storming big thank-you to everyone who's picked one up so far ❤️🌩️

Micah Epstein @micahepsteinart.bsky.social · 3d

Hold onto your Spren! My official painting of Kaladin Stormblessed, from the great @brandonsanderson.com is now available as a limited-edition print for 5 days ONLY! I'm also offering exclusive second-editions of my other #stormlight work for this very limited time.
➡️www.micahepsteinart.com/prints

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Micah Epstein @micahepsteinart.bsky.social · 3d

Hold onto your Spren! My official painting of Kaladin Stormblessed, from the great @brandonsanderson.com is now available as a limited-edition print for 5 days ONLY! I'm also offering exclusive second-editions of my other #stormlight work for this very limited time.
➡️www.micahepsteinart.com/prints

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Julia Metzger @juliametzgerart.bsky.social · 10d

✨Mein Sehnen ✨
New piece I've done within Cynthia Sheppard's smARTschool class, featuring Lúthien Tinúviel from Tolkien's Silmarillion.

#art #juliametzgerart

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The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 8d

We are so excited to reveal our special edition set of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells in association with Tor Books 🤖😍

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 11d

GREEN ANGEL TOWER (1993)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 27” x 36”

The cover art for the final installment of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, a terrific fantasy series by Tad Williams. The book spent five weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and changed the landscape of publishing. 1/6

A contrast of two worlds set atop a tower spire. The left is elegantly detailed with elvish artistry while the right looks crumbled and weathered. Drifting from the background left to right, smoke rises off onion domes of the city. As it crosses the spire, the smoke transforms to cloud cover. An elvish male stares off in the distance with his white cloak partially wrapping his arm and his spear pointed down over his knee. There is a green metallic sheen to his leg armor. He holds an ornate shield, pearlescent green at the edges and white at the center, decorated with glyphs bound in a pink circle. Kneeling next to him is an elvish female wearing a pink and purple cloak. Holding a slender sword in one hand, she grips the thin railing that sits low over architectural detail, broad white leaves. On the other side of the spire, a human female glances haughtily at the audience with a bow held out, braced on her hip. Kneeling next to her, a blonde bearded male with a snowy lock glances over. He rests his sword back on his shoulder while holding a simple wooden shield in his offhand. His pants are torn; her cloak is tattered. Their side of the tower is made of crude snow covered stone, underlining a different reality.

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The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 15d

We are super excited to reveal our very first collectible trading card for The Band series by Nicholas Eames!

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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 18d

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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Randy Vargas @vargasni.bsky.social · 20d

"Raphael, Tag Team Tough"
AD: Merideth Mulroney

One of those rare occasions you'll see me doing Universe Beyond.

I probably wouldn’t be an artist if it weren’t for TMNT, so I owed it to my younger self <3
#mtgtmnt

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26d

📖 Started reading @mikeshackle.bsky.social’s ”We Are The Dead“ for lunch #HammockTime 😎

I got the rec. a while ago from @petrikleo.bsky.social over on the #BookTube.

Picked out to #Readalong with IAAF’s @nssecretbookaholic.bsky.social and @lisadoeslife.bsky.social.

⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

A hand holding up a paperback edition of Mike Shackle’s “We Are The Dead” against a clear blue sky. A yellow bookmark pokes out of the top of the book.

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Petrik Leo @petrikleo.bsky.social · Sep 27

FFVII and now God of War... THANK YOU, Magali! 😍

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Donato @donatoarts.bsky.social · Sep 27

Off to a new home.
The oil painting 'Honor for the Dragon' has just landed in a private collection along side two of my other dragon works. The work was featured as cover art on this years 2025 DragonCon program book as I returned to the convention after 15 years as the Artist Guest.
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Magali Villeneuve Artworks @magalivilleneuve.bsky.social · Sep 27

- Kratos, God of War -
When the first GOW was released, I was amazed by how crazy ambitious and powerful the game was. I did my best to express the strong impact it had on me through this illustration.
#mtg #GodofWar #playstation

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · Sep 25

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#BookCovers

(Retired from illustration last year but here are some of my later covers)

Book cover for THE WAY OF KINGS by Brandon Sanderson. A cloaked and armored figure raises his sword in salute to a tiny figure in the distance separated by a chasm of broken earth shrouded by mist. A massive storm cell winds gray and blue across the sky intersecting the tip of the extended sword. A bright line of blue runs across the clouds as if etched by the unusual half-hilted, wavy blade. The orange cloak covering most of the figure (as viewed from behind) is decorated with a mass of wild crustacean arms ending in crescent claws. The icon on the pennant, flying tall on a pole held offhand, depicts a crab-like creature. The sky to the right of the storm is tinted warm yellow as the sun peeks out. A sliver of moon can be seen in a blue-sky break between the clouds.

Book cover for THE DARK TOWER by Stephen King. Bathed in twilight, Roland Deschain stands in a field of red roses that surround a tower of massive girth. With arms crossed, he holds up a big revolver. Fingers wrap the sandalwood grips with noticeable tension on the trigger. Loosely knotted cloth spills from his other wrist, exposing the back of his hand, but not the fingers on his right hand. The cloth is bloody where it wraps over pinky and ring finger as he clutches the stem of a rose.

Book cover for EMPIRE OF GRASS by Tad Williams. Grass and ivy have overgrown ancient ruins, but the delicate artistry of the Sithi can be see in the still standing pillars and arches bathed in the golden light of sunset. A solitary statue kneels among the ruins. She holds a bow one-handed with an arrow knocked. In the other, she lightly grips a long spear with the tip angled down.

Book cover for DRAGONWRITER: A TRIBUTE TO ANNE MCCAFFREY AND PERN. In the cargo hold of a spaceship, a dragon floats with female rider saddled high on its shoulders. Gripping reins, she cranes her neck back to glance at the viewer. Disorienting, the perspective into the cargo hold is slightly angled with the lines of interior structure not quite lining up with the wide octagonal bulkhead leading into it. There is no true horizon to orient on which prompts a sense of weightlessness and implies slow rotation. The hold itself is cropped with the right of it falling off-panel. Just past the dragon, a large porthole provides a view planet-side with sun partially obscured behind a bright arc. A red dot burns menacingly nearby.

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Petrik Leo @petrikleo.bsky.social · Sep 13

Final Fantasy 6. Easily. The gameplay is super outdated (to me), but the story, music, and characters are amazing. FF XV has some glaring issues, especially in pacing and the final act. Actually, I'm playing XVI right now and the pacing is atrocious. 5 minutes walking/batte, 15-20 minutes cutscene!😅

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Anyrava @anyrava.bsky.social · Sep 7

Put up both of these on my INPRNT Shop!

A digital painting of the Knight from Hollow Knight exploring Hallownest

A digital painting of Hornet from Silksong standing in a field of flowers

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · Sep 7

In this week's newsletter, behind the scenes illustrating a modern fantasy classic...The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson!

theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/shaping-ro...

A cloaked and armored figure raises his sword in salute to a tiny figure in the distance separated by a chasm of broken earth shrouded by mist. A massive storm cell winds gray and blue across the sky intersecting the tip of the extended sword. A bright line of blue runs across the clouds as if etched by the unusual half-hilted, wavy blade. The orange cloak covering most of the figure (as viewed from behind) is decorated with a mass of wild crustacean arms ending in crescent claws. The icon on the pennant, flying tall on a pole held offhand, depicts a crab-like creature. The sky to the right of the storm is tinted warm yellow as the sun peeks out. A sliver of moon can be seen in a blue-sky break between the clouds. In the background left forks of lightning strike at the distant mountains on the horizon.

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Randy Vargas @vargasni.bsky.social · Aug 31

Endpaper art for @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social special edition of "Midnight Tides",
Malazan book of the fallen 5.

Art director: @petrikleo.bsky.social

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lily @feyspeaker.bsky.social · Aug 3

knife 🗡️
#Mistborn #Vin #Cosmere

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Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social · Aug 26

Happy release day to the very special Orbit Gold edition of the trilogy of my heart. 💚 Thank you @orbitbooks.bsky.social and @tommyarnoldart.com (Last day to take advantage of the 20% preorder discount! Link below.)

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Ryan T. Hancock @ryanthancock.bsky.social · Aug 18

A little timelapse of painting the book cover for Gemina!💙

This is for @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social and their special editions of The Illuminae Files by @misterkristoff.bsky.social and Amie Kaufman

AD: @petrikleo.bsky.social and Eon van Aswegen

Painted by hand with acrylics on aluminium panel 🎨

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Lindsey Wakefield @lindseywakefield.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey all, I'm back again! This piece has been in the works, on and off, for over a year. I started it in early 2024 and finished it last month. Took me longer than I wanted, but I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

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Julia Maddalina @jmaddalina.bsky.social · Aug 10

Another collaboration with Gallery Nucleus that I’m so proud to be a part of!
I’ve always loved the Last of Us series, especially Ellie’s character, and getting to depict her to celebrate the studios 40th anniversary is such an honor.

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Tommy Arnold @tommyarnoldart.com · Aug 8

More #Murderbot stuff; early days (pre-casting). I pitched a "living helmet" design long before we'd settled on using The Company's logo as MB's face. I'd hoped this could cover the opaque/transparent iterations, as well as provide some fearsome, almost Rorschach-blot-esue patterns for intimidation.

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