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Elif Siebenpfeiffer
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🗡️ fantasy artist + art educator from Germany. She/her. Heavy music, animals, too many art styles, too little time. Look at #FundamentalsFriday for art exercises and tutorials! #NoAI

🌎 elifsiebenpfeiffer.de
✉️ [email protected]
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Personal piece from 2017 I randomly thought about yesterday

I wanna be heard, but leave no trace
I wanna be seen, but take no space

(In Flames - Wallflower)
Portrait of a dark and long haired woman with piercing blue eyes before a black background she's somewhat blending into. She's holding some strands of her hair in one hand and has the other one raised in an unsure pose.
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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I'm sure you can do this cleaner than past me 💪
the same sheet as in the main post, only filled in with drawings of the different heads by me
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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It's time for another #FundamentalsFriday and while checking the tag, I realized I never shared this handy practice sheet of face planes from different angles I regularly use in my classes. It's especially helpful to study how perspective changes the proportions of the face ✨
a compilation of simplified human heads from different perspectives to study from
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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As is tradition, Gavin is guarding the door today
A photo of a skeleton in a cape and hat holding a lantern, lit by LED candles, standing outside of our front door
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Happy Halloween everyone! This gnarly Redcap is part of our latest novel "Aufstand der Fabelwesen" and perfect for the occasion I guess 🙀 🩸
Faintly colored lineart of a redcap squatting on a large rock, holding a spear in one hand and a severed human hand in the other while the full moon is shining in the background. The scene is framed by two barren trees.
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Tis the season to celebrate the harvest
A grey cat chilling in a larger flower pot and looking at the camera in front of a somewhat overgrown garden
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Happy book birthday to us!! 🥳 Today is release day for "Aufstand der Fabelwesen", the third and last book of our German series about saving mythical creatures in 19th century Europe. Along with it, we also got to do a notebook, coloring book and a card deck of 50 creatures 👀
Cover image of the book "Aufstand der Fabelwesen" by Florian Schäfer and Elif Siebenpfeiffer All three books of the series at once Two sample spreads of the book interior
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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My horrible current pile of shame (I'll get to you guys, I promise 🥹) - really looking forward to finishing them all!
Four WIPs/Sketches of different illustrations I'm working on
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Ashe is greeting this Monday with the perfect expression
A grey cat lying in a rattan chair, looking up at the camera with a skeptical look
September 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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My brain is done working for today, so naturally I gave a berry to a hornet to observe its little slurps
August 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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C o n c e r n
August 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Final result
Portrait of a female-read person with pointy ears in dark blue colors with red glowing eyes and earrings
August 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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iPad doodle in procreate, don't ask me what I tried there at the start
August 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Very important study of my dog. May Nooka bless your weekend ✨
Portrait of an Akita mix smiling with closed eyes and a red towel draped over her head.
July 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Congrats on 7,7k and thanks for the share!! I'm Elif, fantasy artist with a love for dark stuff, heavy music and right now, tofu-filled summer rolls ✨
Illustration of an armored priest and a large armored lioness walking down stairs in front of a large cathedral and fantasy city in sunrise with large yellow clouds A skeleton embracing a statue of a young, surprised looking man in the overgrown ruins of an archway An illustration of smoke forming a glowing skull emerging from a book in which a hand is writing magical glowing symbols Just a deer skull dude, offering you a drink, in ink.
July 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Thanks for the share!! 🖤 I'm Elif, fantasy artist from Germany, and I like darker themes and people with horns :D
An illustration of smoke forming a glowing skull emerging from a book in which a hand is writing magical glowing symbols a fantasy illustration of a healer working golden glowing magic on a wounded fighter on a misty battlefield surrounded by fallen warriors. Illustration of an armored priest and a large armored lioness walking down stairs in front of a large cathedral and fantasy city in sunrise with large yellow clouds a portrait of an angry looking character with small ram horns, looking up at the camera and wiping some blood off of her cheek, lit with orange light from the back
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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It's #PortfolioDay again! Hi, I'm Elif, a fantasy illustrator and art teacher from Germany. I do TTRPG art, book covers as well as interior art and also occasional kidlit illustration. Apparently I like things that glow!

🌍 elifsiebenpfeiffer.com
✉️[email protected]
a fantasy illustration of a healer working golden glowing magic on a wounded fighter on a misty battlefield surrounded by fallen warriors. Illustration of an armored priest and a large armored lioness walking down stairs in front of a large cathedral and fantasy city in sunrise with large yellow clouds An illustration of smoke forming a glowing skull emerging from a book in which a hand is writing magical glowing symbols Book cover illustration for the German version of the fantasy book "Spellbinders" by Andrew Auseon, showing the protagonists in front of a phantastical landscape
July 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I can't decide, I still like them both very much 🥲
June 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Photo of a rock, taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raven_Rocks,_Meltham_Moor_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2425270.jpg More rocks, credit to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_of_rock_formations#/media/File:Cant%C3%ADs_de_Papel.011_-_Mor%C3%A1s_(Xove).jpg Nice and spiky rocks by the sea, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_of_rock_formations#/media/File:Hawaiʻi_Volcanoes_National_Park_(DSC08881).jpg Did anyone ask for more rocks? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_of_rock_formations#/media/File:Rock_Twaro%C5%BCnik.jpg
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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#FundamentalsFriday is back today!! Take this with you if you struggle with rocks or would like to practice a bit today. Will post some ref pics to study from in the comments! 🗿 🪨 #ArtTutorial #ArtExercise
A tutorial on how to paint rocks
February 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Another belated #FundamentalsFriday post, sorry everyone! Back to plane construction, this time I took a few screenshots of the mouth and surrounding planes. It's not that much, but getting the form of the lips wrapping around the face right is key to nailing different perspectives of the head 🔥
January 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Hey there #PortfolioDay! I'm Elif, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany. I love dark themes and a historical touch in my work and have been doing TTRPG illustrations and book covers for more than 10 years.

🌏 elifsiebenpfeiffer.com
📧 [email protected]
a fantasy illustration of a healer working golden glowing magic on a wounded fighter on a misty battlefield surrounded by fallen warriors. Illustration of an armored priest and a large armored lioness walking down stairs in front of a large cathedral and fantasy city in sunrise with large yellow clouds A wooden ship on a dark beach in warm sunrise light with cliffs and rock surrounding the scene. large animal footprints filled with water are visible on the ground. An urban fantasy scene of a white wearing, magically glowing woman with a white cat and a dagger wielding man in a hooded vest in a fighting stance, surrounded by hooded figures with blades pointing towards them.
January 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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It's #FundamentalsFriday! For today I collected a couple of statue heads from pinterest for you to study human faces in a bit more detail than just the planes but also poignant values. If the colors are too tricky, convert the pics into greyscale, and as always, start rough and get detailed later ✨
January 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Oooh I just realized I'm a bit late for #FundamentalsFriday, but here's a little treat for all of you - I compiled a small sheet with tips on dynamic poses. Try and do some quick studies of dynamic figures after reading through it! #ArtTutorial #ArtExercise #DrawingTutorial
Drawing tipps about dynamic poses with examples on a long sheet
January 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Also today is #FundamentalsFriday! These are some very basic geometric objects to study, but they're great to practice smooth transitions and hard edges if you're not used to doing those. The polygon lasso tool and large - larger! - soft brushes are your friends here 🤝
December 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM