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Human Intelligence fantasy illustrator working on MtG, DnD and other cool IPs she/her http://www.nord-sol.com https://linktr.ee/nordsol

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Haha, thank you! I would read it too :DD

14.02.2026 01:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank youu! Yes, working out the story was the best but also most difficult part )

13.02.2026 09:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Omg thank you, that’s a high praise!

13.02.2026 09:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! I hope I get to paint one someday 👀

13.02.2026 06:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A grim illustration showing us a mysterious place. Children are standing in line, their heads bowed, l their parents behind them, holding them tensely. A weird old creature covered in a mix of rugs and jewelry, slowly goes by, gesturing towards one of them, a girl, marking their choice with creepy white hand, decorated with many bracelets. The girl is the only one looking at the creature, her face is tense but not scared.

A grim illustration showing us a mysterious place. Children are standing in line, their heads bowed, l their parents behind them, holding them tensely. A weird old creature covered in a mix of rugs and jewelry, slowly goes by, gesturing towards one of them, a girl, marking their choice with creepy white hand, decorated with many bracelets. The girl is the only one looking at the creature, her face is tense but not scared.

Second illustration from Cynthia Sheppard’s course at Smarter Artschool. The focus was on showing the story through characters interactions. I struggled a lot with ideas for the second part of the course, but I like what I came up with.

13.02.2026 04:44 👍 521 🔁 109 💬 12 📌 0
Lunar New Year art of a bunny creature and several mini bunny followers. The creature is holding a mandarin orange. There is a large red envelope Mandarin character for luck/prosperity.

Lunar New Year art of a bunny creature and several mini bunny followers. The creature is holding a mandarin orange. There is a large red envelope Mandarin character for luck/prosperity.

🐰Gearing up for Lunar New Year with another prior piece! Some bunnies hopping by with some luck🐰

🧧 祝你好运 🧧

04.02.2026 20:59 👍 1916 🔁 539 💬 10 📌 3
Repost of a Waist up digital painting of my dnd character Zeno of Netheril, who is a young-looking human man with short dark-blond bangs and a long mullet, pale veiny skin and two dots tattooed below eyes that glow with light blue magic. His sternum is cracked open and his chest cavity is empty. The moment depicted in this piece is his first "breath" as a Lich: he undergone the gruesome trasformation that left him 4 days in a coma and for that time his body was laid on a stone altar, covered by a tapestry from his Enclave, guarded by two Will-o'-wisps. Now he finally woke up,undead, undying... and no longer needing to breathe at all.

Repost of a Waist up digital painting of my dnd character Zeno of Netheril, who is a young-looking human man with short dark-blond bangs and a long mullet, pale veiny skin and two dots tattooed below eyes that glow with light blue magic. His sternum is cracked open and his chest cavity is empty. The moment depicted in this piece is his first "breath" as a Lich: he undergone the gruesome trasformation that left him 4 days in a coma and for that time his body was laid on a stone altar, covered by a tapestry from his Enclave, guarded by two Will-o'-wisps. Now he finally woke up,undead, undying... and no longer needing to breathe at all.

✦ Trading Breath for Blood ✦

[Art from 2024 - My dnd oc, Lich Zeno of Netheril]

03.02.2026 19:41 👍 807 🔁 177 💬 12 📌 1

Thank you! While painting this I decided that (1)horses ARE just a tad creepy, (2)I should paint them more often!

02.02.2026 12:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso on an artist proof for her Magic: The Gathering card "Nahiri's Warcrafting" for a gallery show at Gallery Nucleus.

Oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso on an artist proof for her Magic: The Gathering card "Nahiri's Warcrafting" for a gallery show at Gallery Nucleus.

Oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso on an artist proof for her Magic: The Gathering card "Short Bow" for a gallery show at Gallery Nucleus.

Oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso on an artist proof for her Magic: The Gathering card "Short Bow" for a gallery show at Gallery Nucleus.

Oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso on an artist proof for her Magic: The Gathering card "Vivien Reid" for a gallery show at Gallery Nucleus.

Oil painting by the artist Zara Alfonso on an artist proof for her Magic: The Gathering card "Vivien Reid" for a gallery show at Gallery Nucleus.

I'm excited to share that I'm part of the Magic: The Gathering, In Miniature III show at Gallery Nucleus! I oil painted three artist proofs for the show, and two of them sold during the preview 🖤

#art #oilpainting #traditionalart #mtgart

31.01.2026 22:13 👍 360 🔁 51 💬 7 📌 0
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I know everyone are just as tired as me after the past several years (esp last one). We don’t want fire, destruction or any more life changing events that would make us stronger. So my fire horse is more of a celestial fire, giving hope, strength and resilience 💜 I hope we can get through this.

02.02.2026 05:24 👍 130 🔁 29 💬 3 📌 0

Fantastic!!

28.01.2026 23:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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First illustration for my fairy tale interpretation, that I painted in the course with Cynthia Sheppard.

In this scene, Red is performing on the stage.She doesn't notice the darkness closing in around her.

#littleredridinghood #illustration #darkfantasy #realismart #digitalpainting

28.01.2026 07:05 👍 204 🔁 37 💬 6 📌 0
*A black and white portrait of a white man with light stubble and short, wavy hair. He has a confident expression and his clothing resembles of 19th century military princes.

*A black and white portrait of a white man with light stubble and short, wavy hair. He has a confident expression and his clothing resembles of 19th century military princes.

For book 3 and wrapping up my Mistborn fanart series: a portrait of Elend that I've always wanted to do 👓🖤

First challenge of the year done 📚 #art #fantasyart #mistborn #cosmere

20.01.2026 15:05 👍 38 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 2

Ahaha and when AD asks you to make revisions and they actually make the illo better? :DD pisses me off so much!

26.01.2026 15:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Blue Prince maybe? Haven’t tried it myself yet, but I’ve heard a lot and can’t wait to be able to play.
I also enjoyed Chants of Sennaar SO much!

21.01.2026 00:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Officially my favorite art of the set 😍

17.01.2026 13:38 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I’ll be looking forward to what you make!

17.01.2026 13:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Да ты там вообще можешь быть душкой няшкой ))) а в пое я не знаю про концовки, потому что так ни разу и не дошла до конца :DD но в первый раз меня затянуло прям сильно, я не могла оторваться и прошла очень далеко. А во второй в одном из первых квестов смотрю: выбор между плохим и плохим, и забила 🙃

17.01.2026 13:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Especially for authors like Sanderson, who have so many details. If not for @juliametzgerart.bsky.social help I’d made some crude mistakes in this one too! But it was a cool and useful exercises

17.01.2026 04:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ahah that’s a bit silly but I have another Jasnah in the process ) overall painting book stuff without an AD is extremely stressful for me because my memory for book details is not that good and I’m super worried to paint something wrong (and be eaten by fans :DD).

17.01.2026 04:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ааа понимаю, да, я тоже когда пыталась перепройти pillars of eternity подумала ой да ну :DD Хотя рог трейдер норм закончился в целом 🤔 не оставил впечатления типа ужас ужас

17.01.2026 03:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

А что не так с рог трейдером? Я вообще с удовольствием прошла. А вообще ещё в дивинити 2 кайфовые бои были.

16.01.2026 22:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you 💜 we discussed relationships between characters and environment in terms of helping the narrative on the course, so it definitely was a huge help

16.01.2026 22:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! I’m trying hard to find my way between working on the details but not overdoing it :DD

16.01.2026 22:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Tyler!

16.01.2026 22:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cuuuute!!

16.01.2026 12:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! Likewise, it was a pleasure, and I loved all your works from the course!

16.01.2026 12:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well 3D models or real life head models are different thing entirely! There is nothing wrong with simplifying a thing to help study it, but this thing pretends to do studying for you. So even if it was good in it, what’s the point!

16.01.2026 12:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Uuggghhh that would be even worse but also kinda weird

16.01.2026 12:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ahaha thank you! I was a bit worried that whatever she’s doing is a bit weird :DD but I like it so it stayed

16.01.2026 12:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0