Local artist and native of Geek Native’s Edinburgh Ian McQue has a range of fantastic illustrations on show. He’s bot blogged for a while but pop over to
Game art and imagination from Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund has an impressive range of styles. His professional profile keeps a focus on his work, rather than bragging sites, citing freelance and personal work. You can check him out on Deviant Art.
8 compelling illustrations from Raphael Lacoste
Looking for some inspiration? In search for some interesting locations to set your next tabletop RPG encounter and give your players something to think about? Artist Raphael Lacoste might be your muse. You can sample Raphael’s work below, on Facebook, Deviant Art and official site.
Powerful art from Stephan Martiniere
Stephen Martiniere has worked for the likes of Disney, Universal, Paramount, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox and others. Titles include Star Trek, Star Wars, Tron, The Fifth Element, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Wow. You can check out his work over on his Portfolio or on his Facebook page. Good […]
10 inspirational landscapes from Alyn Spiller
Alyn Spiller is a Welsh concept artist who’s worked with brands like Cryptozoic, Fantasy Flight Games and GamerMats on projects like the Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and Warhammer board and card games. Impressive stuff. I think his landscapes are fantastic. Are you a GM looking for inspiration? Somewhere new to show your […]
13 character designs by Masaki!
Masaki is a computer game artist based in Taiwan. You can check out his Deviant Art page for access to a large collection of strong art. Prepare yourself for a face full of bold colour, crazy armour, space opera and high fantasy heroes!
Splintered gods and guns: A review of Stranger of Tempest
There’s a scene in Stranger of Tempest, when the adventuring party is deep underground, in the dwarven ruins and while some flaming demon is roaming around, that one of the heroes says; Run, you fools! Remind you of Gandalf, the fellowship and the Balrog? I was waiting for it. I sensed author Tom Lloyd knew […]
Chinese fairy tale art from Victo Ngai
Victo Ngai is a New York based artist. His style reminds me very much of Chinese art. That’s not a huge surprise as he’s helped author Yiyun Li illustrate a book on Chinese Fairy Tale and Fantasies before. This sample of art, though, from Victo’s Behance, is in a collection called ‘Sci-fi, Fantasy and Mystery’. […]
Fantatic cities from Cecil Kim and monsters to destroy them
Born in Seoul, Cecil Kim moved to LW and later co-founded Section Studios. He’s worked on games like God of War (1, 2 and 3), Final Fantasy IX, Dead Realm and many more. I think he has the knack for scale – he can make things seem huge when he needs to. He’s not blogged […]
Vibrant art from J.C. Park
J.C. Park is a senior concept artist at Goodgame Studios in Germany. He’s worked freelance and has done well in contests from the likes of Blizzard ad Nexon. You can see more of his work over at J-Circle and there’s a teaser gallery below. The good news is that he does offer a shop were […]
