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Papa Panini

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Concept and Character Artist making dnd and fantasy art. stevenpanini.artstation.com

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Some work from this afternoon. Will be using this as the new roof tiles for my environment.

WIP render from Substance Designer.

08.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I also want to piggy back here, these are some of my Shorebreeze concepts for Towerborne. Was probably my favourite biome to work on and I'm really stoked with how it came out in the end.

#towerborne #conceptart #digitalart

08.03.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A huge, scarred and glabrous humanoid stands, clad in black, leathery bat wings from his back. The monster joins his long-clawed hands together and looks down with his fanged, scarred visage upon a man in the foreground, looking up to the monster from a cliff. The cliff is covered in a white substance (snow, ash?) that is marked with the footsteps of the man rising over it, and many skulls are buried beneath the surface. The man is much, much smaller than the giant vampire, at least ten times smaller, if not more. A black, cracked ring of metal hovers the towering vampire's head like a halo, and projects light around it in the otherwise black background.

A huge, scarred and glabrous humanoid stands, clad in black, leathery bat wings from his back. The monster joins his long-clawed hands together and looks down with his fanged, scarred visage upon a man in the foreground, looking up to the monster from a cliff. The cliff is covered in a white substance (snow, ash?) that is marked with the footsteps of the man rising over it, and many skulls are buried beneath the surface. The man is much, much smaller than the giant vampire, at least ten times smaller, if not more. A black, cracked ring of metal hovers the towering vampire's head like a halo, and projects light around it in the otherwise black background.

A representation of a Tzitzimitl, an aztec mythological creature akin to a skeletal deity related to eclipse events. Similar to the representation in the Codex Magliabechiano, the creature wears complex headwear filled with severed hands, wears more hands around its neck, and has strange eye-like protrusions in the joints of its clawed, bony body. Behind its headwear, a violet light pours through.
In the background, four other shadowy figures, similar to the first, loom, their eyes and headwears faintly shimmering in the dark.

A representation of a Tzitzimitl, an aztec mythological creature akin to a skeletal deity related to eclipse events. Similar to the representation in the Codex Magliabechiano, the creature wears complex headwear filled with severed hands, wears more hands around its neck, and has strange eye-like protrusions in the joints of its clawed, bony body. Behind its headwear, a violet light pours through. In the background, four other shadowy figures, similar to the first, loom, their eyes and headwears faintly shimmering in the dark.

A monstrous version of the Venus of Willendorf, sporting tentacled arms and mouths on her breasts. A giant looks at here from behind, as if crouched over a table where the venus rests. The giant has many skulls as earrings, decayed lips, a plethora of eyes resting in his left eyesocket, and more sprouting in his deformed shoulders.

A monstrous version of the Venus of Willendorf, sporting tentacled arms and mouths on her breasts. A giant looks at here from behind, as if crouched over a table where the venus rests. The giant has many skulls as earrings, decayed lips, a plethora of eyes resting in his left eyesocket, and more sprouting in his deformed shoulders.

Much obliged.
Does the last one count?

09.03.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Wolf looking around a pillar

Wolf looking around a pillar

#1

23.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3531    πŸ” 627    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3
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WIP of my stylized spruce trees. Made them in SpeedTree, have plans to make a tutorial on how to make the same.🌲🌲

09.03.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Study of a woman in armor

Study of a woman in armor

#16 study

09.03.2026 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 642    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ•ŠοΈ

02.03.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8168    πŸ” 2179    πŸ’¬ 198    πŸ“Œ 30
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Did some sketches of eclipse knights and other oddballs from the order of the black flame.

01.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 729    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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For a slime girls themed sculpt challenge, inspired by inky cap mushrooms and victorian dresses.

16.02.2026 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 725    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
A figure floating in a grey void. She holds an orb that is attracting all of the light and colours around it.

A figure floating in a grey void. She holds an orb that is attracting all of the light and colours around it.

'Beyond the Quiet' has made it into Infected by Art vol.14!

12.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1397    πŸ” 315    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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Magik, will post the demon variation later

23.01.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
A diptych of two illustrations depicting Griffith and Guts from the manga / anime Berserk. On the left, Griffith is riding a white horse into a thick wall of leaves, holding up his sword. Red hands reach out of the ground and are grabbing at him and the horse. Large red text above him reads: "Long ago..." On the right, Guts is riding a horse that has its legs up in the air, surrounded by three white flags. His face is depicted as a black silhouette with red slits for eyes. He swings his sword upward and it's covered in blood. Below him, large red text reads, "There was a longing"

A diptych of two illustrations depicting Griffith and Guts from the manga / anime Berserk. On the left, Griffith is riding a white horse into a thick wall of leaves, holding up his sword. Red hands reach out of the ground and are grabbing at him and the horse. Large red text above him reads: "Long ago..." On the right, Guts is riding a horse that has its legs up in the air, surrounded by three white flags. His face is depicted as a black silhouette with red slits for eyes. He swings his sword upward and it's covered in blood. Below him, large red text reads, "There was a longing"

FLESH WITHOUT BLOOD #BERSERK

12.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1657    πŸ” 676    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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 β€” πŸ‘ 521    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are some WIP shots from Unreal Engine 5 from this weekends progress

Ive been focusing on shaders for the foliage and reworking some of the lighting and doing some Designer work on the Birch bark

I will be taking the trees into Zbrush and sculpting some detail onto the trees

08.02.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back

You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

28.12.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7472    πŸ” 3162    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 146
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Today is my 24th birthday!
Thank you all so much for the support over the past year πŸ’™

As a tradition I started last year, I draw a birthday illustration for myself to reflect on my work from the past year β€” so here’s this year’s piece.

I think I’ll keep creating more fantasy creatures ✨

28.12.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1065    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 0

WEEEEEEE

28.12.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital sketch, Fortress of Ultimate Darkness for Time Bandits tv show

Digital sketch, Fortress of Ultimate Darkness for Time Bandits tv show

Fortress of Ultimate Darkness sketch for Time Bandits tv show

28.11.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1564    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
A sea siren sits above a pile of bones with schools of fish, bones, and a giant angler fish around her.

A sea siren sits above a pile of bones with schools of fish, bones, and a giant angler fish around her.

🌊The Angler's Bride🌊

My heart is a sunken altar. There, I thrive. There, I keep a ledger of bones. The deep remembers what the surface forgets.

26.11.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1805    πŸ” 537    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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Please be perceptious of Wudwud wearing fur of pink menace!

Pay tribooty in comments. Happy Time! Share!

27.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 750    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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It's time (oh how long I've wanted this!) to share with you the cover art (by me ofc) for the amazing project called Gothica: Plagueworlds - 5e compatible TTRPG that’s live on Kickstarter now!

01.11.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today something really terrifying: Twink Death.

31.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
Cosmic being all in purples

Cosmic being all in purples

Half a daily, or I'm trying to catch up with my October prompts

planets + elemental + cosmic

31.10.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
A 2D image of a hyena bard by Ale55 on the left side. On the right side is a progress showcase of a 3D model that is based on it. It shows the quarter, front, and back views.

A 2D image of a hyena bard by Ale55 on the left side. On the right side is a progress showcase of a 3D model that is based on it. It shows the quarter, front, and back views.

Another progress picture of today's livestream.
All of the elements are slowly getting a polish layer and cleaned up.
Thank you to all who watch the streams!
And thank you for the 1K follower milestone that we hit today on Bluesky too!

29.10.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm not sure If I ever shared this here as a gif - but its neat so take a look

29.10.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 630    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

What in the actual fuck? Googles AI basically hallucinated that I somehow accused my podcast host & close friend of toxic behavior & harassment - killing her channel. Keep in my, Vera and I host a podcast together regularly and are good friends and her channel is amazing. This is absolutely fucked.

26.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2110    πŸ” 642    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 28

if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

26.12.2024 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 27344    πŸ” 35537    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 397
A woman posing as if doing some kind of performance

A woman posing as if doing some kind of performance

25.10.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 843    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI will never be able to do this

25.10.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
A humanoid four-armed monster wearing a golden mask, with a sword, holding a book close to it's body. He's standing in the doorframe of an ancient temple, surrounded by three ghostly children figures.

A humanoid four-armed monster wearing a golden mask, with a sword, holding a book close to it's body. He's standing in the doorframe of an ancient temple, surrounded by three ghostly children figures.

Something I finished in the last month or so! Little ghostie children were so much fun to paint! :D

#Illustration #BookCoverArt #ArtistOnBluesky #ArtInspiration #SketchDaily

23.10.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0