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@spikulec.bsky.social

Artist | Lizard Keeper | DM (5e+) | noAI I'm a TTRPG Illustrator and 2D Artist working in Gamedev! I love drawing bugs

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Thank you for letting me paint for you! πŸ’™

16.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm happy to share some good news! I'm working with Above the Desk studio as a Concept Artist! I was tasked with designing environment & objects for the studio's first title, Above the Snow. AtS is avaliable to wishlist on Steam and premieres in 2026

Yes, I do more than bugs :P
#gamedev #gameart

16.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, it means a lot πŸ₯Ή

13.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's the progress and the sources

12.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! Here’s a little peek at one of the illustrations I’m developing for Big Empty Blue. Rarely do I share backgrounds, as I'm not often tasked to do some, but I really wanted to show this one. I designed it using free photos from Pexels and overpainting them

#enviromentart #illustration #venice

12.10.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
elven bard

elven bard

This is the last one of the changelings I've sketched recently for two anonymous clients. Today I'm showing you the concept art of the elf form of Saph

#dndart #sketch #conceptart #bard #jester
#characterdesign #elf

07.10.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And that's why they are perfect for training generative models :')

04.10.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That probably defeats the whole purpose of those texts, I'm afraid

04.10.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but using silly text kind of defeats the purpose of this function being an accessibility element

03.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll have a look at it when my mind is clearer and I'm less exhausted from work πŸ‘

03.10.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a bit afraid that certain people may use them for prompts to train generative models :'( This is I wasn't using them

03.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are the 4 out of 5 exploratory sketches of Phyre in her goblin form

03.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I'm showing you the concept art of the goblin Phyre
Sometimes you don't score the design on the first try. Sometimes you don't even do it on the second or the third. Phyre was a design that took 4+ iteration to finish and to make the client 100% happy

#dndart #fantasyart #characterdesign

03.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a sketch I made for two clients who wanted me to design their two changeling characters. Today I'm showing you the concept art of the changelings' original looks. So, meet Phyre (on the left) and Saph (on the right)!
#sketch #dnd #dndart #characterdesign

30.09.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! <3

25.09.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For me always a tons of work! There are certainly quicker ways to paint than what I do, but I love rendering and overthinking every detail :'> It takes about 24-36 hours to finish an illustration like this, from reading the draft to delivering the final piece

25.09.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I never shown my progress as I assumed it's plain boring to everyone except me, but it turns out I was sooo very wrong :D

25.09.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I painted an illustration for a private client, showing their character Nadine taming a sea monster called corendren

This was a very fun (and challenging!) piece and I hope you like it! Below I'll also post some progress for anyone interested

#illustration #fantasy #art

25.09.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dragon lady for @voideathwish.bsky.social ❀️‍πŸ”₯

#art #commission

23.09.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The right one is much easier on the eyes for a person who has a bit of a trouble reading text on a screen 🫣 Both are cool tho!

24.09.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Valid! The client also picked the sliver one πŸ©Άβ˜€οΈ

24.09.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Human cleric sketch for a client, in two colour versions. The first one was my rough idea, and the second was picked by the client. I'm still not sure which one I like the most, so I'm posting both!
#dnd #dndart #fantasyart #sketch

23.09.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Because every Dungeons and Dragons needs Dragons, I made some dragons. This is a very early concept art, I'm still brainstorming their design. They are called the Starsea Dragons, as they swim through the skies. This one is Merkur Hammerhead (they are all named after planets)

#dragons #dnd #dndart

18.09.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's a new book cover art I have a pleasure to be painting! This is a VERY early sketch, before any feedback from a client
I'm so excited about potentially drawing all those feathers!

#fantasy #fantasyart #illustration #coverart

17.09.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful! 10/10, amazing spider 🀎

16.09.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I wanted to paint myself a troll for some time now and I finally found some motivation πŸ’š

08.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello! Today I bring you a portrait I painted for myself. This is Magister Virgil, a character from my setting (Io). Virgil is a river troll and an Imperial Senator. And now, he'll be my profile picture for some time :3

#fantasyart #dndart #ocart #digitalpainting

08.09.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! It still requires a lot of work, I need to figure out the textures still πŸ«£πŸ’š

07.09.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you! It's still not done but I worked on it for a moment more πŸ’š

07.09.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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