Bianca M. Balan

Cluttered bedroom with Bast my calico boi

Kitchen and seating area (and the recent update stairs, leading up to the attic)

Bathroom

Attic hobbyroom, which I still need to add lots to

Finally managed to get my digs in decent enough order

#fieldsofmistria #cosygames #farming

My work on the cover of the upcoming “Art of the West” magazine Sept/Oct issue!

When I lived in Romania we used the Raid mosquito products. They also have electric diffusers that you just plug in. I can vouch that they're highly effective and you can find their products on Amazon UK too.

Today's the day! The Cosmere RPG is out and I can show you my favorite pieces I did: Syl!! What an absolute joy to paint!

AD: Katie Payne / Johnny O'Neal

I should draw dragons more often, I really enjoy it. This one is from a recent commission.
I hope ypu like it <3

This is insanely amazing, wow. I think you've just become my goal for how to draw dragons, really, really skillfully done

I've decided to post this piece despite not liking the end result, because I feel like social media pushes artists to only post their best work and oftentimes we forget that to get better at art we have to accept that some art we make as we learn will not be great.

#art #fantasyart

An illustration of Laura Bailey's characters against a pinkish background. In the foreground Jester is sitting on the floor and slyly offering a cupcake to Vex, who is sat legs crossed on a floating broomstick, and eyes Jester with skeptical smile. Behind them stand Imogen and Farriwen (from the Darrington Brigade one shot), looking suspiciously at each other's hair and arm markings.

Colour illustration with a composition of [some of] Liam O'Brien's Critical Role characters: Buddy the Ogre is sitting in the middle and smiling adoringly at Vax, who is sitting cross-legged on Buddy's right knee and poking him playfully in the chest. Buddy's left arm is holding a distressed-looking Caleb slightly above the ground, and the platform on his back has Orym smiling gently at Frumpkin and holding out a flower towards him.

A group shot illustration of Marisha's characters. Keyleth has a hand on her chest, slightly taken aback by Beau, who's leaning on her staff and wiggling her eyebrows suggestively at the druid. Slightly lower in the frame is Laudna, puppeteering Pâté on black ichor strands and bending forward to gesture at him while speaking. To her side, Hazel Copperpot (of the Darrington Brigade) is holding up the metal horn of a phonograph to capture her voice.

A group shot illustration of Ashley's characters. Fearn smiling with her arms around Yasha and Damian (while deftly swiping one of her daggers), and Pike is in the front striking a muscle pose.

I don't think I've ever posted the whole set together, so here they are, all 8 #CriticalRole cast specials - 1/2
#criticalrolefanart

It's my bday!

I guess it's tradition so if you'd like to share these favorite pieces of mine feel free :)

✨COMMISSIONS OPENING✨

I am taking up to 10 slots of this kind of commissions !
Halfbody or fullbody, multiple characters are okay !
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Reposts are ❤️💫

Outfit and accessory lineup of gender neutral character with long blue-gray hair and gray-green skin

Character design page, featuring a female character of muscular build with very long gray hair and pale blue skin. Around her we can see her houseplants, books, an emerald armchair and her two pets/companions, Erebus the ghostly cat and Brigit the rainbow Magpie

Fully rendered artwork of a dungeons&dragons monk holding a pose on top of a giant golden/purple snake with pink eyes

Character interaction sheet featuring a royal male character. The first interaction depicts him holding a female friend, comforting her as she tiredly massages her eyes. The second one shows only his bruised hand, touched by another hand, being comforted himself now by someone else. The third one shows him as a child, holding onto a male character with long, gray hair tied in a braid. The boy is crying, again being comforted by someone else.

We meet again #portfolioday!
My name is Bianca and I am a Romanian game artist with a particular fondness for #fantasy, #mythology and #dungeons&dragons.
Looking for character or illustration work and always open for commissions (details on my website).

✉️biancabalanm@gmail.com

Jolly faces in Carcassonne

Do Meeple Dream of Wooden Sheep?

Brügge Neptune Statue

Mummy and baby

And some pics we'll cherish ❤️

Carcassonne

Gorge in France

Annecy

Strasbourg

Some snaps from our nearly 2-week-long roadtrip in Europe

Art v artist featuring an array of artworks made in 2025. In the centre is: me, wearing a yellow beanie, old jean jacket and colourful top (and black backpack since this was taken on a day out)

Art v Artist 2025

I love how well you captured the emotion in those scenes. And the likeness is bang on!

Illustration depicting Hayley Williams stood in front of a brick wall. She appears to be painting the dark bricks in a golden and navy paint. Hayley has a pale top with a flower wreath graphic on it and is wearing a red string bracelet as well. Behind the wall there are roiling clouds partly covering a sun at the top, and around the illustration the border is made from sugar. The style of the illustration uses the lasso tool in photoshop to carve out shapes and the details such as the clouds and wall are hand-drawn.

An old illustration I made for a dear friend of the incredibly talented and beloved Hayley Williams.
There's a few song titles sprinkled in this piece: can you name them all?

#fanart #hayleywilliams #art

This is our game!!! That we've been working on for the past few years!!!! 😭

Illustration of a woman with short hair kneeling back on the ground and pulling the string of a bow tight. She is holding a white arrow and prepared to let go. Around her is the Sagittarius constellation that is made of orange and pale yellow stars. The background is a pale peach, the woman is made up of oranges and reds. Illustration of a woman with short hair kneeling back on the ground and pulling the string of a bow tight. She is holding a white arrow and prepared to let go. Around her is the Sagittarius constellation that is made of orange and pale yellow stars. The background is a pale peach, the woman is made up of oranges and reds

Illustration of a dark teal seagull flying through the clouds with smaller distant seagulls flying near it. On the center bird's back are icons and landmarks of the Pacific Northwest

An illustration of a golden leopard kneeling among round green leaves on a dark emerald background

Illustration made for November 2023 issue of Scientific American for a piece called Woman the Hunter. The illustration is of a woman with one arm outstretched and the other holding a spear. Her hair flies behind her. The background is of cave-painting like buffalo, rhinos, antelope, and people hunting said animals

I am looking for freelance work! I specialize in editorials, book covers, and branding projects

I've worked with the NYT, Scientific American, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and more and would love to work with your organization too

🪴samanthamashillustration@gmail.com
🪴samanthamash.com

I saw a few #crescentsona gliding around and I went ahead and made Leora one too!!! 💖🎨

[ #Dnd #art #ocsky #oc ]

Art depicting a transgender character wearing a space helmet inside which colours and light are roiling and then spilling upwards into a blue cosmos behind him, with little dreamt fish swimming in this stream of colour. On the helmet he also has a flower wreath made from blooming dandelions. He is wearing a baggy jumper in pinks, whites and blues with light radiating on it from the helmet. He's also wearing light green trousers and his hands are dark purple with the palms shining brightly and colouring the skin in reds and pinks. Adam is sitting on a stone wall with moss growing on it, his position bored and watchful. The props depicted are: Fate thread and needle, an infinite water bottle (never runs out of water), Starbursts given to Adam by Remy and plain toast.

To honour Pride Month🏳️‍🌈, here is the last dreamer sketch and probably the one that will be the most fun to render: Adam, Dreamkeeper and Firstborn of the Dream.

#originalcharacter #fantasy #pridemonth #art

Fantasy male character that is made from swirls of shifting colours drifting upwards. He is depicted wearing only his boxer shorts and holding his one unique tube of pills, Morpheus Princeps Meus. To the right you can see his favourite foods (Brandy, Hot Instant Noodles and Starbursts) and items you'd commonly find on his person (array of friendship bracelets gifted to him by one of his girlfriends, an array of different drugs and his broken, yet unbreakable, phone with a charm gifted to him again by the same girlfriend; he can still get calls and answer his phone despite the state of the screen).

The fourth dreamer sketch: Remy
Remy is the Artist of the Dream, responsible for creating the whimsier parts, but also the most chaotic ones. His area, the id, is both wondrous and dangerous, beautiful and ugly, full of bright personality but also darkness. As is Remy.

#originalcharacter #fantasy

The Heroes of Baldur’s Gate ⚔️
#Baldursgate3 #art

ALSO, comics writers and editors, if your comic needs a cover, you know whom to hit, too! artyomtrakhanov[a]gmail.com

Thank you for sharing them and inspiring us all ✨

Very beautiful designs, I love how intricate they all are

drawing of a lamb dressed as a landsknecht

I drew a Lambsknecht

Absolutely stunning!

Fantasy male character made from copper, with fiery, wild hair and eyes/nostrils and lips that shine like lava. His knuckles, elbows and the parts of him that are bruised/injured have a green patina, and there's various funny plasters over those injured parts. He has a halo of faces that he can switch between because he can't remember how he looked like before the dream. He's wearing a pale sleeveless top with a devil graphic on it. To the side we can see his favourite foods (mince pie, Onion Monster Munch and Reggie's strong black coffee) and items he carries around (the keys to the Thorn, where he works as a barman, a dreamt camera and a packet of cigarettes with cigarette butts he finds and carries until he can find a bin to put them in).

Third dreamer sketch from my surrealist comic VIS.
I'm trying to challenge myself with their designs and attempt to learn something different with each one. For Cam, his body is made from copper and the parts that he fights with or are injured have a patina.

#originalcharacter #art #fantasy

Developing long COVID symptoms again and finding that athough there's a bit more guidance and information on it now than at the beginning of the pandemic the general advice is still: take it easy and drink less coffee 💀