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Freelance Fantasy Illustrator & Concept Artist | UK ✨Currently available for freelance work✨ 🎨 https://www.nathanbirchall.art πŸ“© nbirchall.art@gmail.com

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Cover art for the Witcher french edition of "Sword of Destiny" showing Yennefer and her black kestrel in front of a star shaped stained glass window.

Cover art for the Witcher french edition of "Sword of Destiny" showing Yennefer and her black kestrel in front of a star shaped stained glass window.

I got the extreme honor to paint Yennefer for the new french edition of "Sword of Destiny" by Bragelonne.

The Witcher books and games have a very special place in my heart, I put a lot of love into this....so I hope you will like it too ! πŸ’œ

04.08.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 661    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shalla-Bal surfing the accretion disk of a neutron star, concept art I worked on during the visualization stage for The Fantastic Four

28.07.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1017    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 8

quote with your gold art πŸ’«βœ¨

02.08.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1248    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 35
Design sheet illustration of a sapphire dragon, a dragon made of sapphires I guess

Design sheet illustration of a sapphire dragon, a dragon made of sapphires I guess

Finally the last of my dragons for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons. Unlike the others who are merely decorated with crystals, this boy is crystal to the bone; like a gummy worm made of rock.

This is dragon 5 of 5

01.08.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2944    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 8

This looks unreal! So damn good!!

31.07.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration of a huntress crouched in shadow and flanked by her two noodly companions. They're eel-gator-hounds, a species I made up for this project <3

An illustration of a huntress crouched in shadow and flanked by her two noodly companions. They're eel-gator-hounds, a species I made up for this project <3

The illustration course I took with the wonderful @paulscottcanavan.com finished today! πŸ₯°And so did I 🫠

Such a fun Illustration to work on and SUCH a fun brief over all!
I really fell in love with these noodly swamp puppies, they were an absolute delight to paint.

27.07.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 857    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 1
Topaz dragon illustration design sheet I painted. I know the wings are going to take some adjusting to so bear these words in mind: it also has floating crystals; it’s a magic man.

Topaz dragon illustration design sheet I painted. I know the wings are going to take some adjusting to so bear these words in mind: it also has floating crystals; it’s a magic man.

Next in the Gem Dragon illustrations I did for Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons is my favorite. You may have noticed the somewhat controversial design feature but instead of cowardly β€˜fixing’ it, I leaned all the way in.

This is dragon 2 of 5

29.07.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4100    πŸ” 892    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 27

Yes dude! This is fucking sick

29.07.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Amethyst dragon design sheet I did. I spent way too long working on that faux bestiary page layout, please appreciate it.

Amethyst dragon design sheet I did. I spent way too long working on that faux bestiary page layout, please appreciate it.

I got the chance to do updated artwork of the Gem Dragons for the new book: Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons. I worked waaay too hard on these, I'm extremely proud of them.

This is dragon 1 of 5

28.07.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6638    πŸ” 1728    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 17
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Well said!!

27.07.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12643    πŸ” 5142    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 265
a painting of a deer in front of a staircase

a painting of a deer in front of a staircase

I painted another deer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

25.07.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1020    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sketchbooking - Tiefling order cleric idea.

#dnd #tiefling #characterdesign #conceptart #sketchbook

27.07.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 608    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a lovely design! I always enjoy seeing how you use the fashion choices to describe the personality of your characters

28.07.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two dragons.

27.07.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1281    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 0

These are fantastic! Everyone smashed it 🀘🏻

27.07.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A bunch of art thumbnails - fantasy illustrations from my Mastering Imaginative Realism mentorship.

A bunch of art thumbnails - fantasy illustrations from my Mastering Imaginative Realism mentorship.

I'll be adding all the finished work from my mentorships to the MIR website over the next few days. Here are the completed pieces from the first 4 semesters! Quite a few are still in progress so I'll be adding them later.

Incredible stuff from everyone ❀️

27.07.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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A head study in #procreate, wet mixing using only a limited Zorn palette.

Need to do another one of these! Definitely forced me to think a bit harder :)

14.07.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Siren

11.07.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7770    πŸ” 1990    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 21
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Hey #portfolioday

Let the Helldivers devs and Game Grumps know I'm available in the late fall and after. For whatever :)

08.07.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2479    πŸ” 417    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 5
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#PortfolioDay
Hey hey! I'm Nate and I'm a freelance artist from the UK. I love to paint grounded fantasy scenes and big environment pieces.

Enquiries πŸ“© nbirchall.art@gmail.com

More work here 🌐 www.nathanbirchall.art

14.01.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 238    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

Thank you so much! That's such a sweet comment.

08.07.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous work Sophie!

08.07.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello #portfolioday! ✨

I am Ana, character concept artist working for games. Clients include Blizzard Entertainment, Critical Role, Gunfire Games, Sharkmob and Bioware.

Currently living as a freelancer, but my dream is to join a big game studio making RPG/action games one day πŸ˜„

✨ linktr.ee/anafi

08.07.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 399    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheers Felipe! It's much appreciated :D

08.07.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's #PortfolioDay again already?!

Hi! I'm Carly, a traditional media painter that loves to brings stories to life and painting light. My schedule is pretty dang booked at the moment but I wanna share art anyways.

08.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 336    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
Demon Hunter - illustration
The image is a book cover for an upcoming fantasy novella by Daina Rustin. It depicts two main characters facing off a monster in a forest.
The main characters - Gray and Adrien - are turned away from us, and facing the monster hidden in the bushes. Gray is a slightly darker skinned mage, with long straight black hair, wearing a light green tunic and brown pants. She's placed in the foreground to the right.
She wears a wide belt around her waist, and has one shoulder bag and one smaller bag visible hanging around her waist. She is preparing a fireball in her left hand.
Adrien is a knight, and he's placed towards the left of the image. He's pointing his sword at the monster. He's wearing the Ravensguard blue tunic over a chainmail shirt, and brown pants.
The monster is in the middle background, it's tall, standing on back legs, black with reddish highlights, red eyes, big beak, and two very long claws in front.

Demon Hunter - illustration The image is a book cover for an upcoming fantasy novella by Daina Rustin. It depicts two main characters facing off a monster in a forest. The main characters - Gray and Adrien - are turned away from us, and facing the monster hidden in the bushes. Gray is a slightly darker skinned mage, with long straight black hair, wearing a light green tunic and brown pants. She's placed in the foreground to the right. She wears a wide belt around her waist, and has one shoulder bag and one smaller bag visible hanging around her waist. She is preparing a fireball in her left hand. Adrien is a knight, and he's placed towards the left of the image. He's pointing his sword at the monster. He's wearing the Ravensguard blue tunic over a chainmail shirt, and brown pants. The monster is in the middle background, it's tall, standing on back legs, black with reddish highlights, red eyes, big beak, and two very long claws in front.

Four of Wands - Radiant Fates - Stained Glass Tarot project
The illustration depicts the Four of Wands tarot card. The card carries the meanings of family, celebration, home, belonging, etc. The themes of the card are depicted by 4 women sitting on a swing bench together, each holding their own wand pointing upwards. The swing has 4 branches going upwards, arching and connecting in the center, creating a frame around the women and a rosette-style window depicting a castle. The background is a glassy texture with a soft gradient incorporating blues, purples, yellows, oranges and pinks, with a yellow graphical element extending from the castle frame, and stars. The foreground is covered in more flowers in pinks and blues.
The image is stylized, with heavy black linework, referencing a stained glass look in theme with the project.

Four of Wands - Radiant Fates - Stained Glass Tarot project The illustration depicts the Four of Wands tarot card. The card carries the meanings of family, celebration, home, belonging, etc. The themes of the card are depicted by 4 women sitting on a swing bench together, each holding their own wand pointing upwards. The swing has 4 branches going upwards, arching and connecting in the center, creating a frame around the women and a rosette-style window depicting a castle. The background is a glassy texture with a soft gradient incorporating blues, purples, yellows, oranges and pinks, with a yellow graphical element extending from the castle frame, and stars. The foreground is covered in more flowers in pinks and blues. The image is stylized, with heavy black linework, referencing a stained glass look in theme with the project.

Aurelia - character illustration
The image shows a stylized character illustration of the main character of Sky Across - Aurelia - on a white background. The character is a female, standing while leaning on a tall regal staff, while dressed in a "ceremonial" outfit for her setting. She’s wearing a stiff pale cream dress with blue decorative linings around the edges, and a v-neck cut, a gold feathery shawl draped over her shoulders, and she has thigh-high blue and orange leather boots with a small heel. She’s wearing gold jewelry, her earrings feature the same blue gemstone as her staff, while the leaf motif repeats between the bits of staff and her necklace pendant. She’s wearing a gold feathery tiara that matches her scarf. Her hair is long and dark red/purple, with a braid coiled around her head behind the tiara.

Aurelia - character illustration The image shows a stylized character illustration of the main character of Sky Across - Aurelia - on a white background. The character is a female, standing while leaning on a tall regal staff, while dressed in a "ceremonial" outfit for her setting. She’s wearing a stiff pale cream dress with blue decorative linings around the edges, and a v-neck cut, a gold feathery shawl draped over her shoulders, and she has thigh-high blue and orange leather boots with a small heel. She’s wearing gold jewelry, her earrings feature the same blue gemstone as her staff, while the leaf motif repeats between the bits of staff and her necklace pendant. She’s wearing a gold feathery tiara that matches her scarf. Her hair is long and dark red/purple, with a braid coiled around her head behind the tiara.

The Witcher, TV show fanart, portrait of Geralt
The image depicts a realistic grayscale side profile painting of Henry Cavill in his role of Geralf of Rivia, from season one of the TV show "The Witcher". The portrait is set against an out-of-focus landscape.

The Witcher, TV show fanart, portrait of Geralt The image depicts a realistic grayscale side profile painting of Henry Cavill in his role of Geralf of Rivia, from season one of the TV show "The Witcher". The portrait is set against an out-of-focus landscape.

Hi #PortfolioDay! πŸ₯°
I'm Dijana, a concept artist and illustrator, with traditional and gamedev experience. I love designing and painting characters, illustrations and portraits. I'd love to work on more covers and TTRPG illustrations ✨

πŸ“§: dijanadraws@gmail.com

08.07.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of a knight or paladin or swordfighter in chainmail and cloak, drawing her sword, stepping over a water surface towards the viewer. Behind her, a flock of swans rises up into the sky.

Illustration of a knight or paladin or swordfighter in chainmail and cloak, drawing her sword, stepping over a water surface towards the viewer. Behind her, a flock of swans rises up into the sky.

A young woman in 15th century inspired black plate armor, looking wistfully and holding a longsword that has a magical golden light emanating from it. Behind her is a rich colorful tapestry with late Medieval motifs that's interwoven with gold thread.

A young woman in 15th century inspired black plate armor, looking wistfully and holding a longsword that has a magical golden light emanating from it. Behind her is a rich colorful tapestry with late Medieval motifs that's interwoven with gold thread.

King Arthur sits on the ground next to a mossy rock, proudly thrusting the sword Excalibur up into the air, suggesting that he's just drawn it out from the stone. It has a magical blue glow. In the background, some people cheer his success, while a few others seem miffed about it.

King Arthur sits on the ground next to a mossy rock, proudly thrusting the sword Excalibur up into the air, suggesting that he's just drawn it out from the stone. It has a magical blue glow. In the background, some people cheer his success, while a few others seem miffed about it.

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m an illustrator with a focus on fantasy, history & narrative illustration.

My dream is to illustrate more book covers with beautiful badass characters, especially women in armor. Please make it happen, universe πŸ™

🌎 www.kristinagehrmann.com
πŸ“© info@kristinagehrmann.com

08.07.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 689    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2
Digital painting of a woman against an orange pattern background.

Digital painting of a woman against an orange pattern background.

Painting of a woman wearing a crown, in a field of rye. A wolf stands besides her, mostly in shadow.

Painting of a woman wearing a crown, in a field of rye. A wolf stands besides her, mostly in shadow.

Fan poster for the movie Nosferatu, featuring Mina with glowing eyes against a forest backdrop.

Fan poster for the movie Nosferatu, featuring Mina with glowing eyes against a forest backdrop.

A book cover for the novel "The Moss," showing a girl covered in flowers and moss with glowing white eyes.

A book cover for the novel "The Moss," showing a girl covered in flowers and moss with glowing white eyes.

Dear #portfolioday we meet again.
My name is Yorgos, I'm from Greece and I work mostly in the publishing industry making book covers. I'm available for work from September onwards.

Here's some of my work!

08.07.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1459    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 12
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Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Neur, a freelance illustrator from Thailand. I like painting scenery~✨🌿

πŸ–ΌοΈpixiv.me/neur1024
✨vgen.co/neur1024
βœ‰οΈmantraneur@gmail.com

08.07.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hi #PortfolioDay ! I’m Alexandr Leskinen, and I’m a digital artist, Most of the time I make my living as a freelance artist.
🎨 artstation.com/leskinen-al
πŸ“·Leskinen.al@gmail.com

08.07.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 698    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0

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