Wren 👑 recalibrating

Level art for a 2d metrovania

Commission work

Illustration of a bunch of cool dogs

Environment concept

it's #portfolioday!

I'm Dan, I'm a concept artist/illustrator that often posts dailies, but I also do environments, character concepts, and commissions.

& I'm available for work, email or DM me if you're interested!

✉️ dan.liimatta@gmail.com

Two cards I made for Hearthstone and are dear to me as they depict dinosaurs, fantasy, and greenery featuring wood and landscape thriving with life, could I ask for better themes 🤭🌱

Made for Blizzard in collab. with Mooncolony, AD: Ekaterina Shapovalova
© 2025 "Hearthstone"/ Blizzard Entertainment

Annecy...

Page 1: Cut out photo of a black and white cat on the back of a couch below text "Friday the Cat" Page 2: Small cut out photo of Friday, text: "Name: Friday / Species: Feline / Breed: DSH / Gender: Male (Neutered) / Color: blk/wht"

Page 3: Image of Friday's face, text "friendly and affectionate" Page 4: Image of Friday's paw, text "Birds, rodents, and fish should be protected from possible harassment"

Page 5: Two images of Friday curled up, text "warm, round" Page 6: Image of Friday with flowers, text "will escape sometimes and get outside"

Page 7: Image of Friday's face, text "Ears / Eyes / Heart" Page 8: Ink pawprint, text "Cats are beautiful, delicate creatures that bring love and entertainment into our lives. Please remember that they are dependent upon us to care for and protect them!"

A little zine I made in 2021, I posted this one on my tumblr a while back but I formatted it a bit better for digital #zines

A comic. A gray and white cat bats the phone out of my hand. “Mother, stop this” He rubs his head against the back of my hand. “You must learn to live ‘in the moment’” “This moment, specifically,” he puts his face into the palm of my hand and holds it there with his paws, “in which I am being petted.”

here’s a quick comic about Charles

Painting in watercolor and ink by Victoria Maderna depicting a lizard wearing a hat and sandals, holding an insect skewer, sitting inside a hole on a stone wall.

Summer lizard.

Now that the weather is getting warmer there's a whirlwind of lizard activity outside. We piled up some branches in the back and inadvertently made a 5-star resort for the little fellas - it's so fun to watch them! 💛

Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...
#art #illustration #lizard

Moonlit Landscape by Arnold Böcklin 1849
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)

Here’s the full composition!

Painting of a beach with birds overhead.

Painting of a hillside with crosses.

Painting of an ocean and cove.

3 studies again for tonight' #StudyBuddies stream!

30 min - 30 min - 1 hour

Botis, Dragon Demon. Oil on panel. A fun commission from @thejanklord.bsky.social that ended up on @dragonshield.bsky.social sleeves at MagicCon Chicago. I have a few in my shop.

A scene in a pizzeria populated by unnaturally colorful penguins in eclectic outfits. Various penguins are eating, making music, lurking around, and chatting with one another.

Penguin club

Back Mills, Montreuil-sur-Mer by Frits Thaulow 1892
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)

Inscryption!

daily painting 05

Idk how many of my nom-urbanist followers care, but one of the things that is so frustrating about modern US cities is that poorer renters are seen as expendable barriers to protect wealthy single-family homes from the noise and traffic and pollution of arterial roads.

A large soft toy Thylacine. The fur is gingery, the belly is white, the toe tips are beige. She has soulful brown eyes.

A large soft toy Thylacine facing away from the camera. She has 9 black stripes down her back and sports a brown ribbon.

Side views of a large soft toy Thylacine. She's broad chested and solidly stuffed.

Exciting delivery today! Pathfinder the Thylacine by Charlie bears! She looks so splendid!

Good Day!
Springtime in Perthshire by James McIntosh Patrick (1907-1998)
Oil on Canvas

old dusty painting I did for halloween 2020, during the pandemic haha
Oil painting on paper

An oil painting of a magpie standing on some antlers and a butterfly frying above it. #art #traditionalart #canartist #canadianartist #animalart #surrealism

"And still..."
Oil on canvas.
16x20"

I've spent a couple of months a year out hiking/painting/sketching/photographing in the wilds of North America for over 20 years now and I have only seen a mountain lion in-person once. They are deeply private cats. "The Catbird Seat," oil on linen, 40"x35".
#art #wildlifeart #cougar

Moonlit Landscape by John Moore of Ipswich (1821–1902)
Oil on Panel
(Colchester and Ipswich Museums)

on the hunt

screenshot of a post i made on twitter Corey Brickley Illustration. Ju: @CoreyBrickley Seguir .. . i struggle with a brain that wants to stiffly copy whatever reference i'm using and one thing i've found helpful: 1. draw big blocky shapes over the reference 2. turn off ref and redraw big blocky shapes 3. draw in figure with big blocky shapes overlaid Traducir post

photo of model posing as an elegant elf woman that ive blocked out with a chunky red brush

in a separate window ive redrawn the red blocks, then have drawn details over the red blocks, using the photo+red transparency as reference

final doodle of the figure drawing without the red blocking

this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord

A little dog-like creature in a pond full of lily pads.

A little wolf-like creature looking down at a puddle on a rocky beach shore.

Some little guys for Nucleus Portland's PS Show ✨ Watercolor, gouache, markers, neocolor II, colored pencils

a stylised image of a great blue heron holding a yellow eel in its beak. the shapes of the heron are exxagerated and flowing.

A'fowl of a feast.

Downward shot of three Pachyrhinosaurus walking away from the viewer’s perspective.

Older painting showing a group of Pachyrhinosaurus wading through some water. This was the first time I really dove into learning about lenses and referencing wildlife photography for my paleoart, and I feel it was a big breakthrough for defining my approach! #paleoart #paleosky #pachyrhinosaurus

sketchin' more unicorns ...

Or maybe a spooky FALSE UNICORN! ooOooOooo!
I like the idea of an imposter #unicorn that eats magic ✨

My take on mulefa from Pullmans ”his dark materials”