Raúl Gil

Thematically diverse pencil sketches

More recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com

ITC 22. Unique stories Reflections on character design and backstories, thoughts on Dribbble & Contra, book design samples, sketches & more.

Last post/newsletter with some thoughts around backstories, the state of Dribbble and some recent sketches and projects: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Illustrated portraits of a Vampire holding a glass of blood and a Dwarf holding a battle hammer.

Portraits designed for Reedsy's Character Name Generator. Medieval, fantasy, archetypal characters, gods, and more 👀 → blog.reedsy.com/character-na... #art #characterdesign #illustration #characterart

The Immortal Mud Queen, Goswintha of the Secret Swamp. Recent sketch made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com #art #characterart #illustration

More recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com

New cover for the book 'Placeres' by María Latorre, a compilation of romantic and erotic stories. First of two volumes. More → raul-gil.com #art #coverart #bookcover

Sketch of an old member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Another recent mini-sketch made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com #art #characterart

Teenager with a hoodie and a cool attitude, holding a sphere of light with one hand.

Another recent mini-sketch made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com

ITC 21. Cult-worthy Monthly Recommendations

Last post/newsletter with summer recommendations (games, films, artists, music and more): raulgil.substack.com/p/cult-worthy

A writer dreaming of a personal fantasy world

Small editorial illustration for Reedsy Studio by @reedsy.bsky.social. Bring your literary dreams to life: reedsy.com/studio

Sketch + coloured illustration of a medieval, fantasy-like rogue.

More recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com

Mockups from a redesigned version of an iOS game I worked on some years ago. Read more about it on my last newsletter: raulgil.substack.com/p/physicality

ITC 20. Physicality Games, sketches, Two-Face & more

Recent post/newsletter: raulgil.substack.com/p/physicality

I feel we're closer and closer to getting to work on this again, @dadederk.bsky.social! 🙌

More recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe to my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com

Blind justice! Sketch vs color comparison. More → raul-gil.com. You can also subscribe my newsletter: raulgil.substack.com __✍️

Cards depicting a Norse and a Celtic god. Specifically: Odin and Cernunnos.

Reedsy's Character Name Generator has been updated. 34 new illustrations for medieval, fantasy and archetypal characters, gods, and more 👀 → blog.reedsy.com/character-na...

Sketch and coloured mage with a rockabilly hairstyle.

Rockabilly Mage. Sketch vs color comparison. More → raul-gil.com

Bird-Knight unmasked. Free color sketch. More → raul-gil.com

More recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). I want those bat-glasses 🥹 More → raul-gil.com

Image of a young archer accompanied by a bird. Sketch vs colored version comparison.

Young archer. Sketch vs color comparison. More → raul-gil.com

Recent header illustrations for @reedsy.bsky.social's articles on Direct and Indirect Characterization. Read them at blog.reedsy.com. Or visit my portfolio → raul-gil.com

Another collection of recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). raul-gil.com

Multiple pencil sketches showing characters, objects and other semi-random elements.

A collection of recent mini-sketches made as formal exploration (and to have fun). raul-gil.com

Header illustration for a Reedsy article about Romantasy, containing everything you need to know about the publishing trend that everyone’s talking about, complete with tips on how to write it and examples from popular contemporary literature. Read it here: blog.reedsy.com/what-is-roma...

Sketch of an elven rogue character (pencil and coloured version).

Character exploration for a new Fantasy project. More work at raul-gil.com

Two cards with the concepts of Villain and Hero illustrated by the Joker and Batman.

Reedsy's Character Name Generator has been updated. 34 new illustrations for medieval, fantasy and archetypal characters, gods, and more 👀 → blog.reedsy.com/character-na...

A cozy Fantasy scene in a cantine. Original pencil sketch vs coloured version

Illustration for Reedsy's article on Cozy Fantasy, a very popular Fantasy sub-genre: "(...) focused on comforting, low-stakes storytelling. Recently, the publishing industry has seen a boom in demand for these healing, whimsical tales." Article: blog.reedsy.com/what-is-cozy...

Cover for the 4th volume of Prompted, Reedsy's literary magazine. An anthology featuring winning works from the world’s most popular weekly short story contest. More work for Reedsy here: raul-gil.com/project/reedsy

Two cards with Fantasy characters: one for a human, one for an orc.

New images for the to-be-renewed Character Name Generator by Reedsy. 34 new illustrations coming: fantasy characters, gods, archetypes, medieval characters and more. Coming soon 👀 → blog.reedsy.com/character-na...