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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 23/09/2026

If you see this, quote with your Night/Dark Art! 🖤

An armored cat descends a rope into a dark cave filled with ghostly skulls. He is not afraid.

Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 12/09/2026

I'll start us off -- Hi everyone, I'm Dakota! If you don't know me, I'm a concept artist and illustrator who loves the stories we tell with art! If you want someone who'll die on the hills of exploration and a sense of play in their work, might I introduce you to me?? I hope you like my stuff! <3

A neon-lit art deco club at night. Patrons ascend low curved steps towards a fountain depicting a woman with a spear, posed like The Birth of Venus.

A hippo-person with both science fiction and fantasy influences, dressed for hunting in the desert. Her child stands next to her, menacing the viewer with a stick.

A design sheet for a hulking person with the skin of an alligator grafted onto their back and a stomach replaced with a gaping maw

A gothic cathedral rises out of ghostly ancient ruins, sickly green glowing smoke pouring from its doors.

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 12/09/2026

WHOA WHEN DID I HIT 1500 FOLLOWERS??? CELEBRATORY #ARTSHARE!!! The Usual Rules: - Introduce yourself and share your art! - Repost this so more people can share! - Be nice! Support each other! - Please properly tag any NSFW stuff, let folks opt in! Thanks! I'm excited to see what y'all've got!!

A painting of a woman standing on the shoulders of a giant happy troll. They're both wearing hastily overpainted party hats and big handwritten text reads "1500 Art Share!"

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 31/08/2026

Daytime lounge! We can relax at any time of day!! I also wanted to actually take the time to do out the full architecture sheet for the building. Hope y'all enjoy it! #conceptart #environmentart #2D #3D #artdeco #gamedev

The landing of an art deco luxury lounge, daytime. A woman in a big hat walks up the steps as a fountain pours down on a golden statue of a goddess with a trident

A design sheet of the hotel and lounge, clarifying form and unseen elements.

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 29/08/2026

I've had more clients bail this month than any in recent memory, which leaves me about 5 commissions shy of rent next week. If you've a need of any #dnd or #rpg character art, or anything else under the sun, please reach out! And if you don't, if y'all could share, I'd really appreciate it. <3

A heavyset woman with tattoos wears a birch-wood mask and carries a harvesting scythe

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 29/08/2026

New personal project, cuz I've been wanting to work on environment and prop concepts The Amphitrite Lounge. Luxe in every sense of the word. Challenged myself to get it all done in a single 8-hr workday, really happy with how it all turned out! #conceptart #environment #neon #synthwave #artdeco

An establishing shot of the exterior of a seashell-themed neon club featuring an art-deco statue of a woman with a spear in a waterfall

Concept art for a gold art-deco fountain sculpture

Deisgns for luxury lounge furniture, a bar, and glassware

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 24/08/2026

Finished this design up a couple weeks ago for a project that will start releasing soon, the ship was a really fun design challenge!! Shout-out to @marcomaps.bsky.social too for their Tu'narath map which the client had me use as reference for this smoking god head! #fantasy #dnd #illustration #rpg

A warlock rides a ship made of gold and shell and tentacles through the mists, summoning the visage of a giant skeletal head out of the smoke

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 23/08/2026

Idk about Primarily, but my comms are always open and I can certainly Draw A Men!

A black elf in dark green-and-black leather armor shooting a magical frost arrow

A one-winged angel, shirtless, with a missing arm replaced by a metallic infernal chain fist

A stylized drawing of a half elf with a blade of shadows and a raven friend

A lounging red-skinned tiefling with white tattoos

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 28/07/2026

Maybe you aren't in publishing or game dev or tabletop, but you still want art??? No worries, it all applies to you too! Maybe you want a painting of your pet to grace your living room wall! Those are only 80$ at the moment!

A painting of a beige dog with coily hair napping in his bed

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 28/07/2026

I've also done plenty of #bookcover and #publishing work! Those are also half off, starting at 500$ which gets you exclusive commercial rights and include a fully painted character and creature and environment (If you'd like to reduce that, cost goes down too, don't worry)

The cover for The Session Zero System, depicting a traveler walking down many snowy roads towards a glowing mountain

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 28/07/2026

Maybe you want some environment art? Prop designs? I've got you covered! Props/items: 40$ rough/ 75$ full Vehicles: 75/150 Environment art: 100/200$

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 28/07/2026

EVERYTHING is half-off. If you can dream it, I'll do it for you, for half my normal prices. The broad breakdowns are on my website at www.dakotacurry.com/comissions, but for specifics: Characters (drawing/intermediate render/full polish): Bust: $25/50/100 Half body: 50/100/200 Full: 75/125/250

A drawing of a mech pilot getting out of a wrecked cockpit

A full polish render of a vampire sorcerer

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 28/07/2026

Hey all, I hate to do this again, but. I just had two clients pull major projects in the same day and it's left me up a creek without a paddle, with rent due in 4 days. So, MASSIVE #commission #sale!! Will post specifics in the thread, but these are great deals for any #rpg or #gamedev project!

A muscular elderly woman crash-lands to earth in an explosion of meteor magic

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 21/07/2026

I'd love to fill out the end of the month with a couple more projects, so I'm opening 5 spot art #sale slots! 40% off, 300 for characters and creatures, 150$ for items and weapons! Great for #rpg projects, #dnd characters, or even #book worldbuilding!

A drow royal in intricate armor with flowing drapery bears a proud standard on a smoky battlefield

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 17/07/2026

Howdy! I can get that handled for you. I'm a concept artist and illustrator in tabletop and games, love weird big creatures! Illustration portfolio is at www.dakotacurry.com/illustration, but here's a few example monsters! Absolutely adored Gentleman Bastards, by the way! Excited to meet you!

A looming monster of blood and bone tramples a forest

A glowing quadrupedal eel spirit in a humid jungle

A desert hydra gets uppercut by a giant gnoll

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 17/07/2026

Semi-regular reminder that I'm still looking for work as a concept artist. 6 years' industry experience, won awards for my work, have worked across genres and styles, and am quite comfortable pitching to execs and audiences! If anyone has any leads, I'd really appreciate it! <3 #gamedev #conceptart

A design sheet for an orc king, focused on deforestation

environment concept art for a style guide highlighting structures of a mountain clan of hunters that uses smoke pillars and billowing red fabric as signals to travelers even in low visibility

Stylized character design for a hip-hop themed boxer character

Breakdown guide for mechanical limbs, featuring Cal Kestis, explaining thought processes

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 14/07/2026

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Dakota, I'm a concept artist and illustrator with 6 years' industry experience looking for work! Lost my last gig in Nov, so I'm wide-open for either contract or fulltime! Love storytelling, collaboration, and exploration! 🎨: www.dakotacurry.com 📧: dakota.h.curry@gmail.com

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 21/06/2026

Saw some cool textures in the world today thought my environment artist homies might enjoy

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 18/06/2026

5. From that point on, it was refinement refinement refinement! In particular, the pose of the rider and the environment changed quite a bit as I chased clarity and visual interest in the image. The journey was an absolute blast and I can't recommend this class highly enough. I learned SO MUCH!

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 18/06/2026

4. I spent SO MUCH TIME working on the reference and for me it was the hardest part. I don't have as many process shots for that, but between the gathering and altering the image to feel better composed, I FINALLY ended up with a refined sketch I liked and I could start painting

A more refined color drawing of a woman with fiery red hair riding a troll

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 18/06/2026

3. Color comps! I had so many ideas, it was tough to really land somewhere, but the explorations were a ton of fun. Learned a lot about how I personally think about color which was great and I'm so excited to explore more Interesting color and light setups in the future

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 18/06/2026

2. Once I'd landed on a thumbnail, I went off on the concept art and design stages. I ended up getting quite frustrated because I was putting a ton of pressure on myself as a concept artist to Do A Great Job and it took a lot of patience on Paul's part to get me through it xD incredibly grateful <3

A design sheet for the troll, including a wide variety of iterative sketches

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 18/06/2026

Alrighty process time!! 1. Thumbnails. I wanted to really think about pre-, mid-, and post-action in my thumbnails and pushing myself on some of the angles. I made, I think, 12 or 15 of these? But I culled it to my favorite 5 for the submission. I still really wanna paint the top 3, if I'm so real

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 17/06/2026

I'm so excited to share the piece I've been working on for the last two months in @paulscottcanavan.com 's mentorship!! It's been incredible and I've been blown away by the quality of both the class and my fellow students! It feels like a turning point, I'm so proud of this piece Thank you all <3

A woman in wood, moss, and fur armor stands on the shoulders of a giant furry troll with oversized horns. He seems very happy and excited to be on an adventure. The sun is setting behind them and a light snow blows.

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 14/06/2026

Unused very early stages design for a swamp dragon for Bardsung 2 The theme was consumption and this was only one of several directions I explored. We ended up going in a different direction, obviously, but I still love this boi so much. #conceptart #gamedev #2D #creaturedesign #dragon

A design sketch for a bloated wounded swamp dragon, inspired by crabs and egg-eating snakes

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 13/06/2026

Hi all! I wanna try and refuel this weekend, car fuel AND human fuel -- my coffee jar is empty and so is my gas tank, so I'm seeing if I can fill them both via a sketch sale! Only 10 slots, so get em while they're hot, but for 15$ I'll sketch of whatever you want! www.ko-fi.com/dakotacurry

A drawing of a man with thick hair, deep set eyes, and a goatee

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 13/06/2026

Photography (love going to a park at sunset, photo included) Singing (karaoke menace, it always helps me blow off steam) Lifting (I need to get back to the gym so bad) Sport (I play ultimate frisbee, which I ALSO need to get back to so bad) Cooking (like, more than Just A Meal, cook somethin fun)

A photo of the sunset through clouds and tree branches

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 08/06/2026

This week's #commission #sale is on #stylized #characters! I wanna do more of them!! The extent of the "stylized" part is up to you, we can push it as far as you want! Only 100$ apiece! I really wanna work on these skills hahahaha #gamedev #rpg #fantasy #scifi #characterdesign

A stylized woman in boxing clothes with white hair. HEr right arm and leg are both robotic prosthetics and green lightning courses through her body

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 05/06/2026

Happy Pride! 🥰🥰🥰 I’d love to join if I can! I’m a demi pan artist who figured out I was queer far later in my life than, it seems, everyone else realized I was 🤣 but now that I’ve figured it out, I’m so much happier ❤️ I’m a concept artist and illustrator working mostly in tabletop and game dev 🤘

A design sheet for an undead figure on a palanquin of thorns being carried through an acid swamp

A gothic cathedral rises out of ancient ruins, ghostly green smoke pouring from its doors

A cat climbs down a rope into a cavern full of ghastly skulls. He is not afraid

A design sketch for a woman in half-plate armor with a scythe

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 04/06/2026

Thought I'd share the other four designs I did for this vote! Can you guess which two won? Assuming you don't already know, anyway There was one from last 4 and one from this 4. I will say, I know they always say never read the comments, but watching this vote go down was so fun. Folks were AMPED!

An angel man with white hair and wings, a missing eye, and a missing arm that's been replaced by an infernal fist on a chain

Two halflings, married men, one with a shield and one with a spear. they fight together.

A gnome knight with a glorious pink mustache wields a lance whilst riding atop an armored boar

A pale woman in black tattered clothes and a raven mask carries a notched blade made of pink energy.

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 03/06/2026

Sometimes I get really specific #rpg briefs and sometimes I don't For this piece from a couple years ago (I think? Maybe last year? Unclear, time is soup), I got "fae and vampire. Seductive?" and that was it I had so much fun (I kinda really wanna revisit the first design and polish it up someday

3 design sketches for varying takes on a faerie vampire: one more traditional, dark and insectoid. One floral. And one weird, with the figure swirling in and out of a cloud of blood.

A vampire designed after a carnivorous plant, with the plant disguising itself in human form. The torso opens up into a toothy maw

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 02/06/2026

Anyway, here's some repaints of Sinbad I made where it's way more queer (It's already so queer, this wasn't hard to do xD) (add this to the movies that would've been my pan awakening if I realized that was something I could be earlier)

Dreamworks' Sinbad but it's proteus kissing sinbad

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 29/05/2026

If you see this, post your blue art! 💙

A woman standing on the top of a tower, illuminated by waves of blue magic

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 28/05/2026

Art chain to make the bubble pop?? SURE! QRP and show us what REAL HUMAN ARTISTS can do!! #arttrain #artsky

A figure draped in a crocodile skin and wearing a dragon skull, their stomach replaced with a gaping maw, charges aggressively through the swamp

A hippo lady dressed for the desert in sci-fi gear stands menacingly next to her child, also menacing, who has a stick

A robot kintsugi samurai with one arm that has been replaced by an oversized lightning katana

A bird-skull-headed demon descends from foggy trees to attack, its talons already covered in blood

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 27/05/2026

I've already made about a 1/3rd of what I need. I'll be sharing all throughout this week and I'm already so grateful for the support I've gotten. <3 <3 <3 And if you like art like this, you could have your own!! Creature/Monster/Character spots on sale this week for only 300$! #rpg #commissions

A forest-y goopy monster dragon, its wings torn off, drips blood over the forest floor

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

I also offer a variety of #stylized options for #commissions, including some light #animation! I love doing these and I've figured out a functional workflow so I can offer them for only 100$ (50 for static characters)! They're great for showing how badass your #ttrpg character is! #characterdesign

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

Maybe you want an #environment painting for your #commission! These are variable, going from 100 to 500$ depending on how complicated they are, but they're always such a fun time to paint! #rpg #fantasy #dnd

A warehouse with a living statue of a dragon on it. The dragons eyes glow, projecting the words "The Dragon's Eye Emporium" onto the ground

A manor in the woods with a maze full of thorny rosebushes

A castle in the high mountains silhouetted by a blood moon

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

You might even want some #vfx work #commissioned! I love doing these for Spell Effects, but you could apply them These are only 50$ apiece and they're really fun.

A silhouette of a character blasting the ground with a fireball

A silhouette of a character blocking with a massive ice shield

A silhouette of a character throwing several shards of energy like a bundle of knives

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

Maybe you have a wonderful #pet that you'd like a #portrait of? I love doing pet portrait #commissions I grew up with 2 cats and 3 dogs, I LOVE A ANIMAL. They're family and they deserve just as much love <3 Pet portraits only 80$! No restrictions on kind of animal either, I'm down for whatever!

A painting of a sleepy dog lying in a dog bed

A painting of a brittany spaniel lying in the sun

A painting of a bearded lizard on a rock, smiling and wearing a crown

A stylized poster of a black cat in a witch's hat performing a spell to summon laundry to lie on top of

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

Not all my #commissions are for rpgs! I love doing other work too! I've got #profilepic commissions for also only 100$! More stylized, more comics based, or if you still want 'em painted, I can do that too!! These are super fun, I love working with folks to curate the personality they present! <3

A comic-style painting of a woman on a college campus at sunset wearing a sylveon tshirt

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

I've also got item and vehicle #commissions available, only 100$ apiece this week. Really great for any #rpg #homebrew you might be doing, or if you need a props designer for a #gamedev project. #fantasy #scifi #dnd

A motorcycle with the back wheel replaced with a repulsor engine, hovering off the ground

a greataxe designed to resemble a crashing wave

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

Character/monster #commissions sale is extended this week!! I've got 10 slots, grab em while you can. 40% off, only 300$ for commercial work! Great for any #rpg, #dnd, or other project! Any style, any genre, all is welcome! My DMs are open, please feel free to ask about any questions you may have!

A woman with grey-white skin standing in black clothes with gold armor. Her head is veiled, but bloody horns break through the fabric. She has reddish white wings

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 26/05/2026

#digitalart is trending?? I’ll hop on that train! Hi everyone! I’m a concept artist with six years’ experience and if you need art for any reason under the sun, my inbox is open!

A gothic cathedral rises out of ghost-filled ruins. Ghastly green smoke pours from its open doors, illuminated from within

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 20/05/2026

An old project I did in one afternoon a few years ago just to make sure the environment concept art chops weren't falling off. Idea was a forge someone had set up inside an old fallen bell. #conceptart #environment #gamedev #lookingforwork #stylized #3D #2D

A stylized bell fallen into the ground, now serving as a shelter and a forge

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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 20/05/2026

Due to an unforeseen circumstance, I'm opening two more #character art #rpg slots for this month! Great for any #dnd characters, maybe you got a cool level up or new feature recently and want to celebrate? Let me help you out! Only 300$ apiece!

Outfit designs for a white-and-black themed tiefling fashion, showing lots of skin

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