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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 08/09/2026

Artist! QRP your flowers! 🌼🌷⚘️🪻🌻

A coloful digital painting showing an old painter working at his easel in a garden.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 08/09/2026

Artist! QRP your flowers! 🌼🌷⚘️🪻🌻

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 28/08/2026

Sometimes I need to paint but don't know what to paint. Then I just let it loose, phase out my critical thinking and let the lizard brain decide where the journey goes. Here's an unsorted collection of the stuff that comes out of those activities.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 28/08/2026

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 23/06/2026

One of my favorite sets of Steam capsules lately! And already my third key artwork for Horsefly Games.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 31/05/2026

We're in the final hours of this campaign. If you're interested in a signed and stampey print of "The Journey Begins", you can get it until 1st June 8:00pm CET. kickstarter.wormworldsaga.com

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 23/05/2026

This month I'm celebrating the 20th anniversary of my artwork "The Journey Begins" by preparing a tableau version for my home gallery. If you want to get a print of the artwork, you can until the end of May on Kickstarter: kickstarter.wormworldsaga.com

A photo of Daniel Lieske in his studio. He is setting next to a print of his artwork "The Journey Begins". Daniel is wearing a very nice Godzilla t-shirt. He likes this t-shirt a lot as he also likes Godzills a lot.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 22/05/2026

Yeah, I don't know if I should feel flattered that someone thinks it's worth impersonating me. *radio voice* Remember, for kick ass Steam capsules always make sure it's the real deal! Only at steamcapsules.danielmieske.com

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IAMAG @iamag.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New Master Class: Stages of Comic Production Featuring Daniel Lieske, Creator of 'The Wormworld Saga : itsartm.ag/487xGVc Step into the magical realm of digital storytelling and learn how to build your own epic graphic novel from the ground up.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 28/02/2026

I had a bit more fun with my Hellboy Blender scene from half a year ago. I've been exploring a classic look for the final surface finish and I arrived at this point by using Photoshop's mixer brushes and the fantastic impasto brushes of Rebelle. It's a lot of fun messing up a rendering like that!

A painting of the comic character Hellboy in an iconic pose, standing on a rock inside a dark cave. Hellboy's red skin stands in stark contrast to the greenish tint of his surrounding.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 28/02/2026

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 25/12/2025

Quick news from my side: I've just released Chapter 12 of the Wormworld Saga. You can read it for free at: wormworldsaga.com I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 25/12/2025

Quick news from my side: I've just released Chapter 12 of the Wormworld Saga. You can read it for free at: wormworldsaga.com I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 21/09/2025

It's my birthday today and if you'd like to make me a little gift, you could share the link to the Wormworld Saga website at wormworldsaga.com. What you'll find there is an epic fantasy adventure that's free for everyone to read on a handcrafted website without third party advertising. #indiecomics

A screenshot of the Wormworld Saga website that features an array of chapter cover icons beneath a detailed header illustration.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 21/09/2025

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 09/07/2025

Kind of a thing now that people ask me to create key artworks for their indie games. I deeply enjoy the wild mix of genres and styles. The artworks have a horrible aspect ratio to present them on social media. Unless... you stack them! Find close ups and WIPs at www.artstation.com/daniellieske...

A collection of key artworks for different indie computer games, all showing a main character in his game world. Shown here are the artworks for "Bloodmoon Survivors", "Super Dungeon Maker" and "Whiskers & Wizardry".

A collection of key artworks for different indie computer games, all showing a main character in his game world. Shown here are the artworks for "Astroloot", "Blossom - The Seed of Life" and "Stratogun".

A collection of key artworks for different indie computer games, all showing a main character in his game world. Shown here are the artworks for "Up With Doznik", "Earthborne" and "Boomerang Jack".

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 16/09/2025

This one was a challenge but also a lot of fun to browse through the community model library and find cool 3D models for the key art.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 25/08/2025

Got a couple of pictures from my latest artwork for you. While working on the "Ring of the Nibelung" piece, I realized that the style would work perfectly on one of my favorite comic characters - Hellboy by @mikemignola.bsky.social. So, it's a fan art for a change! #blender #eevee #hellboy

An iconic composition of the comic book character Hellboy, standing on a rock. In the background, ominous tentacles are writhing.

The same scene, a bit closer to the figure.

The same scene, a bit more closer to the figure.

The same scene, this time a portrait shot of the figure.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 03/08/2025

New version of "Tremble in Terror". I just needed more dark energy in this one. #Blender #eevee

A stylized 3D rendering showing a scene from Richard Wagner's opera "Rheingold". Alberich, the self-proclaimed leader of the Nibelung people, yields his almighty ring and forces his subjects to search for gold and piling up a treasure for him. Below him, on the right side, we see his brother Mime who was forced by Alberich to create him a magic helmet that makes him invisible and lets him assume any form he wishes. In the center of the image, the ring is floating in the air, radiating with evil energy.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 30/07/2025

The key art for Maarti Game's "Goeland" was a particularly fun one to create!

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 27/07/2025

This is the first illustration that I created 100% in Blender. Titled "Zitt're und Zage!" ("Tremble in Terror!"), it depicts a scene from "Rheingold" an opera by Richard Wagner which I recently discovered to be a huge source of inspiration. More info in the Alt text. #Blender #eevee

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 22/07/2025

Expanding my cast of Niblung folks. What fun is an almighty ring without subjects after all? Putting some more details into the ALT text #blender

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 12/07/2025

I'm evolving my Alberich scene. Today I modeled a new head and played around with some additional post effects.

A heavily post-processed 3D illustration of Alberich the Nibelung. He's standing on a rock, the ring is floating in front of him.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 09/07/2025

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 04/07/2025

And some movies for the kids.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 04/07/2025

More work on the Alberich scene. I discovered a couple more tricks in Blender's compositor and I'm very happy that I arrived at this result without a single pixel added in Photoshop. #Blender3D

A stylized 3D rendering of Alberich the Nibelung. He's standing on top of a rock in ecstasy over the creation of the almighty ring which is floating below him in the foreground.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 30/06/2025

Trying to do in Blender what I would normally do with a rough painting. Not caring about anything a traditional 3D artist would care about. Well, and I've got a "Ring des Nibelungen" thing going on. Can't get my head out of that world. Haven't seen enough interesting interpretations of the chars.

A roughly modeled and rendered 3D image of Alberich, the creator of the ring from Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Alberich is dark and mysterious, standing on a rock. The light of the ring is reflected in his eyes. In the lower part of the image, a roughly drawn golden ring and the text "Alberich" are added to the composition.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 21/06/2025

Some moving images from those latest experiments.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 13/06/2025

Viewport compositing in Blender has become wild. I used to create images like these with a whole lot of post-processing in Photoshop, always being locked in to a specific shot chosen. These however are all directly from Blender. No 2D retouch whatsoever. Fully editable in real-time. #blender #eevee

A post-processed 3D forest landscape rendering.

A post-processed 3D forest landscape rendering. A small character is sitting on a rock at a lake.

A semi-abstract post-processed 3D forest landscape rendering.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 13/06/2025

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 07/04/2025

Blue Herb Software just released their retro jump 'n' run "Bones Beneath" for which I had the pleasure to create a key artwork and a full set of steam capsules. You can check out the game on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/2874550/... WIPs on Artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/BXrW3D

Digital painting of a jump 'n' run character with a Fedora hat and a whip, jumping through a dangerous parkour, being attacked by floating skulls.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 07/04/2025

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 29/03/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 5. Jonas and Raya travel on the River of Life towards an uncertain fate. Read almost 500 pages for free at wormworldsaga.com #webcomic #comic #indiecomic #humanartist

A digital painting of a fantasy landscape. A river is running through a landscape in which huge tilted rock formations lay scattered around. In the sky, planets of different sizes are visible.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 26/03/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 8. We've already seen the East Gate of Kingspeak a couple of posts ago. This is how it looks from the outside. Catch more glimpses of the epic architecture of the Wormworld at wormworldsaga.com #comic #webcomic #indiecomic

A painting of a medival city gate. Ox wagons can be seen rolling through it.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 22/03/2025

Random panel artwork of the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 11. In order to rescue Princess Raya, Jonas and Otomo have to sneak into the underground hidout of the Scrat bandits. See how that turns out at wormworldsaga.com. It's free! #webcomic #comic #indiecomic

A digital painting of an underground settlement. Haphazardly constructed wooden sheds fill the crevices between giant rocks.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 21/03/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 1. At this point, Jonas has no idea yet what great adventure lies ahead. Join him on his discovery at wormworldsaga.com. 100% free. #webcomic #comic #indiecomic

Painted artwork showing a young boy kneeling in front of an old trunk in an attic. He's holding up a wooden sword that glows in the beam of his flashlight.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 22/03/2025

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 20/03/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 8. The ore wagons leave the city of Kingspeak through the eastern gate. Where do they travel to? Find out at wormworldsaga.com #comic #webcomic #indiecomic

A digital painting of a fantasy city scene. Large wagons roll towards a fortified city gate. The houses along the street are colorful and palm trees grow on some of the roofs.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 14/03/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 10. Discover the exotic locations and mysterious creatures of the Wormworld at wormworldsaga.com #webcomic #comic #indiecomics

A digital painting of a rocky landscape overgrown by giant mushrooms. In the foreground, dark figures approach what looks like the entry to an underground shelter. A pool of sunlight is illuminating the center of the scene.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 14/03/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 10. Discover the exotic locations and mysterious creatures of the Wormworld at wormworldsaga.com #webcomic #comic #indiecomics

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 10/03/2025

Yeah, I'm doing some pretty weird experiments in 3D Coat lately. Feels a bit like some unholy marriage of Fimo and 3D pen. There surely must come out something interesting from it. At some point. In the future.

Screenshots of some coloful abstract 3D sculpting.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 09/03/2025

In case you didn't realize, you have an online book shelve with almost 500 pages of a spectacularly illustrated fantasy graphic novel that is all yours to enjoy anytime you need something that gives you a pause from the world. No external brands or algorithms will molest you there. wormworldsaga.com

A screenshot of the Wormworld Saga website. Under a lushly illustrated header you find what looks like a bookstand on which all the chapters are arranged, five in a row.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 25/02/2025

I've fallen into the German expressionism rabbit hole. It's deep and dark and very dramatically lit. My top 3 so far: "Faust" (1926), "Die Nibelungen" (1924) and, of course, "Metropolis" (1927). I knew they were there but only now my mind has truely opened up to them. Total fascination.

A still from the German movie "Faust" (1926). The devil looms over a small town.

A still from the German movie "Faust" (1926). Faust encounters Mephisto at the crossroads.

A still from the German movie "Faust" (1926). Faust is standing over the deadly injured Valentin who was killed by Mephisto.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 11/02/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 7. Molten metal is extracted from the glowing chasm at the Worm Mountain, the only place in the world where fire exists. Start on an epic fantasy adventure for free at wormworldsaga.com #webcomic #comic

A digital painting of an industrial facility. A huge cauldron filled with molten metal is pulled from a glowing chasm.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 11/02/2025

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 08/02/2025

Random panel artwork from the Wormworld Saga. This time from Chapter 4. Start for free on an epic fantasy adventure at wormworldsaga.com #webcomic #comic

A painting of a small boat approaching an overgrown ancient ruin that is partly submerged in water. A dramatic sky is seen in the background

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