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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 · 14/07/2026

Mit einem KI-Artwork fett auf dem Cover. Mega.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 11/07/2026

Still you have the problem that physical lighting might work visually at one camera angle but look boring at another. Movies have a distinct light setup for every shot. In games with free camera you simply can't achieve that level of image composition.

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

Here's the artwork. If you're interested in the color sketch and some WIP images, you can visit the project page on my Artstation: www.artstation.com/artwork/wrDYNO

The key artwork for "Polar Darkness" a computer game by Horsefly Games. The image shows the main character that is sinking in a body of water. Inside the characters silhouette, blood red roots are growing below a church. In the background, dark silhouettes of houses and pine trees are visible in front of a diffuse cold sky.

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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 · 22/06/2026

Danke für das nette Feedback! Derzeit gibt es keinen deutschen Verlag für die Wormworld Saga. Da müsst Ihr vielleicht mit der Webseite überbrücken, bis ich da wieder mehr Glück habe. Viel Spaß beim Lesen und beste Grüße an den Sohnemann!

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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, a typo in an url isn't that great of an idea. This link works: steamcapsules.daniellieske.com

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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

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 · 25/02/2026

What a thief stole thou steal'st from a thief; could gain be more thankfully got? -"The Ring of the Nibelung", Richard Wagner

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 26/12/2025

Meine Frau hat gestern bestimmt ein Dutzend Fehler gefunden, unter anderem auch den erwähnten. Ging vielleicht doch etwas schnell mit der Übersetzung. Ist jetzt korrigiert. Danke für Dein Feedback!

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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 · 17/12/2025

I love the textures in your work!

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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

Oh, erste Auflage von Band 1. Schöne Sammlung! Danke für Deine Unterstützung!

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

Dankeschön! Und danke für's Teilen!

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

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

Thank you, Klaus! That's some super encouraging feedback!

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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

Thank you! The only textures in the scene are some procedural Voronoi textures mapped in world space and a displacement texture that is actually projected in the compositor. I learned some wild stuff over the last few weeks.

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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 · 21/07/2025

Sorry to wisecrack here but I'd like to point out that a katana is worn with the blade facing upward in the sheath. It's against visual design intuition (swoosh kind of goes the wrong way) but it's done so that you draw the sword sliding on its bland back in order to not damage the sheath over time.

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Daniel Lieske @daniellieske.com · 17/07/2025

I'm not wise enough yet to figure out the end in all its details. But I'm optimistic that I will be when I eventually reach that point.

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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

Thank you! Yeah, it's nice to have an outlet that invites experimentation. And how unlikely that it's coming from the business side. It's a win win situation.

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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

And this one BTW was a total accident when I moved the camera through the beam of a spotlight. I used to PAINT my abstract paintings. Stumbling upon them in a 3D scene is an interesting new option!

A 3D-rendering with heavy post-processing that looks like an abstract painting.

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