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Paul Scott Canavan

@paulscottcanavan.com
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Creative director at GRIMOIRE 🌙 Making Pale Tides, the witch TTRPG ⚔️ Art for Silent Hill: Townfall, MTG, D&D, Black Library, Axis Animation (Destiny 2, Guild Wars 2), Disney, Inkle etccc 🔗 linktr.ee/PaulScottCanavan

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Dragan "Zeka" Ciric @runningcritter.bsky.social · 10h
Artist! Quote with your art with the best shadows! I really love this one. It was 30 minute study done during @paulscottcanavan.com studdy buddies stream, a scene from Return of the Jedi...
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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 28/09/2026
Steam capsule art and logo I made a few months ago for @alexene.dev, a solo developer working on a cozy and warm dwarven colony builder! It’s currently in playtesting! store.steampowered.com/app/4000460/... #indiegame #gamedev #illustration #keyart
Landscape illustration of three dwarves wielding an axe, a pickaxe, and a hammer, standing on top of a grassy fjord with ore, plants, and berries growing around them.A landscape illustration of a night time campfire scene of two dwarves warming themselves by the fire, the third dwarf asleep behind a snoozing cat.
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my ordinary life @calne.ca · 27/09/2026
im very busy
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 25/09/2026
Me and 9 games that shaped my childhood I tried to only pick games I was absolutely obsessed with. Like, spend all day staring at the clock waiting to get home from school and play them, dreaming of them, making endless fanart obsession. Insane to miss Dungeon Keeper, Quake, Deus Ex etc but hey
Hello this is a picture of me at a MTG event, holding my son, the Furby BeelzebubDiablo, Half-Life, Realms of the Haunting, Incubation, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Majora’s Mask, Hexen, Aliens vs Predator, Tony Hawks 2
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 25/09/2026
JESS TOWNFALL, I REPEAT
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 25/09/2026
Visiting Nice next week - anything interesting I should see?
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VoidBurger (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 24/09/2026
I'm really excited to play/stream Silent Hill Townfall!! Let's say tomorrow (Sept 25th) at: 10AM EDT, 9AM CDT, 7AM PDT, 3PM BST, 5PM EEST at twitch.tv/voidburger!
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Franck Besançon 🩸 Ecstasy&Agony artbook available! @franckbesancon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Silent Hill: Townfall is out today! This was my very first concept art freelance gig, and it’s a huge honor to have played a small part in such an amazing project. It’s also the first time I’ve been officially credited on a game, so it feels pretty special! 🥳
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 24/09/2026
Seeing Silent Hill: Townfall absolutely kill it has been such a joy. I had the great pleasure of working on it with Jon back in 2022, mostly on monster designs, enviros and a bunch of storyboards. The team has done an astonishing job and I cannot wait to play the final thing this week 🖤🖤🖤
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 24/09/2026
1 slot left!!! Last chance for this year 🤘🖤
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 24/09/2026
It's really refreshing seeing shitey normal working class life depicted like this in a game, and a Silent Hill game no less. Pebble-dashed council flats, three-bar fires, Post Office counters, concrete shopping precincts. This must be how posh people felt playing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
The inside of a council flat.A brutalist concrete shopping precinct.A block of council flats.A Post Office (well, 'Post Service') counter.
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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking for someone who can do 90’s point-and-click style pixel art for a commission. Short notice but it’d need to be done in the next two weeks. Lemme know if that’s you, and share your portfolio please!
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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Silent Hill's stellar revival continues as new developer Screen Burn melds stealth, meticulous world design, and a dash of social realism for a different sort of survival horror. Here's our Silent Hill: Townfall review: www.eurogamer.net/silent-hill-...
Silent Hill: Townfall screenshot showing a close-up of St. Amelia nurse Zoe Ellis bathed in blue and red light with a serene expression on her face. A four star Eurogamer rating badge is overlaid in the top-right corner.
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Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Silent Hill: Townfall is one of the best games of the year. www.thebiglead.com/silent-hill-...
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Silent Hill: Townfall review – an instant horror classic
Silent Hill isn’t just a town anymore, it’s an idea that wriggles in your mind like writhing maggots on a mouldy steak, forcing you to reckon with the rotting meat of your past, wherever you are. In S...
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 21/09/2026
TOWNFALL REVIEWS ARE AMAZING congrats Screen Burn 🖤🖤🖤
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 21/09/2026
Happy Monday, here's some old Destiny 2 work (Curse of Osiris cinematic which I AD'd at Axis after the great Gareth Hector moved to another project) 🤘
Matte extension concept for this shot - I painted a bunch of mattes for this cinematic to fill out blank spaces, add additional atmosphere etc.Early concept for the overal atmosphere/fx and lighting look of the filmExploration for the end shot - lighting on MercuryAnother concept for the general chaos of the shot where everything goes down in slowmo. This started as an awesome concept by Gareth Hector who was previously Art Directing the cinematic (he had to leave halfway through and I took over)
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 21/09/2026
Some little guys I painted forever ago
Two little dragon guys on lily pads. One is looking at a dragonfly.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 21/09/2026
2 slots left for my last mentorship of the year!!
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𝕵𝖎𝖒𝖒𝖞 𝕸𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊 @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
SPIDER - 2026 My piece for @paulscottcanavan.com 's excellent Mastering Imaginative Realism course. it's the hardest I've ever worked on a single image and has been a total goldmine for technique, research and workflow. sorry if you don't like spiders, I found painting this very healing.
a woman rides into battle perched on the back of an enormous spider, they emerge into sunlight from a glowing green cave, the woman is weilding a glave and is casting a spell that resembles tugging on a spider web. in the foreground a smaller spider is also approaching. image painted as the result of Paul Scott Canavan's excellent mentorship scheme.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 18/09/2026
Painting, watching Zarfen. A good day.
Artist proof paintings in progress, laptop with Zarfen the Loot Goblin’s stream, misc paints and pens etc
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 10/09/2026
Just 4 slots left for the final mentorship of the year!!! Get in touch if you want in!
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 14/09/2026
mannnn no oled on steam frame huh?? Wild.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 12/09/2026
THE UNDERCITY LOOKS SO CUUUUUTE
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 12/09/2026
PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US A DIABLO 2 SWITCH 2 UPDATE WITH MOUSE CONTROLS THANK YOU BLIZZARD
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 10/09/2026
Just 4 slots left for the final mentorship of the year!!! Get in touch if you want in!
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 09/09/2026
Apple Pencil for an iPhone FINALLY
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Kim Myatt⁷ @ysvyri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New painting! 💖✨ "The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W. B. Yeats
A dreamy digital painting of a woman surrounded by oversized pink and coral tulips, set against a deep blue, star-speckled background. She looks upward with a calm, contemplative expression as the flowers curve around her, creating a surreal, magical atmosphere.
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Elwyn Rain @elwynrain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I got some really good feedback on this one on a portfolio review recently so I reworked it accordingly and its time for a repost, all hail to the goat god it all its glory ! #art
An illustration showing a group of person in red cloak kneeling in front of a food covered altar. Just behind the altar stand a giant goat, looking at the salt block in the middle of the food. The scene takes place place in a mountain pass.
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Zoë; commissions open! @tankpotzoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Finished these two wee goblin boys from Old School Miniatures for a client! Get in touch if you want something painted, my commissions are open!
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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 01/09/2026
⚔️🔥CAPTURE QUEST: CHARIZARD🔥⚔️ I have wanted to paint this for over a decade and spent the last year of my life fighting to bring it to the finish line. Please take a look, there is a lot to see
Gargantuan illustration of a charizard redesigned in the style of a monster hunter elder dragon. There are 4 hunters attacking him and their pikapalico is readying a voltorb bomb to throw. There is so much stuff in there, I spent a damn year on this. I'm exhausted.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 01/09/2026
Still 6 slots available for the October mentorship 😎
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Season of the Witch has 48 Hours to go! This is when the final push begins. If you're keen on the campaign, please share this far and wide. ✨ Back the campaign NOW at: witchstarter.co.uk
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
with the noclip_2cast focusing on highlighting indie/underground game releases, it opened up space to start a new /noclip podcast focused on game history and development. it's going to launch publicly next week, but we have two episodes up for patrons already. please consider supporting /noclip
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Jonathan Cooper @jonathan.gameanim.com · 28/08/2026
Good morning to all the game directors coming into work today to tell the team to add things they saw in the GTA trailer.
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
SCREAMING
ihy.wes on threads: dolly just visited me im shaking 

attached image of a breeze from an open window blowing two curtains aloft in a way that looks like massive spiritual breasts
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 28/08/2026
I've been so busy taking photos in 2026 that I've fallen behind on updating my website with all my 2026 photos So today's website update is the first step in rectifying that: www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/p... #Photography #RobHainesCreativeSpace
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A Bee-stiary
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 24/08/2026
3 slots taken! 7 still left for my October class. Come level up your art skills, it's fun! 8 weeks, £666, me spilling everything I've ever learned about making art and working in this mad industry.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 24/08/2026
3 slots taken! 7 still left for my October class. Come level up your art skills, it's fun! 8 weeks, £666, me spilling everything I've ever learned about making art and working in this mad industry.
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 24/08/2026
Nightdive are doing Thief? I swear they are single-handedly keeping me on this earth 🖤
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We are £220 off the next stretch goal. While it'd be nice to secure the whole kit and caboodle, I reckon you're really gonna want the option for Shadow Fractured.
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Court Tier gets you a Spell Scroll for your table. We're still experimenting with these, and each backer will get to choose what they want. We can print them. You can have it tea-towel sized. OR. You can have me mount them on wooden dowels so you can unroll them at the table. Only 2 left!
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You know who is ALSO incredibly awesome? @andantonius.bsky.social who not only contributed the music and audio processing for Season of the Witch but ALSO joins us as an artist of The Hand of Stolen Glory. Check him out, and then check out the kickstarter at witchstarter.co.uk <3
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 19/08/2026
My final mentorship course of the year kicks off in October!!! Semester 13 starts October 5th and runs for 8 weeks. If you want to learn from me and improve your illustration skills, make new friends and have a nice time, check out the website 🖤 www.masteringimaginativerealism.com Student art ⬇️
Art by @pettynun.bsky.social (Semester 8)Art by @amayensis.bsky.social (Semester 9)Art by @artrhino.bsky.social (Semester 10)Art by @quelfabulous.bsky.social (Semester 4)
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Renegade Rolls @renegaderolls.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Meet the Hexen. Four witches take on horrors monstrous and mundane in Pale Tides - a TTRPG by Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com Watch the full Actual Play on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvU...
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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 17/08/2026
The first Pale Tides Actual Play 😭 So excited to watch this!!!
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Dagmar Palfey @dagmarpalfey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"The Great Hunt" I painted this as part of @paulscottcanavan.com "Mastering Imaginative Realism" mentorship. The brief was to design and illustrate a hunter and their animal companion embarking on The Great Hunt. I had a lot of fun designing this creature and painting a stern orc lady 👀💦
A digital illustration of an older orc woman riding a made up creature in a snowy forest. The creature looks like a very large shaggy goat with a long neck and tusks coming out of the bridge of its nose that curl back in. The orc has a fierce expression on her face and is about to knock an arrow in the bow she's holding. The pair are riding downhill as the sun sets. They are following large footprints in the snow that have blood near them. A few ravens are perched in the tree branches around the pair.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trying to kill the part of myself that feels embarrassed for asking, but I'm between freelance payments right now and really hurting for money if anyone has interest in buying some sweet threads www.fibonaccideathspiral.com or prints www.inprnt.com/gallery/velv...
sweater with the Fibonacci Death Spiral logo, showing a painting I did of a skull with two golden fibonacci spirals wrapped around the eye socketsT-shirt of a painting of a woman riding a dragon
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Jacqui Davis - Newsletter now up! @logicfairy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
And here we have the final! Overall this took me 10 weeks on and off with feedback from @paulscottcanavan.com and the other fab artists in my cohort. If anyone has any questions on the process that I didn't cover pop 'em below and I'll try answer ^^ #Sulbook #Illustration #WIP #fantasyart
A young man rides a white stag during golden hour inn the mountains
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 12/08/2026
The push for Harry Potter the TV show is going to be completely enormous—they're debuting it on fucking Christmas—and it is the responsibility of TV critics to contextualize this as rewarding the world's most transphobic billionaire (which is saying something) in everything we write about it.
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