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This is a Mantis Elf, called the Banshee in-book. Banshees have those long, semi-transparent veils that they use to cover their monstrous faces. When they are angered, they unfold.. I have painted the folded version as well, and she's patiently waiting for her turn in posting. #art #dnd #sketch

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Some more Mantis elf on a Saturday night (reff pic from Wikipedia) #sketch #art

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Here are some extra old artworks of Orza and a closeup <3

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hi! Today I bring you a re-paint and a collection of artworks I did featuring one of the NPCs from my D&D book, Feylights of Gaol. This fella here is an ogre (meaning a giant). He's an antagonist (tho, obviousely, he may be portrayed as an ally), and I like him very much :3 #art #fantasy #dnd

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And here are some extra closeups and sketches

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here is an art showing her in full armour and a comparison to a Sluagh Drone

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sluagh, the wasp elf, from the bug elf collection. An illustraton for Feylights of Gaol. It's a D&D 5e book I'm writing and illustrating. I hope you will like it once it comes out. For now, have yourself a wasp :3 #characterdesign #art #fantasy #dnd #sketch

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here is step by step progress. All of the towers for phorobashing were a royalty free photos from Pexels

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Citadel in Dis, an illustration for the Feylights of Gaol book . I'm not like, the best enviro artist in the world (in truth, I suck a bit), but for my book, I have to learn. And so I painted one of the book's location as illustration for the project #art

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The first sketch looked like this :''D

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's still unfinished but I'm slowly getting close to making second cover for Feylights of Gaol (my book). It takes over 5 days, which is very slow for me, but I want to make sure it looks crisp in print I hope you will like it when it's done <3 #wipart #art #illustration

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And as always, here are all the closeups

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Comm posting time! Here are some portraits I painted for different groups and clients over the period of late summer/early autumn. Sketch portraits are the simplest comms I offer. They are very rough around the edges, but some people enjoy that effect <3 #sketch #dnd

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Shortly before midnight, my brain decided NOW is the time to paint the Banshee Mantis elf. She's the last one from the main elven set, and she's been giving me issues #sketch #wipart #art

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It took a few tries <3 I wasn't sure what % of grey, brown and gold I wanted so in the start it just. Had a totally different ratio The design went through its growing pains

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I love moths as well, they are my favourite insect to get inspired by! I tell myself I need to paint other things but I keep doing moths over and over ,_,

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's a new bugelf I painted. His name is the Necromancer and he's based on a death's-head hawkmoth. All bug elves are painted for my upcoming D&D 5e book called the Feylights of Gaol, and they are playable species #art #dnd #characterdesign

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

And as always, here is a sketch and a closeup

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here is a human fighter I designed for a client #sketch #art #characterdesign

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here is an extra pose + some other stuff

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Xaedra the Goddess of the Feywild is a character design I made for a client. I'm very honoured that I got to work with such a creative and vibrant concept! Not gonna lie, the palette reminds me a bit of one of Avicii's albums cover. #art #characterart #characterdesign

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here's a quick sketch painting I've done for a private client and their project called the remnants. The client had a very concrete vision I got to realise and this is the result #sketch

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here is some more of Edgar and other glowworm elf

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is another concept art showing Weeshee, aka glowworm bug elf. This one is named Edgar. Edgar is not feeling so good. He is, hmm, departing, bleeding quite a lot of Feylight. All of the bugelves need this substance to survive. This is what their souls are made from #sketch #dnd #conceptart #art

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I had some troubles designing the Banshee this year, so I decided to go back to the drawing board and give them one more shot. So here is the new banshee design sketch They are the only ones I lack until I have 10 bugelves completed #sketch #wipart

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here's a quick sketch I made some time ago of a bee queen for my bugelf series. I made some wonky hexagonal patterns too. At first I wanted to do honey hexes by hand but no. That was a very bad idea, why did I even. She is based on a carpenter bee btw #sketch #wipart

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And if anyone desires so, I have all of my bugelves as prints in my Kofi shop :3

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This time I had to re-paint a character not because there was something wrong with the size, but because the characters came a bit wonky ^^' I also added a bit of watercolour texture and better saturation. And a new pose. So the re-post is not cheap

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hi! I wanted to share some more bugelves with you. This is Beatrice, a Sluagh drone, based on a bee. Bea here was painted in 2025 but I had to re-paint her a bit. Sluagh in general are based on order Hymenoptera. In-game they come in three types: drone, warrior and queen #art #dnd #sketch #fantasy

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Most of the gnomes are peaceful and not at all creepy (or at least, I tried to make them less intense than the Powrie). I based them on mouse, shrews and rabbits

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

As always, here are sketches to the sketch and closeups

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here's a sketch I made to portray the Powrie, Squirrel Gnomes from the Feylights of Gaol D&D book. In the setting elves are bugs, gnomes are small forest animals, and dwarves are simply horrifying. I really wanted to do Redcaps, and picked the squirrels to represent them #sketch #characterart #dnd

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Someone told me I have already done something similar and I can't unsee it ;_;

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's not even an artwork per se, I'm just thinking out loud. Current Banshees (B) have a LOT of limbs and I'm not totally sold on that idea. I'm leaning to (C) but I need some second hand opinions. Thoughts?

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And here are, as always, WIPs & notes. And some concept sketches

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here is a very old artwork I repainted to fit Feylights demo bok. This art shows a goblin. In my setting goblins are based on bats, so they have to cover their eyes when they walk outside in daylight #illustration #goblin #dnd #fantasy #art

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oo, good comparison! Tho in these species of elf the wings grow directly from empty eye sockets :3

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm painting another moth elf. I feel like I can allow myself to paint one more moth, especially after recent hard work It's one of my favourites! #wipart #sketch

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here are some in progress arts and extra designs! Hope you like them!

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hi! Here's some more Weeshee (glowworm elf). You seem to really like them to I decided to post one more 💚 I'm still thinking about the name for this fella. If you have any ideas I would be grateful! #sketch #art #dnd #fantasy #ocart

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here's a sketch of a Weeshee elf! Weeshees are glowworms elves, filled with a mysterious, magical light that keeps them alive and well.They are from my series of Bugelves I'm painting for my book :3 I painted this one before, but I decided to add a side view #sketch #dnd #fantasy #art #characterart

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And here is the step-by-step walk-through

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is a Star Wars commission I painted for an anonymous client! I love doing star wars painting. Long time ago I used to be a big fan, and it sometimes comes through in my own writing :3 I hope you will like her! #starwars #starwarsart #illustration #art #digitalart

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here's a WIP of a Star Wars commission! This Sith Lord (Lady?) is called Raj and comes from the planet Dathomir I hope you will like the final work #wip #art #starwars #sketch

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Also here's some more of my common green bottle fly elf partying, plus some early sketches I made. He's now moving the celebration to page 15

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cheers! Today I finished painting all the artworks for the demo my book, Feylights of Gaol, which is a D&D setting/expansion. I've been crunching days on after work. Today and tomorrow we are finishing the layout. Next task: translate the demo to English, so everyone can read it! #sketch #art #dnd

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Firs. Fir Bolg, Fir Galeóin and Fir Domnan D&D started it with the Fir (which, a fun fact, just means "people") so I made some extra Fir species #sketch #wipart #sketching

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And here is in-progress for all the people curious. I used photobashing to do a simple "blockout" for the city using royalty free photos, and then overpainted it completely. It's easier for me to build a space this way

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here's something different. I painted an illustration for my demo book for my D&D setting. I used the same brushes and styles as for bugelves. The idea was to show the setting a bit. I hope this is the first of many such illustrations for the project #art #illustration #watercolour #d&d #dnd

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Spikulec @spikulec.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here are some usual closeups. The wings belong to a species called spotted lanternfly. They are not of the order Diptera I use as a basis for Feiraks, but I haven't done Hemiptera yet, so I feel justified

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