Bruce Brenneise 🔜Relaxing with family
@brucedraws.bsky.social
Award-winning illustrator: MTG, D&D, Witcher, Numenera, Slay the Spire
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Behold Greyhawk, one of my illustrations for the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide! Perhaps the piece I'm proudest of from the past year. I was able to take this one about 70% of the way to finish in acrylics, a major milestone for me.
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Today is my birthday! 🎂
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today is my birthday! 🎂
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
Making fun plans for next year!
December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Making fun plans for next year!
A couple more AP paintings I finished and sent off to their commissioners the other week! It continues to be fun expanding what I'm capable of putting onto such a small surface.
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A couple more AP paintings I finished and sent off to their commissioners the other week! It continues to be fun expanding what I'm capable of putting onto such a small surface.
I'm enjoying these D&D paintings of mine hanging in my dining area!
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm enjoying these D&D paintings of mine hanging in my dining area!
This was fun! A shot of the panel I was on at Tabletop.Me last month.
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This was fun! A shot of the panel I was on at Tabletop.Me last month.
Silver's Vengeance, 2022, for D&D's Shadow of the Dragon Queen. Although not something I paint very often, I do enjoy the challenge of painting dragons when I get the chance. A very nostalgic piece for me, since I grew up with Dragonlance!
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Silver's Vengeance, 2022, for D&D's Shadow of the Dragon Queen. Although not something I paint very often, I do enjoy the challenge of painting dragons when I get the chance. A very nostalgic piece for me, since I grew up with Dragonlance!
"Inauspicious Birth", personal piece, 2018. It sometimes feels we're born into such a cruel world, but it *could* be worse.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Inauspicious Birth", personal piece, 2018. It sometimes feels we're born into such a cruel world, but it *could* be worse.
I'm pleased to be taking part (once again) in the third Magic the Gathering in Miniature gallery show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social in Los Angeles next month! 111 MTG artists are taking part. Here are the three pieces I'll be submitting. Any guesses on which cards these are painted on the back of?
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm pleased to be taking part (once again) in the third Magic the Gathering in Miniature gallery show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social in Los Angeles next month! 111 MTG artists are taking part. Here are the three pieces I'll be submitting. Any guesses on which cards these are painted on the back of?
Sometimes you just need a laugh, and as silly as this particular project was, I was laughing throughout! "Ruckus in the Orchard", 2017 or so.
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sometimes you just need a laugh, and as silly as this particular project was, I was laughing throughout! "Ruckus in the Orchard", 2017 or so.
Another early career piece I'm proud of for Numenera: 'The Isle of Forbidden Cultivations'
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Another early career piece I'm proud of for Numenera: 'The Isle of Forbidden Cultivations'
I'll be sharing some old work for a bit! This one is from 2016. 'Fourth Mark', commissioned by Lone Shark Games for Numenera.
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'll be sharing some old work for a bit! This one is from 2016. 'Fourth Mark', commissioned by Lone Shark Games for Numenera.
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Ask yourself if kids prefer toys, or stores. Games from a generation ago were allowed to be toys. Games today are forced to be stores.
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ask yourself if kids prefer toys, or stores. Games from a generation ago were allowed to be toys. Games today are forced to be stores.
Finally got my hands on this beauty that I did two illustrations for!
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Finally got my hands on this beauty that I did two illustrations for!
Last show of the year! Yes, there were too many shows this year. 😅 Nonetheless, I'm excited to be here in chilly Salt Lake for Dragonsteel! Come say hi if you're at the show! Booth E40.
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Last show of the year! Yes, there were too many shows this year. 😅 Nonetheless, I'm excited to be here in chilly Salt Lake for Dragonsteel! Come say hi if you're at the show! Booth E40.
Reposted by Bruce Brenneise 🔜Relaxing with family
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"Things Left Behind", personal piece from 2019 or so. I'm always trying to remind myself to save some time for personal work like this, but I haven't been terribly effective at doing so.
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Things Left Behind", personal piece from 2019 or so. I'm always trying to remind myself to save some time for personal work like this, but I haven't been terribly effective at doing so.
The final D&D piece I get to share for now, from Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun! Plus the painting (acrylic, 12x16) when it was in progress while I was visiting my in-laws in China this past winter.
Harrowdale
AD: Emi Tanji
Harrowdale
AD: Emi Tanji
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The final D&D piece I get to share for now, from Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun! Plus the painting (acrylic, 12x16) when it was in progress while I was visiting my in-laws in China this past winter.
Harrowdale
AD: Emi Tanji
Harrowdale
AD: Emi Tanji
My easel as I headed off to Vegas this morning....
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My easel as I headed off to Vegas this morning....
Las Vegas this weekend! See some of you there. :-)
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Las Vegas this weekend! See some of you there. :-)
"Shadowdale"
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Shadowdale"
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
'Telflamm' Illustration for 'Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun' from D&D. A very challenging piece! On the left (click on it) the final version that saw print. To the right, a progress shot of the acrylic painting. Behind the painting you can see one of my 'models', my cat Loki! AD: Emi Tanji
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
'Telflamm' Illustration for 'Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun' from D&D. A very challenging piece! On the left (click on it) the final version that saw print. To the right, a progress shot of the acrylic painting. Behind the painting you can see one of my 'models', my cat Loki! AD: Emi Tanji
I finally get to share some new work! Recently published in 'Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun', I give you
'Rashemen'
AD: Emi Tanji
(painting as it was in progress, vs final seen in the book)
'Rashemen'
AD: Emi Tanji
(painting as it was in progress, vs final seen in the book)
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I finally get to share some new work! Recently published in 'Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun', I give you
'Rashemen'
AD: Emi Tanji
(painting as it was in progress, vs final seen in the book)
'Rashemen'
AD: Emi Tanji
(painting as it was in progress, vs final seen in the book)
Having a great time in the Emirates! I'm heading home tomorrow, but already looking forward to my next travels abroad.
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Having a great time in the Emirates! I'm heading home tomorrow, but already looking forward to my next travels abroad.
A new artist proof painting coming with me to 'Tabletop.Me' this weekend! An alternate vision of Ancient Tomb.
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A new artist proof painting coming with me to 'Tabletop.Me' this weekend! An alternate vision of Ancient Tomb.
I'm getting very antsy to reveal five pieces I painted for D&D's new Forgotten Realms books starting most of a year ago! More on this in a week, when I'm back from Dubai.
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm getting very antsy to reveal five pieces I painted for D&D's new Forgotten Realms books starting most of a year ago! More on this in a week, when I'm back from Dubai.