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lowly draftsman. illustrator based in scotland ✧ he/they ✧

contact; hello@mallaichte.com ✧ shop; https://mallaichte.etsy.com ✧ website; https://mallaichte.com
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mal ✶ @mallaichte.bsky.social · Jul 8
hark! #portfolioday is upon us once more!

I'm Mal and I'm a freelance illustrator from Scotland. I love weird folklore and also Final Fantasy ☄️

always happy to hear about commissions and freelance work—please do reach out if you'd like some art!

🌻 mallaichte.com
📮 hello@mallaichte.com
An illustration depicting the Warrior of Light, the hero of Final Fantasy XIV, against a backdrop of prominent locations from each of the games expansions. The Warriors features are vague - they are clad in a dark cloak, riding a chocobo across a grassy hill. Beyond the hill rise the spires of the city of Ishgard, the walls of Ala Mhigo, the city of Kugane, the plains of the Azim Steppe, the lofty Crystal Tower, and the spiralling architecture of Amaurot. The moon looms large in the sky, and the scene is bordered with a golden frame detailed with friends and foes (mostly foes) from the Warriors journey. An illustration of Estinien from Final Fantasy XIV. He's an Elezen (elf-like person) clad in black spiked dragoon armour, with his long white hair whipping around his face as he grips his spear, plunging it into the open maw of a dragon. An illustration of the main cast of companions from Baldur's Gate 3 - Lae'zel, Karlach, Wyll, Shadowheart, Astarion, Gale, and the dog Scratch - in battle-ready poses with their weapons drawn. A mass of writhing purple tentacles looms ominously above them. An illustration of a scene in the woods at night, of masked, goat-legged figures dancing in a circle around a man emerging from a bonfire in the centre. A gold frame surrounds the scene, and outside of that are vignettes of masked, bearded faces smiling, a dagger cutting hair, an upended chalice pouring white gel on to a bare shoulder, and tree branches covering a persons chest in the shape of common top surgery scars.
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istvan and erik, for a private commissioner 🌹

#kcd ✧ #isterik ✧ #art
An illustration of Istvan Toth and Erik from Kingdom Come Deliverance. Istvan, the shorter of the two, is a pale man wearing a chaperon and dark quilted clothing with gold detailing—he is reaching up to cup Erik's face in his hand. Erik is a pale blond man wearing armour and holding a bloodstained sword. They are looking at each other tenderly, surrounded by wolfsbane flowers.
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
istvan and erik, for a private commissioner 🌹

#kcd ✧ #isterik ✧ #art
An illustration of Istvan Toth and Erik from Kingdom Come Deliverance. Istvan, the shorter of the two, is a pale man wearing a chaperon and dark quilted clothing with gold detailing—he is reaching up to cup Erik's face in his hand. Erik is a pale blond man wearing armour and holding a bloodstained sword. They are looking at each other tenderly, surrounded by wolfsbane flowers.
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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an autumnal Wyll, to match the season 🍂

#bg3 ✧ #art
An illustrated headshot of Wyll Ravengard from Baldur's Gate 3. A Black man with a pair of twisting demonic horns growing from his forehead, he has a serene expression on his face, and is bundled up in a green scarf and gloves and surrounded by mushrooms and falling orange and brown leaves.
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
an autumnal Wyll, to match the season 🍂

#bg3 ✧ #art
An illustrated headshot of Wyll Ravengard from Baldur's Gate 3. A Black man with a pair of twisting demonic horns growing from his forehead, he has a serene expression on his face, and is bundled up in a green scarf and gloves and surrounded by mushrooms and falling orange and brown leaves.
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
it was so lovely to be interviewed by Eruanna about my FFXIV fanworks!! I very much enjoyed getting to wax absolutely poetic about how I approach making fanart and how my love of folklore bleeds into my work, thank you for having me 🫡
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Live on Kickstarter until Oct 22, my newest project, quality screenprinted #DragonAgeTheVeilguard tourist shirts! 🐲 🏰 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ell... #BSNM #DragonAge #DATV #DAV #SmallArtists #ArtistsOnBlueSky #SupportArtists
October 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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mallaichte.bsky.social
a good story, you don’t really write. it was always there. you just uncover it.

#dragonage ✧ #art
An illustration of Varric Tethras from the Dragon Age game series. He is sitting at a table, writing in a book with a large quill - behind him are four large colourful stained glass windows, each one depicting characters and scenes from the four main Dragon Age games; Origins, 2, Inquisition, and The Veilguard.
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
a good story, you don’t really write. it was always there. you just uncover it.

#dragonage ✧ #art
An illustration of Varric Tethras from the Dragon Age game series. He is sitting at a table, writing in a book with a large quill - behind him are four large colourful stained glass windows, each one depicting characters and scenes from the four main Dragon Age games; Origins, 2, Inquisition, and The Veilguard.
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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hthrflwrs.bsky.social
I got to write another Exceptional Story for Fallen London!! Check it out!!!
failbettergames.com Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · Sep 25
A pair of assistants wheel out a metal table, upon which a writhing, screaming number seven has been strapped. Its eyes roll around in its head. "Who would like to cut it open?"

The Exceptional Story for October is here! The Shape of Infinity, by Heather Flowers.
A white woman with bobbed brown hair and a blue, high-necked Victorian dress looks serenely at the viewer. One of her hands rests on a giant, curving entity which loops over her head like a massive shepherd's crook. It glows amber and is studded with slitted amber eyes.
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
mallaichte.bsky.social
good news, i'm now able to ship to the US once more! thank you for your patience, US pals—it's business as usual once again 🌟

✧ mallaichte.etsy.com ✧
September 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
i've just returned from a trip to Barcelona! what a beautiful city.... very inspiring (i have now become a Gaudí guy)
A photo of the Basílica de la Sagrada Família, a colossal, unbelievably ornately constructed church. Four gigantic spires tower above a carved facade depicting scenes from the crucifixion, while a fifth, even larger spire, is still under construction behind. A photo of Casa Batlló, a building in Barcelona design by architect Gaudí. The facade is decorated with bright mosaics, and the windows and balconies are shaped in natural, curving forms. A photo taken from the Greek Theater in Parc Güell, showing the top of one of the mosaic benches lining the plaze, with a view beyond of Barcelona's skyline. A photo of a white building with its walls covered in deep blue flowerpots. A bright yellow bench sits against the building, and an archway leads into an alleyway beside it.
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
how lovely! thank you so much for the feature 💚

i've just returned from a holiday, so i'll be back to shipping out orders this week—i'm also hoping to resume shipping to the US soon!
xivfanmerch.network XIV Fan Merch Network | #XIVFMN @xivfanmerch.network · Sep 21
Greetings, kupo! This week's feature is @mallaichte.bsky.social

Print collectors, look alive! Beautiful portraits of favored NPCs, stickers, stationery, and even cursed moogles ahead!

Take a look..!
mallaichte.carrd.co/

#FFXIV #XIVmerch #XIVArt
Three different illustrated Final Fantasy XIV prints sitting on a wooden table. The largest one show a cloaked figure riding a chocobo across a grassy field, with various locations from the game in the background. To the right of it is a print showing Estinien wielding his lance in combat against a dragon, and above that is a print of Emet-Selch holding Azem's crystal. A collection of illustrated chibi-style stickers of various Final Fantasy XIV characters sitting on a wooden table. The characters shown include G'raha, Estinien, Emet-Selch, Zenos, Thancred, Y'shtola, Urianger, Wuk Lamat, Erenville, Alphinaud, and Alisaie. Two notepads sitting on a wooden table, with some pens and pencils around them. The larger one is a daily planner, themed after the FFXIV quest log, with sections for "Main Quests", "Side Quests", and so on, and the smaller one is a memo pad with a field full of chocobos decorating the bottom edge. A closeup photo of an illustrated sticker sheet featuring a bunch of moogles up to various shenanigans, including skateboarding, lying on the ground drinking, and showing their lil moog cheeks.
September 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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xivfanmerch.network
Greetings, kupo! This week's feature is @mallaichte.bsky.social

Print collectors, look alive! Beautiful portraits of favored NPCs, stickers, stationery, and even cursed moogles ahead!

Take a look..!
mallaichte.carrd.co/

#FFXIV #XIVmerch #XIVArt
Three different illustrated Final Fantasy XIV prints sitting on a wooden table. The largest one show a cloaked figure riding a chocobo across a grassy field, with various locations from the game in the background. To the right of it is a print showing Estinien wielding his lance in combat against a dragon, and above that is a print of Emet-Selch holding Azem's crystal. A collection of illustrated chibi-style stickers of various Final Fantasy XIV characters sitting on a wooden table. The characters shown include G'raha, Estinien, Emet-Selch, Zenos, Thancred, Y'shtola, Urianger, Wuk Lamat, Erenville, Alphinaud, and Alisaie. Two notepads sitting on a wooden table, with some pens and pencils around them. The larger one is a daily planner, themed after the FFXIV quest log, with sections for "Main Quests", "Side Quests", and so on, and the smaller one is a memo pad with a field full of chocobos decorating the bottom edge. A closeup photo of an illustrated sticker sheet featuring a bunch of moogles up to various shenanigans, including skateboarding, lying on the ground drinking, and showing their lil moog cheeks.
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
mallaichte.bsky.social
popped some new bits and pieces up on the shoppe! new Dragon Age and Final Fantasy XIV prints, plus a Deltarune sticker sheet 🌌

✧ mallaichte.etsy.com ✧
A collage of three different images - an illustrated print of Varric Tethras from Dragon Age, an illustrated print of Emet-Selch and his Ancient self Hades from Final Fantasy XIV, and a Deltarune sticker sheet.
September 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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mallaichte.bsky.social
i am hawking my wares at Epic Comic Con this weekend! come say hi, i'm at table AB14 in the artist alley (right beside the main stage) 🌠
Mal sits behind his artist alley table, laden with prints, stickers, and notepads. Various Final Fantasy and Dragon Age prints on a display. Various stickers on shelves. An artist alley floorplan—table AB14 is highlighted.
September 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
mallaichte.bsky.social
i am hawking my wares at Epic Comic Con this weekend! come say hi, i'm at table AB14 in the artist alley (right beside the main stage) 🌠
Mal sits behind his artist alley table, laden with prints, stickers, and notepads. Various Final Fantasy and Dragon Age prints on a display. Various stickers on shelves. An artist alley floorplan—table AB14 is highlighted.
September 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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the third seat; emet-selch

#ffxiv ✧ #art
An illustration of Emet-Selch from Final Fantasy XIV, in his Shadowbringers appearance reaching toward the viewer with one hand and holding his Ascian glyph over his face with the other. He is back-to-back with his Ancient self, who is holding his mask.
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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melon.zone
I just finished writing a DELTARUNE Chapter 3 demake-slash-fangame for the actual NES - it took 3 months! Spoiler warning, of course, if you haven't played that yet! #gamedev #fangames
drmelon.itch.io/mantle
MANTLE.NES by DrMelon
A Deltarune fangame/demake for NES. Contains spoilers for Chapter 3!
drmelon.itch.io
September 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
the third seat; emet-selch

#ffxiv ✧ #art
An illustration of Emet-Selch from Final Fantasy XIV, in his Shadowbringers appearance reaching toward the viewer with one hand and holding his Ascian glyph over his face with the other. He is back-to-back with his Ancient self, who is holding his mask.
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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ciphox.bsky.social
#wol
digital comic. three panels panel 1: hydaelyn (crystal) before a small warrior of light. HYDAELYN: (in fancy font) Thou art mine most jealous Warrior.. panel 2: wol looking up at her, distraught WoL: you have other warriors? panel 3: hydaelyn (crystal) but bigger and closer
September 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
today is the last day you can order from my shop if you're in the US (for now.....)! if you've been eyeing up any prints or stickers, you'd best make haste!!
mallaichte.bsky.social mal ✶ @mallaichte.bsky.social · Aug 21
USA friends & foes; it's looking like i am sadly going to have to (hopefully temporarily) cease shipping to the US soon. the de minimis exemptions allowing parcels under $800 to enter the US without import fees will be removed on the 29th of August, so international shipping is about to get costly 🧵
A graphic reading "Shop update! US shipping pausing" in handwritten text, against a background of pink illustrated vines and leaves.
August 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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mallaichte.bsky.social
USA friends & foes; it's looking like i am sadly going to have to (hopefully temporarily) cease shipping to the US soon. the de minimis exemptions allowing parcels under $800 to enter the US without import fees will be removed on the 29th of August, so international shipping is about to get costly 🧵
A graphic reading "Shop update! US shipping pausing" in handwritten text, against a background of pink illustrated vines and leaves.
August 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
USA friends & foes; it's looking like i am sadly going to have to (hopefully temporarily) cease shipping to the US soon. the de minimis exemptions allowing parcels under $800 to enter the US without import fees will be removed on the 29th of August, so international shipping is about to get costly 🧵
A graphic reading "Shop update! US shipping pausing" in handwritten text, against a background of pink illustrated vines and leaves.
August 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
mallaichte.bsky.social
#wip i'm back in the freaking building babyyy (painting my favourite hag)
A screenshot from Procreate, showing an illustration in progress of Emet-Selch from Final Fantasy XIV. He is holding a hand up to his face, with his red Ascian glyph appearing. His Ancient self stands behind him, holding his red mask.
August 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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hthrflwrs.bsky.social
Have you seen the Unfair Flips trailer yet? You should.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S69e...
Unfair Flips Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by HEATHER FLOWERS
www.youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM