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Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Work in progress.

This is the final update of the illustration. I believe it is progressing well.

February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Work in progress.

This is the final update of the illustration. I believe it is progressing well.

February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Anthony Avon .Art

@anthonyavonart.bsky.social

Of all the artists you can commission for dark fantasy art, I'm certainly one of them.

February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Work in progress.

I continue progressing in this illustration. I decided to start working on the character to bring some context to the background.

February 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Ladee Danger

@ladeedanger.com

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February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Another tiny update to this illustration.

February 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Hey #portfolioday!

My name is Jose Muñoz, and I am an illustrator who loves depicting the human figure and fantasy creatures, always striving for improvement. I am currently open for work.

January 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Chandragupta Maurya
©TriviumStudios
The last of the illustrations I did for Time Rift by @triviumstudios.bsky.social

#timetravel #mythology #illustration #art #india #TimeRift #painting #monk #tcg #cardgame #historical #warrior #urumiwhipsword #whip #sword

January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Chandragupta Maurya
©TriviumStudios
The last of the illustrations I did for Time Rift by @triviumstudios.bsky.social

#timetravel #mythology #illustration #art #india #TimeRift #painting #monk #tcg #cardgame #historical #warrior #urumiwhipsword #whip #sword

January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Shiltradya Bonata Devil
private commission

#angel #woman #art #fantasy #devil #illustration #characterdesign #commission #wings

January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Shiltradya Bonata Devil
private commission

#angel #woman #art #fantasy #devil #illustration #characterdesign #commission #wings

January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Chandragupta Maurya
©TriviumStudios
AD: Mike Dalzell
Another illustration I had the pleasure of painting for TimeRift by
@triviumstudios.bsky.social

#timetravel #mythology #illustration #art #india #TimeRift #painting #monk #tcg #cardgame #historical

January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Chandragupta Maurya
©TriviumStudios
AD: Mike Dalzell
Another illustration I had the pleasure of painting for TimeRift by
@triviumstudios.bsky.social

#timetravel #mythology #illustration #art #india #TimeRift #painting #monk #tcg #cardgame #historical

January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Marco González - Fantasy artist

@mgonzalezart.bsky.social

Tameshi Gusoku (literally bullet-tested armour), one more card I painted last year for Time Rift (@triviumstudios.bsky.social), as part of Oda Nobunaga's set.
AD: Mike Dalzell

Tameshi gusoku, a Japanese bulletproof armour. The armour itself is shown in a sitting position with its hands on its lap. It's resting against a wooden wall, with a red Oda Mokkō behind its head, rows of tanegashima (matchlock firearms) to its side, and a Noh mask hanging in the top left corner.

January 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Hey #portfolioday!

My name is Jose Muñoz, and I am an illustrator who loves depicting the human figure and fantasy creatures, always striving for improvement. I am currently open for work.

January 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Marco González - Fantasy artist

@mgonzalezart.bsky.social

Hey #portfolioday!

I'm Marco González, an artist working for games and books, especially fantasy inclined ones, and as a concept design instructor. I love working with evocative themes in fantasy, borrowing from ancient cultures and mythology.

marcogonzalezart.com
marco.gonzalez.leyton@gmail.com

A horned and almost entirely covered creature stands in the middle of the picture. Frayed layers flow around its body, kind of disintegrating as they move. A dark face with bright eyes is barely visible. Behind it, we see a stony and almost organic setting in mostly cool colours. In the bottom of the frame, we see a small character looking at the giant creature, standing on an organic-looking pathway.

A massive creature with multiple reddish, fleshy and bony limbs, flies above a crowd cheering on it. Its face is human-like, and small in comparison. Above its head sits a halo emitting several rays from its centre. Its wings are formed by an indefinite number of thin limbs. Most people in the crowd below are raising their arms in adoration, and some of them are missing parts of their body. The sky is bright orange with greenish, ominous clouds.

The focus of the illustration is massive cocoon-like formation made of gnarled branching shapes with a warm, eye-shaped light in the centre. In the foreground, a thick “branch” where a character is standing goes towards the background. The atmosphere is mostly blue and hazy, with some warm light particles floating around.

Inside a rocky, collapsing cave, a party of three adventurers are facing a massive creature with countless tentacles and a huge mouth with teeth showing. The first adventurer is aiming and arrow towards the creature, their bow ready to shoot; another one, to the right, is leaping forward wielding two daggers; the third one, in the middle of the scene, was caught by one of the tentacles and is being held upside down.

January 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Chanakya
©TriviumStudios
AD: Mike Dalzell
Illustration, I had the pleasure of painting for TimeRift by @triviumstudios.bsky.social

#timetravel #mythology #illustration #art #india #TimeRift #painting #monk #tcg #cardgame

January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Chanakya
©TriviumStudios
AD: Mike Dalzell
Illustration, I had the pleasure of painting for TimeRift by @triviumstudios.bsky.social

#timetravel #mythology #illustration #art #india #TimeRift #painting #monk #tcg #cardgame

January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM

Reposted by Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.

This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian

Holy fuck guys we’re not "pushing hard" for or replacing concept artists with AI.

We have a team of 72 artists of which 23 are concept artists and we are hiring more. The art they create is original and I’m very proud of what they do.

I was asked explicitly about concept art and our use of Gen AI. I answered that we use it to explore things. I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that. And they are indeed world class artists.

We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use google and art books. At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison.

I talked about how we use ML here if you would like to know more:
https://gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-embraces-machine-learning-for-tasks-that-nobody-wants-to-do/1100-6531123/

We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier.

December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM

Jose Muñoz ( Available for work)

@metalratrox.bsky.social

Work in progress

Another update on this illustration. I didn't have much time to work on it, so the progress was minimal.

#ninja #sketch #illustration #workinprogress #cyberpunk #scifi