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Nathan Reese Maher
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Award Winning Author, Poet, Illustrator, Tabletop Roleplaying Game Designer and Enthusiast, Ballet Lover, Gamer, Curator of Creepy Books
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This is horn design for the Ashwyn tribe for Blades & Ballet: The Roleplaying Game which is based off the novel "Blades & Ballet: Enemy of the Wind".

#artnouveau #artnouveaustyle #artwork #art #digitalart #fantasy #ttrpg #rpg #dance #ballet #bladesandballet
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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This is the horn design for the Alshep Tribe for Blades & Ballet: The Roleplaying Game which is based off the novel "Blades & Ballet: Enemy of the Wind".

#artnouveau #artnouveaustyle #artwork #art #digitalart #fantasy #ttrpg #rpg #dance #ballet #bladesandballet
December 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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This is the interior spread design for Blades & Ballet: The Roleplaying Game which is based off the novel "Blades & Ballet: Enemy of the Wind".

#artnouveau #artnouveaustyle #artwork #art #digitalart #fantasy #ttrpg #rpg #dance #ballet #bladesandballet
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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“Pre-Apotheosis” is artwork from “Blades & Ballet: The Roleplaying Game”. #artnouveau #artwork #digitalart #games #gaming #gamer #rpg #ttrpg #ballet #dancer #ballerina #pointeshoes
An art nouveau border with vines and leaves with a blue to purple gradient, and the background is a white to dark blue gradient with stars glittering. In the center is a ballet dancer tying their pointe shoes. They wear a green dress, have red hair, and curled horns jetting from their brow.
July 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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An illustration from "Blades & Ballet". This is entitled "At the Barre". #ballet #barre #balletbarre #dance #dancing #pointeshoes #bladesandballet #artnouveau #rpg #ttrpg
Four dancers are standing at a ballet barre. There are two femme-presenting individuals at the front one is wearing a lavender leotard and purple tights. They have brown skin, goat-like ears, ridges on their nose, and a short pair of horns that portrude from their head. The one standing next to them is wearing a redish leotard with darker red tights. She has slightly lighter brown skin with a pair of antlers portruding from her head. Both are wearing pointe shoes. There are two masculine-appearing individuals standing behind them. The one on the left has whiter skin with blonde hair and curled horns like a ram, while the one on the left reddish-brown skin with curled horns. Both of them are wearing a light colored shirt, grey tights, and black ballet slippers. They art style is art nouveau.
July 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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"The Old English Baron" cover I designed for the public domain gothic novel. #theoldenglishbaron #clarareeve #novel #classics #gothicnovel #gothic #cathedral #goth #artwork #coverart #novels #gothicliterature #scary #horror #romance
A tan background with a gothic border. There's a cathedral with two large trees, with several bats flying in the sky. There is a cemetary with headstones where a woman walks. The title "The Old English Baron" reads at the top and "Clara Reeve" reads at the bottom.
May 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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"The Castle of Otranto" gothic minimalism cover I created for the public domain novel. #castleofotranto #horacewalpole #gothicliterature #gothicnovels #gothic #goth #dark #gloomy #supernatural #paranormal #ghosts #scary #horror
The Castle of Otranto book cover using a gradiant tan background, with a gothic rose border, where the title of the book is above a gothic looking castle drawn in gothic minimalism. There are two bat-like monsters flying above, flanked by two daggers on the side of the castle. Inside the front door is a giant skull, and there are two withered trees on the side of the castle.
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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A book cover I did for "The Mysteries of Udolpho" by Ann Radcliffe. #annradcliffe #mysteriesofudolpho #gothic #gothicminimalism #minimalism #modernism #artwork #art #bookcover #cover #book #novel #gothicnovel #ghosts #supernatural #paranormal
A book cover to "The Mysteries of Udolpho" by Ann Radcliffe where two vinettes of a man and woman are in gothic windows looking at each other. Between them is a castle with a moonlit background. The style is in Gothic minimalism with modernist twist.
May 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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A cover I did for "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne" by Ann Radcliffe. #bookcover #artwork #illustration #castles #annradcliffe #gothic #gothicnovel #classics #horror #scary #ghosts #supernatural
A post-modernist interpretation of "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne" by Ann Radcliffe. There is a dark purple gothic castle in the back with several red windows reflecting below it where the title is. Below the title are two knights facing off against one another with large two-handed swords. There is a red moon in the background.
May 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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The Mobile Research Unit, which fits in a suitcase. This is for X-Grade which is a TTRPG with aliens, cryptids, magi, were-creatures and all sorts of weirdness. #xgrade #mobileresearchunit #games #gaming #gamer #ttrpg #rpg #tabletop #roleplaying #supernatural #paranormal #aliens #cryptids #nerdy
May 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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A Peth alien human hybrid just trying to get through their day at school. Don't mind the psychic hair. #xcom #xgrade #alienhybrid #alien #artwork #ttrpg #games #gaming #gamer #psychic #unicorns #homework #highschool #supernatural #paranormal #totally90s #90s
April 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Art for Orion Hall for a TTRPG I'm designing called X-Grade, where you can play a teen with supernatural origins attending school in the paranormal capital of the world! #xgrade #supernatural #paranormal #aliens #UFOs #cryptids #highschool #goarchers #psychics #magi #xcom
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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A stage based on the Paris Opera House. I originally drew this for "Dancers in the Mist" which was a Ravenloft 5e supplement. #dancer #ballet #opera #paris #ballerina #stage #dancing #5e #dnd #games #gamer #gaming #ttrpg
A darkened opera house, where a dancer performs an arabesque in front of a filled audience. There are two spotlights that shine down upon her. She has red hair tied back in a bun and is wearing a reddish leotard and pointe shoes.
April 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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This is a comic strip that I had made awhile back when I first started my online bookstore. It used to be a fully interactive website where people could click to find hidden objects. Each month there was something new people could discover. #secrets #comics #comicstrip #bookstore #dark
A 6 panel comic strip. The first panel is the exterior of a bookstore with a wheel-chair accessible entrance. There's a sign above the door that reads: "NRM Books". There's a narrative box that reads: "One miserable rainy night, the glow of a local bookstore catches your attention and offers you repireve from the onslaught of the sky's wetness." 2nd Panel - Shows the interior of the bookstore cast in shades of blue. Two gothic chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and each wall is lined with bookshelves and books. There are two tables in the center, also carrying books, and there's a standee for Lights Out book series. There's a grandfather clock on the right. In the lower left corner is a desk where sits and old cash register, a sales clerk with a tablet, and a stuffed raven. The narrative blurb reads: "You don't recall seeing this store here before. It is devoid of any clinetele. The only inhabitant is a clerk browsing a tablet behind the counter." Panel 3 - It focuses closer on the grand father clock with the narrative blurb reading "Tick". The blurb box appears like it is dripping with black ooze. Panel 4 - Gets closer to the grandfather clock. The narrative blurb reads, "Tick". Panel 5 - Centers on the grandfather clock. Panel 6 - Focuses up close on the stuffed raven who appears to have a hint of red in its eyes. The narrative box reads: "The grandfather clock ticks away what little time you have left in this world."
April 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Awhile back, I took all the original images from "Winne the Pooh", darkened the lines and colored them for a collector's edition. I still need to do "The House on Pooh Corner". #winniethepooh #piglet #pooh #poohbear #christopherrobin #hundredacrewoods #rabbit #owl #map
A map of the hundred acre woods and surrounding area, revitalized from the original map drawn by Shepard.
April 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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This is a simple minimalist Gothic book cover design for Ann Radcliffe's "The Romance of the Forest" which is 610 pages in length as a 4.25 x 7 novel. I am revitalizing some public domain works. #annradcliffe #gothic #ruins #secrets #mystery #haunting #romance #dark #fiction #classics
A forest flanking each side of a large gothic window that is as tall as the tress. It's all in black and white, with a girl's silhoutte against the brillance of the light coming out of the window. The ground is several different layers of grass. There is a simple white border around the image. The title at the top reads "The Romance of the Forest" and the by line below reads "Ann Radcliffe".
April 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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An older piece of artwork of a Whisper witch for a Borrowers themed 5e D&D campaign. #whisper #witch #broom #broomriding #borrowers #thesecretlifeofarrietty #littles #magic #dnd #5e #games #gamer #gaming
A witch with inky black skin in a blue skirt and shirt and witch hat. She is riding side saddle on a broom with a leather saddle bag strung over it and a large cat-sized lady bug riding on the straw bits.
April 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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An older drawing of a Cleverling for a Borrower's style 5e campaign. #mouse #borrowers #littles #secretlifeofarrietty #small #tiny #dnd #5e #gaming #gamer #games #artwork
April 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Akady is a goddess of cemetery gates, burial, resurrection, wayward spirits, and adventurers. When you don't want to draw trees, stamps work just fine. #dnd #5e #halfling #goddess #cemetery #graves #gates #spirits #ghosts #haunted #wayward #cemeterygates #gothic
April 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I wanted to make a creature that was a twisted version of another living creature; transformed by magic. This led me to the creation of the Jitter, who delights in violence and misery. #gothic #manorsmacabe #macabe #evil #monster #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #5e #horror #fear #murder #hate #torment
A monsterous creature with pointed ears, glowing red eyes, pointed nose and chin, with a wide sharp-tooth grin. It wears a hood that covers the top of its head and shoulders.
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I'm in the process of writing a Gothic 5e adventure entitled, "The House by the Sea" and this is the map of the manor that players will get to explore. #Gothic #Victorian #mansion #seaside #manor #5e #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #games #gaming #gamer #haunted #mystery #murder #rpg #ttrpg
A map of a Victorian inspired manor.
April 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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One of the adventures I am working on is called "Henswood Briar" which features a ruined estate, a missing babe, and a multi-generational curse. #gothic #gothicart #horror #artwork #dnd #5e #manormacabre #evil #cats #games #gaming #gamer #darkness #curses
In a parlor of an old estate, there is a darkened archway where three sets of glowing red eyes stare at a grouping of cats who stay in the rays of the sun. Each of the cats are watching to ensure their safety.
March 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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This is just a concept cover for "Twisted Wishes" that I haven't quite decided on yet. #artwork #coverart #ttrpg #dnd #5e #fairytale #gothic #darkfantasy #horror #games #gamer #gaming #rpg #faeries #wishes #art #blackredwhite
A cover art piece that has the words "Twisted wisheS Gazetteer Vol. 1" at the top. There are nude faeries flying around each corner. It is set in the woods, nestled between two rocky banks is a stone archway. Beneath is walks a woman's silhoutte in a lake of blood. In the distance is the transparent visage of a female vampire, mouth open, eyes clothes, seemingly tormented. There is a mature content warning label that advises of violence, blood and nudity.
March 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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This is the cover design for "Manors Macabre: A Gothic Horror 5e Adventure - Henswood Briar". I haven't progressed very far in the completion of this adventure due to life stuff but eventually I am to complete it. #manorsmacabre #gothic #art #dnd #5e #games #gaming #gamer #rpg #ttrpg #horror
A secret passage where a portion of the wall has shifted revealing a dark hallway where a figure with a knife is standing at the end of it. The secret door has the portrait of a noble woman wearing flowers in her hair, a green dress, and short dark hair with piercing green eyes. The Manors Macabre logo is set in the center of the page at the top with "A Gothic Horror 5e Adventure" written beneath it.
March 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I've redesigned the race portion of D&D 5e and replaced it with a system that allows for mixing species and adding "wild events" such as Demon blood which would allow players to generate unique lineages as part of "Twisted Wishes". #tiefling #demon #dnd #5e #rpg $gaming #games #gamer #ttrpg
A circular image of a woman with teal skin, ram's horns jetting from her forehead, flowing purple hair, green eyes, and asmall horned dragon-like lizard on her shoulder about the size of a baseball.
March 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM