Wes Gardner
@artofwesgardner.bsky.social
ENNIE-Nominated Painter
🎨 Magic: The Gathering | Star Wars | Warhammer 40k | Percy Jackson | Monte Cook | Riot Games | Universal | etc.
http://wesgardner.art
Business - kamiv2@gmail.com
🎨 Magic: The Gathering | Star Wars | Warhammer 40k | Percy Jackson | Monte Cook | Riot Games | Universal | etc.
http://wesgardner.art
Business - kamiv2@gmail.com
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Hey #PortfolioDay, I'm Wes! Illustrator with credits including Star Wars, Warhammer 40k, Riot Games, Magic: The Gathering (soon!), and a whole bunch of NDA stuff I can't talk about yet!
I also sell courses/brushes/tools for artists!
www.wesgardner.art
I also sell courses/brushes/tools for artists!
www.wesgardner.art
Big news in the digital art field, Affinity is now FREE!
.....and I absolutely, positively, don't trust it at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V1r...
.....and I absolutely, positively, don't trust it at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V1r...
Affinity is now FREE!....and I have some thoughts.
YouTube video by Wesley Gardner
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Big news in the digital art field, Affinity is now FREE!
.....and I absolutely, positively, don't trust it at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V1r...
.....and I absolutely, positively, don't trust it at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V1r...
I don't care if it's embarrassing, at 39 years old I won my first chess game (against the easiest bot on Chess.com but still). Also first game I had 0 blunders on!
Chess was a game I never learned growing up, and was always super intimidated by, so I'm hoping to learn now lol
Chess was a game I never learned growing up, and was always super intimidated by, so I'm hoping to learn now lol
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I don't care if it's embarrassing, at 39 years old I won my first chess game (against the easiest bot on Chess.com but still). Also first game I had 0 blunders on!
Chess was a game I never learned growing up, and was always super intimidated by, so I'm hoping to learn now lol
Chess was a game I never learned growing up, and was always super intimidated by, so I'm hoping to learn now lol
Welp, seeing the Affinity news, now's a great time to uninstall it all to save some hard drive space!
October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Welp, seeing the Affinity news, now's a great time to uninstall it all to save some hard drive space!
We're live! Working on an orc painting for the portfolio as part of the Orc-Tober event on my Discord! Come chill and whatnot!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We're live! Working on an orc painting for the portfolio as part of the Orc-Tober event on my Discord! Come chill and whatnot!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Saw TRON: Ares tonight, and immediately came home and bought the soundtrack.
Freakin' unbelievable music, and one song in particular could fit on Downward Spiral or The Fragile, which might be the highest praise I can give ANY song?
A 2 hour NIN music video, not a bad way to spend an evening!
Freakin' unbelievable music, and one song in particular could fit on Downward Spiral or The Fragile, which might be the highest praise I can give ANY song?
A 2 hour NIN music video, not a bad way to spend an evening!
October 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Saw TRON: Ares tonight, and immediately came home and bought the soundtrack.
Freakin' unbelievable music, and one song in particular could fit on Downward Spiral or The Fragile, which might be the highest praise I can give ANY song?
A 2 hour NIN music video, not a bad way to spend an evening!
Freakin' unbelievable music, and one song in particular could fit on Downward Spiral or The Fragile, which might be the highest praise I can give ANY song?
A 2 hour NIN music video, not a bad way to spend an evening!
It's Friday, you know what that means.....
FRIDAY FUNDAY! We'll be playing some Helldivers 2 with friends from Discord, then jumping into lord knows what lol
Come chill and have fun, we'd love to see you!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
FRIDAY FUNDAY! We'll be playing some Helldivers 2 with friends from Discord, then jumping into lord knows what lol
Come chill and have fun, we'd love to see you!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's Friday, you know what that means.....
FRIDAY FUNDAY! We'll be playing some Helldivers 2 with friends from Discord, then jumping into lord knows what lol
Come chill and have fun, we'd love to see you!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
FRIDAY FUNDAY! We'll be playing some Helldivers 2 with friends from Discord, then jumping into lord knows what lol
Come chill and have fun, we'd love to see you!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Reposted by Wes Gardner
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
We're LIVE working on some art, get in here you sexy beast and hang out
Also live on the YouTube channel (and GASP, TikTok?!)
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Also live on the YouTube channel (and GASP, TikTok?!)
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're LIVE working on some art, get in here you sexy beast and hang out
Also live on the YouTube channel (and GASP, TikTok?!)
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Also live on the YouTube channel (and GASP, TikTok?!)
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Oh dang it's #portfolioday !
I'm Wes, pro artist with credits including Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40k, Star Wars, Percy Jackson, and various TTRPGs, books, albums, and more.
Doing livestreams and have courses/brushes/stuff for sale too!
www.wesgardner.art
I'm Wes, pro artist with credits including Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40k, Star Wars, Percy Jackson, and various TTRPGs, books, albums, and more.
Doing livestreams and have courses/brushes/stuff for sale too!
www.wesgardner.art
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Oh dang it's #portfolioday !
I'm Wes, pro artist with credits including Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40k, Star Wars, Percy Jackson, and various TTRPGs, books, albums, and more.
Doing livestreams and have courses/brushes/stuff for sale too!
www.wesgardner.art
I'm Wes, pro artist with credits including Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40k, Star Wars, Percy Jackson, and various TTRPGs, books, albums, and more.
Doing livestreams and have courses/brushes/stuff for sale too!
www.wesgardner.art
Reposted by Wes Gardner
Farewell to the legend, Drew Struzan 🖤
October 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Farewell to the legend, Drew Struzan 🖤
Reposted by Wes Gardner
RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩
Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.
Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.
October 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩
Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.
Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.
In the latest YouTube video, I had the chance to break in the Ugee UT3 Trio Pad, a pretty fantastic 14.25'' android art tablet with three distinct screen modes.
Let's take a look at this bad boy together!
youtu.be/CbEKFJ2Zcb0
Let's take a look at this bad boy together!
youtu.be/CbEKFJ2Zcb0
Art Tablet Review! Let's check out the Ugee UT3 Trio Pad
YouTube video by Wesley Gardner
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In the latest YouTube video, I had the chance to break in the Ugee UT3 Trio Pad, a pretty fantastic 14.25'' android art tablet with three distinct screen modes.
Let's take a look at this bad boy together!
youtu.be/CbEKFJ2Zcb0
Let's take a look at this bad boy together!
youtu.be/CbEKFJ2Zcb0
Holy crap, Homeworld Remastered Collection is less than $3? If you're into strategy or sci-fi games AT ALL, this is an absolute must-play classic.
www.humblebundle.com/store/homewo...
www.humblebundle.com/store/homewo...
Buy Homeworld Remastered Collection from the Humble Store
The Homeworld Remastered Collection includes : Homeworld Remastered Edition Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition Homeworld Remastered Steam Multiplayer As a bonus, you will also receive free access to: Home...
www.humblebundle.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Holy crap, Homeworld Remastered Collection is less than $3? If you're into strategy or sci-fi games AT ALL, this is an absolute must-play classic.
www.humblebundle.com/store/homewo...
www.humblebundle.com/store/homewo...
It's Friday, you know what that means....the first FRIDAY FUNDAY stream is upon us!
Let's play some Tenchu: Stealth Assassin's on PS1, then see if either Assassin's Creed Shadows or Ghost of Tsushima hits the feel of the Tenchu series better!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Let's play some Tenchu: Stealth Assassin's on PS1, then see if either Assassin's Creed Shadows or Ghost of Tsushima hits the feel of the Tenchu series better!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's Friday, you know what that means....the first FRIDAY FUNDAY stream is upon us!
Let's play some Tenchu: Stealth Assassin's on PS1, then see if either Assassin's Creed Shadows or Ghost of Tsushima hits the feel of the Tenchu series better!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Let's play some Tenchu: Stealth Assassin's on PS1, then see if either Assassin's Creed Shadows or Ghost of Tsushima hits the feel of the Tenchu series better!
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
God bless David Simon
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
God bless David Simon
More tattoos added to the gamer sleeve today! This round: StarCraft!
Planning on five or six more logos/icons, then filling it in with some cyan, purple, and blue watercolor background washes!
Planning on five or six more logos/icons, then filling it in with some cyan, purple, and blue watercolor background washes!
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
More tattoos added to the gamer sleeve today! This round: StarCraft!
Planning on five or six more logos/icons, then filling it in with some cyan, purple, and blue watercolor background washes!
Planning on five or six more logos/icons, then filling it in with some cyan, purple, and blue watercolor background washes!
lol
lmao
lmao
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
lol
lmao
lmao
Man this Art vs Artist thing, how are you all so dang hot, like calm down for a second
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Man this Art vs Artist thing, how are you all so dang hot, like calm down for a second
Going live! We're doing a "paint-along" today, so hop into chat, use the command !ref" (without quotes) to get the image we're using, and follow along with me and the gang!
Live on YouTube AND on Twitch, so whichever you prefer!
www.youtube.com/@ArtofWesGar...
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Live on YouTube AND on Twitch, so whichever you prefer!
www.youtube.com/@ArtofWesGar...
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Going live! We're doing a "paint-along" today, so hop into chat, use the command !ref" (without quotes) to get the image we're using, and follow along with me and the gang!
Live on YouTube AND on Twitch, so whichever you prefer!
www.youtube.com/@ArtofWesGar...
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Live on YouTube AND on Twitch, so whichever you prefer!
www.youtube.com/@ArtofWesGar...
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
New Patreon post is up, where I share some high-res art, talk shop about the YouTube and livestream, discuss upcoming projects, and more news!
Only $1 a month unlocks EVERYTHING, including past posts, projects, brushes, coupons, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/hi-res...
Only $1 a month unlocks EVERYTHING, including past posts, projects, brushes, coupons, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/hi-res...
Hi-Res Art, Live Streaming, and News! | Wes Gardner
Get more from Wes Gardner on Patreon
www.patreon.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New Patreon post is up, where I share some high-res art, talk shop about the YouTube and livestream, discuss upcoming projects, and more news!
Only $1 a month unlocks EVERYTHING, including past posts, projects, brushes, coupons, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/hi-res...
Only $1 a month unlocks EVERYTHING, including past posts, projects, brushes, coupons, and more!
www.patreon.com/posts/hi-res...
Woof.
EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
September 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Woof.
New YouTube video is out, and it's about something near-and-dear to my artistic heart:
Sometimes, your art is gonna suck.
What do you do if you find yourself in the middle of a "bad" painting? Here's some tips to get you through the tough times!
youtu.be/QLqTAD5H0Ps
Sometimes, your art is gonna suck.
What do you do if you find yourself in the middle of a "bad" painting? Here's some tips to get you through the tough times!
youtu.be/QLqTAD5H0Ps
Some Pro Tips to push through "bad" paintings! // (Wes's Art Tips Ep. 3)
YouTube video by Wesley Gardner
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
New YouTube video is out, and it's about something near-and-dear to my artistic heart:
Sometimes, your art is gonna suck.
What do you do if you find yourself in the middle of a "bad" painting? Here's some tips to get you through the tough times!
youtu.be/QLqTAD5H0Ps
Sometimes, your art is gonna suck.
What do you do if you find yourself in the middle of a "bad" painting? Here's some tips to get you through the tough times!
youtu.be/QLqTAD5H0Ps
Sketch from today's stream
Was a blast messing with the wet brushes and Sumi-E inks to get a better handle on that Yoji Shinkawa style
Was a blast messing with the wet brushes and Sumi-E inks to get a better handle on that Yoji Shinkawa style
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sketch from today's stream
Was a blast messing with the wet brushes and Sumi-E inks to get a better handle on that Yoji Shinkawa style
Was a blast messing with the wet brushes and Sumi-E inks to get a better handle on that Yoji Shinkawa style
Quick art stream today, gonna dig into some more digital oils in Photoshop with the mixer brush! All the while cranking some PS1 era soundtracks lol
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Quick art stream today, gonna dig into some more digital oils in Photoshop with the mixer brush! All the while cranking some PS1 era soundtracks lol
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
www.twitch.tv/wesgardner
Sketches from today's stream, we'll be digging into more oils/smudges/studies tomorrow on another stream!
September 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sketches from today's stream, we'll be digging into more oils/smudges/studies tomorrow on another stream!