Eric Hibbeler
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Eric Hibbeler
@erichibbeler.bsky.social
Illustrator and pulp connoisseur🚀🤖in KC.
I make boardgames.
Clients: Disney, Catan, HBO, Ubisoft, Atari, Arkane Studios, Funko, Renegade Games, Fantasy Flight
http://linktr.ee/erichibbeler
well would ya lookie there, some of my #Crashlands2 key artwork showing up at #WWDC2025! Thanks for having me back to work with y'all again @bscotch.net !
June 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A piece I did for Paperback 10th Anniversary Edition by designer Tim Fowers.
I got big into Frank Frazetta in art school and started reading a lot of pulp sci fi/fantasy authors like R.E. Howard as a result. The definitive Conan the Barbarian is always Frazetta's to me.

#boardgame #boardgameart
April 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As far as things I enjoy painting, this art kinda has it all. Ridiculous pink atmosphere, nice reflective materials, electricity, glowing trees and abdominals.
April 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Crashlands 2 is out today! 🎉

Congrats to the Butterscotch Shenanigans team on the launch and thanks for having me on board to make this key art for the triumphant sequel!

⤵️ Check below if you want to see some detail crops!

#crashlands2 #keyart #illustration
April 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So proud to be in BoardGameGeek's 10th Artist Series! 🎉

My choice was to re-imagine Power Grid, strictly for the tongue-in-cheek mid century corporate mascot potential.
💡💥🌲
Check out the KS to see the other beautiful poster designs!⤵️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boa...

#boardgameartist
April 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Coffee shop portrait of @rachel-gregor.bsky.social in black and white ink💖
January 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Gradually the Toriyama inspired car doodles in my Uglybook sketchbook have turned into drawings of elaborate car crashes and general destruction. It's research. 🤖🔥🦖
January 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
These days my sketchbook is an orange #uglybook I'm using paint markers in. I've been drawing a lot of little cars lately as a bit of practice for one of my current projects. Very Akira Toriyama inspired proportions here
January 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Rose Tico art for Star Wars Unlimited Jump to Lighstpeed

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch➡️Detail -- because lately I've been into leaving these weird squiggly paint shapes that work at a distance but fall apart up close. I think they're kinda playful!

#cardgame #illustration #SWU #SWUnlimited #FFG #tcg
January 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Lando!!!! for Star Wars Unlimited Jump to Lighstpeed.
It took a couple of tries before settling on this sketch as a way of adding excitement/energy to a interior cockpit view like this-- adding an explosion outside helps.

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch
#cardgame #illustration #SWU #SWUnlimited #FFG #tcg
January 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Box top/side details.
I'm proud of the way the crane/horizon wraps over the top of the box, I've been trying to take better advantage of the planes of the box in my designs lately as a challenge to how I think about illustrating on a three dimensional surface.
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I learned on this project in order to keep it from looking like a game for kids it was super necessary to have some rich black tones to save it from being too primary color-dominant, while still being able to really leverage the color palette of the game pieces.
🟢🟦🔶🖤
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I worked with Ludonova on their new edition of Junk Art to be released around summer this year!💥Thanks @kintheartist.bsky.social for helping on the interior work for this!

#illustration #boardgameart #boardgames #ludonova #junkart #junkartrevolution

January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Fluffy🐑💖😩 My sheep resource card art for Catan 6th Edition!

Following Michael Menzel's👑 work from 5E was an intimidating task and it was clear my work on Catan needed to NOT make arbitrary changes but to build on his incredibly smart and elegant work.
January 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
BIG NEWS!🎉I had the privilege of illustrating ALL the interior art for Catan 6th Edition!
Thank you to the Catan teams who trusted me with this project 💖

Couldn't have done it without the assistance of @kintheartist.bsky.social 🌟ty Kin!

#catan6e #boardgameart
January 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My updated cover art for Trekking Through History as well as the side panel art. Feels a little naked without the logo😁

Cover➡️Box side art ➡️Detail🔍

Very appreciative of @underdog.games for bringing me back over and over again to contribute to their their games!

#boardgame #boardgameart
December 26, 2024 at 6:25 PM
More of that Star Wars Unlimited stuff.
ngl painting Chewie's scraggly fur is pretty fun.

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 24, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Chancellor Palpatine for Star Wars Unlimited.
Another one of those cards where I got to frame the whole thing against an array of fun background shapes! Had a lot fun painting his glowing, skeletal hands too. 🩻

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 23, 2024 at 8:52 PM
The Mandalorian. Very easily one of my favorite illustrations I've done for Star Wars Unlimited to date.
I like a bit of spaghetti western flair in my Star Wars. 🤠

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Captain Rex for Star Wars Unlimited! I painted this fella twice and while I like how menacingly coffin shaped these background shapes are, I like the other one just a bit more because it's got more explosions 😏💥

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 18, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Captain Rex - Fighting For His Brothers, for Star Wars Unlimited.
Ya boy likes to paint those sparks. 💥💥💥💥💥💥

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 17, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Count Dooku - Face of the Confederacy, from my backlog of un posted Star Wars Unlimited art!

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 16, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Reeeaallly wish I could have fit an Atari 2600 box art rainbow in there for fun but there's honestly enough happening in this color wise. 😅 I adore this look, though. Someday I'll make it happen.
December 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Key art for Mr. Run and Jump by #GraphiteLab and #HeavyHorseGames, pub. #Atari

I take a special pleasure in trying to maintain the spirit of 2D game art when translating it into a very atmospheric illustration.

Final➡️WIP ➡️sketch

#indiegame
December 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Omega - Part of the Squad for Star Wars Unlimited. Painting piles of rubble is becoming a specialty of mine in recent years!

Final➡️WIP➡️B/W Sketch

#cardgame #illustration #cardgameart #swu #starwarsunlimited #tcg
December 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM