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mal ✶
@mallaichte.bsky.social
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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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#wip i am enjoying pokemon legends ZA tremendously -w-
A screenshot from Procreate, showing a work-in-progress illustration of the chandelier-like Pokémon Chandelure, beside its trainer.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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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
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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
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i've prints in mine shoppe if it may please ye

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
A photo of an illustrated print of Varric from Dragon Age.
September 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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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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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
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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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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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this piece will be a prize in our FFXIV Villains stamp rally at Epic Comic Con in Glasgow this weekend! grab a stamp with any purchase from all participating artists and you'll be rewarded with this wonderful collection of prints and stickers ⚔️

graphics by @kannterart.bsky.social!
A graphic showing an assortment of illustrated prints and stickers themed around villains from Final Fantasy XIV. Text reads "FFXIV Villains Stamp Rally. Prints, holographic and regular stickers. At Epic Comic Con, 6th-7th September." A graphic showing a map of the Epic Comic Con artist alley, with certain tables marked. Text reads "FFXIV Villains Stamp Rally. Look out for eight villains roaming around artist alley! Bonus rally prize by goodlouse. Make a purchase at each of our artists to get their stamp on your card. Trade a fully completed stamp card to antique teacup for a prize bag full of FFXIV villain merchandise!". The participating artists are listed with their table numbers - antique teacup at AE16, Kannter Art at AE6, Doodlenab at AC8, Groovy at AF2, Brogan Coral at AH16, Pippin Truman at AM2, Mallaichte at AB14, and Smugcomputer at AK3.
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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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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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
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#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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aaand some more previews of my work for @ffgentszine.bsky.social! i illustrated a biiiiig FFIV piece, as well as an extra FFXIV page ⚔️

preorders are open!!
ffgentszine.bigcartel.com
A promotional graphic for Solaris: A Final Fantasy Gents Zine, with a preorder link to the zine store - ffgentszine.bigcartel.com. The graphic shows cropped artwork for a Final Fantasy 4 illustration, featuring the white-haired, armoured Cecil in the midst of battle. A promotional graphic for Solaris: A Final Fantasy Gents Zine, with a preorder link to the zine store - ffgentszine.bigcartel.com. The graphic shows cropped artwork for a Final Fantasy 14 illustration, featuring the Elezen (elf-like) characters Estinien and Alphinaud sitting by a campfire.
August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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extremely stoked to share a preview of some of my work for the upcoming @ffgentszine.bsky.social zine, celebrating the men of Final Fantasy! i made this FFXIV desk mat featuring the scion boys as part of the zines merch bundle 🌟

preorders are open now;
ffgentszine.bigcartel.com
A promotional graphic for Solaris: A Final Fantasy Gents Zine, with a preorder link to the zine store - ffgentszine.bigcartel.com. The graphic show artwork for a Final Fantasy 14 themed desk mat, featuring the men of the Scions from the game in a colourful tiled mosaic pattern.
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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my last artfight piece for 2025! a revenge on laedrin, of Yarrow 💎

#art ✧ #artfight
An illustration of Yarrow, a pale-skinned half-elf woman with dark hair worn half-tied up in a bun. She is gripping a crystal worn around her neck in one hand and casting a jagged pink energy barrier with the other.
August 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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still knocking out some final bits for artfight! here's Amory, a revenge on TheSharpestLife 💫

#art ✧ #avowed
An illustration of Amory, an Envoy character from Avowed. They have dark skin, with white facepaint on the upper half of their face, and black hair worn in mid-length locs - a few of the locs are dyed white too. They are wearing purple/blue robes, wielding a magical tome and a pistol, and are whirling around to face the viewer.
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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clambering back on the artfight train before the month ends! a revenge on @emmster.bsky.social of the wonderful warden Cayde ⚔️

#art ✧ #dragonage
An illustration of Cayde, a Grey Warden player character from Dragon Age. He has auburn hair, long on top and at the back with the sides shaved, pale freckled skin, and blue eyes, and is dressed in Grey Warden rogue garb. He balances a dagger on his shoulder, and is surrounded by a stone frame detailed with griffons.
July 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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a recent commissioned piece done for @rainbowpandas23.bsky.social! an extremely fun brief, thank you! 🦄💜

#art ✧ #commission
An illustration of a black fox and a white unicorn walking along a magical starry path floating above a sea of swirling dark clouds, towards a sci-fi/fantasy looking city in the distance. The city is dark, lit up with neon signs, and built into crystal formations. The moon sits in the night sky behind it, surrounded by clouds and auroras. A border of shooting stars frames the piece.
July 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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finally getting started on artfight for the year! my first attack, of guttedvhs's lovely Puck 🌺

#art ✧ #ffxiv
An illustration of Puck, an Au Ra player character from Final Fantasy XIV. He has blue/green and yellow hair, white dragon-like horns on the sides of his head and white scales on his jaw, neck, and arms, and he's wearing dark-coloured light armour and wielding a spear. Behind him is a backdrop of foliage and a frame that resembles vines.
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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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.
July 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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artfight!! the time is once again upon us! 💥

come to my profile in one hour if you want an ass kicking artfight.net/~mallaichte 💎

#artfight
An Artfight card for the user mallaichte, who is competing on Team Crystals. The card indicates he has human, anthro, FFXIV, Dragon Age and D&D characters, and does both friendly fire and revenges.
July 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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mi amor 🌸

#art ✧ #dragonage
An illustration of Zevran Arainai from Dragon Age: Origins. He is a brown-skinned elf with shoulder-length blond hair and tattoos of curved lines on the side of his face. He is shown from the chest up, surrounded by pink daphne flowers.
May 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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this is now available as a printed A6 postcard on my etsy shop!

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
A closeup photo of a printed illustrated postcard featuring the city of Anor Londo from Dark Souls. The focus is on text in a vintage postcard style reading "It's always sunny in Anor Londo". Within the text, the pale, willowy figure of Dark Sun Gwyndolin can be seen, wearing a large, golden sun-shaped mask. A closeup photo of a printed illustrated postcard featuring the city of Anor Londo from Dark Souls. The focus is on the knight Solaire of Astora, in his signature "praise the sun" pose with his arms held aloft.
May 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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i hear the darkmoon tomb is beautiful this time of year 🌞

#art ✧ #darksouls
An illustration of the city of Anor Londo from Dark Souls, in the style of a vintage postcard. Large text reads "It's always sunny in Anor Londo". Within the chunky "Anor Londo" text, the character Dark Sun Gwyndolin can be seen, a pale figure with a golden sun-shaped mask. The knight Solaire of Astora stands beside the text in his signature "praise the sun" pose with his arms held aloft, and the city of Anor Londo fills the background, bathed in sunlight.
April 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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hark! tis time for kaiju con—i'm all set up and ready to go this fine glasgow morning 🌟 come see me at table DD8 in the artist alley for all your fantastical needs, and be sure to grab a sheet for our fantasy RPG stamp rally!
Mal sits behind his artist alley table, laden with prints, stickers, and notepads. Baldur's Gate 3, Final Fantasy, and Dungeon Meshi prints displayed on grid panels. A sign reading "I am a tour guide in the Kaiju Con Fantasy RPG stamp rally", above a sheet showing various illustrated postcards as the rally prizes. An artist alley floorplan - table DD8 is circled.
April 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM