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Michelle Tolo
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Freelance concept artist & illustrator with a passion for all things fantasy ✨️
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Michelle Tolo @michelletoloart.bsky.social · 17d
I’m a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Norway who loves creating characters, creatures and stories that belong to a different world.

Books, movies and D&D are my main sources of inspiration✨

Contact: michelle.tolo@hotmail.com
Portfolio: www.artstation.com/michelletolo
A fallen, dark angel that I painted for the Character Design Challenge. A party of heroes battling a red dragon, inspired by Dungeons and Dragons. A group of unicorns grazing peacefully by the remnants of a giant, mechanical dragon in an ancient, overgrown forest. Made for the ImagineFX challenge, Mystical Machines. "Memories". A man mourns his long lost love as she seemingly emerges from a painting.
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A fire demon I painted in Procreate a few years ago 🔥
#art #characterdesign
A digital painting of a female fire demon with flaming hair wielding a staff.
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Fitz and Nighteyes, from the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb ❤️ I read the whole Realm of the Elderlings series in one go, completely captivated by all the amazing characters, and found myself emotionally exhausted by the end. Hobb does not hold back on the punches! #rote #fanart
Fan art of a young Fitz and his beloved wolf companion, Nighteyes, resting in a winter forest. The characters are from the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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When I was 15 I made this wonderfully edgy painting called "Lord Depression and Nightmare", which I thought was such a great idea I just had to redesign them 10 years later. I guess I'll have to repeat it in 2027 to keep the tradition going 😄
#digitalart #characterdesign
Comparison between an old and newer painting, both featuring the same two characters: A pale man wearing a cloak, next to a spooky looking horse.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Secret Waterfall
A fallen tree lies half in a pool in front of a waterfall in the forest
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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And here are the two final #junicorn2024 paintings I did, featuring Robot Unicorn Attack: Heavy Metal (I loved that game back in the days)! I was sooo happy to reach the end after 30 unicorns. It was exhausting, but also quite fun, so I'll see if I'm brave enough to try again next year! 🦄 #junicorn
A robot unicorn with a mane and tail made of fire, resembling the unicorn from Robot Unicorn Attack: Heavy Metal. A magical unicorn rearing in a forest.
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Nearing the end of my #junicorn collection now! 🦄
An elf riding a saddled unicorn. A black and white unicorn galloping through a snowy forest. A unicorn with a braided mane. A unicorn made of crystals.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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That chubby unicorn is living the good life, free from any concern 😌🦄
#junicorn #junicorn2024
A chubby unicorn enjoying a nice, sunny day. An aquatic unicorn with a fish tail. A black unicorn flying through a thunderstorm. A unicorn with antlers resembling a deer, wandering through a forest.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🦄🦄🦄🦄
#junicorn #junicorn2024
A galloping shadow unicorn. An autumn unicorn with a leafy mane and tail. A young unicorn foal prancing around. An enraged unicorn rearing.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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🦄🦄🦄 These were from halfway through the #junicorn challenge, and I remember stressing a lot with finding time for a new drawing every single day next to work and events 😖
#junicorn2024
A tiny fairy unicorn. A centaur unicorn. A unicorn with a venomous horn. A unicorn with a rainbow tail, standing in colourful water.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Even more unicorns from last year! 🦄 The spotted one turned out rather weird, it looks like a shampoo commercial 😂
#junicorn #junicorn2024
A unicorn with wings flying above an ocean. A dark unicorn shaking its golden spots off. A heavy unicorn rearing. A draconic unicorn, half dragon, half unicorn.
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Some more of my Junicorn 2024 paintings ✨🦄✨
A battle unicorn wearing armor. A white winter unicorn with long mane and tail walking through snow. A botanical unicorn covered in greens, throtting through a forest. An undead, skeletal looking unicorn in a desert.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I did the Junicorn challenge last year, using my own list of prompts, and actually managed to get through all 30 drawings. These were the first four! 🦄🦄🦄🦄
#junicorn #junicorn2024
A unicorn made of fire. A unicorn based on prehistoric horses and rhinos. A demonic unicorn with wings. A celestial unicorn made of stars.
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Winter is close #digitalart #noai
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Pailiah for Brandon Sanderson’s Rythm of War - The Stormlight Archive - Dragonsteel Entertainment

#TheStormlightArchive #BrandonSanderson
November 29, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Spoooooky horse! I designed this nightmare for a personal project a few years ago. I've always loved drawing and painting horses, though the ones I drew as a kid were less, well, horrifying 😅
#digitalart #noai
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

I painted this little "murder" for Halloween this year 🙃
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Off to a new home.
The oil painting 'Honor for the Dragon' has just landed in a private collection along side two of my other dragon works. The work was featured as cover art on this years 2025 DragonCon program book as I returned to the convention after 15 years as the Artist Guest.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Glorfindel (The Lord of the Rings, 2022)
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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"Eternal Conflict" — the most epic piece I have created so far, inspired by Tolkien's stories. A battle of wills and song between Sauron and Finrod Felagund in Tol-in-Gaurhoth

#TolkienArt #MiddleEarth #Silmarillion #FinrodFelagund #Sauron #FantasyArt #EpicFantasy #TolkienIllustration #illustration
A dramatic fantasy scene inside a towering, gothic hall. On the left, a golden-haired elf in ornate blue and gold armor stands in a splash of water, summoning a massive wave and lightning that swirl around white birds. On the right, a dark-clad figure with pale skin and black hair commands a storm of shadowy, wolf-like beasts with glowing red eyes. The two forces collide at the center, water meeting shadow in a battle of power and will. The background glows with warm orange light filtering through tall arched windows, contrasting with the cold blues and blacks of the combatants’ magic.
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Here's another Character Design Challenge I did, with the theme "Insect Warrior". The fierce moth warrior Prince Ermine uses a shield to make up for his fragile body, as well as potions that dissolve webs when fighting spiders. Lots of fun with this one!
#characterdesign #cdchallenge
Character design of a winged moth man carrying a sword and shield. Character design of a winged moth man carrying a sword and shield.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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A fun little dragon sketch I did a few years ago, playing around with fire and smoke 🔥🐲
#fantasyart #dragonart
A menacing dragon head appearing in the smoke, mouth and eyes glowing with fire.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Family time! 💞

#grebe #bird #illustration #digitalart #originalart #animal #animalart #birdwatching #birder #cute #artist
Illustration of Great-crested grebe and it’s chicks
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I just watched Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro, and it's an absolute masterpiece. A wonderful blend of beauty and horror at its finest, and surprisingly touching. Go watch it on Netflix now!
#frankenstein2025 @realgdt.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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I made this painting for the #CDChallenge when the theme was Middle-Earth (I simply couldn't resist it!). This is the Vala Oromë and his horse Nahar, hunting evil in the woods.
#tolkien #fantasyart #middleearth
The Vala Oromë riding his white horse Nahar, hunting evil and monsters in the woods. Based on Tolkien's works. Closeup of the Vala Oromë riding his white horse Nahar, hunting evil and monsters in the woods. Based on Tolkien's works.
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I read the Interview with the Vampire books a few years ago and got inspired by how zombie-like they appear to get when starving or near-dead, as opposed to hauntingly beautiful after feeding enough. So here are some different stages of hunger, featuring Lestat!
#iwtv
Different stages of the vampire Lestat, going from starved zombie to fully revitalized by blood.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM