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Nia Kovalevski
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Artist/Illustrator at Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games and more.
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I moved to a brand new account on Instagram, if you also use it and want to follow me there as well, I'd really appreciate it😊👇🏻
www.instagram.com/niakovalevski/
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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QRP your dark art.

More dark art is on it's way, I promise😉
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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To me it's fan art and emotional metaphoric art. I always felt most inspired after watching some movie, and went to paint my fav. characters from it ✨
The other things was to visualize my feelings via metaphoric illustration, but I stopped doing this kind of works.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Quote post with your red art🩸
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Post an old illustration you still like 🔥

Would paint it different today, but still like the story
August 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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"Eternal Conflict" Closer look at Finrod and Sauron 😉
#TolkienArt #MiddleEarth #Silmarillion #Sauron #FantasyArt #EpicFantasy #DigitalIllustration #BattleOfSong #LordOfTheRings #TolkienIllustration #FantasyArtist #DarkVsLight #TolInGaurhoth #FantasyArtwork #FantasyIllustrator #ArtOfMiddleEarth
A pale-skinned, black-haired figure (Sauron) wearing dark flowing robes stands with arms raised in a commanding gesture, surrounded by swirling black shadows that twist into the snarling shapes of wolf heads with glowing red eyes. Warm orange light from tall arched windows behind them. A golden-haired elf (Finrod) dressed in ornate blue and gold armor stands on water wave, one hand extended forward. Accompanied by white sea guls and golden tree branches. Above him a white flag with sign of Finrod's home.
August 15, 2025 at 11:13 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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Found this little snail buddy almost dried out on hot asphalt yesterday and took it home, and yeah! He's alive☺️ These are hot days in our city. Will bring him out to the garden today night🙂‍↕️
August 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Sharing some behind-the-scenes of my Hellfire piece :)
Tiny clay sculptures I made and used for the background.
Professor Snape seems to have taken quite a liking to the gothic throne, since the work is over😅

#ClayMiniatures #MiniatureSculpture #ArtProcess #ArtInProgress #FantasyArt #fantasy
July 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Thanks got I have one😅
July 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Running after the last #PortfolioDay train with my illustrations😅
I'm Nia, an MTG and FFG illustrator who loves painting character- and story-driven works :)

#PortfolioDay #Illustrator #MTGArtist #FFGArtist #FantasyIllustration #CharacterArt #FreelanceArtist #DigitalIllustration #ArtCommunity
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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"Hellfire"🔥
Final Illustration with Contessa, done for Arkham Horror, Fantasy Flight Games. AD: Jeff Lee Johnson.

#Hellfire #ArkhamHorror #FantasyFlightGames #GothicFantasy #DarkSorcery #FantasyIllustration
#DarkFantasyArt #VampireQueen #FireMagic #TTRPGArt #BoardGameArt #Fantasy #DramaticLighting
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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More recent sketches /studies :)

#SketchStudy #PencilDrawing #FigureSketch #AnimalSketch #CatDrawing #PortraitStudy #FairyArt #FantasySketch #ArtisticStudies #SketchbookPages #TraditionalArt #PencilArt #ArtPractice #DrawingStudies #SketchLife #dailysketch
#catsketch
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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One of the reasons why I love summer :)🌸🌞
June 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Small sketch done during the Tolkien Tage Trip:)
#sketch #sketchbook
June 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Taking this large canvas print with me to TolkienTage next week 🫠
#tolkientage #fantasy #lotr
June 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Hey hey :) I'm Nia, illustrator from Germany 😉
June 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Vampire's Kiss, done for FFG, with art direction by Jeff Lee Johnson. Another Illustration where I had a great pleasure to depict this gorgeous character of Contessa Demetriou 😈🧛‍♀️☺️

#illustration #fantasy #darkfantasy #contessademetriou #ffg #vampire #horror #darkmood
June 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Very soon I’ll be posting a new illustration here on Bsky before sharing it anywhere else. Until then, here’s a simple clay model I also used as ref. for the Merry and Pippin piece :)
June 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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"Making-of" Contessa Demetriou.
Here's the funny, very simple clay miniature I made to get a lighting reference for this scene, along with me making photoshooting for it, balancing on stools, dressed in the costume I used for Contessa :)
May 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Brand New illustration to share with you today! 😄
This one is "Contessa Demetriou", 2023
AD: Jeff Lee Johnson
I was so overly happy to paint her for Arkham Horror FFG more then a year ago.
Just love Vamp theme 🖤

#vamp #illustration #cardillustration #fantasy #horrorart
A pale vampire woman, standing in the steps in a great hall of a Gothic old house. The woman looks down at us with slight unpleasant smile and holds her hand as if welcoming us to come in.
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Hey Christiana! That's awesome! Congratulations😁
Couldn't bring myself to go to socials lately for some reason, but your art share seems a nice opportunity to come back, thank you♥️
Illustration for MCDM productions.
May 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Yeah! Love Sargent's works! A very good work with this study👏♥️
I'm also doing one right now, but as it's not ready, here the previous one.
May 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Sacrifice to the Ladies of the Wood, 2023
The Witcher 3 fanart inspired by my favourite quest "family matters", also known as the bloody baron's quest.

#magic #Witcher #witch #witchcraft #darkmagic #fantasy #illustration #folklore
April 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Hi #PortfolioDay ⭐

I'm Nia, an illustrator from Germany, currently working mostly for Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games.

Loving fantasy, especially dark fantasy, folklore and fairy tales.
If you like it, follow me for more illustrated fantasy stories 😉
#fantasy #lotr #medieval #magic
April 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM