Tom Kilian
@tomkilianart.bsky.social
Freelance Illustrator
kiliandraws@gmail.com
www.tkillustration.com
kiliandraws@gmail.com
www.tkillustration.com
Check out these cool bugs
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Check out these cool bugs
Sketches for my next portfolio card. I appreciate the Magic art team providing a lot of public examples of their art direction over the years, as that helped me to refine my sketches and pick which one to go with.
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sketches for my next portfolio card. I appreciate the Magic art team providing a lot of public examples of their art direction over the years, as that helped me to refine my sketches and pick which one to go with.
Somebody’s got the flu
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Somebody’s got the flu
The second card in my sample portfolio, Dragon Mage
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The second card in my sample portfolio, Dragon Mage
My contributor copy of Simon Roy’s “A Star Called The Sun” arrived!
It’s a beautiful book, and my humble future-cavemen are in excellent company. A bargain at any price.
It’s a beautiful book, and my humble future-cavemen are in excellent company. A bargain at any price.
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My contributor copy of Simon Roy’s “A Star Called The Sun” arrived!
It’s a beautiful book, and my humble future-cavemen are in excellent company. A bargain at any price.
It’s a beautiful book, and my humble future-cavemen are in excellent company. A bargain at any price.
Dragons who turn to the study of magic have no trouble collecting hoards of magical books, but tend to make very poor librarians.
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Dragons who turn to the study of magic have no trouble collecting hoards of magical books, but tend to make very poor librarians.
My angle for Dragon Mage’s wheel effect is that dragons accumulate a lot of magical treasures, but aren’t very good at archiving their hoard.
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My angle for Dragon Mage’s wheel effect is that dragons accumulate a lot of magical treasures, but aren’t very good at archiving their hoard.
Doing color comps within the card frame itself is actually really helpful. This is fun.
October 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Doing color comps within the card frame itself is actually really helpful. This is fun.
Stonybrook Schoolmaster always appealed to me because it told a little story through its mechanics.
(this is a portfolio piece for practice, not a real Magic card)
(this is a portfolio piece for practice, not a real Magic card)
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Stonybrook Schoolmaster always appealed to me because it told a little story through its mechanics.
(this is a portfolio piece for practice, not a real Magic card)
(this is a portfolio piece for practice, not a real Magic card)
My album cover art for The Toad Folk II by Tales Under The Oak
If you want to give it a listen, you can find the album on bandcamp at talesundertheoak.bandcamp.com/album/the-toad-folk-ii
If you want to give it a listen, you can find the album on bandcamp at talesundertheoak.bandcamp.com/album/the-toad-folk-ii
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My album cover art for The Toad Folk II by Tales Under The Oak
If you want to give it a listen, you can find the album on bandcamp at talesundertheoak.bandcamp.com/album/the-toad-folk-ii
If you want to give it a listen, you can find the album on bandcamp at talesundertheoak.bandcamp.com/album/the-toad-folk-ii
Warmup toad drawings while trying to solve some problems for a new assignment
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Warmup toad drawings while trying to solve some problems for a new assignment
Round 2 of Who's That Magic Card
September 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Round 2 of Who's That Magic Card
I’m working on a targeted portfolio.
Name that Magic card!
Name that Magic card!
September 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’m working on a targeted portfolio.
Name that Magic card!
Name that Magic card!
Going to be looking at a lot of 32mm heroic scale elf butts
August 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Going to be looking at a lot of 32mm heroic scale elf butts
The wood elf women looking snazzy with their various shield designs
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The wood elf women looking snazzy with their various shield designs
Even more heraldry! If you somehow needed 10 units of spearmen with different shield patterns, I've got you covered.
August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Even more heraldry! If you somehow needed 10 units of spearmen with different shield patterns, I've got you covered.
Some of the variant wood elf heraldries
August 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Some of the variant wood elf heraldries
The wood elf troops now come with optional cloaks
August 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The wood elf troops now come with optional cloaks
I think I gave the girlies better corsages
August 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think I gave the girlies better corsages
The wood elf spearmaids are going faster since I'm repurposing most of the stuff from the spearmen
August 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The wood elf spearmaids are going faster since I'm repurposing most of the stuff from the spearmen
Future me deciding to add 10 more headswaps to the human troops
August 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Future me deciding to add 10 more headswaps to the human troops
With 30 troops, that's all the boys done*
*sort of, I still have to assemble their back sides and swap in the different unit heraldries
*sort of, I still have to assemble their back sides and swap in the different unit heraldries
August 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
With 30 troops, that's all the boys done*
*sort of, I still have to assemble their back sides and swap in the different unit heraldries
*sort of, I still have to assemble their back sides and swap in the different unit heraldries
And many a fair elf that should have lived yet long ages merrily in Kokiri Forest
August 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And many a fair elf that should have lived yet long ages merrily in Kokiri Forest