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Sean Simmons (Vimes Art)
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Freelance Illustrator
contact: vimesart@gmail.com
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Book Cover Artists!

QRP with your #bookcovers
An illustration for rowan wilders fakari island series, book 3 Under Her Wing. A man and woman stand upon a grassy cliff edge. Sea and distant rocks are visible in the background, the light is a sunset golden haze. She wears a baggy green shirt that blows around him. He wears a torn white sweater. They hold each other , her eyes are closed with a melancholy expression, he looks troubled . A cowboy looking figure and a white robot walk across a dusty red planet. Sci fi buildings and a spaceship are bvisible in the background. Cover illustration for Blanchland blues A woman stands atop a hill at sunset.She is holding a branch of a tree with red leaves and one gold leaf where her hand touches. Her other hand touches the shoulder of a crouched man. He looks is dressed like a cowboy, his clothes are worn and tattered, with a prosthetic limb visible on his knee . He holds a red gem in one hand and aknife in the other. Behind is a water pump and farmland. Book cover illustration for de e howell magician's touch.
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Couple of quick colour studies, just trying to understand the mood and lighting better. I enjoy sharing rough sketches like this, they have a certain energy to them that's hard to keep in a longer painting.

#art #sketch
Colour sketch of a woman standing in a road at night with red neon light on the sider of her face paint study of a woman at night standing in front of a misty noir looking street
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Always love working with authors on #BookCovers ,its such a fun collaboration to try and bring the characters to life whilst capturing elements of the story
Book cover , a couple embrace on top of a cliff top, the sea and sunset sky visible behind them sci fi book cover, a cowboy looking man and a white robot walk across the surface of a red planet, a ship and sci fi buildings are visible in the background book cover , a woman stands on top of a hill holding a gold leaf from a white tree with red leaves, a man dressed like a cowboy crouches with a knife looking beaten and worn. A farmstead visible in background, he holds a red gem
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Quote how you paint dark skin!
a woman stands on a misty rock with lava falling down cliffsides in the background. She wears a scifi space suit.
September 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Another speedpaint from Alien Earth

#alien #alienearth #sketch #illustration
Speedpaint of a promo image from Alien earth. A woman stands in a hallways wearing a boiler suit and looking directly at camera. She is mostly in shadow with dramatic lighting in the background
September 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Alien Earth Speedpaint

#alien #alienearth #painting #illustration
speedpaint study of a still from alien earth. A man holds a gun and flashlight in a smoky corridor of a ship. He is side lit with creepy green hued sci fi lighting
September 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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portrait closeup from the Alien study

#painting #portraitpainting #illustration
painting from a movie still of alien , depicting sigourney weaver as Ripley in a space suit looking scared
September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A longer study from Alien, had fun with the portrait :D

#portrait #painting #alien #illustration #scifi
Painting of ripley sigourney weaver from alien. She is standing in a dramatically lit spaceship. She looks scared inside her sci fi space suit
September 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Another Speedpaint study, Spent a bit longer on this one exploring ways to design the shapes and change the storytelling of the reference

#art #illustration #painting
A woman in a space suit looks offscreen towards a red glowing light. She appears anxious almost scared.
September 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Silksong is finally here :D , cant wait to play it in only a couple of weeks.

Here's some very hollow knight inspired bug characters I made for a gamejam recently

#gamedev #characterdesign
Hollow knight inspired bug characters for a game jam. From left to right there is a basic unit, a little bug with a small sword and pointed helmet. A dps based off a mantis with sharp scythes. A tank inspired by a stag beetle and a Ranged dps character inspired by a lunar moth. Below the same characters are inverted with a creepy skull plant attached to their backs
August 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Another speedpaint , I liked the mood of this piece.

#art #illustration #painting #sketch
A painting of 3 musicians playing wind instruments in a smoky dimly lit room
August 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Hannibal Speedpaint study

#art #illustration #painting #sketch
A man stands in his kitchen, he is frying some 'meat' , holding a pan in one hand a a bottle of alcohol in the other. He stands over a hob with counters and cabinets visible behind
August 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Chef Speedpaint

#illustration #painting #sketch
Painterly illustration of a chef looking down preparing food on a plate
July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Another speedpaint cinematography study

#art #Illustration #speedpaint
sketchy painting of a man and woman sitting in a car . It' night and the man looks anxiously out the window of the car whilst she is out of focus in the passenger seat
July 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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No Country for old men speedpaint study

#illustration #art
A sheriff stands in the doorway of a motel. The room is dark apart from some furniture being lit by a car outside. The Sheriff stands in the door way silhouetted by the light from behind
July 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Another speedpaint study from The Batman. Studying the great cinematography of Greig Fraser .
A painting of A scene from The batman film. Batman's head is framed in the middle of a dark hallway with 2 police detectives behind him looking at his back.
July 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Short The Batman study. Love how this movie looks so much. Trying to focus on simplifying my brush strokes more.
A short speedpaint study of the batman film. A painterly illustration of the riddle sitting hunched over in a dimly lit diner. His back is to us as he leans over a coffee with his face obscured
July 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Hey I'm Sean (vimesart), a freelance Illustrator from the UK.

I love painting fantasy art and characters. I work for publishing, TTRPG and games.

Always open for new work opportunities!

🎨 Portfolio: vimesart.com
📧 Contact: vimesart@gmail.com

#PortfolioDay
An illustration for rowan wilders fakari island series, book 3 Under Her Wing. A man and woman stand upon a grassy cliff edge. Sea and distant rocks are visible in the background, the light is a sunset golden haze. She wears a baggy green shirt that blows around him. He wears a torn white sweater. They hold each other , her eyes are closed with a melancholy expression, he looks troubled . A cowboy looking figure and a white robot walk across a dusty red planet. Sci fi buildings and a spaceship are bvisible in the background. Cover illustration for Blanchland blues An illustration for an albumb cover. A woman stands on a cliff surrounded by mist and smoke. She wears a sci fi suit with blue glowing elements. Behind her a cliff with lava running down fades off into the distance A woman stands atop a hill at sunset.She is holding a branch of a tree with red leaves and one gold leaf where her hand touches. Her other hand touches the shoulder of a crouched man. He looks is dressed like a cowboy, his clothes are worn and tattered, with a prosthetic limb visible on his knee . He holds a red gem in one hand and aknife in the other. Behind is a water pump and farmland. Book cover illustration for de e howell magician's touch.
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Book cover Illustration for the 3rd book in Rowan Wilder's Fakari Island series : Under Her Wing.

Really enjoyed painting this one and capturing the mood and atmosphere.

#painting #illustration #bookcover
An illustration for rowan wilders fakari island series, book 3 Under Her Wing. A man and woman stand upon a grassy cliff edge. Sea and distant rocks are visible in the background, the light is a sunset golden haze. She wears a baggy green shirt that blows around him. He wears a torn white sweater. They hold each other , her eyes are closed with a melancholy expression, he looks troubled .
July 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Just realised it's (was?) #portfolioday

I love painting fantasy art and characters. I mainly work for publishing TTRPG and games.

Always open for new work opportunities!

🎨 Portfolio: vimesart.com
📧 Contact: vimesart@gmail.com
A dragonborne berserker jumps through flames in the shape of a wolf. He wields a huge battle axe and wears tattered leather clothes. An unsuspecting guard awaits his doom in the dark below . Painted for dnd campagin book An illustration for an albumb cover. A woman stands on a cliff surrounded by mist and smoke. She wears a sci fi suit with blue glowing elements. Behind her a cliff with lava running down fades off into the distance A woman stands atop a hill at sunset.She is holding a branch of a tree with red leaves and one gold leaf where her hand touches. Her other hand touches the shoulder of a crouched man. He looks is dressed like a cowboy, his clothes are worn and tattered, with a prosthetic limb visible on his knee . He holds a red gem in one hand and aknife in the other. Behind is a water pump and farmland. Book cover illustration for de e howell magician's touch. An assassin looking woman walks down a cobbled moonlit alley way. She holds a knife in one hand. Behind her 2 sinister figures watch on from a doorway and the hints of a gothic looking city are visible in the moonlight. Book cover illustration .
April 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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This was a book cover I painted about a year ago I think. Not sure if the author ever ended up publishing the book but I was happy with the mood and feel of this one.

#art #illustration #bookcover
A woman dressed in a black tunic and clothes, walks down a misty alleyway. She carries a knife in one hand and her white hair blows in the wind. Behind her is a medieval city in the missty night and shadows. 2 sinister figures watch her from a door way.Book cover Illustration for the unpublished book 'the city of meridian' .
March 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The original Portrait sketch of my witch character, I keep meaning to paint her fully one day.
portrait sketch of a woman with pigtails, she has a deadpan expression and general Wednesday vibe character design of a gothic cottagecore witch character for, a witch stands confidently holding a scythe in one hand. In her other hand she holds a purple flame. She wears a long purple dress and black shirt. Her hair is cyan
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Some old paintings and some newer
sci fi painting of a black woman in a high tech suit standing infront of mist and lava. she looks thoughtful. portrait painting of Emilia Clarke/Daenerys targaryen from game of thrones. Fine art realism style of painting Painting of an assassin type woman in a dark alley, she has qhite hair and holds a long knife. She is walking down a dark alley lit by a warm orange light with blue mist behind her Close up crop of a woman holding hands with a man infront of a campfire, she wears a red jumper and blue jeans. A moon is visible behind them
March 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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few more gestures :)
#figuredrawing
gesture drawings of female poses. Loose art style, simple constructive figure drawings.
March 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Few gesture drawings. Forcing myself to use 100% opacity brush to slowly but surely make my lines more efficient.
#art #sketch
Gesture drawings in a loose ink style. A page of constructive drawings of female figures in various poses. Most are not complete, there's also an asaro head for good measure
March 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM