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Mike Pape
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Fantasy illustrator: WotC, Orbit Books, Darrington Press, Baldur's Gate 3, etc. || he/him || Canada || inquiries: wingbuffet@gmail.com || portfolio: mikepape.com
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Three 'Species' paintings that I made for D&D's new Revised Player's Handbook – Dwarves, Elves, and Orcs!
Painting of a dwarven smithing workshop, with dwarves performing various tasks. Painting of an elven enclave, featuring numerous elves engaging in various activities such as painting, playing music, gardening, or simply relaxing. Painting of an orcish hunting party outdoors in a badlands environment. Several of the orcs are handling Harris's Hawks, with younger orcs learning from the older members of the party.
June 19, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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[Art VS Artist 2023]
'23 was a really good year for me art-wise! I landed some awesome projects that'll be coming out next year, and got to push into some new territory for both style and medium — can't wait to show what I've been working on lately ☺️
Photo of me (the guy posting) surrounded by several of my paintings that were released to the public this year. Full text descriptions for those available on each of their individual posts via my main profile!
December 17, 2023 at 7:26 PM
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While I'm currently too busy to make BG3 fanart (the game is good!), I'm happy I got to do some promo work for their Early Access patches :D
Painting of a drow druid wielding natural magics in a forest setting. Her clothing and armor are covered in bark and leaves. Painting of an elven sorcerer with silver scales on his face channels magical ice in a magma-filled cavern. Painting of a raging barbarian atop a table in a tavern. Other patrons seem to be fighting and tossing objects around, and the barbarian looks ready for a fight.
November 25, 2023 at 11:20 PM
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it's #PortfolioDay and I'm an illustrator, so look upon my wares :v

I illustrate book covers, TTRPGs, card art, & promo art! You can find my stuff at my site mikepape.com, including a mailing list if you're looking for my private commission availability. For commercial work, email is in my bio!
Painting of the 'Smoldering Corpse' tavern in the city of Sigil. A flaming man dances midair over a fiery vent as a wide variety of patrons revel, drink, play games, and chat with one another. Painting of a shattered mirror showing a nervous figure and her colorful, otherworldly alter-ego. Painting of two people embracing in a fantastical forest, surrounded by glowing blue flora. One of the figures towers over the other and gently lifts her chin with his hand, while the other looks up adoringly while holding a mug of ale. Painting of an elven sorcerer with silver scales on his face channels magical ice in a magma-filled cavern.
October 10, 2023 at 11:29 AM
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Mask of Many Faces
Painting of a woman wearing a simple layered black and gold dress. She is standing amidst roiling smoke, some of which is coming from a masquerade-style mask that she wears and a small glass that she holds in the air. A raven stands on her arm, and images of eyes are hidden throughout the smoke. A zoomed-in version of the prior image.
October 3, 2023 at 4:38 PM
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A painting I did last year for Wizards, specifically to envision the 'Smoldering Corpse' tavern from Planescape! I got to do a ton of little vignettes for this one, and I had a great time with all the little stories :>
Painting of the 'Smoldering Corpse' tavern in the city of Sigil. A flaming man dances midair over a fiery vent as a wide variety of patrons revel, drink, play games, and chat with one another. Crop of the first image: A human, gnome, kenku, half-orc, and grell play cards. The gnome seems to have just won a hand, and the kenku cheers while the human slams his fist in frustration and the half-orc reels in shock. The grell is just trying to hold his cards with his little tentacles. Crop of the first image: A gnoll, drow, oni, and several humans sit at a bar engaged in various conversations. A half-orc and human bartender serve the patrons. Crop of the first image: A green-skinned archon sips from a chalice as a spined devil makes a move on a chess board.
September 23, 2023 at 2:37 AM
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a fun guy
Painting of Yumog from the 'Minions, Masters and Tactics' book. A strange fungal creature with a glowing core strides through a spore-filled cave, surrounded by mushrooms and small plant-based creatures.
September 8, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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Devotee of Lolth
Painting of a drow cleric of Lolth unsheathing her blade. She wears dark leather armor with sharp angles and red or silver trim, and has a whip hanging from a belt at her side. Dark red energy bursts from her scabbard where the sword is unsheathed. A zoomed-in version of the prior image.
September 4, 2023 at 11:28 PM
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QT Show me how you draw men!

~ Fellas, guys, bros ~
An elven sorcerer with silver scales on his face channels magical ice in a magma-filled cavern. A paladin wearing ornately-decorated heavy armor stands in a snowy tundra, licking a bit of blood from the inside of his mouth. A hint of fangs can be seen in his mouth, and his irises glow yellow. An adventuring halfling holds out a tall lantern while hanging from a rope as he rappels down into a cave. An elven barbarian wielding a glowing, molten hammer.
August 29, 2023 at 9:26 PM
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Waukeen, Faerûn's goddess of coin and trade
Painting: Moonlight spills into the destroyed ceiling of a massive chamber, filled with intricate carvings, ritualistic alters, and piles of gold. Streams of gold coalesce into the figure of a huge, imposing woman clad in golden robes, who holds a decaying gold dragon by the chest as it thrashes and attempts in vain to breath gouts of flame at her.
August 22, 2023 at 3:21 AM
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Trick, a Tiefling seer from a few years back :>
Painting of a tiefling woman on a white background, wearing a silvery-white gown that's being swept around her by the wind. Cards for fortune-telling encircle her, and she stands with her arms raised in front of constellation-like patterns. She has two large horns that curl from the sides of her head in front of her eyes, covering them. Her long, curly purple hair whips around behind her, and her pinkish-purple skin is patterned with pale patches across her body. A zoomed-in version of the prior image
August 20, 2023 at 4:56 PM
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Characters with Horns over the years ('20-'21-'22-'23, respectively) ;D

I remember when that first one popped off online folks were very "Tiefling Barbarian? Wow, novel!" and look how far we've come
August 15, 2023 at 1:26 AM
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One last book cover illustration (for now), this time for Kimberly Lemming's novel 'That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human' — third in the same series as the last two covers!
August 9, 2023 at 10:58 PM
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A little ghost collector (and the sketches that lead up to him)
A gnome man is surrounded by three spiralling green ghosts, which seem to be emerging from his clocktower-topped staff. He has glasses and a center-parted undercut, and wears simple finery under a quilted pink cloak tipped with tassels. Sketch of the character from image #1, in a different pose. Here he looks up at the ghosts emerging from his staff. Sketch of the character from image #1, in a different pose. Here he stalks towards the viewer, wielding his staff menacingly as a scythe-like blade of ghostly force emerges from its head. Sketch of the character from image #1.
August 6, 2023 at 4:33 AM
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(aaand the other half of 'em)
A woman clad in green robes and coiling branches stands amidst a liquified dreamscape, gesturing up at a massive draconic shape looming overhead. A grey-skinned, yellow-eyed woman stands atop the battlements of a gothic castle under siege. Her gold-laced hair is wrapped into several massive braids that coil outward across the image. Two of these braids grasp an enemy soldier, hanging them above a massive drop. A woman atop a pegasus leads a slew of beasts over a ridge towards a castle. A golden fairy drapes the beasts in twinkling light, transforming small animals into massive mythological creatures: serpents, manticores, and colossal dinosaurs.
August 4, 2023 at 6:01 PM
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I was tasked with creating the 'Ultimate' card art for Darrington Press' new tabletop game Queen By Midnight, featured at GenCon! My first cards :D
A host of warriors crests a ridge on horseback behind a hailstorm of flaming arrows. A massive red moon frames their leader, whose white horse is reared up while she fires a flaming arrow skyward. A woman dressed in dark leathers, crow feathers, and a wide-brimmed hat is showered in golden coins. She is surrounded by dozens of picture frames on the walls around her, and she looks blissfully satisfied. A massive beasts emerges in the midst of a battlefield, her hide covered in arrows and swords as soldiers flee from her. Glowing orange crystals emerge from her shoulders and chest, and ethereal green energy drips from her clawed hands.
August 4, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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a halfling doing some dungeon delving
An adventuring halfling holds out a tall lantern while hanging from a rope as he rappels down into a circular chamber. The cave-like space below contains staircases, alcoves, and stalactites, with piles of gold pieces surrounding a draconic skeleton that clutches a massive shining ruby.
August 1, 2023 at 12:26 AM
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Hi again Bluesky :D

I'm Mike, an illustrator for tabletop games, RPGs, fantasy romance novels, and even good ol' private commissions. I [unsurprisingly] love character/narrative-driven art, and I've got an Art-only feed on my profile if you'd like to see more :>
Painting of a group of 3 adventurers — a human, a tiefling, and a gnome — sit in a smoky tavern, discussing what to do with a batch of vials filled with strange red liquid. Painting of a drow cleric of Lolth as she unsheathes her blade. Painting of a shattered mirror showing a nervous figure and her colorful, otherworldly alter-ego. The painted book cover of Kimberly Lemming's fantasy romance novel "That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon"; a tall, serious-looking man with tanned skin, pointed ears, curling black horns and long straight black hair embraces an adoring woman with dark skin, shoulder-length curly pink hair, and holding a foamy mug of ale to her side. They stand in a forest and are surrounded by fireflies and luminescent cyan leaves.
July 29, 2023 at 9:11 PM
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Another new book cover this month! This one is a follow-up from the last book, written by Kimberly Lemming :D
July 28, 2023 at 6:15 PM
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Bladesinger
A lilac-skinned half-elf gracefully leaps through the air, wielding a scimitar wrapped in magical blue flames as her white hair and green cloak billow behind her.
July 26, 2023 at 6:52 PM
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A Dragonborn I painted last year, plus the 3D sculpt I whipped up to inform my sketching :}
3D sculpt and line sketch of a broad, muscled Dragonborn with two curved horns wrapping along the side of his head. Painting of a black Dragonborn wearing simple grey clothes and a ratty grey cloak, holding a dagger close to his hip and a large pack slung over his back. A zoom-in to the face of the Dragonborn from the prior image.
July 26, 2023 at 12:53 AM
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An old Warlock painting featuring an alien/celestial patron
A young woman with glowing eyes casts a magical spell that features star constellations as she scrawls text in a glowing blue spellbook perched on a nearby desk. She is shadowed by a wispy figure whose body is coated in stars, and the library around her warps and twists, illuminated by harsh red light.
July 24, 2023 at 3:20 AM
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Cover illustration I recently did for Orbit Books! First of a set.

[The book is 'That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon' by Kimberly Lemming]
July 16, 2023 at 5:54 PM
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Hi, I'm Mike and I do Fantasy/TTRPG illo :y
#portfolioday
Moon spills into the destroyed ceiling of a massive chamber, filled with intricate carvings, ritualistic alters, and piles of gold. Streams of gold coalesce into the figure of a huge, imposing woman clad in golden robes, who holds a decaying gold dragon by the chest as it thrashes and attempts in vain to breath gouts of flame at her. A party of adventurers in a gloomy laboratory fend off a hulking werewolf and small, cyclopean homonculi. The lab appears to be made in an abandoned church, with a large glass window dedicated to the goddess Avacyn. A figure clad in strangely layered and quilted robes peers distantly at the viewer, while the stars behind them smear across the night sky. Several magenta-tinted phantoms of the figure appear to be moving around them. A shattered mirror showing a nervous figure and her colorful, otherworldly alter-ego.
July 11, 2023 at 6:13 PM
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I almost exclusively post finished paintings these days, but I do love the sketch phase
Sketch of a young, eclecticly-dressed man with patterned clothes and a fur jacket, standing by a floating spellbook and flanked by two serpent-wolf creatures. Various sketches of a gnomish ranger, holding a bow made of monster bone and wearing armor constructed of thick, monstrous hides. Sketch of a gnomish mage holding a staff, from which numerous ghostly apparitions are emerging and flying about. Sketch and 3D-model of a crocodile-like Dragonborn, with two curved horns swooping across the side of his face.
July 10, 2023 at 1:33 AM