The Art of Erebus

Illustrations & Graphics for games

Tag: fantasy

  • Drintera™ World Map

    Drintera™ World Map

    I’m excited to share my latest illustration: a detailed map of the enchanting world of Drintera®, created for Shewstone Publishing! ( https://shewstone.com/ )
    I painted the map with careful attention to the writers’ indications and their hex-based sketch map. My goal was to blend a sense of realism with the classic RPG aesthetic and conventions, making sure that each hex presents a unique biome and/or highlights a single significant location.
    I even designed a custom frame to align with the Drintera® logo, enhancing its fit for the page layout.
    From the publisher: “Drintera® is a fantasy realm inspired by heroic mythology and the whimsical dream logic of myths. Adventurers here are not just characters; they are exceptional beings seeking achievement and glory.”
    Dive into the world of Drintera® and let your imagination roam!

  • Ancient Fulcrum

    Ancient Fulcrum

    Inside underground caves, lies the ancient fulcrum, where all energy lines converge and where you can feel the weight of the whole world on your soul…

    Ancient Fulcrum
    Ancient Fulcrum

  • Ashworld landscape

    Ashworld landscape

    Started as a speedpainting, I added some small detail here and there anyway no more than 2 hours of work.
    It’s the landscape of the world of Ashworld, from my last campaign setting for Shadow Lords: shadowlords.net/index.php/2016…

    It’s a dying world, representing our Earth far in the future, when the sun is Red and gigantic but still the world is inhabitable. I know, scientifically there is some inaccuracy here, but who cares, this is freely inspired by the genius of Jack Vance Dying Earth cycle and Gene Wolf New Sun cycle.
    All melted down in a pulp-action style fantastic world full of adventure and fun for my players. That’s what’s matters!

  • Belem and the Dragon

    Belem and the Dragon

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    A piece I drew fast (4 hours initially) for a Portuguese professor that has done an article on my work for boardgames and asked if I could do a piece on Portugal. So I draw the Tower of Belem (with reference, both because It was not pratical to draw it without, and because I was full of other works and so I had to do the piece in a hurry), and a marauding dragon on it: it was a long time I wanted to do a piece on dragons.

    In the end, I retook it for another 2-3 hours of corrections to correct the left wing and refine a bit more the dragon (since I had not the time to detail the dragon initially).

    Anyway, enjoy it, I had fun painting my first dragon, and while I’m satisfied on how his head comed out, I will surely do better the next time!

  • Numenera: city with statue

    Numenera: city with statue

    This is one of a lot of illustrations I’m doing for Numenera and The Strange. I’ve been given permission to show a couple of them. For the rest, wait for the products to be out :)

    For the upcoming book of Numenera: Sir Arthur’s Compendium. See Numenera RPG site here: www.numenera.com/
    Copyright by Monte Cook Games (www.montecookgames.com/)