Ben Maier

@benmaier.bsky.social

🦄 Fantasy Illustrator: Book Covers, Magic the Gathering 🦉Concept artist : Characters, Props ✨Teacher: 2D Game Art, Illustration 🌍 www.artstation.com/benmaier ✉️ ben.maier@gmx.eu 🎨 Human Art 🏳️‍⚧️ He/Him 😍 RPGs and traveling

Hello #PortfolioDay! It feels a little strange to upload these works, since I have a lot of new paintings under NDA which I wish I could show. Thanks to everyone! I'm not good with social media but really appreciate the love my art gets from you every time I stumble in with a new painting ❤️

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Some studies from this week end. With the still lives I focussed on work flow: they were done rather quickly. The drawings are from my visit of the MARKK museum in Hamburg. My youngest wanted me to draw all sorts of weapons when he found out that I sketched.

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Fan Concept: #Borderlands #Voodoo #Siren 'Ayo' 💀 The idea of combining a Siren’s power with a summonable pet felt natural when I began sketching her (2023) — and seeing similar ideas pop up later with the character of Vex makes it feel even more exciting. 🏳️‍⚧️ Ayo is a transfeminine.

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"BLOODY MARY" BOOK RAFFLE! (Europe) I'm giving away 3 signed copies of my graphic novel "Bloody Mary: A Graphic Biography of Mary Tudor" (US edition in English) among all those who share this post! 😊 RULES: 1) You must be 18+ and in Europe to participate. 2) No purchase necessary to enter.

Photo of 3 copies of "Bloody Mary: A Graphic Biography of Mary Tudor" arranged nicely with a rose. A cutout of Holbein's Henry VIII doing thumbs-up is photoshopped in the corner.

Fan Concept: #Borderlands #Voodoo #Siren 'Ayo' 💀 The idea of combining a Siren’s power with a summonable pet felt natural when I began sketching her (2023) — and seeing similar ideas pop up later with the character of Vex makes it feel even more exciting. 🏳️‍⚧️ Ayo is a transfeminine.

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Das Schwarze Auge Illustration: Schilfsümpfe Selemgrunds (2024) The plan was to paint a plain landscape. The author described tiny details, though, and it ended up to be more of a scenic piece than a landscape artwork. I used a new approach and I'd be interested in hearing/reading opinions.

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