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Francesca Resta
@niji707.bsky.social
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(She/her)
Artist - London, UK

I love portraits and SFF illustrations
❤️ Oil and digital
My first Magic card was released! Yay! 🤘

When I’m not at home painting or reading, you’ll probably find me listening to live music or at the theatre 💚

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Francesca Resta @niji707.bsky.social · Oct 14
Hey #portfolioday!! 👋

I’m Francesca, Italian artist based in London. I paint digital SFF illustrations and oil portraits, hopefully these two things will converge at some point! 😂

I’m an artist for MtG, I love SFF books and I would love to paint more cards and more covers in the future ❤️🤞
Cover for the Grim Oak limited edition of The Book of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence Illustration for the card “Inspiring call” in the Final fantasy x MtG set Fanart - Portrait of Ezra, from the webcomic “Electric Bones” Illustration for the card “Balance”, in the Deck of Many Things for D&D
niji707.bsky.social
Artists who do life drawing regularly, do you stick with the same medium and pose length every time or do you vary?

I’ve been doing short and long poses, portraits and nudes, with charcoal, oils, digital, pencil, acrylics… it’s so fun, dunno if it’s the best way to improve but who cares? 😂
Sketches in charcoal of Hannah from yesterday evening, 15 and 20 minutes poses 15 minutes portrait in blue and white acrylics Various short poses on Procreate - digital 2 hrs oil painting
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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eserioart.bsky.social
Resharing this painting to let you guys know that the original is still on sale 🖤 among other stuff that I'll post in the next days!
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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juliametzgerart.bsky.social
🍂La Belle Dame sans Merci🍂
Another new piece I've done within Cynthia Sheppard's smARTschool class 😊 Inspired by John Keats' ballad.
#art #juliametzgerart
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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kortizart.bsky.social
Still so excited for everyone who showed up to this yesterday! It was stunning to see a sea of creatives overwhelm that tiny hearing. We had an overflow room of artists and the line for 30 second public commentary literally had to be cut off!

You made a huge difference
yesterday.

Thank you!
Actors and artists pack Stanford hearing to demand new AI transparency law
SAG-AFTRA and other groups say the measure offers basic transparency for performers whose work is being scraped without consent.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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evilwy.bsky.social
#artvsartist
It's ain't much but it's honest work i guess🫠✌️
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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zookie-art.bsky.social
I can't stop thinking about him

#expedition33
Digital portrait of the character Verso from Clair Obscur Expedition 33. He is depicted against a dark background, almost completely blending in except for a pop of golden light that slants across his face. He looks off into the distance with a sad expression. The portrait is split down the middle with a beam of fire and the right side of Verso disintegrates into shadows.
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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juliametzgerart.bsky.social
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
AD: Emi Tanji
(c) Wizards of the Coast 2025
#art #juliametzgerart
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
niji707.bsky.social
Life drawing is such a good reminder to enjoy art regardless of the result!

Yesterday I went back to a life drawing session after a long break, I was tired but I promised a friend I would be there so I went. I wasn’t able to focus, my hand just wanted to scribble around… and guess what? still fun!
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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evelynepark.bsky.social
Sketches to painting to book cover 💙
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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feyspeaker.bsky.social
Ciri and Kelpie 🤍🖤
#TheWitcher
August 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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fantasmary.bsky.social
This one almost broke me!
It's the most complex illustration I've done so far, but I needed to have a cover art in my portfolio, so I took it upon myself. Thanks to @fabioleone.bsky.social for his help with type and layout!
Let me know what you think 👍

#illustration #noai #fantasyart
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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blacksalander.bsky.social
Maelle
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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tdaleillustration.bsky.social
New painting I finished a few weeks ago.
I took several months off from art in general over summer after dozens of failed job applications and failed art test for a major IP.
Decided to do something for myself and came up with this mtg-esque zombie hydra.

Oils on panel- 16x20"
Rotspew Hydra. A gargantuan zombie hydra chases its prey through a swamp. It has holes in its body, the skulls are visible on several heads and it is spewing noxious gasses, bile and acid at an unfortuanate person.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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syqkos.bsky.social
La Corte della Sfinge

A personal practice piece in-between work projects 🖤
Illustration of a queen sitting on her throne looking amusingly at the viewer. Her two borzois at her sides look up at her lovingly, behind her the tapestry of an half monster half woman can be seen.
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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kurocyou.bsky.social
Little Cleric, daughter of the grave 👁

ꕤ [ #art • #dndart • #ttrpgart • #ocsky • #dndoc • #KuroArt ]
illustration, painted in warm grays and reds, of Sheireen (OC - a drow woman of undefined age, with rot exposing the flesh of the left side of her face and hand) wrapped in a dark shawl blown by the wind. In the background, a barren land with a tower crumbling in the air against the backdrop of a red moon.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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coreybrickley.bsky.social
Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
Painting of a young girl wading through the water of a pond, we mostly focus on her reflection which shows her looking over her shoulder determinedly. She has an archery bow slung over her back and is holding an arrow. In the reflection we can see that cabins in a forest are a-blaze
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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danenglish.bsky.social
✨ NOW BOOKING CLIENTS FOR 2026! ✨

I'm starting to fill my schedule for the end of year and all of 2026! I have experience painting fantasy and sci-fi illustrations and covers for a variety of clients.

✉️: [email protected]
🖥️: danenglish.art
Or message me in a DM or Discord (danenglish)
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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thewhalergirl.com
Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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yulkradness.bsky.social
QRP with some #vampires 🦇
Dark Fantasy portrait of a vampire with long red hair and piercing red eyes, his mouth and clothes are strained with blood and his face looks relaxed, as if he's inviting the viewer to join Portrait commission of a character owned by client. The character is a Half-elf with the elf lineage being Astral Elf. They wear a fancy black trench coat with silver star-like dots scattered across it. A dark purple half cape is draped over their right shoulder. A silver scarf is wrapped around their neck. Their long white hair rolls down just past his shoulders and parted over to the right. Partially covered by their bangs, there is a pitch black right eye that has some black eyeliner and a smattering of black eyeshadow. The other eye is light green. Silver crescent moon earrings adorn both of their earlobes and a silver bar crosses the top of their left ear. Their head is turned to almost be looking at the viewer and their expression give off some of their rebellious spirit. Character with pale skin black hair, red eyes and a scar on her face Portrait sketch commission of a character owned by client. He has become a vampire and he looks chronically exhausted and almost depressed. He has pale skin with accentuated eyebags that contrast with the pitch black of his hair that have white locks that follow through his low ponytail. He has yellow eyes and wears a victorian blouse with a blue bib and a dark blue coat on his shoulder.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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elhyana.bsky.social
The people have spoken! Here it is!
Look at her!
I needed something lighthearted after the bad news from this morning, hope you like it!
My main character disgustingly holding a chibi plushy version of herself With a speach bubble that says: You have one minute to explain what the hell this?!
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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zaraalfonso.bsky.social
I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤

#art #painting #portrait #illustration
“Stasis” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso, and is the first piece in her series about invisible illness. A portrait painting of a girl with skin so pale she’s almost translucent, her lips are tinged blue and she gazes upward through seemingly unseeing eyes. Pale moths and winged insects cover the expanse of her face and body, blending into her skin in places.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
niji707.bsky.social
I’m working on some mtg cards I’m so excited about but that I will not be able to share for probably a couple of years at least 💀😭 it’s torture, but happiness too 😂😂😂
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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evelynepark.bsky.social
Cover illustration for The Broken Binding special edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM by Ken Liu

acrylics on watercolor paper
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM