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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿
@prospertipaldi.bsky.social
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Freelance Illustrator
Fantasy🌿 and History🏰, occasional HEMA🗡️
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Nantes - France

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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 4d
Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ [email protected]
A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield. A drawing of a knight in plate armor with a sallet helmet toped with a golden dragon. Over his armor is a red cloth embroidered with the Blackfyre three headed black dragon. He is wielding a two handed pole axe. A drawing of a woman in plate armor. Her clothes displays the red and black Targaryen three headed dragon, embroidered with yellow flames. She is wielding a wing shaped halberd. A drawing of a woman in plate, mail and scale armor, with green clothes. She is wielding a two handed war hammer and a wooden shield, displaying the house Mormont coat of arms from A Song of Ice and Fire, a black bear on a green background. The visor of her bascinet helmet is open.
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Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

Full sword arm control and chopping off limbs physics, no pre-recorded animations, this game was so good and messy.
The box art for Die By The Sword, a 1998 PC game, featuring a deliciously 90's medieval warrior clad in mail armor with glowing red eyes over an obscured face and steel helmet, wielding a two handed sword over a fiery background.
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

I can't be the only one? 😭
The main menu of the PC Game One Must Fall 2097, displaying a giant robot in the background with a crowd of people in the foreground.
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ [email protected]
A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield. A drawing of a knight in plate armor with a sallet helmet toped with a golden dragon. Over his armor is a red cloth embroidered with the Blackfyre three headed black dragon. He is wielding a two handed pole axe. A drawing of a woman in plate armor. Her clothes displays the red and black Targaryen three headed dragon, embroidered with yellow flames. She is wielding a wing shaped halberd. A drawing of a woman in plate, mail and scale armor, with green clothes. She is wielding a two handed war hammer and a wooden shield, displaying the house Mormont coat of arms from A Song of Ice and Fire, a black bear on a green background. The visor of her bascinet helmet is open.
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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This. I would have ZERO use for AI moodboards even if it was ethical/homemade/whatever... If you have a purpose, you know what to look for, and what further research you need to do. If you want good concept art, give your artists time (and trust them) to do just that.
teradiamart.bsky.social 𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖒 @teradiamart.bsky.social · 8d
Idk how to explain this but you will never get good art from AI moodboards made of AI images. And I don't know how to explain how important it is to check and learn some history to see what has been made before to be able to think unique and innovative ideas
videogameschronicle.com VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 8d
Divinity and Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian has said that it won’t use generative AI to create concept art or in the process of writing Divinity, but the developer is still interested in using the technology in other areas.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/larian-...
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Reposted by Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
kotaku.com Kotaku @kotaku.com · 8d
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.

"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."

https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿
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I'm 35 today, what a milestone! ✨I wanted to mark the day by sharing a few of my art!! 🖍️

Happy New Year aswell. May you hold on to hope and may brighter days find you if you are in a dark place💛
Selfie of myself, smiling Fanart of Shiva from FFXIV. She's asleep, waiting to be summoned, a hand gracefully touching her chin. It's based on the painting Danae by Klimt This illustration is a study based on a photo, showing a smiling woman wearing a preppy outfit. A fanart of Goro Majima (Yakuza 0). He's been into a fight recently; a bit of blood is on his cheek and hand.
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Welcome back artists!🖌🎨✨️

Quote Post with an old piece that you still like!

My very first concept for the A Song of Ice and Fire: Tactics project, back in 2022:

Lyn Corbray ❤️
A paining of Lyn Corbray from A Song of Ice and Fire in full plate armor. He wields a sword and shield. His cloths display the Corbray coat of arms: Black ravens holding red hearts.
December 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Treated myself to some more Targaryen drawing this Christmas. 🪓🐉
A drawing of a woman in plate armor. Her clothes displays the red and black Targaryen three headed dragon, embroidered with yellow flames. She is wielding a wing shaped halberd.
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Chritsmas present to myself just arrived 🥰 By @lokipropagand.art
A photo of a print displaying a woman holding a light writing the words "Cast away", stomping on a flag reading "Fascism and Sexism".
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Hey artists and content creators,
I'm looking for stock images websites to suggest to people/companies instead of using AI "art" in their social media content.
Any good suggestions of website like Getty Images or Adobe Stock that are 100% free from AI slop?
Cheers!
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Art vs Artist 2025

Thanks to everyone who's ever looked at one of my drawings this year.💚
I had my first mass layoffs experience in April, I'm thankful that I somehow got hired to draw armored people again by new and lovely clients.🗡️
Also f*ck AI. Cheers! ✨
A picture of the artist lovingly holding his fencing mask, surrounded by drawings of people in colorful armor.
December 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿
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It’s my birthday!! I’m in the middle of a style shift/evolution and most of my work is nda, however it would be pretty sick if you like and reposted my work!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿
thisweekinvideogames.com
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.

Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.

thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Seeing this being shared a lot, poking fun at AI usage.

My main concern with Sam Altam isn't that he is bad at parenting, but that he's a thief and a fascist.
A screencap of Sam Altman at the Jimmy Fallon show
December 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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House Blackfyre Targaryen 🐉🪓
A drawing of a knight in plate armor with a sallet helmet toped with a golden dragon. Over his armor is a red cloth embroidered with the Blackfyre three headed black dragon. He is wielding a two handed pole axe.
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was 🐉🗡️ for CMON's A Song of Ice and Fire: Tactics. We ended up going for a more battle-ready outfit in the final game, but I still like the parade armor look here!
A drawing of Rhaenys Targaryen from A Song of Ice and Fire, wearing a dark plate armore with a long black skirt embroidered with golden dragons. Around her waist is tied a red cloth ending in 3 long dragon heads. She is holding a sword in her right hand.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Incredible pictures of bayonet training around 1892-1914. These are from the 26eme Régiment d'infanterie in caserne Thiry, Nancy.
Thanks to Gautier S for sharing these from his personal collection.
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A black and white photograph of french soldiers in full uniform during bayonet training. They are wearing fencing masks. A black and white photograph of french soldiers in full uniform during bayonet training. They are wearing fencing masks.
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Sword Ladies !!
Drawing of a lady wearing a green doublet, red hose and wielding a 2 handed feder sword A drawing of a woman in scale, plate and mail armor, with blue and brown cloths and a red hat. She is wielding a sword and shield. The shield is painted with a picture of a woman in a red dress, holding a sword in one hand and a decapitated, bearded head in the other. A drawing of a woman in plate and cloth armor, reaching behind her head to tie her hair. She is wearing a sword, shield and rondelle dagger at the hip. A drawing of Jehan from Tête de Chien, in her yellow cloth and mail armor, wielding a sword and shield.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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House Mormont knight(ess) 🐻🔨
A drawing of a woman in plate, mail and scale armor, with green clothes. She is wielding a two handed war hammer and a wooden shield, displaying the house Mormont coat of arms from A Song of Ice and Fire, a black bear on a green background. The visor of her bascinet helmet is open.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Art vs Artist (Broken neck edition)
A drawing of a 15th century knight based on the recreation of Le Gallois de Fougières by Genzdarmes 1415. A photo of the artist attending a Fiore's dagger class, his opponent both twisting his wrist and pushing his head back in what looks like a very painful move (it was).
October 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Me whenever the AI topic comes up:
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ [email protected]
A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield. A drawing of a woman in scale, plate and mail armor, with blue and brown cloths and a red hat. She is wielding a sword and shield. The shield is painted with a picture of a woman in a red dress, holding a sword in one hand and a decapitated, bearded head in the other. A drawing of Steffon Darklyn in his kingsguard armor from A Song of Ice and Fire A drawing of Lyn Corbray from A Song of Ice and Fire
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Hey artists! QRP with your sketch vs final! ✨️🦌
A drawing of a Baratheon knight riding a horse in full plate armor, wielding a hammer and shield The rough line sketch of the previous image
October 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Show me how you draw armor! 🛡️
A drawing of a knight in fourteenth century inspired armor, wielding sword and shield and wearing a flat bascinet helmet A drawing of a woman in a mix of late medieval and late roman armor, wielding a spear and shield A drawing of a woman in a mix of late medieval and late roman armor, wielding a spear and shield A drawing of a woman in a mix of late medieval and late roman armor, wielding a sword and shield
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Me: The Middle-Ages were actually very colorful.
Also me: I only want to paint black and green.
#knightober
A drawing of a woman in plate and cloth armor, reaching behind her head to tie her hair. She is wearing a sword, shield and rondelle dagger at the hip.
October 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM