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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Mar 14

"The Tide" this was part of my music inspired project where i would listen to a song on repeat until I derived imagery from it. This paired with the song the tide from The Spill Canvas. #music #seagull #concept

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Mar 14

"Spirit street fade out" this was part of my music inspired project. I would listen to a song request on repeat until I was able to create imagery to go with the song. Did 118 of these pieces. this paired with a powerful Radiohead song. #music #lightning #concept #inspiration

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 26

"the dust bunny" a creature from a hidden world field guide I used to make over a decade ago. I loved making those guidebooks to fantastic things hiding around our everyday mundane world. #fantasy #bunny #magical #creature

Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 26

"Wild Lands" a map inspired by a bunch of time spent on a friend's minecraft server. #fantasy #map #minecraft #cartography #worldbuilding

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 21

A dragon I made for a book project from back in 2010. Project never fully resolved so this dragon and its relatives never saw the light of day. #dragon #fantasy

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 21

"Arc Stone City" a city map I made for a Dungeons and Dragons adventure I played a long long time ago. #D&D #roleplaying #map

Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 21

"New Hope City" an old Dungeons and Dragons map I made for an adventure i played a decade and a half ago. Thought it was worth sharing. #map #D&D #Roleplaying #city

Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 10

"Making the Vampire" This piece was done for one of my World building short stories. A harpy unintentionally channels the wrong magics and makes a dying elf into a vampire. Used in one of my "extra extras" #harpy #vampire #curse #worldbuilding

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Feb 10

"Forpa in the Marsh" This piece was done for part of an illustrated short story that goes along with my world building efforts. One of my "extra, extras." #worldbuilding #mushroom #fantasy

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 21

"Flower Field" I was experimenting with making my own brushes in photoshop and made a full blown field of blossoms thanks to it. As serene and bright a piece as I ever could make. #landscape #concept #flowers #clouds

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 21

"My Captain" a portrait of Captain Jean-luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart) I did as a point of celebrating Star Trek. I am a major Trekkie and making this is a rare example of true "fan art" for me. #startrek #picard #fanart #space #captain #tng

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 16

I made this "Autumn Grove" years ago as a wallpaper exercise. I was just experimenting with textures and trying to keep loose with my brushwork. #Landscape #concept

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 16

During one of my Twitch streams I did a mash up request period. One of those requests was "Sith Zuko" so here we are. #avatar #atla #starwars #sith #mashup

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 10

"dragonfly three" a piece for a potential book cover. It was a fun study into an amazing insect. #insect #dragonfly #art

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 10

"catharsis" a picture done as a piece of art therapy. It was a raw expression of feeling poured out in order to vent those feelings visibly. #therapy #surreal #angel #expression

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 6

A concept piece of a concept piece, this image is of a "prototype walker" A mechanized giant meant for battle. From a planned project that fell through. #mech #worldbuilding #concept

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 6

This is a piece I made for a now defunct project long ago. I still very much enjoy it and hope you do as well. #concept #landscape #night #worldbuilding

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 4

I had to get the midnight release of the new Blacktron renegade spaceship and the DaVinci flying machine. So glad to treat myself to those awesome sets to start off the year.

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 1

Long ago I had to do some filler art for a project and decided to make it an Homage to one of my favorite bands album covers. This one is a shout out to the album "animals" #concept #landscape #pinkfloyd #album

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Jan 1

"End Times" this was done as a real quick proof of idea study that never got fully worked up. All the same the design certainly speaks volumes to me. #endtimes #art #concept #apocylpse

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Dec 31

"A call for specialists" made for a project that never quite got off the ground. I really loved the design for this airship. It held a lot of inspiration from other sources yet still felt uniquely it's own design. #airship #worldbuilding #concept #steampunk

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Dec 31

The Nitrogen wastes. I created this for a sci-fi version of a project that never quite got off the ground. Still love it though. #ice #cold #landscape #concept #worldbuilding

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Dec 26

"Erosion" made this for an example of a landscape when world building. The landscape eventually became known as badlands. #landscape #worldbuilding #concept

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Ronald P Maxwell @ronaldpmaxwell.bsky.social · Dec 26

"The Last King" I made this as a experiment with mood and color. Turned it into a wallpaper that I use from time to time. #color #mood #skull #art

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