Alex Ries
@alexries.com
Concept Artist and Illustrator
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Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries: Now Funding on Kickstarter! https://bit.ly/403C70b
ArtStation: bit.ly/3W9QtXY
Contact: alexriesart(at)gmail.com
Other Sites: linktr.ee/alexries
Human artists, use only once piece to convince people to follow you!
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Human artists, use only once piece to convince people to follow you!
The crystalline cloakmouth, a creature from the deep oceans of the birrin world of Chriirah.
Prey lured to the glowing esca find themselves impaled by the glassy jaws, before the veil-like mouth closes around them.
Prey lured to the glowing esca find themselves impaled by the glassy jaws, before the veil-like mouth closes around them.
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 AM
The crystalline cloakmouth, a creature from the deep oceans of the birrin world of Chriirah.
Prey lured to the glowing esca find themselves impaled by the glassy jaws, before the veil-like mouth closes around them.
Prey lured to the glowing esca find themselves impaled by the glassy jaws, before the veil-like mouth closes around them.
This fellow used neural upscaling because sadly the original only exists in a tiny form.
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This fellow used neural upscaling because sadly the original only exists in a tiny form.
A predator that lurks above the ever-moving lichen mats of its forest home.
Pheromones are used to attract curious prey, which gather confused beneath the creature. Those not swift of foot are impaled, to be relieved of their liquefied insides.
#scifi #art #illustration
Pheromones are used to attract curious prey, which gather confused beneath the creature. Those not swift of foot are impaled, to be relieved of their liquefied insides.
#scifi #art #illustration
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
A predator that lurks above the ever-moving lichen mats of its forest home.
Pheromones are used to attract curious prey, which gather confused beneath the creature. Those not swift of foot are impaled, to be relieved of their liquefied insides.
#scifi #art #illustration
Pheromones are used to attract curious prey, which gather confused beneath the creature. Those not swift of foot are impaled, to be relieved of their liquefied insides.
#scifi #art #illustration
Clever friends; I have a conundrum for the birrin story.
The characters were going to travel high above their valley to repair a radio antenna, necessary to talk to a distant settlement.
But would they even need to do this?
Couldn't they just use a little transmitter and the ionosphere?
The characters were going to travel high above their valley to repair a radio antenna, necessary to talk to a distant settlement.
But would they even need to do this?
Couldn't they just use a little transmitter and the ionosphere?
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Clever friends; I have a conundrum for the birrin story.
The characters were going to travel high above their valley to repair a radio antenna, necessary to talk to a distant settlement.
But would they even need to do this?
Couldn't they just use a little transmitter and the ionosphere?
The characters were going to travel high above their valley to repair a radio antenna, necessary to talk to a distant settlement.
But would they even need to do this?
Couldn't they just use a little transmitter and the ionosphere?
The 'Tandem Call', a powerful, dangerous experimental birrin aviation test-bed.
It was designed by House Kendi to test many rediscovered aerodynamic principles from before the Fall War.
The wisdom of combining these principles all into one airframe remains to be seen...
#illustration #scifiart
It was designed by House Kendi to test many rediscovered aerodynamic principles from before the Fall War.
The wisdom of combining these principles all into one airframe remains to be seen...
#illustration #scifiart
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The 'Tandem Call', a powerful, dangerous experimental birrin aviation test-bed.
It was designed by House Kendi to test many rediscovered aerodynamic principles from before the Fall War.
The wisdom of combining these principles all into one airframe remains to be seen...
#illustration #scifiart
It was designed by House Kendi to test many rediscovered aerodynamic principles from before the Fall War.
The wisdom of combining these principles all into one airframe remains to be seen...
#illustration #scifiart
Writing my book trying to find out how the hell this image layer got in to the file
December 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Writing my book trying to find out how the hell this image layer got in to the file
On the milling of bluestick in the valley of Two-Sky River.
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On the milling of bluestick in the valley of Two-Sky River.
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
A damselfly I painted many years ago to see if I could, and as an attempt to see if there was a market for stock images of invertebrates. A few such images actually lead to work!
#SciArt #Illustration #Art
#SciArt #Illustration #Art
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A damselfly I painted many years ago to see if I could, and as an attempt to see if there was a market for stock images of invertebrates. A few such images actually lead to work!
#SciArt #Illustration #Art
#SciArt #Illustration #Art
How I design a creature.
I often find 3D models, even VERY basic ones, are useful in guiding a painting if there are complex elements at play (wiggly fins, too many legs etc).
I often find 3D models, even VERY basic ones, are useful in guiding a painting if there are complex elements at play (wiggly fins, too many legs etc).
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
How I design a creature.
I often find 3D models, even VERY basic ones, are useful in guiding a painting if there are complex elements at play (wiggly fins, too many legs etc).
I often find 3D models, even VERY basic ones, are useful in guiding a painting if there are complex elements at play (wiggly fins, too many legs etc).
A little sketch of Tullimonstrum :)
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A little sketch of Tullimonstrum :)
A little 2025 exploration of the 'Gardener Worm', a creature from early in Subnautica: Below Zero's pre-production.
This being would have hauled out onto the ice to expose its internal 'garden' to the sun, photosynthesizing unique compounds for its metabolism.
#subnautica #conceptart #illustration
This being would have hauled out onto the ice to expose its internal 'garden' to the sun, photosynthesizing unique compounds for its metabolism.
#subnautica #conceptart #illustration
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A little 2025 exploration of the 'Gardener Worm', a creature from early in Subnautica: Below Zero's pre-production.
This being would have hauled out onto the ice to expose its internal 'garden' to the sun, photosynthesizing unique compounds for its metabolism.
#subnautica #conceptart #illustration
This being would have hauled out onto the ice to expose its internal 'garden' to the sun, photosynthesizing unique compounds for its metabolism.
#subnautica #conceptart #illustration
Some of the diverse life that lives among the floating garden beds on a birrin bluestick farm; a cash crop of great value but challenging cultivation.
#illustration #creaturedesign #alien
#illustration #creaturedesign #alien
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Some of the diverse life that lives among the floating garden beds on a birrin bluestick farm; a cash crop of great value but challenging cultivation.
#illustration #creaturedesign #alien
#illustration #creaturedesign #alien
Nil and Siljarri exploring the dunes beyond their home in the valley of Two Sky River
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Nil and Siljarri exploring the dunes beyond their home in the valley of Two Sky River
Designing birrin planez.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Designing birrin planez.
An illustration of the hydro-dynamically actuated robot 'Whitesides' for Zoobots by Helaine Becker.
Glowly.
Glowly.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
An illustration of the hydro-dynamically actuated robot 'Whitesides' for Zoobots by Helaine Becker.
Glowly.
Glowly.
From my research trip to Lake Mungo. What was once a great lake dried out tens of thousands of years ago, and is now a great baking basin and dune formation strewn with fossils, and signs of human habitation.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
From my research trip to Lake Mungo. What was once a great lake dried out tens of thousands of years ago, and is now a great baking basin and dune formation strewn with fossils, and signs of human habitation.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
An illustration of 'Ghostbot' and its inspiration, the Black Ghost Knifefish.
In my madness, I didn't use any 3D for the robots in this book. All manual.
Done for Zoobots by Helaine Becker
In my madness, I didn't use any 3D for the robots in this book. All manual.
Done for Zoobots by Helaine Becker
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
An illustration of 'Ghostbot' and its inspiration, the Black Ghost Knifefish.
In my madness, I didn't use any 3D for the robots in this book. All manual.
Done for Zoobots by Helaine Becker
In my madness, I didn't use any 3D for the robots in this book. All manual.
Done for Zoobots by Helaine Becker
