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Donato
@donatoarts.bsky.social
Artist of science fiction and fantasy themed oil paintings and drawings - Robots, Astronauts, Narrative Art, and Middle-earth.
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..18" x 24" hand drawn D&D maps can be found within a MuddyColors post, linked to in comments, along with a link for the book at Target.

Again thank you Nicole for making this possible!
Get these books while they are hot! No reprints are planned.
Looking forward to Season 5 of Stranger Things!
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
..as the D&D art of Will, Mike, Lucas and Dustin of the Stranger Things gang!

The 13 year old Donato would have his mind blown. Mine is still reeling! What a connection, 45 years in the making, as my very first fantasy artworks are being now published as official D&D art!

A survey of my large..
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
..and I as we played D&D in highschool in the early-mid 1980's - exactly the same time frame for the show Stranger Things, and exactly what was needed for this project.

I am honored and humbled that my work (and a few scribbles of my long time friends Chad Pidgeon and Vinny Schelzo) are presented..
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
..gaming in the 80's. Nicole and another designer soon stopped by the studio to check out what I had, and they were ecstatic!

This scrapbook, Tales from the Table, was just released today as a Target exclusive. It is chuck full of scores of drawings and art I had created for my friends ..
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
..Random House Worlds was looking to create an authentic voice/book as if from gamers from the 1980's for a Stranger Things project. Luckily I had this type of material in spades, for somehow I had preserved hitpoint sheets, adventure maps, experience data, notes, sketches, etc. from my time...
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
..Many of these works, including the cover, will be making the trek to IX Arts convention October 22-26 in Reading, Pennsylvania!
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
.. instead of just 6 like I had for the two previous books 🙂
So much to love in these stories and so few images to represent the massive cast of characters and events. George R.R. Martin credits this series by Tad as opening to door to his writing of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' (Game of Thrones)...
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
dragon eggs held by the statue wardens, a small youngling perched on the tip of the lance challenging the weapon of the vanquished knight, and lastly a visitor reflecting upon the long ago conflict.
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Honor for the Dragon
30" x 24" Oil on Panel 2025
September 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Narratively for me this work is about challenging perspectives as I tackle the theme of St. George and the Dragon. We now see the dragon as hero of the story, protecting the realm from a renegade knight. References in the work support the dragon, from motifs on markers in the cemetery, to ..
September 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
..odds of winning one of the 17 prizes was ~ 1 in 24. We'll do it again next year!
For those who are traveling to IX Arts convention in Reading next month, I will have new art to show, and another chance to win a drawing on site.
Thank you for your interest in my work!
September 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM