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Ilona

@efnyea.bsky.social

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Freelance Illustrator and Concept Artist, 30, She/her | GW2 player | Illustrator of Monster Mender (releasing 2026) | ArenaNet Creative Partner Ask about comms.

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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 11h

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫

Aaah this one was a fun challenge. Speaking about challenges... give me strenght and courage to get through those Dream areas. 🤣

#outerwilds #outerwildsart #echoesoftheeye

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Portraits for the EU-side of October's [VS] Art Party. Drew some salads this time 💚
Characters belong to:

- @mmechouette.bsky.social
- @joydrawsart.bsky.social
- @the-elven-star.bsky.social
- @/lady-quen (tumblr)

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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! I still wanna try even more crazy perspective one day... 😄

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! 💚

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Send refs then 🤣

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Oh when I got to the ending I just had to sit in silence for some minutes...

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

I'll see if I can set up anything in the future. I still need to think what's the best way to tackle it. But thank you 💚

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! And yeah, perhaps they can. 😄

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!! 💚

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Personally I don't know if there's a name for it. My work is inspired by Scott Wills who did, for example the backgrounds of Samurai Jack. Minimalistic, yet dynamic. 🤔

I'm not good with describing my style aha. 😅

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! <3

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 1d

Out of all the Outer Wilds places, I think this is the one that made the most impact on me when I first stumbled upon it...

#outerwilds #outerwildsarts

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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 3d

CW: Silksong Spoilers

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞
Silksong Piece requested by my friend.

#hollowknight #silksong #Hollowknightsilksong #hornet

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 3d

CW: Silksong Spoilers

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞
Silksong Piece requested by my friend.

#hollowknight #silksong #Hollowknightsilksong #hornet

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 5d

Characters featured: 💚

Lupin Stealstuff - @whitewingsart.bsky.social
Horga Deepforest - Peachwoodarts
Pelkk - @the-skrool.bsky.social
Rory Littlearrow - @roryyaya.bsky.social

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 5d

Uhh.. better late than never I suppose? Some portraits done for EU's [VS] Art Party from September. 😄 See attached post for the credits 💚

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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 6d

Citadel of Zakiros morning study.
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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 8d

Various Outer Wilds Illustrations made for a friends Birthday 💚
Absolutely great game. Really advice checking it out!

#outerwilds #outerwildsart

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 9d

Guild Wars 2 means alot to me. For all these years it has given me great inspiration. 💚 Currently they have an awesome Autumn Sale going on with great discounts on the expansions!

Feel free to check out the sale with my referal link: guildwars2.go2cloud.org/SHAr

#guildwars2 #gw2

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 14d

Aww thank you so much! Im quite going through an art-revolution as we speak. Wish it happened when I worked on the book ahaha 🤣

(Still love how it turned out though 💚)

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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 26d

Character expression studies I've done of Enya and Kiró this morning. Pretty much stepped outside my comfort zone for these but ever since I found a design for the two I enjoy, I wanted to give it a go. Expressions picked by a few buds of mine. 💚

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Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 18d

I'm back home this weekend, will go away for a few more days again soon. I didn't have enough time to draw a complete new piece BUT, I've found this piece of a Striped Pool Canthan Raptor I didn't finish so I decided to work on that one.
It's finished now!😄

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An illustration of a Striped Pool Canthan Raptor with a koi pattern, swimming in a pond. Strands of kelp hang on it's head, horns and tail.

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 18d

Got the exotic variant of the Legendary Gloves today and... they are perfect for Kiró. However I'll prob unlock the real legendary on Heavy first given I already have legendary gloves for the other weights... so this guy has to wait a lil bit longer for the real ones. 😆 Sorry bud.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 19d

So the cover below is just a placeholder and not the finalized version, but here are a few other sample pages from Monster Mender. It's coming out May 5th and is apparently already available for preorder, in case you're interested in it (more on that below...). 💗🐉

Cover of Monster Mender, a picture book written by Christine Baldacchino, and illustrated by Ilona Iske (@efnyea.bsky.social).

A sample page from Monster Mender, a picture book written by Christine Baldacchino, and illustrated by Ilona Iske (@efnyea.bsky.social).

A sample page from Monster Mender, a picture book written by Christine Baldacchino, and illustrated by Ilona Iske (@efnyea.bsky.social).

A sample page from Monster Mender, a picture book written by Christine Baldacchino, and illustrated by Ilona Iske (@efnyea.bsky.social).

Ilona @efnyea.bsky.social · 19d

Think I havent properly showed this piece yet despite me loving it. Enya perhaps at her lowest yet refusing to give up... She could never.

Yeah doing this one was super fun. Love doing moody works. Working with this perspective was also interesting.

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