Ena Barbu
@enabarbu.bsky.social
⭐Illustrator, designer, creative consultant ⭐
Fantasy themes, TTRPG & TCG artwork. Balkan menace.
Hire me, I'm pretty cool to work with.
https://enabarbu.com
Fantasy themes, TTRPG & TCG artwork. Balkan menace.
Hire me, I'm pretty cool to work with.
https://enabarbu.com
Continuing my 2025 #SleepToken retrospective. Their music has been incredibly significant in helping me out of one of the worst art blocks I've ever experienced. There is such vivid imagery in the albums, and such a rich surreal worldbuilding.
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Continuing my 2025 #SleepToken retrospective. Their music has been incredibly significant in helping me out of one of the worst art blocks I've ever experienced. There is such vivid imagery in the albums, and such a rich surreal worldbuilding.
[this is a fictional project]
Design Direction and Visual Identity for an audio production company named Manic Sound. Leaning into a little bit of nostalgia and wireframes, recycled from my bachelor final project.
View the full project on my website (link in bio)
#designdirection #visualidentity
Design Direction and Visual Identity for an audio production company named Manic Sound. Leaning into a little bit of nostalgia and wireframes, recycled from my bachelor final project.
View the full project on my website (link in bio)
#designdirection #visualidentity
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
[this is a fictional project]
Design Direction and Visual Identity for an audio production company named Manic Sound. Leaning into a little bit of nostalgia and wireframes, recycled from my bachelor final project.
View the full project on my website (link in bio)
#designdirection #visualidentity
Design Direction and Visual Identity for an audio production company named Manic Sound. Leaning into a little bit of nostalgia and wireframes, recycled from my bachelor final project.
View the full project on my website (link in bio)
#designdirection #visualidentity
I tend to fixate quite a lot on things I like. It's not due to boredom or a lack of preoccupations, it's simply how my brain works. Once upon a time I used to get ridiculed heavily because I could never like anything 'a normal amount'. 1/3
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I tend to fixate quite a lot on things I like. It's not due to boredom or a lack of preoccupations, it's simply how my brain works. Once upon a time I used to get ridiculed heavily because I could never like anything 'a normal amount'. 1/3
ELECTRCAT is a [fictional] experimental music collective looking to launch their first ever album, CHAOS. The visuals here aim to explore this exact concept, through glitchy patterns and typography play.
PART II
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
PART II
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
ELECTRCAT is a [fictional] experimental music collective looking to launch their first ever album, CHAOS. The visuals here aim to explore this exact concept, through glitchy patterns and typography play.
PART II
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
PART II
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
ELECTRCAT is a [fictional] experimental music collective looking to launch their first ever album, CHAOS.
The visuals here aim to explore this exact concept, through glitchy patterns and typography play.
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
The visuals here aim to explore this exact concept, through glitchy patterns and typography play.
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ELECTRCAT is a [fictional] experimental music collective looking to launch their first ever album, CHAOS.
The visuals here aim to explore this exact concept, through glitchy patterns and typography play.
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
The visuals here aim to explore this exact concept, through glitchy patterns and typography play.
#glitchart #musicalbumart #albumart #bandwebsite #herosection
Even in this garden of gardens, I am the god of the cats - or whatever Vessel said.
Yet another instance of taking meme material and turning it into ✨ ART✨.
#sleeptoken #sleeptokenfanart #looktowinward #eveninarcadia
Yet another instance of taking meme material and turning it into ✨ ART✨.
#sleeptoken #sleeptokenfanart #looktowinward #eveninarcadia
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Even in this garden of gardens, I am the god of the cats - or whatever Vessel said.
Yet another instance of taking meme material and turning it into ✨ ART✨.
#sleeptoken #sleeptokenfanart #looktowinward #eveninarcadia
Yet another instance of taking meme material and turning it into ✨ ART✨.
#sleeptoken #sleeptokenfanart #looktowinward #eveninarcadia
THROWBACK to.... 2023 I think.
A piece commissioned by @GhostfireGaming a while ago for one of their #dungeonsanddragons books
#dnd #ttrpgart #ttrpg #humanmade #enabarbuart #digitalpainting #illustration #conceptart
A piece commissioned by @GhostfireGaming a while ago for one of their #dungeonsanddragons books
#dnd #ttrpgart #ttrpg #humanmade #enabarbuart #digitalpainting #illustration #conceptart
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
THROWBACK to.... 2023 I think.
A piece commissioned by @GhostfireGaming a while ago for one of their #dungeonsanddragons books
#dnd #ttrpgart #ttrpg #humanmade #enabarbuart #digitalpainting #illustration #conceptart
A piece commissioned by @GhostfireGaming a while ago for one of their #dungeonsanddragons books
#dnd #ttrpgart #ttrpg #humanmade #enabarbuart #digitalpainting #illustration #conceptart
AD commissioned by Poem Chocolat and published in Artmark Magazine.
#poemchocolat #graphicdesign #addesign #printdesign
#poemchocolat #graphicdesign #addesign #printdesign
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
AD commissioned by Poem Chocolat and published in Artmark Magazine.
#poemchocolat #graphicdesign #addesign #printdesign
#poemchocolat #graphicdesign #addesign #printdesign
HELLO THIS IS JERRY.
Something I made for a friend. Notice the apple blosssoms and the art deco motifs. All that juicy geometry makes me happy. Flamingos have weird creepy angry eyes.
#tattoodesign #sleeptokenfanart #sleeptoken
Something I made for a friend. Notice the apple blosssoms and the art deco motifs. All that juicy geometry makes me happy. Flamingos have weird creepy angry eyes.
#tattoodesign #sleeptokenfanart #sleeptoken
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
HELLO THIS IS JERRY.
Something I made for a friend. Notice the apple blosssoms and the art deco motifs. All that juicy geometry makes me happy. Flamingos have weird creepy angry eyes.
#tattoodesign #sleeptokenfanart #sleeptoken
Something I made for a friend. Notice the apple blosssoms and the art deco motifs. All that juicy geometry makes me happy. Flamingos have weird creepy angry eyes.
#tattoodesign #sleeptokenfanart #sleeptoken
Throwback Thursday : Essence Matriarch - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #commissions #commissionsopen
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #commissions #commissionsopen
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Throwback Thursday : Essence Matriarch - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #commissions #commissionsopen
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #commissions #commissionsopen
A trip down memory lane, 2023 I think. A cunning Trade Domain Cleric designed for Ghostfire Gaming. Gotta love a traveling merchant 🥰
#enabarbuart #ghostfiregaming #dndcharacterdesign #dndartwork #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
#enabarbuart #ghostfiregaming #dndcharacterdesign #dndartwork #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A trip down memory lane, 2023 I think. A cunning Trade Domain Cleric designed for Ghostfire Gaming. Gotta love a traveling merchant 🥰
#enabarbuart #ghostfiregaming #dndcharacterdesign #dndartwork #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
#enabarbuart #ghostfiregaming #dndcharacterdesign #dndartwork #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
What going into the weekend after this week feels like... The look in his eyes, mirroring mine 🤣 fr fr
#thealteredworld #enabarbuart #ttrpgart #illustration #characterart #fantasyart #commissionsopen #commissions
#thealteredworld #enabarbuart #ttrpgart #illustration #characterart #fantasyart #commissionsopen #commissions
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What going into the weekend after this week feels like... The look in his eyes, mirroring mine 🤣 fr fr
#thealteredworld #enabarbuart #ttrpgart #illustration #characterart #fantasyart #commissionsopen #commissions
#thealteredworld #enabarbuart #ttrpgart #illustration #characterart #fantasyart #commissionsopen #commissions
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Machine inspector - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
What's this? More steampunk :D
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
What's this? More steampunk :D
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Machine inspector - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
What's this? More steampunk :D
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
What's this? More steampunk :D
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #throwbackthursday #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
Flask of Goo - item illustration commissioned by Ghostfire Games a long time ago for one of their Dungeons and Dragons Books.
#ttrpgart #comissions #commissionsopen #commissions #artcommissions #illustration #fantasyillustration
#ttrpgart #comissions #commissionsopen #commissions #artcommissions #illustration #fantasyillustration
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Flask of Goo - item illustration commissioned by Ghostfire Games a long time ago for one of their Dungeons and Dragons Books.
#ttrpgart #comissions #commissionsopen #commissions #artcommissions #illustration #fantasyillustration
#ttrpgart #comissions #commissionsopen #commissions #artcommissions #illustration #fantasyillustration
M O R T H I with their pet spider, commissioned by @the.altered.world.game 🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸
#creaturedesign #ttrpgart #boardgameart #tcgart #bookillustration #commissionsopen #commissions
#creaturedesign #ttrpgart #boardgameart #tcgart #bookillustration #commissionsopen #commissions
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
M O R T H I with their pet spider, commissioned by @the.altered.world.game 🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸
#creaturedesign #ttrpgart #boardgameart #tcgart #bookillustration #commissionsopen #commissions
#creaturedesign #ttrpgart #boardgameart #tcgart #bookillustration #commissionsopen #commissions
Crab Chef - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Crab Chef - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
One of my favorite recent pieces, commissioned by my friends from @the.altered.world.game . They really let me go full mystic on this one 😎 Gotta love painting an ethereal lady in drapery and massive jewelry.
#ttrpgart #characterillustration #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
#ttrpgart #characterillustration #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One of my favorite recent pieces, commissioned by my friends from @the.altered.world.game . They really let me go full mystic on this one 😎 Gotta love painting an ethereal lady in drapery and massive jewelry.
#ttrpgart #characterillustration #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
#ttrpgart #characterillustration #artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions
Temmanvyr - the manliest manly character in @the.altered.world.game . And his battle mammoth. What a tanky boy he is! 🥰
#ttrpgart #ttrpg #enabarbuart #fantasyart #fantasycharacter #boardgameart #tcgart
#ttrpgart #ttrpg #enabarbuart #fantasyart #fantasycharacter #boardgameart #tcgart
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Temmanvyr - the manliest manly character in @the.altered.world.game . And his battle mammoth. What a tanky boy he is! 🥰
#ttrpgart #ttrpg #enabarbuart #fantasyart #fantasycharacter #boardgameart #tcgart
#ttrpgart #ttrpg #enabarbuart #fantasyart #fantasycharacter #boardgameart #tcgart
Voltaic Virtuoso - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
Swipe to see some behind the scenes!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
Swipe to see some behind the scenes!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Voltaic Virtuoso - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
Swipe to see some behind the scenes!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
Swipe to see some behind the scenes!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #artcommissions #art #commissionsopen
One of my favorite pieces commissioned by @the.altered.world.game 💚
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
One of my favorite pieces commissioned by @the.altered.world.game 💚
Another old DND illustration.
#pirateillustration #characterart #ttrpgart #dndcharacter #artcommissions #commissionsopen
#pirateillustration #characterart #ttrpgart #dndcharacter #artcommissions #commissionsopen
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Another old DND illustration.
#pirateillustration #characterart #ttrpgart #dndcharacter #artcommissions #commissionsopen
#pirateillustration #characterart #ttrpgart #dndcharacter #artcommissions #commissionsopen
Protege of Progress - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
Swipe to see the making of!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #art #artcommissions #commissionsopen
Swipe to see the making of!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #art #artcommissions #commissionsopen
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Protege of Progress - card art commissioned for the game 'City of Myrkesh' cca 2023.
Swipe to see the making of!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #art #artcommissions #commissionsopen
Swipe to see the making of!
#tcgart #illustration #tradingcards #scifantasy #steampunk #art #artcommissions #commissionsopen
Dhampir fuckboy commissioned by a friend for his brand new DnD campaign.
Speaking of, character commissions are open!
#artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions #fantasyart
Speaking of, character commissions are open!
#artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions #fantasyart
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dhampir fuckboy commissioned by a friend for his brand new DnD campaign.
Speaking of, character commissions are open!
#artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions #fantasyart
Speaking of, character commissions are open!
#artcommissions #commissionsopen #commissions #fantasyart
THROWBACK : The last unpaid art test I've ever done. A little step by step. HASHTAG NEVERAGAIN #zombie #horrorart #characterdesign #characterillustration #enabarbuart #throwbackthursday
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
THROWBACK : The last unpaid art test I've ever done. A little step by step. HASHTAG NEVERAGAIN #zombie #horrorart #characterdesign #characterillustration #enabarbuart #throwbackthursday