This is so emotional and beautiful 💜 I hope you’re doing well 🫶

Digital painting of a woman dressed in a black coat over the creme blouse and a black hat. She is not looking at the viewer, her face is covered with a transparent black lace veil. Under her coat there is a spot of darkness with a glowing red eye in the middle of her chest, and black hands with claws are forming from the darkness. Her hat and coat are slightly covered with something that looks like snow, but it's ash, some ash and sparks are flying around her.

"Inside"
New personal piece.

Digital artwork. It is a wedding scene, the bride and the groom are both dressed in white and gold, they are surrounded by knights in armor holding their swords above the couple to form an arch. There is a flower arch behind them and flower petals are flying in the air.

Two book covers. The first one. A young man in a trek suit is running up the ladder in a dungeon, he is carrying a mimic. An ogre is chasing him, and a floating green scull is laughing at him. The second is an illustration of a female warrior, her appearance and armor are in Viking style. Her skin is pale, hair is blond. She has a sword in one hand and a white flower in the other. Some white flowers grow around her between rocks. There is smoke close to the ground. In the background there are mountains and gray clouded sky, some spots are in sunlight.

Digital illustration of two characters, they stand in the dark forest. A woman in a long white dress with long dark hair touches the face of the paladin who looks like he is an undead, to cast a spell - an illusion that he is human. Golden magic flows between the paladin and the book in the woman's hand.

Two illustrations. the first is a digital painting of Varellus from the game Space Marine 2. Varellus is standing on the fiery battlefield, there is a dreadnought and Ultramarine banners behind him. The second is a fan art of the game "The Talos Principle". Characters in the artwork are robots Athena and Miranda and a ghost of Alexandra Drennan.

Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.

✉️shadeofstars@outlook.com
Portfolio: shadeofstars.art

Drawing of a bird made with colored pencils

A bird from sketchbook.

Book covers and some art prints by Shade of Stars.
Book cover (special edition) and some art prints by Koti Komori.
Limited edition portrait of Kailunn by Ivana Abbate.

A table with a purple tablecloth and a white tablecloth showing the text “C. K. Andersson Fantasy Author” in black with a black cat sitting atop one of the letters. On the table there are art prints and books displayed and a row of purple stone LED lights. There is also a yellow medieval looking envelope sealed with red wax on the table.

I had such a great time exhibiting at MegaCon Live (my first con of the year) and I loved my minimalistic table setup! But the con flu afterwards is a struggle. 🤧

I’m trying to recover asap because I’m doing an event in Manchester this weekend.

(The artists are named in the comments!)

Drawings of sea turtle, shrimp, hermit crab and squid made with watercolor pencils and colored pencils.

Little drawings of sea creatures 🦑
I wanted to explore watercolor + colored pencils technique, but after the 1st one (the turtle) I switched to watercolor pencils instead of watercolor for the base layer and I like it more.

Digital painting, a book cover. A young man in a trek suit is running up the ladder in a dungeon, he is carrying a mimic. An ogre is chasing him, and a floating green scull is laughing at him.

I had a pleasure to paint this book cover illustration for @rachel-aaron.bsky.social

A page from my sketchbook, 3 drawings of flower chafer beetle and 1 grub.

Sketchbook page.

Winter study 🥶

#Art

A fiery version 🐉🔥

Digital illustration, a close-up portrait of a dragon. It's icy and surrounded by snow.

🐉
Commission for @alexia-mr-author.bsky.social

A page from my sketchbook. Studies of red-eyed tree frog made with colored pencils.

A page from my sketchbook.
I think I'm falling in love with colored pencils... and frogs 🐸

Illustration of a skeleton riding a black horse through a battlefield as he's holding a magical pen and parchment paper

Illustration of a vampire woman luring the viewer closer

Illustration of a knight holding a handkerchief with a somber expression, his horse by him

Portrait of a fae creature with a crown of sticks against a background of fallen leaves

Today is my birthday!
As always, one of the best gifts for artists is sharing their art🖤

Thank you for all the support throughout the years!

Some more works

Digital artwork. It is a wedding scene, the bride and the groom are both dressed in white and gold, they are surrounded by knights in armor holding their swords above the couple to form an arch. There is a flower arch behind them and flower petals are flying in the air.

Digital artwork, fanart of a game "The Talos Principle 2". A robot of red and white colors named Byron is suffering from some kind of malfunction while touching a computer panel. He is on his knees, not able to free his hand. In the distance another robot named 1K is rushing to help, but he is too late. They seem to be inside of a huge artificial structure, but the floor is filled with water, Byron and the computer panel are located on an island of rocks with some pine trees and plants.

Digital illustration. It's autumn, the day is gray, the leaves on trees and on the ground are golden yellow. A young woman sits under the tree at the edge of a forest and casts a spell - glowing golden magic around her, it's an illusion of a lot of things and characters, she seems to tell a story. Near her is a black horse that looks at the magic in awe. A cat sneaks behind the tree and looks at them too. Far in the background is a small town with colorful houses and some colorful fields near it, some light shines through clouds and lightens the town.

Digital artwork, fanart of the game "Baldur's Gate 3". Illustration of two mind flayers walking and holding tentacles instead of holding hands. The mood is calm and romantic.

‪Hello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi. I do book covers, illustrations and character art.

✉️shadeofstars@outlook.com
cara.app/shadeofstars

Yesss, I think it’s a great idea!! 😍

Oh my gaaaaawd, this is chef’s kiss 👀👀👀 I’m so normal about this man 😍😍😍

Oh my gosh, this is stunning!! 😍 I love how you bring out the emotions in every piece. I hope you feel better soon 💜 Happy new year! I’m so excited to be working with you again soon 🙌

Squeezing in one more 2025 art with some knight sketching I did while getting over whatever ungodly flu this is 😅✌️

Happy New Year ❤️
#Art #Knights #Knightposting

You’re so kind, this made my day! 🥹💜 I hope you enjoy reading Spellbound 🫶 I agree, @shade-of-stars.bsky.social ‘s art is absolutely out of this world, so stunning!! 😍

Such a beautifully wrapped book from @ckandersson.bsky.social who is such a sweetie! It just arrived today and I look forward to reading it. The art by @shade-of-stars.bsky.social is absolutely stunning!

Happy holidays, Shade! I hope you and your loved ones have a wonderful time 🥰💜

Digital portrait of a man, his name is Sandro. He has black curly hair, his skin is dark, he has three red eyes. He smiles and looks at the viewer, a white raven sits on his arm.

Sandro.
Commission for wonderful C. K. Andersson (@ckandersson.bsky.social)

#art #digitalpainting #fantasyart

Digital painting, fan art of the game "Baldur's Gate 3". There are two mind flayers in the image, The Emperor and Tav who transformed and became a mind flayer too. The Emperor sits in a chair and holds an intellect devourer Us, Tav stands near and reaches to Us with their hand. The light is warm and the scene seems peaceful, they are happy.

Here is my illustration for 'Down by the River' artbook (@dbtrartbook.bsky.social‬). I was happy to be a part of this project 💜

A peaceful winter scene in a small village. In the sky a deer that looks like night divides the illustration in two parts - one is sunset, and the other behind the deer is night. A thin crescent moon is located between deer's antlers.

Happy Holidays, everyone! 🎄
I didn't have time to paint a new winter themed art, so here is the one from last year.

Digital artwork. It is a wedding scene, the bride and the groom are both dressed in white and gold, they are surrounded by knights in armor holding their swords above the couple to form an arch. There is a flower arch behind them and flower petals are flying in the air.

Illustration for wonderful @ckandersson.bsky.social
It took me a very long time to paint this.

I keep forgetting about this place. 👀 Happy holidays~ 🫶

Congratulations! 🙌 I hope you enjoy Shadow Dance 🫶

Happy 1st of December! ❄️

#winterart #illustration #raven #fantasyart