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Artist Guild • Trusted Daggerheart Artists • Heart Of Daggers Looking for real talent? The Artist's Guild highlights AI-free, high-quality artists in the Daggerheart TTRPG community. Find an artist for your next project.

Artist friends! Enjoy doing fantasy art? The Daggerheart community is growing and players/GMs/resource creators need your artistic help! Submit your profile here so people can reach out and hire you!

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12 hours ago 98 49 10 3

Pistolheart Volume 2 is live on Heart of Daggers and Itch!

HoD:
heartofdaggers.com/products/pis...

Itch:
ckc09c.itch.io/pistolheart-...

5 days ago 61 26 2 2
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New #daggerheart Cover just dropped and I’ve been lucky to paint it again thanks to @darringtonpress.bsky.social .
Thank you so much!

6 days ago 40 8 8 0

Hell yeah. There's so much good book and card art in this

6 days ago 8 2 1 0
A graphic showing the digital Demiplane Nexus version of Daggerheart alongside the PDF and print copy of the Core Set.

A graphic showing the digital Demiplane Nexus version of Daggerheart alongside the PDF and print copy of the Core Set.

Physical + Digital #Daggerheart is finally together!

You can now get the Daggerheart Core Set in a bundled format with @demiplane.com’s Daggerheart Nexus on the Critical Role Shop across all regions. One purchase, two ways to play!

🛍️ https://www.daggerheart.com/buy/

1 week ago 52 14 1 2

Thanks for making such a cool piece for the game!

2 weeks ago 2 0 2 0
Illustration painted for Daggerheart: Hope & Fear by Darrington Press (Critical Role). A Fungril character is using a spell to deflect enemy attacks.

Illustration painted for Daggerheart: Hope & Fear by Darrington Press (Critical Role). A Fungril character is using a spell to deflect enemy attacks.

I'm so happy to share one of the illustrations painted for Daggerheart: Hope & Fear by Darringron Press (Critical Role)! 🥹

AD: Shaun Ellis
It's always a pleasure to work with the DH team. ❤️
Thank you, Shaun, for the final adjustments!

3 weeks ago 297 66 12 1
my Daggerheart OC Aster, a firbolg/faerie.
On the left they are wearing chainmail armor. On the right, casual clothes

my Daggerheart OC Aster, a firbolg/faerie. On the left they are wearing chainmail armor. On the right, casual clothes

Aster (they/them), my firbolg/faerie seraph for a not yet started Daggerheart campaign!

[ #art / #illustration / #sketch / #oc / #daggerheart / #ttrpg / #lodelrol ]

2 weeks ago 19 7 1 0
Halfbody illustration of my Daggerheart Witch Claude and his talking skull Crane.

Halfbody illustration of my Daggerheart Witch Claude and his talking skull Crane.

» The spirits that I called..«
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Introducing my new Daggerheart character Claude!
He is a witch dabbling in both medical research and necromancy and he accidentally created a conscious skull/spirit named Crane who now will not leave his side and keep yapping his ear off.
#OCSky #daggerheart #ttrpg

2 weeks ago 216 80 14 0
Cover for Bastion of Hope, a campaign frame for use with the Daggerheart rules.
Against a poison green background, four heroes in red look up as they face a massive green dragon perched upon an obelisk.
Text at top: "From one of the designers of Daggerheart - Mike Underwood"
Below: Bastion of Hope (typographical logo)
At bottom: A campaign frame of defiant fantasy
with the Daggerheart-compatible wordmark and logo
Art by @shmaba.bsky.social and cover design by @andrewbeauman.com

Cover for Bastion of Hope, a campaign frame for use with the Daggerheart rules. Against a poison green background, four heroes in red look up as they face a massive green dragon perched upon an obelisk. Text at top: "From one of the designers of Daggerheart - Mike Underwood" Below: Bastion of Hope (typographical logo) At bottom: A campaign frame of defiant fantasy with the Daggerheart-compatible wordmark and logo Art by @shmaba.bsky.social and cover design by @andrewbeauman.com

Presenting - the cover for Bastion of Hope, my campaign frame of defiant fantasy, for use with the Daggerheart rules!

Cover art by @shmaba.bsky.social and cover design by @andrewbeauman.com.

Pdf forthcoming in Spring 2026 on DTRPG, itch.io, and Heart of Daggers

1 month ago 121 42 14 6
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Hell yeah

1 month ago 1 0 1 0

Where the light source comes from is none of my business

3 months ago 2375 1041 13 18
A motivational poster with a woman spreading her arms wide while standing in a cornfield. The motivational text says "When I don't post about current affairs it's only because I don't have anything legal to say."

A motivational poster with a woman spreading her arms wide while standing in a cornfield. The motivational text says "When I don't post about current affairs it's only because I don't have anything legal to say."

X salvage continued, had to save this banger from @molleindustria.org

3 months ago 807 251 0 8

There's stuff that was released on the daggerheart website like the art in the sablewood location doc, most of the art in the Void section. Any free to download adventure on the site or the adventures played at con tables had art that I made

3 months ago 2 0 0 0

There’s also other stuff I’m a part of like:
-Daggerheart adversary deck announcement
-Free RPG Day adventure
-Additional downloadable Daggerheart content
-Some art for the Void
-Various personal projects

I’m very busy

3 months ago 19 0 2 0

2025 recap:
👶Had a baby!!!!!! Now I am Daddy

🌞Daggerheart released! Lead concept artist

🌚Daggerheart: Hope & Fear announced! First time being an Art Director

🎲Critical Role campaign 4! Set concept design

🗺️Critical Role world tour! Set concept designs

⛲️Fountains board game! Illustration game art

3 months ago 38 0 2 0

I got so many files to organize. I also have so many more personal projects I just haven’t been able to work on yet…

3 months ago 4 0 0 0

Oh I should take the time I do have to redo my website with new art

3 months ago 7 0 1 0

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:

Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.

Make. Friends.

3 months ago 3555 915 61 117

One day I’ll make art of my idea for Legend of Zelda as a ballet…

3 months ago 8 0 1 0
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Ended up doing a bunch of aerials for this project

3/3

3 months ago 12 1 1 0
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Part of the book followed a character entering and learning about the lands of Xadia for the first time. Also an adventure that takes place soon after the events of season 3

2/3

3 months ago 15 4 1 0
A white dragon swoops out from clouds as we look down from up high in the sky over the colorful landscape of Xadia from the show The Dragon Prince

A white dragon swoops out from clouds as we look down from up high in the sky over the colorful landscape of Xadia from the show The Dragon Prince

Going through old files and art I did for the Tales of Xadia ttrpg back in 2021. Here's some pieces that I still kinda like

1/3

3 months ago 33 6 2 0

✨🚂Art Train🚂✨
Thanks @kezrek.bsky.social!

Here's a few of things that I made for Daggerheart Core

Share four pieces, tag four artists!
These artists also worked on Daggerheart 😏
@hijennyt.bsky.social
@reikomurakami.bsky.social
@matwilma.com
@lauragalliart.bsky.social

4 months ago 65 17 7 2

✨🚂Art Train🚂✨
Thanks @kezrek.bsky.social!

Here's a few of things that I made for Daggerheart Core

Share four pieces, tag four artists!
These artists also worked on Daggerheart 😏
@hijennyt.bsky.social
@reikomurakami.bsky.social
@matwilma.com
@lauragalliart.bsky.social

4 months ago 65 17 7 2

the big difference between procgen and "ai" is that procgen is straightforwardly a creative/authoring process like any other, whereas "ai" by its nature precludes both things. but even with procgen you can approach it from a cynical direction and fuck yourself

www.joewintergreen.com/an-insult-to...

4 months ago 149 49 5 2

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out

pick up a pencil and a napkin

4 months ago 20626 7456 206 264
Splash promo illustration for upcoming "With love and magic" from daggerheart. Illustration includes a lady knight in gold armor with big fairy wings being embraced by a blue infernis and katari in a white dress. The pose is inspired by the Twelfth Night (2009) photoshoot with Audra Mcdonald, Raul Esparza & Anne Hathaway.

Splash promo illustration for upcoming "With love and magic" from daggerheart. Illustration includes a lady knight in gold armor with big fairy wings being embraced by a blue infernis and katari in a white dress. The pose is inspired by the Twelfth Night (2009) photoshoot with Audra Mcdonald, Raul Esparza & Anne Hathaway.

I got to paint all my favourite things for “With Love and Magic”, Daggerheart’s upcoming romantasy campaign frame (inspired by Tusk Love) which was presented earlier this year at Gen Con.
-Manifesting cool APs.
-Also on insta: www.instagram.com/hijennyt/p/D...

#daggerheart #ladyknight #digitalart

4 months ago 198 34 3 0
Important when making art:
1. Composition and balance. The sum matters more than the individual parts. 
2. Silhouettes. You must be able to read the image from a distance. 
3. Color palette. Few key colors. 

Forget:
1. Correct anatomy
2. Perfect line work
3. Realism or some shit

Important when making art: 1. Composition and balance. The sum matters more than the individual parts. 2. Silhouettes. You must be able to read the image from a distance. 3. Color palette. Few key colors. Forget: 1. Correct anatomy 2. Perfect line work 3. Realism or some shit

I said this about making art before and I stand by it.

4 months ago 300 61 6 3
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