ilana steinberg

opening up some VERY rare commission slots animals, pet portraits, d&d characters, icons, ocs… i’m your gal! let’s make some awesome stuff together! busts 45 full char 100 pose sheet 200 extra char +100 heavy detail/complexity +at my discretion no bgs, all USD 📫 ilanadorothysteinberg@gmail.com

"Shelob had an out-thrust head with two great clusters of many-windowed eyes and great horns and a short stalk-like neck. Her head had a beak that dribbled venom. She had a huge body that looked like a bloated bag. Her body was black and blotched with livid marks with a pale and luminous belly."

Molumbo

Drew a bunch of guys

Just got back from You Can See Everything. Holy shit. Just. GO

eat trash and break stuff

Important bunny, 1587. Has coat of arms! By Hans Hoffmann of Nuremberg, whose day is today.

A very Merry (and Pippin) #TOLKTOBER to all who celebrate

#IC3tober featuring Brett Bean’s D’ORC. Digital ink (procreate)

My Borzoi 🪾

"I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on ‘Spider Noir.’ I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.” variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen isn’t fucking around, jeez!!

“It was nice to be close to him, but it would have been nicer to be close somewhere spacious enough to be further apart” Slow Horses books are so fun

This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.

Some halloween sketching with the crayolas Demon goat!

Watched Poltergeist finally. What a cute movie

busting down some worms Chen Kenichi style

Man, have I got one for you. A VERY in-depth post about my design process for the pseudodragons, from their origins in a 2021 college class, to refinement for #Smaugust2025, to the new breed added this year. With big digressions on evolution, creature design, and color theory. Find it below.

Gorillaz was better than I could’ve dreamed!!

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Dwarfs keep takin: livestock prized for their rain-proof fur, typically a brilliant gold color. But in the country of Capercollia, dwarfs have bred takin with dull coats to avoid the attention of dragons—who are attracted to anything that shines. (Read more Fire in the Highlands at the link below!)

kitchen duty

I’m available for commissions!! See pinned thread for pricing and tons of examples!! Let me make something special for you! ❤️

I’m available for commissions!! See pinned thread for pricing and tons of examples!! Let me make something special for you! ❤️

good creature

first day of the fall

finally had oxtail for the first time. i have ascended

Parront

Concept art by Leonid Shvartsman for A Kitten Named Woof (1976–1982), created by Lev Atamanov, Soyuzmultfilm

Happy International Fox Day

Happy International Fox Day

I finished the expression page. Now working on comms!

therapy is amazing actually

Slow Horses renewed for 8 seasons is such a win, my fuckin gosh 🐌🐎🐎

Have another batch

Animating using Nomad Sculpt is, unsurprisingly, a big ole pain

Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.

Little bear friends

losing Moti this spring to cancer was such a horrible ordeal, but we decided we're going to adopt another greyhound next year. I'm so excited to have a dog in the house again :') It's so empty without them!

I drew a Lambsknecht