Irina Nordsol Kuzmina

Irina Nordsol Kuzmina

@nord-sol.com

Human Intelligence fantasy illustrator working on MtG, DnD and other cool IPs she/her http://www.nord-sol.com https://linktr.ee/nordsol

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Second illustration from Cynthia Sheppard’s course at Smarter Artschool. The focus was on showing the story through characters interactions. I struggled a lot with ideas for the second part of the course, but I like what I came up with.

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I'm excited to share that I'm part of the Magic: The Gathering, In Miniature III show at Gallery Nucleus! I oil painted three artist proofs for the show, and two of them sold during the preview 🖤 #art #oilpainting #traditionalart #mtgart

I know everyone are just as tired as me after the past several years (esp last one). We don’t want fire, destruction or any more life changing events that would make us stronger. So my fire horse is more of a celestial fire, giving hope, strength and resilience 💜 I hope we can get through this.

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For book 3 and wrapping up my Mistborn fanart series: a portrait of Elend that I've always wanted to do 👓🖤 First challenge of the year done 📚 #art #fantasyart #mistborn #cosmere

Officially my favorite art of the set 😍

Tran Nguyen@mynameistran.bsky.social

"Stoic Grove-Guide," acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor on paper, 13 x 9.5", 2025 (currently accepting offers until Wednesday, Jan. 14th for the original painting). 🃏✨ My newest Magic: The Gathering card for Lorwyn Eclipsed! AD Deborah Garcia #LorwynEclipsed #MTGLorwyn

Really, why would anyone analyze planes themselves? Not like it’s a useful exercise that helps you get better in the process, is it?

RJ Palmer@rj-palmer.com

Catching up with what James Gurney, the Dinotopia artist, is up to these days. Pathetic.

My first illustration from Cynthia Sheppard’s course in Smarter Artschool I have two more still cooking :3 The course was a blast! Cynthia is a fantastic teacher and a very empathetic person. I loved everything: the info, the approach, the feedback sessions. So yeah, highly recommended!

This year summary! It did had its challenges, but it wasn’t too bad. I made two more traditional paintings, so at least I’m crawling in the right direction. Next year I hope to focus on faces and creatures. And do some more traditional ofc, but life isn’t helping.

My artworks for ATLA x MtG! I’m myself a fan of the show so it was an exciting opportunity and a very interesting style experiment. I’m honored to illustrate such important cards for EDH :33 I’m just a bit sad they are so hard to get :DD still hope to see some of them at the shows!

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Now that I've recovered from my cold and isn't sneezing my brains out, I finally managed to finish up my piece from @paulscottcanavan.com 's mentorship :D Knew I wanted to paint a horse, so decided to draw some inspiration from the wild hunt folklore and ended up with bonus doggies.

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BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers #BookCovers 1. The Poppy War for Fairyloot 2. Master of Crows for Arcane Society 3. The Knight And The Moth for Fairyloot 4. When They Burned The Butterfly for Tor.

Michael Whelan@michaelwhelan.bsky.social

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #BookCovers (Retired from illustration last year but here are some of my later covers)

Well he just learns not from experts but from his friend putin who named all kinds of words and letters like “LGBTQ+” and “child free” undesirable organizations. I do hope US still has institutions able to oppose this.

Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister@malcolmnance.bsky.social

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Hi and thanks a lot to the new people following me! I try to keep my posts about art and art-related stuff, and I don't paint quickly so you needn't worry about being spammed. You miiiiight get a few reposts though :)

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Illustration created in collaboration with Roll and Play Press for their ongoing campaign One-Shot Wonders vol II on Kickstarter. Thank you Sam for bringing me aboard for the project!

That’s where I’m from! always great to see the world learning more about your home place :33

Beautiful Bizarre Magazine@beautifulbizarre.net

Marketa Leupoldova has created a gorgeous set of photos celebrating the Yakuts, an indigenous people of eastern Siberia known for their traditions in shamanism and animal deities including Uluu Suorun (the Great Raven). Model: Aldana Duoraan #art #beautifulbizarre

Just saw a guy hyping up about ai making 2d video 3d (so you can move within the video like in a game), saying "can you imagine we will be able to do this while watching movies". You people really don't understand art, do you... (not that I'm surprised)

I enjoy a lot of things in Spain as an immigrant. But tax system is not one of those things. And I mean the system itself, it’s just crazy overcomplicated, it’s impossible to navigate by yourself, and as a freelancer I get all the bad sides and paperwork without many benefits ((

Due to my first accountant being not competent at all, I now owe gvmnt around 800 euros, and if I can’t settle my problems that stem from her crude mistakes, I will owe even more, maybe 3-5k euros next year. Finding competent accountant is a quest by itself.

And this is so disheartening. I did my best to do things by the book, for everything to be legit. I am a freelancer, not some huge corporation. My business is simple. And it’s possible to get into situations like this ((((