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Melissa Meyer (Drathdir)

@gameswithstories

I'm a hobbyist artist (http://gameswithstories.com), TTRPG enthusiast, book nerd, occasional writer, & video game industry veteran (Senior Director of Operations, Battle.net @ Blizzard). My art is inspired by the games I play & the stories told within them

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A digital painting of a dragon that looks like it is made from living wood, crowed with green leaves. Its eye is glowing bright emerald, summoning the magic of new vines and plant growth that are wrapping around the charred trunks of the burned forest it stands in.

A digital painting of a dragon that looks like it is made from living wood, crowed with green leaves. Its eye is glowing bright emerald, summoning the magic of new vines and plant growth that are wrapping around the charred trunks of the burned forest it stands in.

It feels odd to share something right now, but I'm truly hoping this gives some folks out there a break from the doom. The first piece for my Dusklight Archive project is complete, titled "The Price of Reclamation."

More details in the next post. #illustration #humanmade

07.01.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
A dreamy, pastel-hued illustration of a long-haired woman tenderly holding a young child in her lap. They sit by a calm pink-hued body of water, surrounded by lush tropical plants and glowing flowers. Soft butterflies float through the air as the warm light of a full moon glows behind them, casting a magical and serene atmosphere.

A dreamy, pastel-hued illustration of a long-haired woman tenderly holding a young child in her lap. They sit by a calm pink-hued body of water, surrounded by lush tropical plants and glowing flowers. Soft butterflies float through the air as the warm light of a full moon glows behind them, casting a magical and serene atmosphere.

Can you help me share this?

I would like to announce my first own artbook - part of the Artbox Series by @spiridude.com caurette editions
The cover features a reworked piece from 2018, one that we felt was perfect for this. And still… something about it didn’t feel like me anymore.

01.05.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 747 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
Illustration of the fellowship from the Fourth Age actual play. The angle is low, looking up. The sky is dominated by a cloud lit by golden hour, and there are cherry blossom trees sending petals through the piece. From left: Iairen (elf, medium brown skin, kinky brown hair with undercut and half up style, blue robes); Chicory (hobbit-elfish, lilac dress, pale skin, brown hair in loose waves, holding a wooden staff); Theodas (bald elf, many scars, dark beard, golden interlocking armor, dull blue cape);  Mistiel (elf with dark brown skin, copper cape, long white box braids half up, golden armour); Eona (human, dark brown long hair with golden scales woven through, leathers and cape, holding a sword);  Aerlind (elf, dark hair, blue fine outfit, tanned skin, east asian features, holds an astrolabe in two hands).

Illustration of the fellowship from the Fourth Age actual play. The angle is low, looking up. The sky is dominated by a cloud lit by golden hour, and there are cherry blossom trees sending petals through the piece. From left: Iairen (elf, medium brown skin, kinky brown hair with undercut and half up style, blue robes); Chicory (hobbit-elfish, lilac dress, pale skin, brown hair in loose waves, holding a wooden staff); Theodas (bald elf, many scars, dark beard, golden interlocking armor, dull blue cape); Mistiel (elf with dark brown skin, copper cape, long white box braids half up, golden armour); Eona (human, dark brown long hair with golden scales woven through, leathers and cape, holding a sword); Aerlind (elf, dark hair, blue fine outfit, tanned skin, east asian features, holds an astrolabe in two hands).

So pleased to be able to reveal this piece I did for @calltoadventure.bsky.social for their amazing actual play TTRPG, The Fourth Age.

[ #jasperdraws #fantasyart #thefourthage #lotr ]

19.12.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 399 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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my first commission of a Stormligh RPG campaign character!

18.12.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 756 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

Post your most popular art from Twitter

this by a longshot i guess

15.12.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 774 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
Dick Tracy - Looking-Glass Sea - Erasure
Dick Tracy - Looking-Glass Sea - Erasure YouTube video by Ana Maria dos Santos Silva Delgado

An uncommon song that popped in my mind when I saw β€œI Love to Hate You” on your list. Apart from being Erasure, I can’t say why. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp2R...

11.12.2025 04:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A portrait of a skeleton carrying a hooked polearm. His bones are carved and painted with images of plants and animals. He wears black tattered robes with leather armor woven with straw. He stands against a field of wheat.

A portrait of a skeleton carrying a hooked polearm. His bones are carved and painted with images of plants and animals. He wears black tattered robes with leather armor woven with straw. He stands against a field of wheat.

A swarm of ravens flying at the viewer.

A swarm of ravens flying at the viewer.

A blue-skinned tiefling dressed in an Arlecchino-inspired outfit. She holds a masquerade mask and is balancing a coin on her tail.

A blue-skinned tiefling dressed in an Arlecchino-inspired outfit. She holds a masquerade mask and is balancing a coin on her tail.

It's my birthday! I humbly request likes and reposts as a birthday present.

30.11.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 413 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
A painting of a giant cemetery in the fog. The colors are based of orange but with different values going from dark to light in the background. A character with a top hat is holding a lamp in the middle of the composition.

A painting of a giant cemetery in the fog. The colors are based of orange but with different values going from dark to light in the background. A character with a top hat is holding a lamp in the middle of the composition.

A painting of a character with a top hat in a forest walking confidently into a bright light.

A painting of a character with a top hat in a forest walking confidently into a bright light.

A painting of the interior of a clock tower, a character with a top hat is sitting in front of the clock dial, his lamp next to him. Small metallic creatures are next to him.

A painting of the interior of a clock tower, a character with a top hat is sitting in front of the clock dial, his lamp next to him. Small metallic creatures are next to him.

A painting of a Character with a top hat dancing in a cemetery at night

A painting of a Character with a top hat dancing in a cemetery at night

Hey #PortfolioDay

I'm Jean, French illustrator & concept artist.

Email: walterjean75@gmail.com

14.10.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 477 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
Illustration of a vampire woman luring the viewer closer

Illustration of a vampire woman luring the viewer closer

Various illustrations of magic items

Various illustrations of magic items

Illustration of a knight fallen after a duel

Illustration of a knight fallen after a duel

Illustration of a goatman creature in a fallen city

Illustration of a goatman creature in a fallen city

Hey #PortfolioDay πŸ–€

I'm Andrea, freelance illustrator and concept artist who loves to paint fantasy and dark fantasy themes.πŸŒ™
I've worked in TTRPGS, TCGs, videogames and book publishing.

Would love to work for MTG and DnD one day!

βœ‰οΈcorasndrea@gmail.com
🎨 www.andrea-corsini.com

14.10.2025 07:07 πŸ‘ 637 πŸ” 211 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hey #PortfolioDay I'm Adam, illustrator & concept artist, and here's some of my art :)

If you'd like some of your own you can get in touch at:
adamrobertbarker@gmail.com

If you'd like to see my portfolio and the other places I frequent:
adambarkerartwork.carrd.co

Cheers :)

14.10.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 367 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

Oh that’s so awesome.

10.10.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stampede Summoner, my fifth piece for #Octoby2025 🐎🎠

In the tundra of the Coldgrounds, a summoner invokes the spirit of a great stampede
#octoby

09.10.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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3 days until the clock strikes ATARI MIDNIGHT.

Garret, MD is about to enter its strangest chapter yet.

Are you ready to return to the dark?

#uMGAtari #ActualPlay #TTRPG

15.09.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2 days until ATARI MIDNIGHT premieres.

The lights are dimming, the static is building, and something waits just beyond the edge of your vision...

Step into the superunknown.

#uMGAtarit #TTRPG #ActualPlay

16.09.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scarlet Blake-McKenzie (played by @lightninginvoker), aka the Gunslinger, has fought for the soul of the Age of Always, traveled through space and time, and remembers the face of her father...

What role will she play when the clock strikes Midnight?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

16.09.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Tomorrow night, the silence breaks.

ATARI MIDNIGHT premieres!

The past isn’t done with us... and neither is the Nothing...

Don’t miss it!

#uMGAtari #TTRPG #ActualPlay

17.09.2025 12:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is the current roadmap for Atari Midnight: Wasted Years!

Mark your calendars accordingly!

#uMGAtari

03.09.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good News, Bad News, Good News...

Check out this sweet teaser!

We have to push the Atari Midnight premiere back to Sep 18...

But! I'm working on some BTS Atari Midnight content in the meantime, and I wanna do a cast AMA... So ask your questions here!

#uMGAtari

02.09.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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[Atari Twilight: Age of Always] Episode 12: ...And Back Again The age is coming to an end, my friends. The walls have fallen, and midnight inches ever closer. But our story is pages left to turn, and words left unspoken. Do the Keystones have what it takes to go beyond the veil and see the unseen world? == CAST == Game Master - https://twitter.com/AtariTwilight Heather Jones - https://twitter.com/Drathdir Derrick Lewis - https://twitter.com/necrot1c Scarlet Blake - https://twitter.com/LightningSpaz09 Jesse "JD" Davis - https://twitter.com/astoldbydice Casey Mitchell - https://twitter.com/unMadeGaming Rob Ott - https://twitter.com/KWFrags Editing by @unMadeGaming Music / Instrumental by Aries Beats @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1At_G-08HQ Atari Twilight is an unMadeGaming production. If you would like to learn more about the world of Atari Twilight and get some behind-the-scenes looks, please join Patreon at Patreon.com/uMGPodNetwork. Thank you for joining us on this 80's throwback, and we’ll see you next time on Atari Twilight. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/atari-twilight-tales-from-the-loop-actual-play--4370547/support.

The Season Finale of Atari Twilight: Age of Always is now available on your favorite podcast platforms!

Great time to jump in and get caught up before the new season, Atari Midnight premieres on Sep 4th!

www.spreaker.com/epi...

#TTRPG #uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop @FreeLeaguePub

20.08.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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George Butts (played by @BolognaSlap), aka Ultra Magnus, part man, part machine, raised by a man who would be Megatron, secretly supplanted by Optimus Prime to stop his oldest enemy.

Without the light, is he still a real boy?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

28.08.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ben Mckenzie (played by @WarpReactor), aka Bumblebee, is the soul of the Autobots, the glue that binds not only them together, but the Autobots to the Keystones as well...

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, can he fight again?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

30.08.2025 21:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I almost surprised myself with this one: I often feel like repeat the same colours too much - this is a nice spectrum though :D
#the_color_wheel #art

27.08.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 334 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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Shannon Locke (played by @TheMetamancer), aka Grimlock, is a late addition to the Autobots, going from bully to leader. Shannon takes no shit and makes no apologies.

Has she spent too long in the dark to remember the light?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

26.08.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Casey 'Mitch' Michell (played by ME), aka Wheeljack, sacrificed himself in a final stand and has spent the last decade alone in a pocket universe with only Pennywise the Clown...

Will he find out just how thin the line between genius and madness is?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

21.08.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jerry Baker (played by @MisterBittersCA), aka Ironhide, is the muscle behind the Autobots, the older brother they never wanted (except for Ben), and the bassist for 'Forget the Bunk Beds'...

Does he have the 'power' for another fight for the ages?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

19.08.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rob Ott (played by @KWFrags), aka Robimus Prime, is the heart of the Autobots, the son of Optimus Prime and Miss Maggie, the last true defender of Garret, and the new owner of the Paperback Exchange...

Can his Spark shine a light in the darkness?

#uMGAtari #TalesfromtheLoop

17.08.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You got this!

15.08.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't wait for the return of the Autobots in Atari Twilight. Hands down, my favorite TTRPG AP. Only 3 weeks!

14.08.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nearly ten years since fixing the mistakes of an unregulated governmental body, fighting off evil robots, evil doppelgangers, storybook creatures come to life, and literal vampires...

The Autobots are getting the band back together!

#uMGAtart #TalesfromtheLoop

14.08.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't think I've freaked out about this publicly enough!!!!! I need you to imagine me banging pots and pans in your living room right now!!!!

13.08.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0