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Gallery — SM Marenco | Fantasy Character & Creature Illustration Portfolio

Original work

Gallery

Characters, creatures, environments, and scenes — all painted by hand. Every piece in here is 100% human-made.

21 works

Fantasy character illustration by SM Marenco

Fantasy character illustration

Shipwrecked adventurers on a beach, elf priest Thoron sketching in foreground, fantasy illustration

Shipwrecked adventurers — Thoron sketching on the beach

Anthropomorphic cat mage reading in a library with an elf girl, fantasy character illustration

Cat mage and elf girl — the library

Anthropomorphic cat mage distracted by colorful birds, fantasy character illustration

Cat mage — distracted by birds

Necromantic boar with trapped souls visible in its exposed ribcage, dark fantasy creature illustration

Necromantic boar — souls in the ribcage

Floating city built from wrecked ships, fantasy environment illustration

Floating city of wrecked ships

Thieves fleeing a rooftop fire with a dark elf girl and sabertooth tiger, gothic fantasy illustration

Rooftop escape — dark elf and sabertooth tiger

Pale girl with ornate hair and jewelry presenting a jeweled skull, fantasy portrait illustration

Portrait — jeweled skull

Mayan-inspired adventurers — warrior, dwarf shaman, moon priestess — witnessing a storm god's arrival, fantasy illustration

Mayan adventurers — the storm god arrives

Dual-wield swordsman Simone donning grotesque armor mid-leap, character action illustration

Simone — mid-leap in grotesque armor

Swordsman Simone and paladin Johanne dancing in formal dress, fantasy character illustration

Simone & Johanne — the dance

Simone disarming a crying Johanne with a passionate kiss, emotional fantasy character scene

Simone & Johanne — the kiss

Simone narrating the tale of a vampire's revenge using illusion rings, fantasy storytelling illustration

Simone — the vampire's tale

African mage girl dancing in swirling fire, traditional clothing and jewelry, fantasy illustration

Mage girl — dancing in fire

Masked couple followed by a ghostly feathered dinosaur on a misty Venetian dock at night, gothic fantasy illustration

Venetian night — the ghostly dinosaur

Knight riding a blue feathered dragon through a forest, fantasy illustration

Knight and blue-feathered dragon

Dark elf Nimel dancing in an inn as elf priest Thoron sketches her, fantasy character illustration

Nimel dancing — Thoron sketches

Fantasy illustration by SM Marenco

Fantasy illustration

Elf priest Thoron summoning a protective barrier from a magic orb, fantasy character illustration

Thoron — the protective barrier

White-haired Mongolian-inspired mage controlling a wind barrier, fantasy character illustration

Mongolian mage — wind barrier

Magic duel to determine the new Archmage of Forbilea, fantasy illustration

Magic duel — the new Archmage of Forbilea

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