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Danea Fidler
Illustrations & Creations
Illustration | Creature Design | Scientific Illustration | Wildlife Art

Scene is set in arctic tundra at a pink and purple sunset. There’s three wolves close to the viewer on a grassy/snowy hill looking down into a valley of a herd of caribou. One wolf is on the left of the hill howling. The other two wolves are on the bottom right walking towards the upper left towards the edge of the hill that looks down at the caribou. The caribou in the distance in the valley are either walking away or standing looking up towards the viewer or wolves. There are snow covered mountains and hills in the distance in the background under the sunset.

On the left of the scene, there’s a large male barren-ground caribou standing on a hill with head and antlers held up high looking towards the right. On the right of the male caribou is a female caribou with smaller antlers walking forward over the hill towards the right. In the distance behind the front two caribou is a herd of 3-4 more barren-ground caribou walking towards the left. The background in fall yellow and red grassy plains with some patches of snow. In the far distance on some hills is a pack of Alaskan tundra wolves under a purple sky.

Scene if of an arctic fox standing facing toward the left, while looking towards the right, on top of a large rocky outcropping with a hole or den dug underneath the rock. The arctic fox is coming into winter coat with some patches of black and brown summer coat still visible. Inside the underground den are two brown arctic fox kits that are a couple months old and in shadow of the den. The background is a grassy hill up front with some snowy patches. In the distance behind the rock outcropping is a grassy plains with snow patches and some snow covered mountains under a purple sky.

Scene is of a large male walrus with large 2ft long tusks up front with body facing towards right. His head is held high looking over his shoulder towards the left. There are two female walruses in the distance on the left of the scene behind the male. One female is facing towards the right, the other towards the left looking towards the viewer. There’s another female walrus in the distance on the right of the scene behind the male that is looking towards the left towards the male. The walruses are in snow and ice with a wide ocean in the background, large icebergs floating in the water, and snow/ice covered mountains in the distance under a purple sky.

Scene is of a single barren-ground grizzly bear sleeping on a patch of dried grasses with head curled up on top of front legs inside a cave dug into the side of a hillside. The bear is framed by the dark of the inside of the game and the cave entrance is behind the bear. Outside the entrance, you can see some snow, ice, and water, under an arctic purple and orange sunset.

Scratch and the owlbear cub from Baldur's Gate 3 sleeping together at camp. Scratch is a white shepherd dog and curls up in front of the larger brown and white owlbear cub. They are in a forest camp with rocks behind them and a red tent in the background.

Flesh colored elk horror creature with 10 elk legs, massive antlers like tree branches tangling with glowing eyes at the end of branches of antlers, no facial features, and two large human arms protruding from its shoulders. Creature is very thin with ribs showing and tree roots growing from antlers across back of neck and back. 7 large red amber bubbles are on side of neck/body.

Tiger walking away from viewer looking back over shoulder. Tiger is slightly glowing green with green fire all along is back with green embers flowing off the fire. It’s eye is also glowing green. Environment is dark and simple with a blue and orange mist in the background.

Two female lions on a rock-like mound made of purple and blue galaxy star dust. One lion is laying down on the right and the other standing behind on the left, both are looking to the right. Lions are glowy purple with blue shadows, and stars are flowing from their eyes into space in the upper right hand corner.

Wuukor red moon buffalo/ bison creature concept from Critical Role.

Aztai Character Design
Bipedal humanoid non-binary cinerous vulture based character design. Character is flying in a “standing pose” with wings out, looking at the viewer with right hand up and holding a staff in left hand. Character has blue mohawk on top of head, red kimono-like top with white/purple flower designs and teal cuffs. Red top is then wrapped in teal, purple, and blue fabric around torso and waist (like belts). Right sleeve is a bell sleeve, while left one is regular. Left shoulder is covered in brown fur. They then have a deep red skirt with white fur lining the bottom. Right hip is covered in brown fur and left has a tan shawl covering lined with white fur with patterns. Shawl patterning has a purple line around edges outlined in red with tan stitching in center of purple and a symbol in the center of the shawl with teal triangle/ spiral, blue diamonds, red dot and red arrows to look a bit like a bird foot. Ankles have red and teal leg cuffs lined with white fur. They also have two necklaces that are made of red and teal beads, natural stones, claws, and fangs. Wings and tail have blue “tattoos” on top and underside of feathers. Left eye is purple with a glowing green pupil with purple “lightning” like veins running up face over gray skin into the eye.
Aztai Character Design
Bipedal humanoid non-binary cinerous vulture based character design. Character is flying in a “standing pose” with wings out, looking at the viewer with right hand up and holding a staff in left hand. Character has blue mohawk on top of head, red kimono-like top with white/purple flower designs and teal cuffs. Red top is then wrapped in teal, purple, and blue fabric around torso and waist (like belts). Right sleeve is a bell sleeve, while left one is regular. Left shoulder is covered in brown fur. They then have a deep red skirt with white fur lining the bottom. Right hip is covered in brown fur and left has a tan shawl covering lined with white fur with patterns. Shawl patterning has a purple line around edges outlined in red with tan stitching in center of purple and a symbol in the center of the shawl with teal triangle/ spiral, blue diamonds, red dot and red arrows to look a bit like a bird foot. Ankles have red and teal leg cuffs lined with white fur. They also have two necklaces that are made of red and teal beads, natural stones, claws, and fangs. Wings and tail have blue “tattoos” on top and underside of feathers. Left eye is purple with a glowing green pupil with purple “lightning” like veins running up face over gray skin into the eye.

Eldritch long limbed humanoid creature with a wolf skull as a head with many teeth, mouths with sharp teeth covering its body, and tentacles protruding from black mist on its back.

Snow leopard sitting at night in the fog on rocky outcropping. Snow leopard has glowing eyes and is holding a lit lantern in its mouth.

Female bipedal humanoid wolf fantasy character with Native American inspired outfit, skirt, and shawl. There are red Native American inspired patterns along the bottom of her skirt and shoulder shawls. She has her right hand raised with red glowing magic in it and her left hand is pointed toward the ground and has a slight red glow to it as well.

Snow leopard creature with horns and spiny scales all over body standing on rocky snowy cliffside.

Small halfling ranger with a dark cloak and a bow rides a large gray wolf through a snowy forest at sunrise.

Musk ox like creature with large bug-like white armored plates and spikes along it's back and long tail. It's head is armored with a large plate that then extend to spiked horns on top of its head and curled horns to the side. This creature also has 3 gill-like nostrils on the side of it's nose along with main large nostrils on the front in order to warm the thick cold air in which it lives.

Oil painting of male African lion laying on top of large rock basking in the sun with a dark sky behind him.

Portrait painting of cinereous vulture facing to the side with a simple blurred background.

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