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Last of the Mohicans Artwork by Tommy Arnold kp

As part of r/fantasy’s Artist & Illustrator Week, Tommy Arnold conducted an engaging AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread in which he talked about how to make a living as an illustrator, the importance of having a “goal” folder, and—the most fun part—some of his favorite book covers and cover art. Arnold has illustrated many covers […]

“Alternate cover art from my illustrated edition of Reaper’s Gale, by Steven Erikson, published by Subterranean Press.”

Made for the illustrated edition that sold out very quickly. Prints available for a short time.

Concept Artist + Illustrator, CDG 892

Reasonable Fantasy is place to share and appreciate fantasy and sci-fi art featuring women who are not oversexualized. This sub is not about...

Toc the Younger, art by Tommy Arnold. Cover from the fully illustrated edition of "Reaper's Gale" (Malazan, Book of the Fallen series) by Steven Erikson

Re-uploading some things in the wake of the AI tremors. A few of the cards I painted for Magic: The Gathering between 2016 and 2018. © Wizards of the Coast.

Tommy Arnold

In 2021 AD Christine Foltzer hit me up to let me know that the final book in The Locked Tomb trilogy would actually be TWO books, and that as such we'd need to paint another cover (the cover for Alecto the Ninth had been finished the previous year). Much later, when I was able to share the piece, I had this to say (copy-pasted from IG), and I think it’s still nearly the best I can do: "This book (yea i read it no biggie OH MY GOD I LOVED IT I CRIED A LITTLE) is such a beautiful ray of…

Harrow the Ninth || early Sketch || Artist: Tommy Arnold

Continuing here in reverse chronological order: In 2020 my wrist was mostly mended and I was looking for the right project to get me back into work. Shawn Speakman at Grim Oak press reached out to see if I wanted to illustrate an OG urban fantasy classic about someone with PTSD. Easy deadline; lots of creative freedom; abstract descriptions of magic and the resulting confusion. Sounded perfect to me.

Now, let's wrap up this saga. You'll remember from Part 1 that the publisher (Orbit), approved "Sketch A" for the cover, but also approved "Sketch B" as an interior piece. The tricky thing about that was that the interiors had to be painted in "duotone." No, I'd never heard of it