A commissioned work for a book cover.

Dead giant by Sherbakov Stanislav on ArtStation.

Frost giants, called isejotunen in their own language, were large giants that lived in caverns or castles in cold, mountainous environments. Almost always evil creatures, these giants stood 20' tall and weighed around 2800 lbs. They had white skin and either blue or dirty yellow hair. In combat, frost giants would hurl rocks and then close in with battleaxes. They were immune to cold, but particularly vulnerable to fire, and had low-light vision.

I had a blast working on this project. This is a game-ready asset inspired by a Forgotten realms character "Hekaton the ruler of storm giants" the design was inspired by the book cover art from "Storm King's Thunder" by Tyler Jacobson. I concepted the character further in Photoshop and ZBrush to get a detailed enough illustration to work from. My focus for this project was to push my quality in creating game-ready characters and particularly to do this successfully in Unreal Engine. To…

Just some personal work for the portfolio! Illustration: Cloud Giant

David and Goliath in the medieval climate. https://www.facebook.com/artofmateuszlenart https://www.facebook.com/ArtistOnBoard

Myth-busting time! The relationship between the giants and the Norse gods was a complex one. In the Norse myths, giants usually appeared in oppositional relationship to the gods. At the same time, myths also showed them to be similar to the gods. “Giants” is the usual English translation of the Norse jötunn but it is misleading: size is not their defining characteristic. Although Ymir must have been huge for the gods to fashion the world from his body, most giants were like the gods. They...

Humans vs Giants fantasy art