Jim Nelson
Artist. Senior Outsource Supervisor (ie: Art Director) at Blizzard Entertainment on Hearthstone. I create art for games, children's books and more.
https://jimnelsonart.com
- Reposted by Jim NelsonHappy Halloween!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonI don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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- Reposted by Jim Nelson'Incomplete' Taken from my new book of robot art, now funding on Kickstarter - www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThis is something A.I. shares with crypto. They are both parasitic technologies. Crypto can’t exist without the U.S. Dollar and A.I. can’t exist without access to a robust ecosystem of ever expanding human knowledge. Excellent analysis by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
- Reposted by Jim NelsonSince The Savage Sword of Conan #8 is fast approaching, I have decided to show my complete spread from the later #11 story to hopefully get you in the mood! I've produced a color version of this which will be available at cons as a print too. 🙂
- Reposted by Jim NelsonTormented Dreadwing. Done for Hearthstone expansion: Into the Emerald Dream. Art directed by @jimnelson.bsky.social #hearthstone #hearthstoneart #blizzard #fantasyart #dragon #monster #creatureart #monsterart #cardart #gameart
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThe DOCTOR is in !!!!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonEvery record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted… And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. George Orwell, 1984
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThis piece is clear and damning. When will Republicans in congress find their courage? Why are they unable to speak these obvious truths?
- Reposted by Jim NelsonStranger Beings…
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- Reposted by Jim NelsonHappy World Book Day!
- "Eerie Statue", painted all the way back in 2015 for the #Hearthstone League of Explorers expansion. I was really happy with the sense of weight and striding forward in this one.
- Reposted by Jim NelsonWho is guarding and maintaining our nuclear arsenal and keeping it from disaster? A civil servant. Who is testing and regulating our water supply, making sure it's safe? A civil servant. Who has our back when our boss violates workplace safety rules? A civil servant.
- Reposted by Jim NelsonWho is tracking the trajectory of the next hurricaine? A civil servant. Who is gathering evidence to prosecute a chemical spill? A civil servant. Who is caring for an elderly veteran? A civil servant. Who is bringing broadband to underserved communities? A civil servant.
- Reposted by Jim NelsonI think there needs to be a full campaign to elevate and celebrate public service and the work that people do on our behalf for the public good. We need to know what Musk's cuts will cost us, and the best way to do that is through story. Public service is beautiful! Let's talk about it!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonYup.
- Here's another old #Hearthstone painting, Aberrant Berserker (the working title was Corrupted Berserker). This is probably one of the most dynamic poses I've ever painted and I was delighted when this ended up as a massive, mural-sized ad on a wall in Australia!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonSo in my birthday month, I would love it if more people bought my books! jendiagammon.com/books
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThe digital brushpen we all deserve. 🫡 #Procreate
- Reposted by Jim NelsonAnd when I said I did a color version it ended up mostly brown. christopherburdett.blogspot.com/2010/01/arto...
- Reposted by Jim NelsonZerg Infestor, for Hearthstone Heroes of StarCraft mini-set. Art director: Jim Nelson #hearthstone #creatureart #fantasyart #blizzard #starcraft #monster #monsterart #zerg
- Reposted by Jim NelsonJim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
- Reposted by Jim NelsonCharacter painting for a project that unfortunately never got used in the end. 💙
- This is a great thread with an important message. I encourage you to read it.
- A “hoax.” I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
- Reposted by Jim NelsonBookshop - watercolour. New Gwelf stuff coming soon. Happy Sunday ☮️
- Here's another early #Hearthstone (Cobalt Guardian) that remains a personal favorite. I love drawing robots so when presented the opportunity to design and illustrate this one, I was thrilled!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonMore old monster sketches #monsterart #creatureart #monsters #monthypython #aliceinwonderland #Jabberwocky #horrorart #horror
- Reposted by Jim NelsonAvailable oil painting of the day: "The Taming of the Leviathan", oil on wood panel, 60 x 120 cm, 2015 Please visit my website to see more available paintings: www.kunstkrake.de
- Reposted by Jim NelsonMutalisk, for Hearthstone's Heroes of StarCraft mini-set. Art director: @jimnelson.bsky.social #hearthstone #hearthstone_blizzard #fantasyart #cardart #monster #creature #monsterart #starcraft #zerg #digitalart #blizzard #hearthstoneart
- Reposted by Jim NelsonI came back to quote post this because I’ve been singing it all day.
- Reposted by Jim Nelson"Dreaming Blossoms" Prints here: shadowscapes.com/image.php?li... #bee #honeybee #watercolor #beesinart
- From Fantastic Four #21, 1963:
- Reposted by Jim NelsonI seem to do a lot of those lately. This seems appropriate. Based on my cat Spike, he never outwardly seemed to crave world dominance as far as I know though.🙀
- Here's an old #Hearthstone painting of an enchanted broom. I love creating anthropomorphic characters. Please share your art of non-human characters and creatures!
- Here's an old #Hearthstone painting of an enchanted broom. I love creating anthropomorphic characters. Please share your art of non-human characters and creatures!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThank you for the share! I spent my 1st week working, and looking for jobs for 2025 - I'm available for work, see my profile for details / rates 🎨 🥳 Let me tag in @florianstitz.bsky.social @jimnelson.bsky.social @alvarojimenez.bsky.social @rj-palmer.com @davis.social
- Reposted by Jim NelsonIt doesn’t take a genius to see how much revenue artists and authors bring into a country, and yet here we are with a supposedly progressive government telling creatives they should let AI steal all their work 🥲
- Reposted by Jim NelsonAncient oak - pen & ink on toned paper #oaktree #englishoak #pedunculateoak #illustration #SciArt #treedrawing #treeart #penandink #handdrawn
- Reposted by Jim Nelsonmerry christmouse 💖
- Reposted by Jim NelsonHappy Winter Solstice. Egret on Snowy Branch. Ink, 64 × 89 mm, 2014. Inspired by Ohara Koson.
- Here's another early #Hearthstone painting, Son of the Flame, painted back in 2014 or 2015. I really had fun with all the fire and lava in this one. Plus, I always enjoy working with analogous color schemes!
- Reposted by Jim Nelson🚨UK People🚨 1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE! A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThe new well
- Reposted by Jim NelsonAn illustration I did for corporate booklet about working together called, "The Power of Two." #fantasyart #fantasyillustration
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- Reposted by Jim Nelson'Sudden Weather'
- Reposted by Jim NelsonUK people, today is your LAST CHANCE to get something from my shop in time for xmas. Tomorrow is my final shipping day. Go on, you know you want to... I have all sorts, from silly to sublime. Originals and prints and books! I also have gift cards... www.emilyhare.co.uk #xmasgifts #xmasshopping
- Reposted by Jim NelsonPrince Valiant by Hal Foster It's hard to get past the brilliance of Foster's art. I mean, really, NOTHING comes close to it on a level of sheer draughtsmanship. But once you get past it, there's subtle humor, drama, and even an undercurrent of soap opera. Masterful comics.
- Reposted by Jim NelsonAll is calm, all is bright.
- Reposted by Jim NelsonCNN convened a panel of transgender youth to get their thoughts on the Supreme Court and the 2024 election. 10-year-old Violet: "My self is not an opinion. It is a fact."
- Tom Gauld understands me.
- MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped (originally for @theguardian.com)
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- Reposted by Jim NelsonSome sketches for the cartoon below:
- Last weekend, I popped into the Art Institute of Chicago to see Hokusai’s masterpiece, “The Great Wave”: www.artic.edu/artworks/246...
- If I remember correctly, this was the first new card I painted for Hearthstone, a decade ago (the game had already reprinted a few images I created for the Warcraft TCG).
- Looking back on it, I pushed both the darks and the textural details too hard for the game. I'd approach it quite differently now but I still like the character and the illustration. Like past work by any artist, it's a snapshot of who I was as an artist at the time.
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Reposted by Jim NelsonHey new followers! I'm an artist who's worked on a ton of games (MTG, DND, Destiny 2, Guild Wars 2 etc). I've spent the last 9 years developing my own game: a folk horror TTRPG called Pale Tides. It's on Kickstarter now with just 9 days to go. It'd mean a ton if you had a look 🖤 bit.ly/paletides
- Reposted by Jim NelsonMaurice's Library-Animation background I painted for Maurice's Valises (Maurice being a mouse that lived in a tree, of course).
- Reposted by Jim NelsonI had the immense pleasure of creating the cover art for Alcest's 7th album, "Les Chants de l'Aurore". Neige asked me to reinterpret Sydney Long's beautiful painting "The Spirit of the Plains". "Les Chants de l'Aurore" - Oil and gold leaf on paper Model: Psyché Ophiuchus
- Reposted by Jim NelsonThe absolute unit has landed, fluff edition.
