Julia Maddalina
Traditional portrait artist and fantasy illustrator🎨
D&D•Brotherwise Games •Escape Plan Games •General Pencil Co. •Kingkiller Chronicles •The Cosmere
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- I’ve been really getting into #DungeonCrawlerCarl by @mattdinniman.bsky.social over the last new weeks, and over the holiday break I’ve been doodling away on this as I listen. The audio book is absolutely incredible! After many recommendations, I’m very glad to be a few books in finally! 📚🎨✍🏼
- Eeeeee! I’m so excited to be heading back to @ix_imagine_this in 2026!! 🥳💜 With 2025 having been an *insane* year for staying inside and working (I’ll post a bit of a 2025 recap soon), I’m excited to come back out to shows next year with new and exciting things to share! 📚✍🏼👀
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- This week I wanted to share another piece you can find in the #CosmereRPG, if you are looking for what culture to play within, and you are looking into being one of the Unkalaki, or “Horneaters”, you might stumble upon this piece of mine! 🧡🎨
- Wow, my painting “Retreating into the Weave” was awarded the FASO Boldbrush award for August! 😧🎨 I’ve been submitting to Boldbrush since I was quite young, and really never imagined getting top prize.
- A couple things, 1) I’m playing with the new procreate brushes and ohhhh wow. They’re very fun!! This is an incredible app already. The fact that it’s a one time payment, and they still want to make the app better all the time is a beautiful thing.
- Introducing another character I have illustrated from the Stormlight Archive for the @cosmererpg by @brotherwisegames, Lift! 💚 I’m so happy to have had the honor to illustrate her as well 2 years ago for this project! 🎨
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- I have some new events coming up at the end of this month! 🥳 If you’re in the SoCal area and are interested, check the links in my bio for more information! ✍🏼🎨
- Introducing another character I have illustrated from the Stormlight Archive and for the @cosmererpg by @brotherwisegames, Venli! Venli is a Listener scholar in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, I’m so happy to have illustrated her 2 years ago for this project! 🎨
- This week I wanted to share another piece you can find in the #CosmereRPG, if you are looking for what culture to play within, and you are looking into being one of the Thaylens, you might stumble upon this piece of mine! 🎨💚
- This is one of the silliest things I’ve made in a while but I’ll run with it for the bit… 🤪 Having just done this painting earlier this year “Among Friends” and then seeing the new album cover released today for “The Life of a Show Girl”… this is just what came to mind.
- Another collaboration with Gallery Nucleus that I’m so proud to be a part of! I’ve always loved the Last of Us series, especially Ellie’s character, and getting to depict her to celebrate the studios 40th anniversary is such an honor.
- Since the Cosmere RPG just launched their digital copies on @demiplanerpg , I can finally share some of my contributions to the @cosmererpg done for @brotherwisegames! 🥳 This is an illustration I did of the character Shallan Davar for the world guide!
- I’m so happy to share that I’ve been illustrating the new book “Butter Cookies and Demon Claws” by Peter V. Brett through Grim Oak Press!🍪📖 It was a very fun read, and I can’t wait for it to be released to the public for everyone to enjoy!
- I’m really so happy with how this painting came out today! I haven’t painted from a live model in a while, but I fully blame any success here on the wonderful energy in the studio today! 🎨💞 . . #allaprima #oilpainting #paintingfromlife #livemodel #portraitpainting
- Working with @gallerynucleus has been such a dream, and being invited to the “Marvel Signature Exhibition” in collaboration with @marvel has been icing on the cake! They will have exclusive art prints from Marvel Covers and originals from a diverse range of artists!🖼️🖌️
- I just got a cool new landing page on General Pencil's website! They created a discount to celebrate the new site — 5% off all the products featured on my page now through June 30. The Discount Code: JuliaJune2025 Enjoy!! 🎨🥳✍️ generalpencil.com/artists/juli...
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- I haven’t done a #mermay in a mortal age… but I started drawing one over the weekend and I thought I’d share it! 🧜♀️✍🏼
- “The Boy Savior”🎨 Another contribution to The Art of Arcane exhibition at @gallerynucleus x @riotgames! I’m so honored to be a part of this exhibition! Thank you to Gallery Nucleus for giving me the chance to make art honoring the art of @arcaneshow @netflix @fortiche_prod. ⏳
- “Ode to Childhood Idyll”🎨 One of my contributions to The Art of Arcane exhibition at @gallerynucleus x @riotgames! I’m so honored to be a part of this exhibition! Thank you to Gallery Nucleus for giving me the chance to make art honoring the art of @arcaneshow @netflix @fortiche_prod. 💙🩷
- I’m so excited to share that I was accepted into the show “Fantastically Human” at @thecompassgallery.bsky.social! ✨🎨 The show will be running from June 6th to July 12th. There are so many phenomenal artists listed for this show. It will be a great collection that I’m honored to be a part of! 💖
- Just 10 days away from the Arcane tribute at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social! 🩷💙 I wanted to share one more sneak peak of a second painting that will be there as well… 🤭⏱️
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- I am so thrilled to be apart of this gallery show… Arcane has been such a large part of my media consumption ever since it came out in 2021. Being asked to do a show with @fortiche.bsky.social, @netflix.com, and @riotgames.com at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social is something I never dreamed of! 🎨💙🩷
- Thank you @scottjonesfineart for including my art in your article!! I love the wisdom you share in your @the_portrait_society articles, and I’m honored to have my art accompany your words. 🥰🎨
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- I’m beyond excited to finally get to share this… but today “The Malady of Minarrah” just published on D&DBeyond! Written by @sweeetanj.bsky.social, published by Road to Ithaka Press and @dndbeyond.com … and I did the art!! 🥳 marketplace.dndbeyond.com/category/DBW...
- Getting to see this photo brought back such great memories of the night of the D&D live show at Magic Con…🥰 Thank you @toddkenreck for sharing this with me, and for everyone’s kindness in including me that night. It was such an honor to be able to live paint this wonderful event! 🎨
