Lyraina's Artblog

Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons (2025)

lyra — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:07:45 +0000

I painted the game board for the Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons edition! It was a challenging task, combining above-ground areas like the City of Waterdeep with exterior as well as interior shots (yawning portal), with various underground places like the Arcane Chambers, all the way down to Wyllowwood.

It was very fun to be working in the Dungeons & Dragons universe and I did my best to be faithful to the locations, while also keeping things clean & clear in terms of gameplay. I hope everyone will enjoy playing this!

Client: Ravensburger NA
Art Director: Sam Dawson
Game: Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons (2025)

This is a promo image from Ravensburger, featuring the final game board!

Kosmos: Adventure Games

lyra — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:20:02 +0000

“Expedition Azcana”

A selection of location illustrations I did for the board game “Expedition Azcana”.
Game: Adventure Games – Expedition Azcana
Client: KOSMOS Publishing House

“Die Drei Fragezeichen – Das Geheimnis der Statue“

“Adventure Games Junior: Dimension Fünf-Sieben“

Client Work 2023/2024

lyra — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:10:20 +0000

Some more client work done over the last years.

“Marble World” Steam Capsule:

Castle Craft Steam Capsule / Promotional Image:

Smelogs Playground Splash Illustration:

The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux

lyra — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:04:57 +0000

A story heavy game full of mystery and investigation: The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux. I had the opportunity to contribute these background paintings to the game. For most compositions, I was provided with a tiny pencil thumbnail for layout/composition, then built a 3D base, and finished by painting in Photoshop (and making sure everything is cleanly layered to allow for parallax effects ingame).
For some backgrounds, I worked with existing 3D assets, or modified existing Blender files made by Max Wilson.

Client: Soma Games
Project: The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux
Additional art by Max Wilson.

Ubisoft – The Settlers Online

lyra — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:07:17 +0000

Assets I created for “The Settlers Online” – for various seasonal events.
Client: Ubisoft Blue Byte
Game: The Settlers Online

Swords of Vengeance

lyra — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:58:00 +0000

A few years ago I had the fun opportunity to bring the world of ‘Swords of Vengeance’ to life, a pinball game based on the game Swords of Fury, telling new stories in an innovative way. Prior to working on this project I did not know that a pinball machine can be used to tell stories where player choices matter and lead to different story branches and story outcomes!

I was in charge of creating a style and design for the environments that fits the classical fantasy theme, works on a pinball machine screen, harmonizes with the existing character work, as well as creating final environment, prop and background paintings.

The character linework is done by Kassarie (Angela Lichtenberg), colors by me (campfire scene) or Yen Shu Liao (magma falls).

2024 miscellaneous paintings

lyra — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:54:36 +0000

2023 miscellaneous paintings

lyra — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:54:18 +0000

2023 miscellaneous art

lyra — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 17:10:45 +0000

Collection of Sketches from 2023.

Adventure Games – Im Nebelreich

lyra — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:06:00 +0000

Some illustrations for the Adventure game “Im Nebelreich” by Kosmos. This time, the main location artwork is using a topdown view, leading to a map layout gradually growing bigger as players proceed through the game.

Game: Adventure Games – Im Nebelreich
Client: KOSMOS Publishing House

Full Layout:

Some closer up shots of the individual locations:

Also some backgrounds for characters and creatures to be placed on!