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Elwyn Rain Art Blog

I am a freelance artist based in France working under the pseudo Elwyn Rain (previoulsy Ewylana Art). I love to draw fantasy and TTRPG illustrations. I mostly draw medieval fantasy and sometimes retrofuturistic universes, taking inspiration from my TTRPG games.

My favourite subject to paint in the medieval fantasy genre is dwarves! I am also a geologist passionate about rocks and fossils, which I love to include in my drawings.

Dinorider process - About Patience and Preparation

Its been some time already but while I am working on some NDA project, I wanted to share with you some behind the scene of the work I've done for Paul Scott Canvan mentorship. If you are looking to improve your skills and you focus on magic style work, I absolutely recommend it ! The brief was to create an mtg-like...
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Sketchbook Tour - First Trimester 2026

Hello everyone, I want to do some longer process post soon but in the meantime here a small sketchbook tour, and a couple digital studies ! I try to study a bit every week, and to train on various subject. A huge focus recently has been anatomy. Here some studies from true ref packs mostly as well as a couple unsplash...
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The imperial city - My biggest oil project to date

Today I want to share with you the process behind an oil painting I've worked on last summer. My most ambitious by this time, and biggest canvas ever ! The global idea I wanted to paint something about Oblivion, as I was playing a lot Oblivion : Remastered, and was inspired by what I've done many times before for...
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Spectrolite stone witches - Sometimes its better to start anew

Hello everyone ! Let's talk a bit about the stone witch painting I worked on in January and February. Before starting, if you don't know my Stone Witches series that's a series of drawing where I create personification of stones and minerals, bringing in scientific and historic fact about the stones to create unique...
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5 years of drawing progress : What I learnt on how to grow as an artist

I initially posted this as a thread on social media, last December but I think it would be worth it to share it here too in a bit of a longer form ! So here we go : 5 years ago I decided I wanted to create art like the one in DnD books. I might be not here for now but I learnt a lot, especially on how to learn. And...
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Welcome to this place

Hello everyone ! Its time to start this blog ! Who am I ? I am a french freelance artist, working mostly in digital but learning slowly acrylics and oils. One day in 2021 I decided I wanted to draw things like the characters in DnD books and 5 years later here I am, still on my way toward this goals but having learnt...
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