Eryel Maurin's Art

Professional Illustrator - CSP/infinite Painter/Oils #NoAI #NoNFT Contact : [email protected] Clients: Berkley (Penguin Random House Imprint) https://linktr.ee/eryelmaurin

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Recently finished this commission for a patient and kind client again! Thank you for your trust, I loved painting your character and his deity!!

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I am really happy to finally share this latest commission work created for a wonderful private client. Thank you again so much for the trust and patience throughout this project. At first, I honestly had doubts about whether I could fully fulfill this challenge, and I am incredibly glad I decided to take it on. I learned and studied a lot while working on this piece, especially to push my storytelling skills and improve my understanding of detail hierarchy. This was the first time I painted so many figures in a single composition, and I really wanted to honor my client’s vision and the story they described through these characters. I am very happy I pushed through it in the end. I also love depicting powerful and determined women through my art, it is always a treat. I spent around 120 hours gathering references, sketching, and painting this illustration. Projects of this scale always make me realize how much I still have to learn, especially when it comes to readability, silhouette management, contrast, and detail hierarchy in crowd and multi character scenes. They also motivate me even more to continue studying the techniques and paintings of the masters I admire most.

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A personal piece I painted to relax between commission work and push my portrait fundamentals. I really like to paint snow now!

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Private commission for a kind client. The focus of this artwork was to convey grief and wrath through violence and unrestrained power, capturing an important scene from their novel. The design of her dress is original, and I did my best to stay true to the provided moodboard. There was a lot of back and forth throughout the process, as it was my first time painting snow and working on such a large and detailed scene. I learned so much from this experience. It was a challenging but incredibly rewarding assignment, and I am excited to apply everything I’ve learned to my future work.

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Private commission for an alternative wrap cover for the third book of the War of Lost Hearts series, written by Carissa Broadbent.

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Book cover I painted last year for Water Bound, by Christine Feehan. Commissioned by Art Director Judith Murello Lagerman, Berkley Publishing (Penguin Random House).

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This was my first artwork of 2026, with my very first fanart of Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3. I want to make more BG3 art this year!

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A private commission for a Pathfinder character I painted in 2025. Still one of my favorite works so far!

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A book cover I painted in 2025 for The Fabric of Oblivion by Jesse Lee Gunn. I loved working on this project.

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Private commission for an alternative book cover of the second book from War of the Lost Hearts written by Carissa Broadbendt.

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A private commission I did in 2025 for an alternative wrap cover for War of Lost Hearts first book, written by Carissa Broadbendt.