Carly Milligan

@carlymilligan.bsky.social

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Fantasy artist working to bringing books and games to life. I love painting light effects and powerful ladies. https://www.carlymilligan.com/

A portrait painting of Vin from Mistborn on an easel. She's lit by teal light which contrasts with the warm orange shadows while she stares moodily out from the canvas and her mist cloak swirls around her.
A photograph of artist Carly Milligan in front of her easel with the painting "Zimone Infinite Analyst" for Magic the Gathering on it. Carly is wearing a white blouse, teal vest, and glasses reminiscent of the costume the character in the painting is wearing. The painting shows Zimone, a young black woman with her hair up in a pony tail. She is sitting on top of a floating cube of water and controlling several others that swirl around her. In each cube a different location in Strixhaven is visible. The two sun sunset illuminates her from behind with a warm glow.
Painting featuring Zimone from Magic the Gathering. She is sitting on top of a floating cube of water and controlling several others that swirl around her. In each cube a different location in Strixhaven is visible. The two sun sunset illuminates her from behind with a warm glow.
Painting of a bard in a tavern. She is sitting spot lighted from above with a cool toned light. Her hair is purple and she's got a fun saucy pirate like outfit on. In her lap is a guitar made of siren bones that she strums while staring haughtily down her nose at the viewer. In the background a variety of figures dimly lit by torches along the walls observe her performance.
A picture of a page from a sketch book. It says "March 13, 2026 UVU Museum of Art Mucha exhibit" at the top. The upper left corner has a pencil drawing study of a Mucha piece featuring two women, one peaking between from behind the other. The faces are tightly drawn and the rest of the sketch drifts off into looser undeveloped lines. There are two other small pencil studies on the page focusing on the layout and design shapes of a couple other Mucha pieces.
four different paintings by the same artist. At the top there is the caption "2017, digital, meh reference." for the left column and "Also 2017, but oil and better reference" for the right column. The two paintings on the left are more stylized digital paintings. Not bad, but noticeably different and less polished. The two on the right have more realism and are done in oil.
A top down picture of a tool cart. On it's surface is a large metal box to hold a palette, jars of brushes, and bottles of oil medium. It's top drawer is open to reveal rows of oil paints and a few other art related tools
A protestor sign that reads "Alex Pretti is a Hero"
On the left is a meme, it says "Just make it exist first" with a blue blob and a poorly drawn outline then it says "You can make it good later" with a perfect blue circle and outline. To the right top is a rough sketch of the character Wrenn and Seven from MTG. Below is a tightly rendered oil painting of the same character and composition.
square image of multiple pictures. Top left Astelli Reclaimer, a glowing angel made of stars wielding a sword in front of a ringed planet. Top center and right is the Grim Oak edition of Moon Called cover, featuring the portrait of dark haired young woman with a shining earing in front of a massive black and silver wolf at sunset with the moon hanging above half full. Middle left is Elvish Refueler, a dark skinned elf with wildly curly hair wearing googles holding a glowing wand filled with aether. Middle image is Carly Milligan, spread eagle in a wooden arch in a garden. Middle right is a coyote howling on a hill that over looks a river, the sky aflame with sunset. Bottom three images are "Evil Cannot hide from Us". Left is a lady painted in golden tone looking left overlaid with rabbit. Center lady painted in pink stares straight at the viewer and is overlaid with a tiger. Right lady is painted in blue and overlaid with a raven.
Three different reference images. First is a maquette made from clay and paper around a ball shaped to look vaguely vine like. Second is a woman holding a light and leaning against a yoga ball, the third is the same but she is holding a small object instead of a light.
General Han Solo peaks around a tree, gun raised, about to step on a branch while storm troopers bumble about in the background.
Three fantasy portraits side by side, the first is painting in gold and orange tones and is a woman looking to the left super imposed with a rabbit and the text below "I hear you". The second is is in vibrant pinks, she is super imposed with a tiger staring straight at the viewer with the text below "I see you". The third she is looking up and to the right, painting is cyans and blues, super imposed with a raven and the text below "I will speak up".
An oil painting of a coyote standing on a scrub laden hill howls up at the sky. The sky is painted in vivid golds, pinks, and blues of sunset, which reflect in the river visible beyond the hill. Subtle, since the sky is still to light for it to dominate, the moon peaks from behind the clouds.
Oil painting of a young woman with deeply tanned skin and black hair reflecting the surround light, Mercy Thompson, looking up towards the sky with a large black and silver werewolf, Adam Hauptman, behind her looking the other direction and guarding her back. The moon is high in the sky while the sunset turns the sky deep blue and warm orange.
A painting of a woman superimposed with a rabbit done all in golden yellows and oranges.
A painting of a woman superimposed with a tiger done all in pinks and reds.
A painting of a woman superimposed with a raven done in blue and aqua with just a hint of purple.
Three circle panels side by side on an easel with graphite drawings on them. The left most is a woman looking over her shoulder overlaid with a rabbit, the middle she's staring straight out and overlaid with a tiger, the third she looking up to the right and overlaid by a raven.
Pencil drawing of a young woman with tiger stripes on her body, overlaid transparently with a tiger face, both her eyes and the tigers eyes are staring straight through your soul
A grey tabby cat with white socks lays on a wood drawing desk soaking up the sunshine.
Oil painting of a young woman with overall purleish grey tones, her hair behind her glows a brilliant yellow and orange, framing her face. Smoke drifts dramatically in front of her.
A dark skinned female elf leans against an elegant railing. She is has lovely purple curly hair and is wearing bulky gloves, goggles on top of her head, and a tank of aether is strapped to her back. The tank is connected to a wand she is holding via glowing tubes. Smoke like aether drifts up from the tip of the wand. A large tank of aether and a curtain are visible behind her.
A dark skinned female elf leans against an elegant railing. She is has lovely purple curly hair and is wearing bulky gloves, goggles on top of her head, and a tank of aether is strapped to her back. The tank is connected to a wand she is holding via glowing tubes. Smoke like aether drifts up from the tip of the wand. A large tank of aether and a curtain are visible behind her.
Oil painting of a pale young woman illuminated by pale blue light, holding a glowing pink ember.