Daniel Lieske

@daniellieske.com

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Digital Artist & Graphic Novel Author from Warendorf, Germany https://daniellieske.com https://wormworldsaga.com https://www.patreon.com/daniellieske

The key artwork for "Polar Darkness" a computer game by Horsefly Games. The image shows the main character that is sinking in a body of water. Inside the characters silhouette, blood red roots are growing below a church. In the background, dark silhouettes of houses and pine trees are visible in front of a diffuse cold sky.
A photo of Daniel Lieske in his studio. He is setting next to a print of his artwork "The Journey Begins". Daniel is wearing a very nice Godzilla t-shirt. He likes this t-shirt a lot as he also likes Godzills a lot.
A painting of the comic character Hellboy in an iconic pose, standing on a rock inside a dark cave. Hellboy's red skin stands in stark contrast to the greenish tint of his surrounding.
An illustration of a huge burning fire giant. In the foreground, a young boy is kneeling on a rock, overlooking the spectacle.
A screenshot of the Wormworld Saga website that features an array of chapter cover icons beneath a detailed header illustration.
An iconic composition of the comic book character Hellboy, standing on a rock. In the background, ominous tentacles are writhing.
A stylized 3D rendering showing a scene from Richard Wagner's opera "Rheingold". Alberich, the self-proclaimed leader of the Nibelung people, yields his almighty ring and forces his subjects to search for gold and piling up a treasure for him. Below him, on the right side, we see his brother Mime who was forced by Alberich to create him a magic helmet that makes him invisible and lets him assume any form he wishes. In the center of the image, the ring is floating in the air, radiating with evil energy.
A stylized 3D rendering showing a scene from Richard Wagner's opera "Rheingold". Alberich, the self-proclaimed leader of the Nibelung people, yields his almighty ring and forces his subjects to search for gold and pilling up a treasure for him. Below him, on the right side, we see his brother Mime who was forced by Alberich to create him a magic helmet that makes him invisible and lets him assume any form he wishes. In the center of the image, the ring is floating in the air.
A short video of a couple of 3D character models. In the center we see Alberich the lord of the Nibelungen. He's presenting the almighty ring on his right hand. In his left hand he's holding the "Covering Helm" a device that makes him invisible and also lets him take on any form he wishes. To his left we see his brother Mime who Alberich forced to forge the helm. Three more Nibelung subject are grouped around the brothers, all fearfully looking at the ring that's forcing Alberich's will upon them.
A heavily post-processed 3D illustration of Alberich the Nibelung. He's standing on a rock, the ring is floating in front of him.
A collection of key artworks for different indie computer games, all showing a main character in his game world. Shown here are the artworks for "Bloodmoon Survivors", "Super Dungeon Maker" and "Whiskers & Wizardry".
Some camera moves around my Alberich 3D scene. The Nibelung is standing on a rock, admiring the ring that he has created from the Rhinegold. The ring grants him eternal power but in order to create it he had to forsake love. The character and story are from "Der Ring des Nibelungen", an opera by Richard Wagner.
A stylized 3D rendering of Alberich the Nibelung. He's standing on top of a rock in ecstasy over the creation of the almighty ring which is floating below him in the foreground.
A roughly modeled and rendered 3D image of Alberich, the creator of the ring from Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Alberich is dark and mysterious, standing on a rock. The light of the ring is reflected in his eyes. In the lower part of the image, a roughly drawn golden ring and the text "Alberich" are added to the composition.
The camera view is moving around a boy sitting on a root of a tree close to s pond.
A 3D-rendering with heavy post-processing that looks like an abstract painting.
A post-processed 3D forest landscape rendering.
Digital painting of a jump 'n' run character with a Fedora hat and a whip, jumping through a dangerous parkour, being attacked by floating skulls.
A digital painting of a fantasy landscape. A river is running through a landscape in which huge tilted rock formations lay scattered around. In the sky, planets of different sizes are visible.
A painting of a medival city gate. Ox wagons can be seen rolling through it.
A digital painting of an underground settlement. Haphazardly constructed wooden sheds fill the crevices between giant rocks.
Painted artwork showing a young boy kneeling in front of an old trunk in an attic. He's holding up a wooden sword that glows in the beam of his flashlight.
A digital painting of a fantasy city scene. Large wagons roll towards a fortified city gate. The houses along the street are colorful and palm trees grow on some of the roofs.
A stll from the 1922 horror movie "Nosferatu". A woman is sleepwalking and stretches her arms out to reach some illusional object of desire.
A digital painting of a rocky landscape overgrown by giant mushrooms. In the foreground, dark figures approach what looks like the entry to an underground shelter. A pool of sunlight is illuminating the center of the scene.
Screenshots of some coloful abstract 3D sculpting.
A screenshot of the Wormworld Saga website. Under a lushly illustrated header you find what looks like a bookstand on which all the chapters are arranged, five in a row.
A still from the German movie "Faust" (1926). The devil looms over a small town.
A digital painting of an industrial facility. A huge cauldron filled with molten metal is pulled from a glowing chasm.
A painting of a small boat approaching an overgrown ancient ruin that is partly submerged in water. A dramatic sky is seen in the background
A digital painting of a city scene. In the center we see a walled group of houses and halls. It is the Azure Palace of Kingspeak and the warm sunlight is glistening on its roofs.
A photo of a painting in a golden picture frame. The painting depicts a small chapel sitting on top of a something half rock, half cloud. A golden light is shining on the chapel while the whole scene is tinted in violet and blue hues.
A digital illustration of a river landscape. A wooden transport ship is manouvering between tilted rock formations.
An illustration of a young boy standing in front of a burning house. Firefighters are trying to put out the fire.
An abstract illustration of a feathery object presented in dramatic lighting. The whole scene is heavily textured.
Digital illustration of a young boy standi g in front of a burning building. Firefighters are trying to put out the fire.
A digital painting of a young boy sitting in an attic and playing with action figures. Rays of sunlight shine into the scene that is bathed in a warm and cozy light.
A digital artwork of a gigantic fiery monster rising from the ground, dwarfing a little boy who's kneeling on a rock in the foreground.
An illustration of a city scene. In the foreground, a little furry animal - half fox, half sqirrel - is looking at the beholder. In the midground, people are walking in a colorful street that leads towards a steep slope covered in houses and large copper pipes.
A tall artwork depicting a sunken city overgrown by vines and trees. The last rays of a setting sun are gracing a balcony on which a woman and a boy are standing, looking into the sky. The cloudy sky above the scene is full of planets and moons.
An artwork depicting a young boy in a red jumper walking over the stem of a fallen tree bridging a small brook. The setting is a forest in summer. Islands of warm sunlight are scattered around the ground.
Cosplayers at the Wormworld Saga booth, featuring the Joker, the Penguin and Harley Quinn in Christmas outfits.
An abstract painting depicting something like a colorful seed in a less colorful shell.
An artwork showing a dark knight standing on a sloping lava stream. Horned skeletons hand a giant red hot war axe to the knight. In the sky a solar eclipse is happening.
A digital tonal drawing of a city scene. It shows a row of houses with a narrow gap in between them that is filled with a wall with a curcular portal. Ivy is growing out of the portal and behind the wall some tall fir trees are visible. In the foreground, a boy is looking at the portal. He's standing next to a bus stop.
An artwork depicting a forest of huge mushrooms. In the foreground a wagon is rolling towards the edge of the forest.
A quick camera move showing a collection of action figures. The video is 3D animated although the camera movement is deliberately designed to look shaky like real footage.
An artwork featuring a spaceship that is docked to a huge mechanical arm. The ship's engines are glowing in intense blue. In the distance, a comparable ship is flying over some clouds.
A painting of a skeleton overgrown with moss. A small blue flower is growing on the heart region of the torso.
A painted artwork showing a woman, a boy and a squirrel-like creature descending a path through overgrown ruins. In the background a waterfall flows over a massive stretch of ruins.
A value sketch and a colored value sketch for an artwork that features a wizzard working on a scale model sized planet at the center of the composition. He's located in what looks like a blend of a library and a workshop in a circular room. Above the wizzard two smaller planets float in the air.
A pencil sketch of a wizzard with long beard, puffy brows, small circular glasses and a pointy hat with bright stars on it.
A sneak peak at a batch of sketches and studies collected under the lable "The Magician".
An illustration of a farmhouse in a rural summer setting.
A portrait painting of a wizzard. He has a white beard and has a blue pointy hat with golden stars on his head. He wears a light blue gown and a red cape. In the background we see hints of a bookshelf.
Abstract artwork with a strong warm/cold contrast. The central shape vaguely resembles a caterpilar or a knight's armor.
An illustration of a fire giant in the background and a small boy kneeling on a rock in the foreground.
A photo of Daniel Lieske, sitting in his studio. The photo was taken with an extreme fisheye lens and shows many toys, books and objects all around the room.