Hey #PortfolioDay ! I'm Esteban Sanchez, New Mexico based illustrator! I love making key art for games (like steam capsule art) and comic covers! Feel free to send me a DM or email me through the email in my bio and on my website! esanchezillustration.com

As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely. They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things. Only you have the power to kill it.

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“They say their project’s art direction has been largely fuelled by AI prompts and generated imagery, all driven by their head Art Director, who is himself an experienced video game artist, but who now “can’t even write a fucking email without using Chat GPT” lollllll aftermath.site/ai-video-gam...

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The news is out, our indie game is coming to all platforms in 2026! Here's how it plays🧵 "The Witch's Bakery" is a Cozy Adventure RPG inspired by Kiki's Delivery Service and Persona 5. You play as Lunne, a witch-baker who can dive into people's hearts and heal them with croissants!🥐

New awareness campaign

The Amazing World Of Tomorrow

Happy Halloween!

I simply feel like if I wanted to generate hype for a large project I was making I would credit the hundreds of individual artists working on it so their fans would ALSO be interested in getting involved in the project. Especially when those artists have huge followings lolol make it make sense

I’m excited to share my finished marionette/puppet, Gourd-fellow the pumpkin sprite. This is my first marionette and I had so much fun making him, I'm probably just gonna turn into Geppetto now. 🎃

Big ol' Warhammer (fanart!) poster I did for the Apothecarion charity event. This was a massive undertaking for mw, it's the most complex thing I've ever done and the first piece of (semi) personal art I've completed in about 10 years.

dog what the fuck does "protecting western civilization" mean? we're so fucking cooked

Starting to think its time to hit up the Etsy witches, I got a few folks on my mind who probably don't deserve all their teeth.

the only thing they would motivate me to leave a job with no explanation is if they asked me to feed my work to AI. 🔍

Overhearing someone talk about using genAI for animation AT LIGHTBOX OF ALL PLACES get the fuck out of here you are not one of us

I hope you all have your portfolios ready cause I'm ready to look at them! See you all at #LBX2025 🪷

I've been so busy I forgot to mention this very special project I contributed my art to! If you've ever been interested in gothic or lolita fashion give Le Vitrail a try! "Le Vitrail is a new j-fashion-focused community mook by a team of 17 talented creators led by Néant Glass."

Here is everyone from the D&D campaign I'm in! The Haven Arc! ✨

And lastly we have my character Vredek! Vredek is a Bragmir Barbarian who was outcast from his clan Kordath and possesses a fierce love his his god Brosh. He loves the passion and joy in battle and is seeking out strong opponents to share this joy with. No pain, no gain! 😤

Today we get to meet Pebble! He is an Avim Feral Sorcerer, growing up he had a tough relationship with his family and it ended with him discovering his true powers and being exiled from his tribe. He is weirdly possesive of a Strange Stone he found and uses it as an arcane focus.

This is Gliding in the Currents, or Glide! He is a Plasmari Rogue who is very interested in how other species function and therefore you'll often find him mimicking the speech patterns of his friends and for some reason... carrying around a human skeleton inside his body.💚

Today we get to meet F.L.I.N.T! Flint is a Soulforged Ranger, who is happy-go-lucky, matter-of-fact, and somewhat selfish except where it matter for him and his. During our first session Flint woke up on an old ship, looked down at his chest and said, "I guess my name is Flint."

Next up in the series of paintings I did for our D&D group is Ari! Ari is a soft-spoken and attuned Sylphiri Bard, offering comfort like it's an instinct. She was raised deep in the forests of Sylvaenmere with her father and she loves to play her lyre. 🧚‍♀️✨🍃

I had the fun opportunity recently to do illustrations for my D&D group! I'll share them over the next few days. First up is Ari! Ari is a Thalassan Paladin, she is bright, thoughtful and curious, and she dreams of navigating the oceans, charting the stars, and changing moon tides.

League of Legends splash arts are one of the most unique and standout elements of our game. What do our splash illustrations mean to you?

Flora Fatalis Fiddlesticks 🌺

staying up late to paint: 😃 looking at the clock and its 5:30: 🤡

Trans rights are human rights. I just say that whenever I reach a new follower plateau so you can fuck right off if you wandered into the wrong room.

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yesterday "here is proof that the president is a sex criminal" felt pretty bad. today "almost all of the news media is assisting in covering up the fact that the president is a sex criminal" feels much worse

it always feels like we're being forced to throw a dinner party for the worst people on earth, and we have to shut up and smile and be gracious, no complaints, while the worst people on earth are our honored guests and we best not embarrass ourselves in front of them no matter what they do to us

I came for the frog saunas, and stayed for the dick-punch to capitalism:

A few of my favorite of our environment shots from Sword of the Sea Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂

Bernadette says, "Trans rights!" 🧸🏳

The Bernadette Bear bag I designed for the jfashion event Ursa Major has now been released in two additional colors! 🥰🐻

Looping through the speakers, bleeding into our dreams! 🎉🐯🐲🪩✨

This guy not only took credit from my fellow Lorcana colleagues but also claimed to be an official Disney artist to inflate sales. In reality he has been black listed from the company for years after sketchy behavior. youtu.be/EqmvqrdHaSc?...

feeling whatever you're meant to feel in a cathedral in this grocery store frozen aisle

absolutely the fuck not

My BEAUTIFUL PERFECT SON

THE WHITE DRAGON (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30" Although this is the third book in the series, it was my first Pern cover and I was determined to create the dragons as faithfully to Anne McCaffrey's description as possible. 1/5

the world is better because it has trans people in it

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I release hotto into your care, that he might flourish in a life of his own

Lets open up this pit girlies ✨🖤

Frog fairy. The most magical of critters.

I won a crit award for my document resource “Alternatives for Generative AI Art” (I’ll link it below!), recognized as Innovation in the TTRPG space 🫶🏼 Here is my totally serious acceptance speech. I was giggling the entire time and idk how many takes this took. Pls enjoy 🙂‍↕️