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Pleiades consists of 2 Greek up-and-coming artists. Dio and Soph are students in the Audio Visual Arts department in Corfu and love to draw characters from their favorite Anime and Games. They are both traveling from Greece in hopes of meeting and getting inspired by other talented artists.

You can find Pleiades‘ work on their Instagram page.

Fares Zoghlami, known by his artist name Approtis, is a self-taught illustrator and comic artist who has been creating art since he was a child. As the son of an architect, he learned about perspective and shading at a young age, and always had a pen in his hand whether it was traditional or digital.

Fares was first introduced to Dungeons and Dragons when he began creating character art commissions for clients online. Although he’s tried to start some games with friends, they inevitably fall apart, so he sticks to creating artwork inspired by the fantasy world.

He found inspiration in the work of artists such as Mike Mignola and Jean Giraud (better known as Moebius), and now looks up to comic artist Simone D’Armini. As a self-taught artist, Fares struggled to find his own style, but eventually developed a unique technique that he calls “confetti hatching” which adds texture and depth to his illustrations, and from there the quality and consistency has overall improved with time.

Fares has worked on a variety of projects, including comics and novel illustrations. He’s featured in the Monster Mashup Anthology, a successful Kickstarter project, and has done commissions through Reddit and Instagram. He recently opened an Etsy shop, which gives him a storefront from which to sell his digital work, and his very few physical products.

Currently, Fares is working on a fantasy card game and short comic book based on an adventuring blacksmith. He’s also planning to release a print set inspired by far off fantasy worlds.

When Fares isn’t busy creating art for his clients, he has a day job where he works in marketing, covering everything from copywriting to character designs, as well as spending time with his girlfriend who supports his career and makes sure he gets enough downtime and drinks enough coffee. Fares dreams of one day pitching a story to his favorite comic publisher, Dark Horse.

You can find Fares‘ artwork on his Instagram, or visit his Etsy shop to purchase prints and commissions.

Estel Azatova has been interested in art since she was a little girl. She has graduated from university as a landscape architect. But in her heart she always dreamed of creating games. When she realized what she wanted to do, she started taking various courses and learning the necessary skills. Tried different directions and determined for herself that she is interested.

To see more of Estel’s work make sure to visit her portfolio here.

Over the years, Elpida explored traditional art, comics, and manga, and even dabbled in digital art. For traditional art she specialized in making illustrations with Ink and Watercolors, always inspired by anime and nature. After graduation, she was fortunate enough to land a job at Framestore, one of the leading VFX studios. As for her future, her next goal is to join the Art Department team, where the designs for VFX and Animation projects are brought to life.

To see more of Elpida’s work make sure to visit her webpage.

His previous projects can be viewed at the link https://selimov.myportfolio.com/work and also at his Instagram account as well as his short comics with his original characters on the instagram account @idrewyourmom For the past few years he has been working on a big comic, which is in it’s final stage. Some pages can be viewed at the link  here. He is also preparing a compilation of sketches for publication (TODAY’S FACE / 100 portraits), part of the material can be viewed at this link.

To see more of Eldar’s work make sure to visit his website and page on Instagram.