“Raistlin – Time’s End” is my new digital painting. In occasion of Raistlin’s birthday, on 17 June 2026, I drew “something” about him as I did in the past years. A personal challenge, a reminder I should draw something for myself. Painted with Photoshop on Wacom Tablet and drawing app on S25 Ultra. Raistlin Majere is a character from the “Dragonlance” books by M. Weis and T. Hickman; this is a work of fanart.
What would Raistlin like for his birthday? Something everyone wishes for, when it’s time to think about it: more time. Raistlin’s character is strongly defined by his struggle for survival, from childhood to adulthood. Again and again, he gritted his teeth and sought more power, sought healing, sought immortality. As I remember those who are no longer with us, I draw Raistlin summoning the sands of time, Lord of the Past and the Present, in his desperate attempt to have more time. But the hourglass is almost empty.
“Magius“, is my fanart illustration, commissioned by the Dragonlance Nexus for the project “The spells of Magius: wizard’s dagger”, a DnD 5 game manual which includes an adventure and a novelette by Dragonlance fantasy author Richard Knaak.
Magius is one of the most gifted and influential wizards in Krynn’s history, known for his striking appearance, sharp intellect, and hidden insecurities. A human from Solamnia, he was tall, handsome, and recognizable by his long blond hair and blue eyes. His lifelong friendship with the knight Huma shaped both their destinies, especially during the Third Dragon War, where Magius played a crucial role.
Details and work in progress
Digital sketch, reworked as a pencil and paper sketch, and colored again in digital with Cintiq and Photoshop. Painted between January and March 2026, published in April 2026.
📕 Cover art for the manual “The spells of Magius: Wizard’s dagger” by the Dragonlance Nexus and Richard Knaak.
**Coming soon on DM Guild 2026**
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“Travelers of Avernus,” my digital painting of a trio of characters crossing the Styx, the river of Avernus, in the Dungeons&Dragons universe. A commission for Winterhawk, for the 3rd book of the “Children of Hell” saga.
Bel, lord of Avernus and Fade, a drow matron, are crossing the river, while a skeletal boatman works the oar.
Fade stands at the bow of the small craft with a giant beside her. The diminutive drow elf looks up at her companion with a bit of wonder. He is a Huge Pit Fiend with wide wings tucked around his back to give her some room to see the ominous fortress coming into view upriver. His midsection is ripped open and hollow of organs. His ribs show in some places where a fallen angel struck him years ago leaving a wound that will not heal. He is Bel, Lord of the first plane of hell. Some call him the pretender because of his defeat of his former predecessor and lover, Zariel.
Work in progress
I created the colored sketch by drawing directly on my Cintiq graphics tablet in Photoshop. Then I felt the need to “bring out” the characters to better define them, so I created 3 A4 pencil sketches based on the digital drawing. Once I’d added the necessary adjustments and details to the three characters, I scanned the drawings and “brought” them into the digital painting, where they were then colored and adjusted.
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Created on: 02 February 2026 Copyright 2026 Elena Greenedera Zambelli, all rights reserved #noai
Sometimes you see a photograph so beautiful, you want to make it your own. Save it on your phone, and maybe even draw it in your spare time.
A woman sleeping in a forest, some wild spirit finding refuge and home among the trees. I reproduced it on my phone, drawing it in my spare time during 2025. It’s not even “finished”, I just decided I’m done working on it.
In this case, I found the photo on Pinterest: unfortunately, I couldn’t find the name of the photographer or the model, and with a reverse image search I discovered that the photo is reposted on more or less appropriate sites—and for this reason, I have to avoid posting it myself.
I’ll just hang this little study sketch on my digital wall.
Article published 11 February 2026, #noAI – Copyright 2025 Greenedera
“Spring,” my digital painting of… flowers, grass, ivy and a dragon long gone.
My contribution to the “Dragonary” challenge that artist Matthew Stawicki launched a few years ago, and which encourages me to create at least one dragon every January.
🌼 Spring always brings something. Maybe it’s not what’s past and gone… but something.
Work in progress
Started as a 20×30 cm pencil drawing, it became a ballpen drawing I worked on and off during 2025, and that I brought to digital media during january 2026. Redraw and color with a drawing app for SNote9, then phothoshop & Cintiq.
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Created on: 29 January 2026 Copyright 2026 Elena Greenedera Zambelli, all rights reserved #noai
“…turn the face toward you, move the faceplate from right to left, and twist the top clockwise…” Tas has become well acquainted with the workings of the time travel device. Excitement, enthusiasm, and a hint of troublemaking spirit accompany every journey. As the stones of the floor howl, an invisible wind rises and the fabric of time tears.
“Tasslehoff and the Device of Time Journeying”, is an illustration commissioned by the Dragonlance Nexus for a new upcoming edition of “Tasslehoff’s pouches of Everything”, a game manual converting Dragonlance to the 5th edition of Dragonlance.
Pencil and paper sketch + digital redraw and painting with Cintiq and Photoshop. Painted in August 2025, published in November 2025.
Tasslehoff and the Time Journeying Device are a creation of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, included in the Dragonlance books and sourcebooks. This is a work of fan art.
For any commercial use or repost of this artwork, contact me first. If you’re interested in digital downloads without watermark for personal use, licensing an artwork for a new project, or you’d like a custom print, please contact me.
Use by Fans for publication in themed Fandom groups or Fandom lore videos. I am okay with “fans” publication, as long as you use the watermarked version of the painting (we entered the era of AI and NFT theft and I already got burned, sorry), and you credit me in the post description with: “Artwork: “(Title)” Artist: “Elena Zambelli @Greenedera”. I kindly ask you to Tag me or send me a notification and insert a link to my website.
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Fanart is a little star of creativity. I love looking at it, I love making it, even when it’s simple and just a small idea rather than a full-blown painting. Here’s a character from the video game Horizon Forbidden West.
Kotallo of the Tenakht, a warrior who overcame the loss of his arm and battled chronic pain. Here, in armor inspired by both the Tenakht and God of War, of which there are Easter eggs in the video game. And from Pikapeppa’s fanfictions on Ao3. A sketch started in December 2024 and was reworked in August 2025.
And… video dump
I’ve plucked up the courage to upload over 30 videos to YouTube about the creation of various paintings from 2022 to today—a lot of material I had on my computer that had yet to see the light of day. You’ll find them on my YouTube in the “Long Art Process Videos” playlist and then linked to the individual paintings’ pages. And… there will be more.
3 illustrations commissioned by the Dragonlance Nexus for the project “The Dark Patrol”, a DnD 5 game manual which includes an adventure, and a novelette by Dragonlance fantasy author Richard Knaak.
📕 The manual “Huma: Before the Lance – The Dark Patrol” by the Dragonlance Nexus and Richard Knaak contains 3 original paintings by me, and various decorative elements.
7 illustrations painted for fantasy author Richard Knaak for the new project: Birth of the Dragonrealm. It’s the 40th anniversary of the creation of “Firedrake” – the very first tale of the Dragonrealm series. Who? Cabe Bedlam. The Lady of the Amber. Duke Toma. Darkhorse. The Gryphon. Azran Bedlam. Shade.
“Raistlin – White Roses” is my new digital painting. In occasion of Raistlin’s birthday, on 17 June 2025, I drew “something” about him as I did in the past years. A personal challenge, a reminder I should draw something for myself. Painted with Photoshop on Wacom Tablet and S Note 9. Raistlin Majere is a character from the “Dragonlance” books by M. Weis and T. Hickman; this is a work of fanart.
This time, for Raistlin’s birthday I asked myself: what would he love to do on his birthday? Well, why not gardening? He’s an expert herbalist, and he needs rose petals for his spells. The robes are black, the black moon is shining its black light. In the background we see the thorns of the Shoikan grove.
Here. Your Day of Life, Raistlin. Alone in the moonlight, focused on some not so happy thoughts, not smiling. Happiness is something you dont feel is part of your life – yet there are brief moments of serenity, buried among the bitter thoughts. White roses, as innocence lost under the crushing weight of life in an unjust world.
Work in progress
Trivia & Faq
Is this scene from the books?
No, it isn’t. It’s fanart, like many, many others. But remember, Raistlin is – other than a mage – a herbalist and healer since he was young. He would have a small garden even in Solace (I think Soulforge covers that). So, every gardener has to trim and tend flowes and herbs. So this scene, even if not specifically described in books (it’s just fanart) is about a black robed Raistlin, master of past and present, pruning roses – or collecting petals for his spells.
Are the white roses about Crysania?
Various users thought the white roses represented Crysania, and I love that interpretation as well; it’s a nice symbolism too, very poetic. Like the Good taking root in his heart, as Crysania hoped. Or the opposite, of course. Like, when Raistlin betrays Crysania in the Abyss, he somehow destroys every nice memory or feeling for her – that in his soul that could be represented as him, cutting away white roses from a secret garden. I find it beautiful that where I drew white roses for the lost innocence of young Raistlin, others saw much more facets of this complex character.
Prints
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For any commercial use or repost of this artwork, contact me first. If you’re interested in digital downloads without watermark for personal use, licensing an artwork for a new project, or you’d like a custom print, please contact me.
Use by Fans for publication in themed Fandom groups or Fandom lore videos. I am okay with “fans” publication, as long as you use the watermarked version of the painting (we entered the era of AI and NFT theft and I already got burned, sorry), and you credit me in the post description with: “Artwork: “(Title)” Artist: “Elena Zambelli @Greenedera”. I kindly ask you to Tag me or send me a notification and insert a link to my website.
Copyright 2025 Elena Zambelli, All Rights Reserved. Created on: 17/06/2025
Dear readers, I present you two new unicorn paintings: a quiet one, and a fiery one. 💧 “Unicorn brook” is a solitary, melachonic unicorn. Dark patterns swirls on its coat, like runes or scars. 🔥”Fire Unicorn” is a creature made of flames. A unicorn, yes, but full of energy, rebellion, power. And with a very pissed off look. One painted last spring, the other this winter. In between, an artistic block not yet completely overcome. I’m working on it.
“Unicorn brook,” my digital painting of a solitary, melachonic unicorn. Dark patterns swirls on its coat, like runes or scars. Painted with pencil, smartphone and photoshop in 2024.Time for unicorns. All around, there are dragons. But in the heart of the forest, near the spring, there is the unicorn. 💧 If you wait by the…
“Fire Unicorn,” my digital painting of a creature made of flames. A unicorn, yes, but full of energy, rebellion, power. And with a very pissed off look. Winter 2024. 🔥 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step [Confucio] Work in progress The sketch was born directly on the mobile phone drawing…
Article 07/12/2024 Elena “Greenedera” Zambelli #noai
