Hi! My name is Nikolaus - Nick for short - and I'm a trans illustrator and visual developer from St. Louis, Missouri. I graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025 with a BFA in illustration.

My work is heavily inspired by medieval Europe, and I enjoy adapting real armor, architecture, and clothing from that period into fantastical illustrations. Games like Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and Baldur's Gate 3 are also major sources of inspiration for me because of the way they use visuals to convey emotion and story without the need for words.

I am primarily a digital painter and always strive to discover new ways to make my workflow more enjoyable and efficient - such as using Blender to create 3D guides for environments and props. I find it incredibly useful to have a good idea of how a composition will look before committing to rendering, and this along with detailed moodboards help me achieve that.

I've been drawing my whole life, and I've discovered that my goal with my art is and has always been to inspire curiosity in those that view it. Curiosity about history, curiosity about storytelling, curiosity about how they, too, can make inspiring illustrations.

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