Fantasy illustration

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Fantasy Illustration
Fantasy Illustrations by The Noble Artist
jamie noble frier, The Noble Artist

Hi I’m Jamie!

I've loved working as a fantasy artist over my almost fifteen year career. I've worked with some great established names, and created brand new worlds. I'm excited to start world building with you.

A fantasy artist with over a decade of experience

I’m the artist behind The Noble Artist. I’ve been working as a professional fantasy artist since 2010. I love my job, every day is a new adventure into awesome worlds, with fantastical creatures and magical characters.

I’m fortunate enough to have worked on some amazing projects, from the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay games to League of Legends, Gloomhaven and Thunderstone Quest. I’ve also had the pleasure of working alongside some amazing fantasy authors including Ed Greenwood and Richard A Knaak.

I’m always excited about the next fantasy project. Whether it’s a book cover, board game, a tabletop RPG or worldbuilding artwork for your fantasy setting. If you’re interested in working with me, drop me a line to info@thenobleartist.com or follow these links to a form to brief me about your project.


If you’d like to chat about any of your projects, email me at info@thenobleartist.com or you can find handy briefing forms via the contact page.

Read more about my clients’ experiences on Google or Trustpilot.


I thought it might be a good idea to show you a little bit about what I do. As an digital artist I work in primarily in Adobe Photoshop, using it like a canvas and a paint-set. It’s not a million miles away from using traditional materials, painting strokes onto the canvas with a stylus rather than a paintbrush.


You can see from the video of the pirate, I start with a black and white sketch and begin to refine it before adding all the colour and polish.

An example of how fantasy art is made

Below I’ve placed the final piece side by side with a video that shows the various sketch stages a piece goes through before it’s finally complete.

Hydra art. A fantasy art illustration by The Noble Artist of a dungeons and dragons hydra. A seven headed dragon.

A quick summary of the fantasy illustration process

  • I receive the brief from the client, and discuss if needed
  • I tend to start with a very loose composition sketch
  • I show this to the client at this early stage to make sure any major changes are made before too much detail goes in
  • I take the sketch to a more rendered black and white version
  • Another round of feedback for minor tweaks
  • I begin to colour the illustration and finish
  • The client has a final round of feedback to check for any minor colour and detail tweaks
  • Illustration complete!
A charging minotaur with red eyes, black and white art by the noble artist
Viking village matte painting by The Noble Artist, Jamie Noble Frier