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Axel Sauerwald

3 years

Hello there, #Portfolioday ! My name is Axel and this is my work. I'm a freelance concept artist and illustrator, drawing and painting all day long. c: More stuff here: Portfolio: Instagram:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

2 years

"Sea Witch" - Closeup

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Axel Sauerwald

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10 months

Big machine needs maintenance.

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Axel Sauerwald

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3 months

Big snake sharing her wisdom. Do you think her advice is good? 🐍

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Axel Sauerwald

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4 years

Hey #PortfolioDay , I'm Axel and I'm a concept artist and illustrator. I'm working on all kinds of fun projects, mainly in games and print. A big goal of mine is to create some art for Magic: The Gathering. More stuff:

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Axel Sauerwald

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2 years

#throwbackthursday Been looking through my old art and I still dig the mood of this one. Painted 2 years ago :0

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 months

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

10 months

#ThrowbackThursday Painted this ages ago. I still like it.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

New personal work! c: "It was the first time the young rider mounted the wild dragon. She could barely keep the dragon's mind under control, while the beast rose higher and higher into the sky." Sketches:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

#StartToFinish I'm a bit late to the party but here's the start to finish of one of my favorite paintings from last year.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 months

First post of the new year. Let’s make it a good year!

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

11 months

#throwbackthursday Still one of my favorite paintings. Dragons and golden hour, love it!

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Work in Progress! I'm having lots of fun with this project and can't wait to show you the whole artwork. :0

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Axel Sauerwald

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3 months

"Pond" A painting from late last year. It was a bit of an experiment for me and turned into my favorite painting of 2023.

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Axel Sauerwald

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10 months

#ThrowbackThursday

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Axel Sauerwald

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3 months

"White Snake" - Closeup

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Axel Sauerwald

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2 years

Full artwork for @spiridude 's Codex Obscurus project. It's a fantastic exercise of shape design to paint rocks and trees. Learned a lot from painting this piece. :0

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

11 months

#ThrowbackThursday Throwback to a painting I created during my time at Atomhawk in 2020. A thunderbird! c:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

10 months

A book cover I painted a couple of years ago for @HitPointPress 's Big Bad Booklet. Never got around sharing it.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

9 months

Sandwich break!

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Axel Sauerwald

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2 years

A Closeup of my contribution to @Spiridude ’s Codex Obscurus project. Damn, I love painting evening scenes. The light is just 👏👏

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

9 months

#ThrowbackThursday A Mermay sketch I painted about 2 years ago. Time flies. :0

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

2 years

This piece started as a demo for a New3dge School course earlier this year. The students were fantastic and I'm glad I had the opportunity to be their teacher for a while. I did take my sweet time to change and refine the piece after the course was over, though.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

9 months

"Elvish Mariner" AD: Colin Boyer Painted for Magic the Gathering I really enjoy painting golden hour light.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

#mermay might be over, but I’ve got one last mermaid for you! C:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 months

"Forsaken Throne" 45 min sketch. Keeping things simple and graphic. Had a lot of fun.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 months

Warmup studies I do of my favorite desk skull every morning. They're about 20 minutes each and a great exercise to start into the work day.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Sketchbook page. They might need a visit to the barber.

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Axel Sauerwald

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2 months

"Worldsoul's Rage" Painted for Magic: The Gathering AD: Aliana Rood

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

"Thunderbird" done at @atomhawk for the Great North Museum. Lot's of fun. c: Instagram: You can check it out, it's the ‘Ancient Iraq: New Discoveries’ exhibition at the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle between 7th March - 2nd August 2020.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 months

Scenes like this are so fun to paint. Take something that could be real and turn it up to 11.

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Axel Sauerwald

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9 months

Gwaihir the Windlord AD: Colin Boyer Painted for Magic the Gathering

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

11 months

This is one of my very first Magic cards: Morgul-Knife Wound I worked with the awesome AD Andrew Vallas. I'm very happy I got the chance to create something for @wizards_magic . Milestone reached! #magicthegathering #lordoftherings

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Portrait study done with @Procreate Fun.

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Axel Sauerwald

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5 months

Meneldor, Swift Savior Done for Magic: the Gathering AD: Colin Boyer

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Axel Sauerwald

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3 years

#mermay2021

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Doing more sketches these days. I like these three, I've done them over the last couple of days. You can find more stuff like this on my instagram: Cheers!

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Deeper! #mermay2021

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3 years

#inktober2020

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Lurking in the kelp #mermay

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Axel Sauerwald

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9 months

Sometimes you gotta take a break.

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11 months

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

11 months

Sketch I did in anticipation to Diablo 4 when the trailer dropped ages ago. Now I can finally play it... once I find the time :D

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Daily sketches. c:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

5 years

Hey, apparently there is #PortfolioDay So here is mine. I'm a concept artist and illustrator. You can find my work here: Artstation: and here: Instagram:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Little project I did in my free time. I tried to simplify the shapes of a squid and translate it into character designs. c: Closeups and sketches here on my Instagram:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Jellymaid #mermay2021

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#inktober2020

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#inktober2020

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Axel Sauerwald

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3 years

They got their eyes on you #mermay2021

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

I've had the chance to work with the amazing guys at and create this illustration for their playmat collection. Lot's of fun to explore a more painterly style. Looked at a lot of my favorite classical artists to get inspired.

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#mermay2021

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

5 months

Speedpainting, a bit silly this time.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Daily sketch. I do enjoy cloud brushes from time to time. The round brush is not everything. :D Also, I'm a sucker for evening skies. More stuff on my Instagram:

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#mermay2021

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#mermay2021

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Axel Sauerwald

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Just hanging around with a demon core.

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Axel Sauerwald

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4 years

Just riding an octopus

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

I had the chance to take part in the #Evilbook project Lot's of fun. c: #evilbook2 #digitalart #horror #painting #art #surreal

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Axel Sauerwald

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#mermay2021

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3 years

Crab....maid? #mermay2021

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Axel Sauerwald

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#throwbackthursday Mermaid sketched in Procreate a couple of years ago. Also, keep an eye out for @visignacademy ! We're cooking something exciting over there C:

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#inktober2020

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3 years

Freshwater mermaid #mermay2021

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#inktober2020

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#inktober2020

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Axel Sauerwald

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3 years

Another study done in Procreate

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#mermay2021

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Portrait sketch after work to wind down and dream sweet dreams.

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#mermay2021

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"Flaming Tyrannosaurus" Done for Magic: the Gathering AD: Stephanie Cheung

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Axel Sauerwald

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11 months

Mechanic girl working on one of her many little projects. 🧰

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Axel Sauerwald

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5 years

Spooky sketcharoo #sketch #digitalart #creepy #art #scary

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#mermay2021

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

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"Samurai"

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

I've been looking at the amazing Kim Jung Gi sketchbook and couldn't resist getting inspired. #sketch #sketchbook #kimjunggi #drawing #ink #art

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Daily sketch. Bonk Knight: A storm is coming, better find shelter! More sketches on Instagram:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 months

Here are a couple of robot sketches I did for a challenge last year. It was a lot of fun doing some hard surface design for once.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Was a great challenge! Kaya Görberk, @tipagraphic congratulations, great work! @hardcoverart thanks a lot for organizing this challenge. Was a lot of fun c:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Lunch break sketches. I have been doing these for almost a year now. Now I can't live without them. C: #drawing #sketchbook #sketches #nopencil #ink #ballpointpen #art

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

2 months

Discord Gesture Drawing Session!!👏 We're going to host a life drawing session on the @visignacademy Discord server next Saturday (March 16) at 8pm CET. Sketch together with @Mathias__Osland and me. Link to the server is in my bio.

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Axel Sauerwald

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Gothgirl

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

3 years

Hey everyone! I’m now an instructor at @CGMasterAcademy I will teach the course „Composition for Concept Art and Illustration“ by the amazing @MauArtist . Hope to see some of you there to learn with me!

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

11 months

Mechanic Girl working on some machinery.

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

4 years

Daily sketch. The adventures of Bonk Knight: Strolling through rolling hills onward to bonk his challengers. More sketches on my Instagram:

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

5 years

"We have no idea what is going on. Don't come near him! Don't fight him! Just run!" This is my entry to the ArtWar. @Cubebrush thanks for organizing the challenge! It was a lot of fun! More fun stuff: #ArtWar3 #illustration #digitalart #painting

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Axel Sauerwald

@AxelSauerwald

5 months

Had a small break from social media. But no break from art. Here's a sketch I've done as part of a little challenge. Topic for this one was: "Blood Moon"