You’ll learn how to design and illustrate professional card art for fantasy, CCG, and tabletop RPG games. The workshop covers concept development, composition, storytelling, and painting techniques that help you create production-ready artwork for card-based worlds and characters.

This course is perfect for illustrators, concept artists, and painters who want to expand into card-based fantasy worlds or tabletop gaming projects. Whether you’re building a portfolio or learning industry standards, you’ll gain skills that apply directly to professional fantasy and game art.

Intermediate to advanced artists will benefit most from this course, but motivated beginners are welcome. The focus is on professional workflows, so a basic understanding of drawing, painting, or digital art will help you make the most of the lessons.

You’ll complete one major project—a finished fantasy card illustration built from concept sketches through to the final rendered artwork. Assignments mirror real-world briefs from tabletop and card game publishers, giving you valuable portfolio material.

Yes. Students receive direct, personalized feedback from Raymond Bonilla during live sessions. Each critique is designed to help you strengthen composition, lighting, and narrative choices within your card art.

You can work digitally or traditionally. Most students use Adobe Photoshop or Procreate, but traditional painters are encouraged to use oil, acrylic, or gouache—whichever medium best suits your fantasy art style.

You’ll learn professional practices for illustrating card art for the tabletop and fantasy publishing industries, including how to interpret briefs, present your work, and connect your portfolio to the types of art directors and studios commissioning this kind of work.

Yes. Every live class is recorded and made available to students for replay. You’ll have access to all demos, critiques, and lectures, so you can review lessons and techniques anytime during the workshop.