Tanija

Experienced costume designer, illustrator, writer, and game creator based in Germany. Holds a Master of Arts degree in costume design with a specialization in crafting creatures and monsters. As a freelance artist, passionate about crafting imaginative creature designs, engaging in worldbuilding, and contributing to video and game projects.

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A Shopify shop with prints and books is in work for 2026.

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Digital Art

These are mainly commissions and personal works, ranging from creature sketches to fully fleshed out paintings.

Commissions (CLOSED FOR 2025)

No further commissions are being accepted until 2026.

Rendered Illustration

A fully rendered illustration of any character, creature, dragon or similar.HEAD TO CHEST / BUST: 85 EUR
HEAD TO HIP OR FULL: 110 EUR
+ COLOR: 15 EUR
+ CHARACTER: +50%
+ COMMERCIAL USE/PRINT: +20%
+ ADD-ONS: +10 EUR PER ADD-ON**Add-Ons
For every additional 10 EUR on the order I can include the following to the artwork (1 addition per 10)
- Gore, violence, detailed organs or anatomical things
- Unfolded wings or other detailed limbs
- detailed clothing, armor, military gear or weapons
- Genitalia, detailed nudity
- Simple backgrounds, mounts or pets / familiars
- Color accents, colored background, tattoos or parts of clothesDetails
- Gore, slight nudity / suggestive, weapons, horror etc., possible
- No sexual themes
- Simple backgrounds are possibleImportant
- Time for completion: 1 week - 4 months depending on complexity and availability
- Visual reference of the character is required
- The artwork is for personal use only and might be posted in my portfolio afterwards
- A version for commercial use and without signature can be discussed for an additional 20% on the original price
- 100 % prepayment, payment plan possible (50/50), no free sketches
- Payment through Paypal Invoice or KoFi/StripeYou will receive
- Up to 2 work in progress images
- Two initial sketches for pose to choose from
- No free sketches
- Final ~2000px, 300dpi PNG image file_{Hinweis zur Umsatzsteuer
Ich arbeite als selbständige Künstlerin im Rahmen der Kleinunternehmerregelung nach § 19 UStG. Daher wird auf meinen Rechnungen keine Umsatzsteuer ausgewiesen. Der Verkauf meiner Werke und Prints erfolgt als Teil meiner künstlerischen Tätigkeit und ist nicht der zusätzlichen Mehrwertsteuerpflicht unterworfen.}_{Notice on VAT
I operate as an independent artist under the German small business regulation (§ 19 UStG). Therefore, no value-added tax (VAT) is charged or shown on my invoices. The sale of my artworks and prints is part of my artistic practice and not subject to additional VAT obligations.}

Monochrome / Sketch

A drawing, not rendered, partly sketchy in style, of any character, creature, dragon or similar.ROUGH SKETCH: 10 EUR
BUST: 35 EUR
FULL: 50 EUR
+ COLOR: 10 EUR
+ CHARACTER: +50%
+ COMMERCIAL USE/PRINT: +20%
+ ADD-ONS: +5 EUR PER ADD-ON**Add-Ons
For every additional 5 EUR on the order I can include the following to the artwork (1 addition per 5)
- Gore, violence, detailed organs or anatomical things
- Unfolded wings or other detailed limbs
- detailed clothing, armor, military gear or weapons
- Genitalia, detailed nudity
- Simple backgrounds, mounts or pets / familiars
- Color accents, colored background, tattoos or parts of clothesDetails
- Gore, slight nudity / suggestive, weapons, horror etc., possible
- No sexual themes
- Simple backgrounds are possibleImportant
- Time for completion: 1 week - 2 months depending on complexity
- Visual reference of the character is required
- The artwork is for personal use only and might be posted in my portfolio afterwards
- A version for commercial use and without signature can be discussed for an additional 20% on the original price
- 100 % prepayment, payment plan possible (50/50), no free sketches
- Payment through Paypal Invoice or KoFi/StripeYou will receive
- Up to 2 work in progress images
- One initial sketche for pose to choose from
- No free sketches
- Final ~1500px, 300dpi PNG image file
- You can color the finished monochrome work in yourself, if you want, I don't mind (but you cannot use it as a base for other works/adopts or similar)_{Hinweis zur Umsatzsteuer
Ich arbeite als selbständige Künstlerin im Rahmen der Kleinunternehmerregelung nach § 19 UStG. Daher wird auf meinen Rechnungen keine Umsatzsteuer ausgewiesen. Der Verkauf meiner Werke und Prints erfolgt als Teil meiner künstlerischen Tätigkeit und ist nicht der zusätzlichen Mehrwertsteuerpflicht unterworfen.}_{Notice on VAT
I operate as an independent artist under the German small business regulation (§ 19 UStG). Therefore, no value-added tax (VAT) is charged or shown on my invoices. The sale of my artworks and prints is part of my artistic practice and not subject to additional VAT obligations.}

Other

Looking for game assets, album covers, sticker designs, postcards or anything else not listed?
Feel free to send a message! I worked on a lot of different and diverse projects over the years and we can always work something out together.
Rule of thumb, though, icons for games, stickers and adopt bases are 5-20 EUR, album covers, designs and logos will be a case-by-case pricing and will need additional discussion due to the process.

Terms of Service

Please read these terms carefully before commissioning me. You can find an example form for the commission at the bottom of this page. I am always available for questions if something is unclear!

GENERAL
- I am German and thus prefer visual references over descriptions in English.
- Keep in mind I'm mainly a horror artist. I do teeth, not cute.
- I can refuse any commission for any reason before starting the work.
- All projects will receive an estimated completion time. If I believe I will go above that time you will receive an advanced notice.
- Please also keep in mind that I have a full time job and am a freelance artist in real life, too, so, please be patient.
- Feel free to ping or message me any time anyway, I might not always remember to message you if life got hectic!GERMAN: Hinweis zur Umsatzsteuer
Ich arbeite als selbständige Künstlerin im Rahmen der Kleinunternehmerregelung nach § 19 UStG. Daher wird auf meinen Rechnungen keine Umsatzsteuer ausgewiesen. Der Verkauf meiner Werke und Prints erfolgt als Teil meiner künstlerischen Tätigkeit und ist nicht der zusätzlichen Mehrwertsteuerpflicht unterworfen.ENGLISH: Notice on VAT
I operate as an independent artist under the German small business regulation (§ 19 UStG). Therefore, no value-added tax (VAT) is charged or shown on my invoices. The sale of my artworks and prints is part of my artistic practice and not subject to additional VAT obligations.REVISIONS & REFUNDS
- Revisions are on a case by case basis and in some instances will not result in any additional charges.
- All payments are non-refundable.
- Payment has to be done before I start the work; for payments above 100€ we can arrange a payment plan in some cases.
- If it is a sketch or doodle commission, I cannot offer free changes or do refunds after you received the sketch or doodle.DEADLINES AND DELIVERY
- If a deadline is given, I will try to accommodate that deadline with an additional charge depending on how soon the deadline will arrive.
- Usually an estimate on how long a work will take can be found on the order page of each type of commission.USE
- All illustrations delivered are free to upload to YouTube, Tiktok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Toyhouse and any of the other "usual" platforms. Any other websites outside of this norm will need to be discussed beforehand.
- I may use the finished project in reels, portfolios and websites related to me if not communicated otherwise beforehand (NDA or similar).
- I do not allow using any of my work for anything related to cryptocurrency, NFTs and similar. Also no training of AI or styles without my explicit written permission .
- All works will have a small signature in it if not communicated beforehand otherwise.
- You can color commissioned monochrome works in yourself, you may add backgrounds etc., as long as you credit me and don't claim the work as yours alone.
- Ask me first before commissioning another artist to finish a sketch/lines I created for you.
- Never claim my work as yours and credit me properly.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- I will keep the right on my own works if not stated otherwise.
- If you use the work for promotions or plan to use it for publications/covers, I will have to know beforehand. I will charge an additional fee for publication rights.COMMUNICATION
- All communication is to be done over Discord (@Tanija) if there is no native service available (depending on the website). Feel free to send a message after the commission is initiated.COMMISSION TEMPLATE
Minimal info I need from you before confirmation of order and payment
Reference Image/Toyhouse Page/Visual Reference: (required in most cases!)
Notes: (Additional information, like traits of your OC you want shown or background decor you'd like or not like in the drawing, simple English please, bullet points preferred)
Type of work: (see examples for what I am currently offering)
Full resolution/signature-free version? (see TOS above) Y/N
No-go: (Since I tend to draw realistically or with horror aesthetic, let me know if you don't want teeth or saliva or similar shown, otherwise I do what I feel like)