{"id":201,"date":"2019-10-11T10:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T08:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harkale.art\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2025-09-17T23:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:10:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harkale.art\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello! I\u2019m Harkal\u00e9, a French artist and freelance illustrator who creates painterly, colourful illustrations, playing with brushstrokes and organic shapes to paint dreamlike pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"636\" data-attachment-id=\"1601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/harkale.art\/2024-03-29-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11.png\" data-orig-size=\"516,636\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shooting references\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;a significant portion of my time involves making funny faces and waving broomsticks around&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11-406x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11.png\" src=\"https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1601 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11.png 516w, https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11-406x500.png 406w, https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11-122x150.png 122w, https:\/\/harkale.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03-29-11-146x180.png 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">My work is inspired by the beauty and wonderful diversity of our world and by the amazing art created by countless artists \u2013 from anonymous cave painters to impressionists, from carvers from millennia ago to modern-day comic artists\u2026 and also by far too many evenings spent reading fantastical literature or playing role-playing games \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\">I\u2019ve created illustrations for dozens of books (mostly fantasy, romance and sci-fi), games and tabletop RPGs as well as some private clients. I\u2019m always interested in working on exciting new projects, so don&#8217;t hesitate to send me an e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:contact@harkale.art\">contact@harkale.art<\/a> if you have any questions or would like to work with me!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Past and present clients include: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering), Illumicrate, LitJoy, Ghostfire Gaming, OwlCrate, Alderac Entertainment Group, Studio Agate, Cacaoteca,&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other websites and social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These things change so fast, so all my currently maintained social media accounts can be found through <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/harkale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LinkTree<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! 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