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garylaibart.bsky.social
Character designer and illustrator in the entertainment industry, currently working in graphic novels. Lover of fantasy, Creator of Roon & The White Raven, Illustrator for Tractor Squad, Teacher, Maker of funny voices, and a professional magician to boot.
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This was a quick little break from Voidwalker for me. I’d been so single-minded for the past few months, I was starting to burn out a bit. Taking even a day to keep some semblance of my usual spark for art was incredibly helpful. #orc #leap #illustration #fantasyart #jeans

What a cool day today is! My first Magic card was released with the new Tarkir Dragonstorm expansion. Seriously it’s another milestone for me and an already rewarding career. #magicthegathering #magicthegatheringart #mtgartist #fantasyart

It’s the birthday of the second Tractor Squad book!

Less than 24 hrs to claim your copy of Voidwalker! It’s been an amazing month, but if you’ve been putting off picking up your copy, this is your last chance! Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker to support! #graphicnovels #fantasy #comic #indiecomic #artist #fantasyart

We’re in our final day of the Voidwalker campaign! We have signed copies and remarqued copies still up for grabs!Already got yours? Then share the link with your friends! Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker to support! #graphicnovel #crowdfunding #indiecomics #fantasy #illustrator #fantasyart

Only a handful left of the remarqued hardcover and hardcover with dust jacket. Want me to personalize your book with a drawing? Only 1.5 days left until the campaign is over! Hurry and grab yours by going to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker #graphicnovel #comicbookart #fantasyart #crowdfunding

Only two days left to support our crowdfunding campaign and we have so many signed and remarqued copies available! Pick yours up today! zoop.gg/c/voidwalker #fantasy #graphicnovels #comicbooks #magic #illustration #fantasyart #crowdfunding

Hard to believe there’s only three days left of our campaign! If you haven’t picked up your copy of Voidwalker, what are you waiting for? We have copies of our hardcover and dustjacket still available! zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

Did you know that this is the final weekend of the Voidwalker campaign? Fully funded in the first week, and climbing has high as we can in this final push. Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker to support us in this race to the finish! #crowdfunding #graphicnovel #fantasyart #illustrator #comicbookartist

We’ve just entered the final week of the crowdfunding campaign for Voidwalker! Our epic fantasy is fully funded, so if you haven’t secured your own copy of the hardcover graphic novel, head over to ZOOP.gg and scroll to Voidwalker or click here: zoop.gg/c/voidwalker #crowdfunding #graphicnovel #art

We want to push this campaign as far as it can go but we can only do that with your continued help! Only 16 days left to claim your copy of Voidwalker or share the campaign to help spread the word! We have more remarqued books now which means I draw something for you! Zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

We got funded, which is amazing, but now we need to go beyond that! If you haven’t yet supported the campaign there are plenty of books left! If you haven’t shared the zoop link to our campaign, please do so! Just go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker Let’s make this campaign as crazy successful as possible!

A special thank you to all of you who supported Voidwalker so far! With your help we’ve reached our goal within the first week! Please keep sharing and keep supporting to bring our story to as many people as we can! zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

Only $113 away from our goal! Can we reach it tonight? Please consider supporting and sharing! zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

Hey everybody! We are in the final stretch to reaching our goal! Less than $500 separates us from bringing Voidwalker to the world and I know we can do it! @stern8506 and I are asking you to support our campaign by going to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker . Please keep sharing and supporting however you can!

Less than $500 left to raise for Voidwalker! If you haven’t yet, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign and bring our story to life! Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker today and reserve your copy of our epic fantasy!

Thank you so much, @kortizart.bsky.social ! You are amazing!

We’re LIVE on ZOOP and headed towards our funding goal. Please check out our epic fantasy by tapping on the link in my bio, or simply go to ZOOP.gg and scroll until you see Voidwalker. @zenman.bsky.social and I would love your support and believe this is a book you will want to own.

We’re on day 3… (or is it 4) of our campaign for Voidwalker! We still have a way to go so, if you haven’t reserved your copy of our graphic novel, then today is the day! Support and share! Thank you everyone who has already supported our work! Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker now!

Only a handful of remarqued copies are left to claim! Want me to draw a little something on your copy of Voidwalker? This is the book for you! Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker and get your copy before they’re all gone! #fantasy #comicbook #graphicnovel

With day one in of our campaign in the can, we reached just over half of our goal! Thank YOU!!! You still have time to grab the early bird special deals for the hard cover and hard cover with the dustjacket, but that ends tomorrow! Please keep sharing the link if you can zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

And the Voidwalker campaign is LIVE! Go to zoop.gg/c/voidwalker now to order! We have a month to meet our goal and would love your support in ordering and sharing our campaign with friends! If you love fantasy and tales of magic than this is for you! #graphicnovels #comicbooks #fantasy #crowdfunding

Had an amazing time meeting up with my good friend @zmadere.bsky.social in San Francisco today! His wife is way cooler than he is! It’s been almost six years since we’ve seen each other and it felt like no time had passed!

I’m so excited to finally be able to show the finished dust jacket cover for Voidwalker along with our brand new, and amazing logo. Please support our upcoming campaign by registering at www.zoop.gg/c/voidwalker The campaign goes live in early February!

Just a couple of artworks here. The class I teach started again today and we covered designing character props. So here’s my character, Orla’s, backpack for monster hunting. Also, the other piece is an old illustration for my novel depicting a Gnomish sign for a healing ward. #characterdesign #art

A new illustration for Roon & The White Raven. I decided late last year that I was going to self publish this novel instead of looking for a publisher. All I need to do is finish the illustrations and put it all together. Kickstarter coming later this year! #illustrator #author #fantasy

2024 has been a good year for creativity. First children’s book published with Tractor Squad. Jumping back into comics with Voidwalker, and teaching my character design course on Wizardly Wonders. I think 2025 is gonna be loud. Let’s alll make some noise! Here’s a new piece from Voidwalker #2025

@loish.bsky.social you were right! I just finished Ori & The Blind Forest. Took awhile to find the time but it was amazing. What a stunning game and story. Onto the second one! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

A first glimpse of Dandrid the Voidsmith, encased in a soulstone for time immemorial. From the pages of Voidwalker, with art by Gary Laib. Learn more and sign up for alerts on the launch of the crowdfunding campaign for our epic fantasy graphic novel at zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

From my class on Wizardly Wonders: Designing Characters With Story. This week we talked about my process for coloring characters, so I chose my new character, Orla, as the subject of the class this week. This is a ten-week free course on our discord server!

Big news coming for my YA novel “Roon & The White Raven.” Stay tuned in the coming year! Until then, here are some illustrations for it!

Oversized sunglasses? Check! Duck lips? Check! What a wild weekend for wacky glasses!

Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve got a few more commissioned pieces from Arcane Hound and the results of my baking extravaganza from yesterday! Two cheesy garlic herb breads, one pumpkin pie, and one pumpkin cheesecake. Hope everyone in the states has an amazing holiday! #Thanksgiving #creatures #fantasy

At times when I’ve escaped the confines of my digital studio and found myself at a cafe, this is what I draw. Fantasy, fantasy, and more fantasy. What do you all draw when you’re not focusing on deadlines and whatnot? Show me in the comments! #fantasy #creature #ttrpg #traditionalart

Hey! Will anyone be at Fan Expo in San Fransisco this weekend? I’ll be there in Artist Alley! Let me know if you’ll be around and come swing by my table A642! #conventions #fantasyart #ttrpg #creature Also, here’s a shadow hag I designed for Arcane Hound’s D&D campaign book! She’s so pretty!

Another inspired character design by Gary Laib, of which you’ll find many in the pages of our epic fantasy graphic novel, VOIDWALKER. Make sure to sign up for alerts on the launch of the crowdfunding campaign at zoop.gg/c/voidwalker

Still plenty of time to register for updates on the campaign for Voidwalker coming in January!

A few years ago I was hired by Blizzard to create some illustrations for the Book Of Lorath- a lore book for Diablo IV. Loved working with their publishing team. Wish I’d gotten to do more! Is your art in this book too? Let me know!

I just wrapped up another painting for Voidwalker. This piece will be offered as a reward for our crowdfunding campaign next January. We’d love your support! So please register at zoop.gg/c/voidwalker and get notified with updates on the campaign!

A bit different from my usual work, but earlier this year my children’s book was released! I was hired by @marblepress.bsky.social to be the illustrator for this new series by @hdtorresauthor.bsky.social . If you have seen Tractor Squad on the shelves of you local bookstore, you can find it online!