Naila Jakovic

BFA Illustration

A pale, long haired vampire woman with red eyes looking over her shoulder at the viewer on a balcony overlooking her royal palace garden grounds in the moonlight.

Naila Jakovic

A core illustration of the main character in my Divine Vows of the Damned series, Blanche Athanasia, is of her overlooking the grounds of her royal palace in the moonlight. Regal, ethereal, and untouchable, Blanche draws the viewer in with her red-eyed gaze, inviting them to relish in the land before them that all belongs to her. How lucky you are to be in her presence. Divine Vows of the Damned is a supernatural, low-fantasy drama with horror elements. It follows two prideful vampires, an arranged marriage, nine children, and the sins that corrode their household from within. This deeply personal series highlights strong, nuanced female characters and showcases my skills in narrative development, character design, and authentic storytelling.

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A reference sheet for a tall, long haired vampire woman with primarily white colors and red dresses named Blanche Athanasia

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Reference sheet and character design for Blanche Athanasia.

A reference sheet for a tall, aged, patriarchal vampire man with primarily blue colors named Romano Valentino.

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Reference sheet and character design for Blanche's husband, Romano Valentino.

An illustration of a vampire mother walking her daughter up a royal staircase while holding a candle, illuminated by the moon through the window.

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Blanche Athanasia walking her firstborn child - Medora Valentino-Athanasia - up the stairs during the night.

A character design sheet of a fantasy, sunflower-themed nymph woman with short hair and a magical sunflower sword.

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The protagonist for my game project, The Withering Grove made in 2023. The Withering Grove is a high fantasy game set in a fantasy forest world, following the protagonist, a sunflower nymph. Along with her, I also designed the antagonist, a prior nymph taken over by the manifestation of rot, and a wildcard character, the naiad lady of the lake.

A character design sheet of a fantasy, rot-themed antagonist woman with elements of decay, a skeletal arm, a magical corpse flower sword.

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The antagonist for The Withering Grove.

A character design sheet of a fantasy, giant naiad woman with a tadpole-like mermaid lower half, a large lily pad sunhat, and a magical lotus.

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The wildcard for The Withering Grove.

A book cover-style illustration for the novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle with a unicorn, unicorn-humanoid woman, and a red bull.

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A sequential book cover illustration imagining the story of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.

A collection of tarot cards of a variety of different fantasy species, mostly women, arranged together. In order: a purple tiefling woman as the hanged man, a pink succubus woman as the world, a ginger elf woman as the sun, a black haired elf man as the moon, a light blue-purple drow woman as the high priestess.

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A collection of Tarot cards I designed using my own Dungeons and Dragons characters for a project about female fantasy creators, past and present. It was important to me because of the research I conducted alongside it and because the cards relate to the characters and the overarching message of female fantasy creators as a whole.

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A sprite demonstration for the dating simulator game I created called "A Bite to Remember". Taking place in the Divine Vows of the Damned universe, the player is an unsuspecting human who believes this vampire ball is an elaborate Halloween party. Upon realizing that these are real vampires, you must take refuge with one of the three vampires around you... and perhaps woo them in the meantime.

Naila Jakovic

BFA Illustration

Hello, I'm Naila Jakovic! I am an LA-based biracial visual development artist specializing in narrative illustration and character design. I create story-rich, engaging, and emotionally resonant illustrative art for a variety of entertainment clients. I’m specifically interested in filling a female-centric fantasy art and vampire story niche.

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