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Baiye Xiao

monstra et insecta arcana

Monster designer · dark fantasy creature concept art

Archive ID OBX-0000-000 · source unknown

Salvaging unnamed beings from the seam between light and shadow.

白夜枭作品 · 血翎 Penna cruoris FRONTISPIECE · PLATE
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Penna cruoris
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Original dark creatures can be licensed for games, tabletop, covers, and media; or commissioned as a new being for your project.

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Keeper Chamber · THE KEEPER

Dark fantasy creature designer · Baiye Xiao

Concept artist and creature designer. I work in the borderland between light and shadow, salvaging unnamed beings: monsters, non-human characters, and lives that do not belong to this world.

Designing a character is more than describing its shape. It is writing the first line of myth for a world that does not exist, from bone structure to the faint light inside the eye.

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Baiye Xiao · portrait
THE ABYSS FLOOR

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Susurri ex abysso — Whispers from the abyss