ZEESHAN AHMAD Concept artist & illustrator
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Selected work

Plasma Revenant: a spectral creature coiled in blue plasma
Plasma RevenantGame2025
Sheet of creature and character designs with spiked and finned figures
Character Design SheetGame2025
Graveyard Shift: a neon diner built into a modular housing unit on a dark alien plain
Graveyard ShiftGame2026
Wraparound book cover for The Masque of the Red Death in deep reds
The Masque of the Red DeathPublishing2026
A narrow moonlit street of leaning houses, from the Lovecraft anthology
The Music of Erich Zann IPublishing2026
Dagon rising from a blood red sea, from the Lovecraft anthology
DagonPublishing2026
Tentacles coiling around a house with one lit window under a red sky
Dagon, End PagePublishing2026
Gold and black wraparound cover for The King in Yellow
The King in YellowPublishing2025
A shadowed attic room with a chair, a window and a fallen viol
The Music of Erich Zann IIPublishing2026
Wraparound cover for Through the Gates of Yomi with two robed figures and crows
Through the Gates of YomiPublishing2025
A lone figure with a torch before a carved monolith under a full moon
Dagon's MonolithPublishing2026
A glowing window in a dark wall of swirling night
The Music of Erich Zann IIIPublishing2026
A pale rider in a twisted forest
Between Shadow and LightPublishing2025
Baba Yaga and a raven over a glowing cauldron in violet light
Potion over Feather and BonesPublishing2025
A flaming tiger beside a white lamb
Tyger IPublishing2025
A tiger of fire beneath a spiralling night sky
Tyger IIPublishing2025
A tattered golden figure emerging from darkness
The King in Yellow, InteriorPublishing2025
Wraparound cover for Altar of Time with two figures under a gold moon
Altar of TimePublishing2024
Alice in a blue kimono beneath cherry blossoms and a red moon
Alice in Otherland IPublishing2025
A tea party under a red parasol among falling blossoms
Alice in Otherland IIPublishing2025
An eye carved into a teal stone amulet on a cord
Dagon Spot IllustrationsPublishing2026
A viol, torn manuscript pages and melted candles
Erich Zann Spot IllustrationsPublishing2026
A hand tracing a line on a rain streaked window
The New Yorker Cover StudyPublishing2024
Venom looming over Spider-Man clinging to a ruined wall
Bad BloodFan art2026
Skateboard deck mockup with a horned warrior in violet storm light
Sin of WrathProduct2026
Skateboard deck mockup with a winged figure in pale blue light
Virtue of LoveProduct2026
Ravager machine breakdown with labelled weapon and armour callouts
RavagerFan art2026
Slaughterspine machine breakdown with labelled component callouts
SlaughterspineFan art2026
Three ghostly ballerinas in swirling white gowns above a kneeling Dracula in a candlelit gothic hall
DraculaProduct2026
Game themed stickers: Achievement Unlocked, Respawn and Retry, a sword in a stone
Words That StickProduct2026
Wine bottle with an illustrated label of a figure in a lightning lit cave
Prophecy WineProduct2024
Oil painting of blue mountains at dusk with a small golden figure in the grass
The Marriage of FigaroProduct2025
Two figures in a dark room before a blue winter window
Quiet HoursPersonal2025
A close up of a blue eye in violet and gold light
PenancePersonal2026
A ghostly figure among empty chairs in a field of embers
Teri Yaad DehaniPersonal2026
Two figures on chairs facing a dark sea at dusk
Ek AjnabiPersonal2026
An empty chair in a dark field under a storm
Hijr Ki HawaeinPersonal2026
A close up of an eye behind glasses
Eye StudyPersonal2026
Ichigo and Orihime lying head to head in sunlit grass
No Goodbyes This TimeFan art
Ichigo slashing through a burst of orange light
Full PotentialFan art
A figure with glowing eyes beneath a burning star in a red haze
I RejectFan art
Spider-Man holding up a car in a grey, ruined city street
Great Power, Great ResponsibilityFan art

From the sketchbook

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Continuous line portrait Continuous line portrait of a bearded man Continuous line portrait in a headscarf Continuous line figure study Continuous line portrait Continuous line figure study Four continuous line portraits Reclining figure study Two dancing figures Figure beside candles Seated figure beside candles Three standing figures Two standing figures Seated woman beside candles Seated woman beside candles Creature studies Creature gesture studies Portrait construction study Head construction studies Hand studies Hand studies Planar head study Seated figure construction Standing figure construction Planar head study Torso form studies Skeleton and spine studies Figure gesture studies Figure gesture studies Figure gesture studies Gesture drawing page Anatomy study of a figure with a disc Discobolus anatomy study

About

I’m Zeeshan Ahmad, an illustrator working in moody, narrative imagery for books and editorials. My work leans into atmosphere, shadow, texture, and the quiet tension between figure and space.

I have been making illustrations professionally since 2022. My practice sits at the intersection of fantasy, folklore, and literary fiction.

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Curriculum vitae

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Experience

  • Freelance Illustrator2022 to presentVarious clients Concept and production illustration, posters, 2D assets and publication design.
  • Lead Digital Artist2023 to 2024AMBAS International Group, Pakistan Character illustrations, profile avatars, emotes and badges for gaming platforms, readable at small sizes.
  • Junior Concept Artist2022TKXEL Hotwire Studios, Pakistan Vehicle turnarounds, hard surface concepts and matte paintings for a racing simulation, working with the 3D team.

Education

  • MFA Illustration2024 to 2026Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • BFA Fine Arts, Miniature Painting2021 to 2023National College of Arts, Lahore

Exhibitions

  • AC Founders Day 22025Group show · Aitchison College, Lahore
  • Broadcast Vol. 12024Group show · O Art Space, Lahore
  • AC Founders Day 12024Group show · Aitchison College, Lahore
  • Graduate Thesis Show2024Group show · National College of Arts, Lahore
  • Yahan Se Agay2023Group show · Art Next Gallery

Skills & tools

Concept designCharacter designCreature design Environment & prop design2D illustration & paintingVisual storytelling Publication designWatercolorPhotoshopProcreate MayaUnreal Engine 5

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