James Ng's Chinese steampunk

The award-winning 'Night Patrol'.

Click thumbnail to go to image on artist's site.

The award-winning 'Imperial Airship'.

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Check out more of the series on James Ng's web site.

One reason that this blog hasn't featured many East Asian characters yet is because East Asians aren't exactly under-represented in fantasy art, IMHO.

WotC art from Todd Lockwood

Lava Mage

Hellfire Dragon

Challenges

Daughter of the Drow

Heather Hudson's Darba

'Darba' refers to the bird, not the human character, in the illustration. (In the world of "Magic the Gathering", there is an Africa-like supercontinent named Jamuraa.)

Donato Giancola's Agrus Kos wallpaper

Agrus Kos is an investigator from Ravnica: City of Guilds

Click thumbnail to go to Agrus Kos wallpaper wizards.com.

Click here to see Giancola's sketch and final art on wizards.com.

Jason Chan's Koth of the Hammer

Koth wallpaper on wizards.com. (Koth is a MTG character)

Hala Wittwer's "The Winged Cat"

Cover illustration for The Winged Cat: And Other Tales of Ancient Civilizations:

Click thumbnail to view larger image on artist's site. This illustration appeared in Spectrum 10: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.

Carl Angel's "Children of Bathala"

Children of Bathala is a series of paintings by illustrator Carl Angel, depicting the mythology of the Philippines.