This week In Focus is featuring the outstanding illustrations LeafOfSteel, aka Nina Garncarczyk.

Nina was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1981. She has been drawing since childhood, but has taken it more seriously in recent years.

Currently living in London, UK, Nina illustrates RPG corebooks as well as working for individual clients and her own projects.

Nina is also a musician and vocalist and a professional make-up artist.

She says: “As a painter, I'm constantly struggling between two basic influences: Japanese manga, and European realism. I also often experiment with techniques, combining drawing with painting.”

Links to more of Nina’s work – both her art and her music – are listed after the showcase.

We begin this feature with an image of LeafOfSteel:

LeafOfSteel

Now sit back, relax and enjoy the remarkable, stunning talent of LeafOfSteel:

Prince Nuada

Under The Mistletoe

Haji

Sara again

Agatsuma Soubi 2

Iza

Wishful Thinking

And that was my story

Sephiroth – Reunion

Burning heart

Come to me

Once there was a time of glory

Miss sheriff

Till Death Do Us Part

Gypsy Magic

Coffee for my sister

Heartbreaking

Nobody’s concept art 1

Forest Girl

Let’s join the party

Mort

A girl with a camera

Song of the moon

The hitchhiker

Winter Frost

Wolf of Chaos

Ice Eyes

Morpho

Ageha

Where to find more from LeafofSteel/Nina Garncarczyk:

On deviantart.com - *LeafOfSteel

deviantart portfolio - *LeafOfSteel

Website of Viridian - Rock band

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I would like to thank LeafOfSteel for giving her consent to showcase her illustrations.

Her music is very well worth a listen too - there are videos on the Viridian website.

If you like Nina's art and music, please leave an acknowledgement in the comments below.