Art vs Artist

Anna Jäger-Hauer

✨ Fantasy Art • Traditional Art • RPG Illustration • Cover Art • Tolkien Art • Digital Illustration
A little early year-in-review post – but 2025 has been such a wild, exciting and versatile year for me as an artist that I wanted to share a few highlights today.
This year was full of challenges, new worlds, new characters and so many different illustration styles – and I loved every single part of it. I really enjoy switching between traditional paintings, digital cover art, dark fantasy atmospheres, RPG illustrations and all the creative tasks that different publishers trust me with. I guess I’m simply up for (almost) anything when it comes to art.
I’m incredibly grateful for all the exciting projects I got to work on in 2025 – released and unreleased – and for all the amazing people I’ve met along the way. My traditional art journey continued as well, with exhibitions, conventions and so many warm encounters with people who love fantasy just as much as I do.
Being able to support myself and my family with the passion I’ve loved for more than 20 years still feels unbelievable sometimes. Thank you all for being part of this journey.
And with the year slowly coming to an end, I’m already curious and excited about what 2026 will bring – new worlds, new challenges, new adventures.