About

Hi! I’m Alena, a freelance illustrator from Prague, Czech Republic, with a soft spot for both darker and silly. ☕️🎨

I love solving creative problems, coming up with ideas and bringing them to life, whether they’re interesting characters, creatures or something else. I work mainly on illustrations for card and board games and book covers, but also do other types of commissions, like TTRPG art, character portraits and such.

What I do

Sometimes I’m painting a standalone illustration, sometimes a series, sometimes designing a full book cover, or working on an entire game (illustrating the game box and cards, designing layouts and icons, creating additional graphics). Either way, I’m always happy for the variety of commissions and projects that come my way.

Other interests

Books, chess, HS, music, and a lot of coffee.♡ Also art itself – the process of creating, trying new things, constantly learning, for both fun and practice.

More of my work:

Illustrations for card and board games ▾

  • The Last in the Woods (upcoming, designers: Karla & Michal Trnka) – box cover, card art and layouts, tokens, additional graphics
  • Stuffed Tussle (2025, designer: Štěpán Štefaník) – box cover, card art and layouts, additional graphics
  • Sherlock Solitaire (2024, Wise Wizard Games, designer: Peter Scholtz) – 4 character illustrations
  • Dračí strážce (2023, Albi, Red Cat Games) – box cover art and card art, characters, tokens, boards
  • Starship Captains (2022, Czech Games Edition) – 10 illustrations for tech and omega tech cards
  • Kdovíkdo (2022, Albi) – 10 illustrations for hint cards
  • Duel Arcanum – warrior vs wizard (2021, designer: Pavel Šedý) – box cover, 60+ card illustrations
  • Sorcerer (2019, Wise Wizard Games, designer: Peter Scholtz) – 30+ illustrations of characters and creatures, sorceries, and items
  • Timeline: Česko (2018, Asmodee, REXhry) – 110 card illustrations (all sorts of historical events)
  • Timeline: Slovensko (2018, Asmodee, iHRYsko) – 110 card illustrations (all sorts of historical events)
  • Nádejný scenár (2017, MindOK, Love Letter variant) – 8 illustrations of characters
  • RONE – Races of New Era (2015, REXhry, designer: Štěpán Štefaník) – 4 illustrations of units and tactics
  • House of Spirits (2010, Lock ‘n Load Publishing, designer: Mark Thomas) – 4 card illustrations

See game illustrations >

Book covers and illustrations ▾

  • illustrations for Dobré záložky by Czech bookstore Knihy Dobrovský (2025-2026)
  • item illustrations for Book of Artifacts (2025, Dračí Hlídka)
  • book covers for Gabriel Knox Gamebook series (2016-2025) by Jiří Mikulík
  • Machair – Parťáci (2025, Pointa, Miroslav Zíma) – book cover and character portraits
  • Zápisník hlídkaře (2023, Dračí Hlídka) – notebook cover
  • Pláč němého boha – Volume 1 & Volume 2 (2023, Laser, Tereza Matoušková) – book covers
  • Jiný kraj (2023, Golden Dog, editors: Tereza Matoušková & Tereza Kadečková) – cover illustration
  • G2R: Tajemná hra (2022, Czech News Center, Zdeněk Ležák) – cover illustration and interior illustrations
  • monster illustrations for Monster Book (2021, Dračí Hlídka)
  • book covers and interior illustrations for chess books by David Kaňovský
  • e-book covers for Municipal Library of Prague
  • and more

See book illustrations >
See TTRPG art >