Hand-painted craft. 200+ stories.

Design Vortex opened in 2024 after a friend asked us to paint her D&D character. She cried when she saw it. So did we. That single commission became a side project, then a working studio — and the rule that started it stayed: every brushstroke, by hand.

Two years in, we take a fixed number of commissions each month — just enough to give every piece the time and care it deserves, not so many that quality slips. Over 200 painted characters later, the discipline still holds.

We don't use AI. We don't outsource. We don't trace. Every brushstroke on every piece comes from a human looking carefully at your reference, your description, and the character you've spent years inhabiting.