About the team

Henry Bruce (he/him) – Creator – Rupture – @henrythebruce

Henry is a Chicago-based product manager turned game designer. Henry felt he didn’t have enough time to put a Magic: The Gathering deck together, so he (incorrectly) decided it would be faster to create an entire game instead. Henry loves concerts, cycling, hockey, and traveling.

Pat Lyne (he/him) – Designer – Rupture – @paddy_lyne

Pat Lyne is a Chicago-based designer, illustrator and painter. He has over 10 years of experience across a number of industries in both Chicago and NYC, and is also a trained classical iconographer. Pat is handling everything related to visual design.

Arancia (he/him) – Artist – The Automaton – Pixiv Portfolio

Arancia is a 2D artist from Italy. His passion is drawing using traditional tools. His interests include movies, anime, manga, video games, books, music and Magic: The Gathering.

Ari Oliver (they/them) – Artist – The Monk – @tousled.bird

Ari Oliver is a freelance illustrator and painter with a focus on boardgames, fairytales and all things magical. Their main medium is watercolor and acrylic inks on paper. Based in a rural part of northern Germany, Ari grew up with lots of fantasy novels and plenty of time outdoors, which are still both huge sources of inspiration. They are self-taught and have worked on a range of board game related projects. If Ari is not painting, they can be seen wandering local ren faires or conventions with their artwork for sale.

Henry Adams (they/them) – Artist – The Floraform – @henryca23

Meet Henry Adams , a wildlife ecologist, science educator, and illustrator currently living in Chicago, Illinois, the traditional homelands of the Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi and many other Indigenous peoples. As an artist, Henry is heavily influenced by fantasy, classic scientific illustration, anime, and comic arts. In their work, Henry blends ecology, illustration, identity, and child-like wonder to tell stories of the natural world and platform social issues.

Julia Guillory (she/her) – Artist – The Boxer – @Juliavevo

Julia Guillory is a Chicago-based comic artist, illustrator, and professional slimemaker (yes, seriously.) She graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago with a focus in print-media and comic arts. Her favorite color is leopard print.

Kailyn Perry (she/her) – Artist – The Lich – @kaimperry

Kailyn Perry was born and raised in Massachusetts and received a BFA in Art History and Painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2013. She also has a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. She attended The London Summer Intensive, an artist residency at Slade School of Fine Art at University College London in 2018. Her work has been exhibited at many Chicago galleries – most recently Heaven Gallery. She currently lives and works in Chicago, where she teaches plein air oil painting classes.

Kate Summers (she/her) – Artist – The Pyromancer – @kate_summers_2

Kate Summers is a Chicago-based artist who’s been drawing for as long as she can remember. When she’s not working as a physical therapist, she’s bringing characters and other sci-fi/fantasy ideas to life. She first started sharing her drawings by creating custom character commissions for her Dungeons and Dragons club in college. She’s always excited to help fellow adventurers and nerds see their ideas come to life