Artist Guests of Honor – Paul & Michael Bielaczyc

Paul Bielaczyc
Paul Bielaczyc

Paul has been working as a professional artist for over 2 decades. During that time he won the prestigious Chesley Award in 2006 for his charcoal drawing, Nightmare, and Paul was also one of a select few officially licensed Wheel of Time artists. His WoT work was featured in the Wheel of Time Companion along with countless t-shirt designs for Ta’veren Tees. His work has also been featured in various role-playing systems, including White Wolf, DragonLance, and Sagaborn.

In addition to his art, Paul owns and operates Aradani Studios along with his brother Michael and sister Sara. Aradani is known the world over for their fantastical elf ears and other whimsical costumes, horns, and geeky oddities.


Michael Bielaczyc
Michael Bielaczyc

Michael Bielaczyc has been working professionally in the art field since 2001 when he founded Aradani Studios with his brother Paul. Together they have exhibited across America selling both their artwork and costuming. He works in many mediums from oil paint to latex prosthetics, video to graphite.

In 2012, Michael started Lone Wanderer Entertainment with his long time friend Dane Clark Collins to publish books based in their dark fantasy world – Atheles. Since then he has authored 4 books and created the SagaBorn RPG system.