Aslan He Ain't

Yea, so, skipping past the apologetic bullshit about not posting in forever, here's a couple new pieces I whipped up recently. Nothing ultra fancy. First one's a villain from my Pathfinder campaign I'm running, and the second is a character from a story I've had on the back burner since time immemorial. 

Zennisar Towerbound

A new DnD campaign image. This is Zennisar, a demon who has been enslaved to guard it's own heart and brain, both torn out and crystallized to be used as scrying orbs by the Divine Emperor Soloten, illustrious ruler of the Ulti Vas Imperium.

Telaz Kingstar

It's no secret that I love tieflings, ever since I first stumbled across their monster entry in the Planescape Monstrous Compendium Apendix. Since second edition, they have evolved into one of the standard player races in 4th edition, although I can't say I care too much for the direction their art style has taken. Regardless, Telaz Kingstar here is at tiefling NPC in my campaign, a performer and merchant.

Daggermouth and Sil Elathrohan

Two more sketches since last night. I haven't felt this motivated in a very long time. Always a good feeling. The first is Daggermouth, a volcanic island in my DnD campaign, the second is Sil Elathrohan, an elven npc for my campaign. I based her off the Swedish supermodel Mini Anden.

Janessa Dawnstriker and Dominion Soldier

More NPCs for my DnD campaign. Janessa Dawnstriker, legendary eladrin heroine, and a Kaldarin Dominion footsoldier.

Kalan Boatfist and Map

Well, daily sketches at work have kind of become... less daily. However, here are a couple items for my DnD campaign.

Kalan Boatfist, of the Ironcove Boatfist clan. Merchant extraordinaire and self-proclaimed king of the four High Seas of Tyrn.

Also, below is Tyrn, the world in which my DnD campaign exists.

"Daily Sketches"

Had a very weird week. Only got one daily sketch in. Should have more next week.

Keywords: Conflict with a god, steampunk, frog

Dolomen

This is a creature for my DnD game. Ever since I learned I had a kind of mild trypophobia, I've been adding a lot more asymmetrical eyes and gaping pores to things.

Lunch Break Sketches

So recently, some coworkers and I have started doing thirty minute sketches on our lunch break. A topic is chosen using the Distraction Beast site. Three keywords are generated and we go from there. Here are some of the results from the past week or so:

Keywords: Renaissance, Freighter, Abduction

Keywords: Conviction, Voodoo, Samurai

Keywords: Wild West, Alien, Odd Couple

Keywords: Warning, Tim Burton-ish, Warehouse

Keywords: Disaster, Undead, Windmill

DnD NPC Portraits

Long time, no sketch. Below are some portraits for NPC's in the AD&D game I'm running.

Ashes of Hemna

The Ashes of Hemna is a mercenary guild that has its roots in ancient kayeni history. All its members have the distinctive coal-black tattoo blanketing their face (upon which their tribal tattoos are typically overlaid), and shockingly bright hair colors. Because of this, they earned the rather derogatory nickname "cinderheads". Most of the Ashes of Hemna are simply guns for hire these days, rather than anything resembling the revered assassins of old.

Ifgrid and Py are two such members of the Ashes: simply bounty hunters and fortune seekers.

Animus Yonder

And here's a teaser for the comic.

The Portal

This is me shooting myself in the foot. I'm really happy with the way this concept turned out, but I'm going to resent myself for setting the bar this high for all my future space-chitecture. Anyway, this this is the earth-side "folding" gate that bridges to the space station Nexus.

Ataraxi - Concepting

Finally got some good concepting time in on the ataraxi. The sketch of Nolnevus on the right is pretty much the final design for the ataraxi. Then ended up looking a little more draconic than I'd originally envisioned, but I like the direction they took.

Voren

Been playing around with some ideas for one of Nexus' protagonists/antiheroes, Voren. This is the closest I've come to settling on a design I like.

Berserk

Jordan initiating operational procedure "bring the noise".



Or maybe he's just really serious about prancing.

Oratos

Blah. Just some real rough sketches tonight. The creature featured on the left is a member of the species oratos (ohr-AY-tahss). These guys have mutated a good deal since my original design. They were originally intended to be a sort of elegant, haughty bipedal race. They were supposed to sort of resemble the Kamino cloners from Star Wars, Episode II. However, as I developed the plot, the look just didn't fit, and all my races were sort of becoming a little too similar in appearance, which would have just been boring and confusing. So, I've been retooling appearances, and I decided to push the oratos toward something a little freakier looking. I picture these guys moving/behaving a lot like the Geth creepers from Mass Effect.

The smug looking guy on the right is Wolfgang, one of the protagonists from Nexus, and a loveably arrogant smartass.

Rise and Shine

Just another random sketch of Tessida for your enjoyment. I must've yawned 20-30 times while sketching this thing. Damn mimetics.

Gesture Drawings - Combat

Full body dynamic poses have always been one of my (many) weaknesses when it comes to drawing. As such, I spent a little time today knocking out some combat type poses from various references.

Sedune

Sedune is a kayeni, much like Tessida. One of the interesting items of note about kayeni is that they possess an epidermal layer just below their very thin melanin layer that is highly reactive to adrenaline, seratonin, and various endorphins. In a nutshell, kayeni skin color changes with their mood. Sedune is an activist singer/beat poet, and when she gets fired up while reciting her poems or singing, her skin undergoes impressive hue shifts. To enhance the effect for her audience, she has gotten geometric designs tattooed across her entire body to mask and accentuate the changes. The result ends up being a scintillating kaleidoscope effect dancing across her skin.

On a technical note, this image demonstrates why I really should have taken a color theory course at some point. Also, sticking to a particular style likely would have been helpful.