That was fast! And frickin' awesome! I love, love, LOVE those werebears. In fact, the second one is perfect!
Thanks Finster, you rock!
I'm sure people have said it before, but it needs repeating: Thanks to every artist who is contributing their spare time to this thread. I think the results are killer.
Awesome Werebear! I'm going to see if I can strike while the iron's hot and request your take on my guy:
Elijayess Moonshadow, Wild Elf Barbarian Archer
Elijayess is a rugged wild elf, though not as feral looking as some members of his race, due to years away from the harsh forests of his homeland. The strongest elf who ever lived, Elijayess is still lean and lithe. His rock-hard muscles look carved out of marble, but his elven heritage prevents him from being overly bulky. His nearly waist length black hair is fine and straight like that of a Native American, but he keeps it pulled back in a thick single braid. His long bangs would cover his eyes if he didn’t keep them swept to one side. His skin is dark.
His signature weapon is his mighty longbow. At first glance it appears crude for an elven weapon, not delicate and artistic but massive in its destructive capabilities. Few men alive possess the strength to draw the string to their ear, fewer still can string it. Countless men and beasts have been felled by the deadly bow of Elijayess.
His other weapons include an enchanted bastard sword inlaid with a slim mural of reptilian beasts along the middle of the blade (the sword possesses special enchantments against reptilian foes), and a dagger is sheathed on the outside of each of his shins, their handles protruding from his leather boots.
He wears form fitting buckskin pants and sleeveless leather armor on his torso, accentuating his muscular bare arms. A blood-red hooded cloak adorns his shoulders, and a quiver full of black feathered arrows is strapped across his back, over the cloak. His bastard sword hangs in a scabbard at his side and he wears a gold amulet around his neck.
Thank you for your consideration.
__________________ God is the Lord, of angels, and of men--and of elves.
Finster, those are AMAZING pictures! Would you be so kind as to draw a portrait for me please? I want to turn the other players green with envy
Eodwin, Male Dwarf Rogue 2/Transmuter 5 (Arcane Trickster next level.. woot!)
Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 20, Wis 10, Cha 13
At first glance, Ed is a strange sight: a squat dwarf (4' 2", 160 lbs) with a short, singed reddish-brown beard and eyebrows. He always seems to exude an odour of burning things. He has deep-set, dark grey eyes that constantly probe his environment.
He wears baggy pantaloons with broad russet and white vertical stripes, held up at the waist by a sturdy black leather belt. A tiny hand crossbow dangles from one hip with a spell component pouch opposite. A white shirt is laced up to the base of his throat, and dark chest hairs protrude from whatever openings they find. True to dwarven fashion, he wears sensible heavy black boots.
A bandoleer crosses his chest from left shoulder to right hip, bearing a punching dagger, thieves' tools, a few crossbow bolts, and a small wooden block with a carving knife. Ed is a sculptor first and foremost, and leaves little wooden sculptures wherever he goes. If he is too busy to work with good stone, at least he can keep his extremely deft hands occupied whittling. He carries the rest of his equipment in a canvas backpack.
His familiar is Poe, a morose crow that speaks to him in an ancient extinct language (and is fairly bitter that Eodwin chose not to give him a language with more versatility in this day and age!). On the off chance that he makes a good find, Eodwin brings a donkey with saddlebags with him everywhere. The intractable beast's stubbornness has earned him the name Dumbass.
Ed loves adventuring, and is always on the lookout for rumours of treasure, ancient ruins (he's a student of of both architecture and history), and sculptures to study. He's also not above lifting the occasional pouch if he's having a hard time making ends meet.
Blarg,
O.K. but this is the last one for a while. Doing these is really fun, but RL calls and I have some illustrations to do for a couple clients (they over react when you're late). I'll leave the finished drawing here tomorrow.
Finster
While my old request for Shojin (fox hybrid samurai) stands I thought I might do my players a favor and request they're characters portraits.
Alisia Glistenstar: 5'6 human female cleric of Bahamut, carries a flaming sword and wears full plate (no helm), made of red dragon scales, think cheerleader type, actually a good fighter and the groups leader...
Eaeelil: human monk, pretty normal average oriental "traveling" monk. Albiet more heavily muscled then most (think WWE build instead of Bruce Lee)
Racquealea: Elf Female druid with her wolf companion, wields a scimatar and is VERY temptastious... (and a bit of a slut but don't tell her I said that)
Rowen: Human female rogue, trained as both a pleasure slave and an assassian (not a leveled one of course), she escaped her masters, her body shows her traing well, ie, she is is kickass shape, and wears lotsa leather...
Yanarn Dwarf Male Ftr: definitly the typical gnarled dwarf, large axe, platemail type... think gimli on steriods
Irrim: human male(we think), Wizard: the groups wizard is in general dressed in a dark blue, almost black, with his pendant he uses for a crystal focus about the neck, spellbook tied to the waistpack, and cat famialr at his feet.
Johan: this DMPC is a human bard, mid 20's with brown hair and eyes, and a demenor oldimarra himself could not find dashing (HIGH cha)
A thank you in advance to anyone who might find these characters interesting enough to draw...
Sincerely
Elvnsword
PS I do watch this thread so if you need clarification please just post and I will do my best to post a reply asap, thanks agian.
Elvnsword
__________________ And it was that the Goddess sent down a Blade to defend her people, that they might hold back the Incursion.
When (Evil) Players Attack, get the Great Wyrm Golds... ::WEG::
Kai Lord, Babette, I'm glad you liked the Dwarf follower of Kord. Your opinions mean a lot to me. Very flattering.
Anyways, I'm finally finished with Zanatose Everhate! Sorry for making you wait SOOOOO long King of Chaos. I don't think at this point anything I do can live up to the length you had to wait for this puppy. But I hope you like it anyways. I posted it on the public gallery. But I kinda messed up a bit. I think the image is too large. Its not meant to be viewed that close! Now you guys can see the imperfections in all their glory! I didn't have time to paint this one up, so my apologies if the coloring is a bit blocky, cartoony, sort of comic-book-esque. Yeah, yeah, yeah...I'm full of excuses I know.
I hope King of Chaos doesn't mind a few artistic tweaks I had to change from the original description. I wasn't able to but the floating runes on his head. When I did, it looked odd from a distant and didn't "read" properly to the eye. If I was doing a head and shoulders shot of Zan instead of a full body shot, then I could've included those runes in there. The screaming faces was another thing I had to change too. They are now more like shadowy patches on the surface of his robe...maybe even like stains that animate and move. I really couldn't pull off the actual folds and wrinkles making the faces. For that, I'd have to render it like a painting (too much time) or construct in 3D as if I was going to use it for a movie. Which I don't know how to do.
I must say it was a really complex character. Lots of decorative parts. Some I had to leave out for simplicity sake or for the sake of the composition. Hope you don't mind too much.
Is there a way to edit the picture I put up? Can I replace it with a smaller version?
I've attatched a smaller viewable version to this post as well. Oh...I almost forgot to ask....after drawing this guy, you gotta tell me King of Chaos....is this a PC or an NPC? If its your PC, I guess its a pretty epic level game! This guy is so over the top.
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That is awesome! ^_^ I knew it would be worth the wait when I saw your style of art and the picture could even be a snapshot taken during the Seige of Skull Gorge, when Zanatose destroyed the main temple of his rival, Velsharoon, and stole his power.
As far as being a PC or an NPC, he's been both. I played him for 15 years before finally retiring him to NPC status. All that you see of him now is what he gained just before he became a permanent fixture in my version of the Forgotten Realms as the new god of undead and necromancy. He started as a lowly 1st level elven fighter in 2E and I managed to keep him alive until he became the arcane powder keg displayed so artfully in the picture above. ^_^
This character has seen action in more than 60 seperate adventures. I thought he finally deserved the 'perfection' he had always been striving for. That and he was much too powerful to continue playing
Don't worry about the comic-book type of artwork. In fact, I prefer my RPG art to look like its straight from a comic book anyway ^_^ I do believe Zan could give any of those Marvel villains a run for their money, don't you?
Chain, maybe you should e-mail me? I wouldn't mind hiring you for some of the art for our books.
__________________ Shawn "KingOfChaos" Muder
Fire Controlman 3rd Class, United States Navy
Founder, Realms of Evil Games and the Realms of Evil Network
But I kinda messed up a bit. I think the image is too large. Its not meant to be viewed that close! Now you guys can see the imperfections in all their glory! I didn't have time to paint this one up, so my apologies if the coloring is a bit blocky, cartoony, sort of comic-book-esque. Yeah, yeah, yeah...I'm full of excuses I know.
Chain, you're being modest. That picture is very well done. I'd kill for a color image that well done for several of my key PCs/NPCs for World of Kulan.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers!
KF72
__________________ Robert Blezard I write; therefore, I am!
D&D v.3.5, d20 Modern, OSRIC, Pathfinder, True20... OGL Forever! Walk the Road
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That's an awesome, awesome picture. Great job!
__________________ Hundreds of tons of armor and guns
Making its way through the sand
Our warjack battalion is back for revenge
Artillery sweeping the land!
First strike is ours, no mercy is shown
There's rivers of blood in our track
Breaking their ranks of defense with our 'jacks
Infantry watching our backs!
I will be posting art descriptions for Zanatose's arch enemy and creation, Hannible, in here as well and hope that someone does his picture as well as Chain did Zan's ^_^. He's also a pretty complicated character, so there will be plenty of time to finish it.
__________________ Shawn "KingOfChaos" Muder
Fire Controlman 3rd Class, United States Navy
Founder, Realms of Evil Games and the Realms of Evil Network
Welby Tallfellow
Halfling Cleric
Long Black Hair, tied in a ponytail.
Brown Eyes.
No tattoos or disfigurements.
Dark Green Travel Cloak.
Halfling Plate Mail.
Two Whips. One on each side.
Wolfen by him (crossbreed between wolf and dog).
Light Crossbow on back.
Pipe in mouth.
Holy Symbol of St. Cuthbert on neck.
Signal whistle on neck
(if in a resting period) looking at various holy symbols. They are his collection items.
Hope you Like iT..
Cya
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