Matt Stawicki's Oil Painting of my character (w/Caldwell, Elmore, and Kip the Bold)

Ferret:

The Caldwell piece was not free. I think from here on out I'm going to withhold the costs of these and future art, though I did post the price of the Caldwell piece on another thread if you want to dig it up.

To continue Piratecat's theme of putting the quality of the professional artists into perspective, here is a picture I drew of Elijayess quite a few years ago. It depicts him as a low-level Kagonesti barbarian, before he travelled the world and acquired new skills and equipment. Scoring an even 18/00 on the strength score, this first Elijayess was still too bulky compared to the way I envisioned him in my mind. He was still an elf, albeit a wild one, and I pictured him leaner, as he would later be depicted by the professionals. But that's what you get when you use a picture of Rikus as your model.

It was also the picture I showed to Larry Elmore when I first described the character. Elmore's drawing is based off of this rendition.

Kai Lord said:

Hey you know what they say, satire is the sincerest form of...well, something. I don't know what's funnier, the humor of your rendition or the fact that I can actually recognize it as Elijayess.


You mean real artists like...




WAR?

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Very cool. If WAR stands for what I think it stands for Very cool indeed. I'd be thrilled and honored to be included in any list containing names such as those, for any potential future portraits you might be planning, Kai Lord Would you consider my portfolio of work towards that end? Links and contact info below.


Thanks on behalf of all artists for your very apprecaited patronage of the the Rpg Arts.


Eric Lofgren

Very nice work, Eric. I particularly like the dynamic comic book style look of your black and whites. The "Elf Warrior" piece on your site is probably my favorite (I wonder why .) I've got a number of pretty big projects lined up for Elijayess throughout the remainder of the year but you just might be hearing from me in the near future.

EDIT: And yes WAR stands for what you think it does.

Kai Lord said:

Very nice work, Eric. I particularly like the dynamic comic book style look of your black and whites. The "Elf Warrior" piece on your site is probably my favorite (I wonder why .) I've got a number of pretty big projects lined up for Elijayess throughout the remainder of the year but you just might be hearing from me in the near future.

EDIT: And yes WAR stands for what you think it does.

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Thank you very much for that. And I very much look forward to hearing from you when circumstances allow



Eric

Matt Stawicki's Piece

It's truly awesome, to have a painting like this of your character.

Can't wait to see the new images.

The Caldwell peice is so crisp and the chick in the background doesn't detract to much from your character....well not to much.

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Alan McFarlane said:

The Caldwell peice is so crisp and the chick in the background doesn't detract to much from your character....well not to much.

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Detract or distract?

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Alan McFarlane said:

It's truly awesome, to have a painting like this of your character.

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What's amazing is the digital pic doesn't even do justice to the original. The original is much more crisp and clear, you can clearly see significantly more detail than what appears here. Also, the colors don't quite match exactly.

I described Elijayess cloak as being blood red in color, and that is indeed the way Matt painted it. Here its a little brighter, as is his skin. His arrow fletching is kind of yellowish where here they look white.

Its just incredible, its like looking through a window into the world of Krynn.

Alan McFarlane said:

Can't wait to see the new images.

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Me neither.