Ever had a piece of art inspire a character?

[Sound of Azure]

I would say it's my most common means of character inspiration.

My next fighter

Yep, Saladin is bad a-, er, pretty cool . I like the stuff from War of Genesis, too. I based a PC off of Demian von Prios.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I can't get the pic to paste, but here's a link. This inspired my fave character of all time, an antipaladin I played for years.

http://991.com/newgallery/WASP-The-Last-Command-350810.jpg

 

[Nyaricus]

Yep, Saladin is bad a-, er, pretty cool . I like the stuff from War of Genesis, too. I based a PC off of Demian von Prios.

Okay, seriously, new favourite site of the week

cheers,
--N

 

[Drawmack]

The university I attended had this sculpture on campus. It was supposed to be a replica of stonehedge (sp), but it wasn't. What it looked more like was stones strategically places and various heights and spaces. Everytime I look at this thing I can see a rogue tumbling around on the rocks for practice. So I created and played that rogue in a game. My character inspirations usually come from books or tv.

My next campaign features an investigator (homebrew class based on a rogue/bard combination but not a fighter) based on Monk.

 

[Klaus]

Oh, that's another goodie (love WAR)

Klaus has a hosted site here on EN World, and is a fantastic artist, if I may say so.

Here's the half-orc monk I was talking about:

cheers,
--N

Thanks, Nyaricus.

Someone at WotC agrees with you: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/foe_gallery/99897.jpg

 

[Nyaricus]

Thanks, Nyaricus.

Someone at WotC agrees with you: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/foe_gallery/99897.jpg

Neat! What book is that one from?

cheers,
--N

 

[Mark CMG]

I had a bard with both eyes on the same side of her face inspired by a Picasso's style.




http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html

 

[Vanye]

I created a druid character inspired by this Elmore picture.

Now, if I could only find a good b&w wolf picture, roughly to scale, that I could then begin to photoshop...

 

[Seeten]

How about this one?

I get bonus points for it being a Pirate.

 

[sniffles]

My fiancee is currently playing a character inspired by the image Seeten is using as an avatar.

I'm often inspired by artwork, but for characters I tend to be inspired by miniatures. I got tired of trying to find the perfect mini for my character, and instead decided to let the mini come first and build the characters to suit.

I have an awful lot of of characters in cases at home waiting for opportunities to come out and play.