Critical Role again. Yes, Liam always gets me with his characters, this time his halfling fighter Orym from campaign three. He's basically a three-foot tragic snugglefest, and I love him.
... 2022-05-11 09:57:08 +0000 UTC View Post*deep breath* Yep, it's true.
Here's the deal:
Three slots for starters, Patrons only. Portrait of a character I know, bust only, A5 size, in coloured pencil. Fuzzy ...
2022-05-10 16:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post
First attempt at a full scene with coloured pencil (and some watercolour wash for the background). This is about the extent of detail and small-ness I can do, but hey, it's a lot better than I thou...
2022-05-09 19:32:36 +0000 UTC View Post
In the stream (didn't make it into the animated series, unfortunately), Vax often braids his sister's hair. Usually, when she's pissed off. Usually, at him. =D
Vex and Vax from Critical...
2022-05-07 08:27:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Little end-of-April sibling heartbreak. If you've ever lost someone close, here's heartfelt hugs. If you haven’t, tell them you love them every once in a while, just in case there’s no chance f...
2022-04-28 20:21:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Gods, I'm loving these two. Images, characters, and voice actors.
2022-04-26 18:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Almost four years to the day since I last saw my brother alive. Doing Vex&Vax heartbreak sketches. Yes, it's brilliant therapy. <3
Sketched from screenshots of actors Li...
2022-04-25 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I love this guy so much. Last session (which finally happened after being postponed for two months) he found out who his mother is, so there will probably be more art to come. He's relieved to find...
2022-04-22 07:03:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I felt like redoing the Jax portrait I did in Procreate just before discovering Polychromos.
I find it utterly weird how detailed I can go with coloured pencils without half-trying, and...
2022-04-21 15:37:07 +0000 UTC View Post
... I explain it all in his backstory, honest. =D
The character I currently play in a little D&D campaign with my daughter, run by my husband. Finnan holds the title of fastest death EV...
Critical Role, Episode 42: "Dangerous Dealings"
LIAM (Vax): As the sun goes down? It's been down and everyone's going to their rooms? I go to Keyleth's door and knock on it.
MARIS...
2022-04-07 17:28:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm so frigging happy with this. And with how well it scanned! It was just a breeze to scan and post-work, much easier than watercolour, even with all the practice I have. The background is the "Sh...
2022-04-05 09:09:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Coloured pencils, you guys, coloured pencils.
I'll be back tomorrow with a proper scan and answering your questions on the last post, BUT. COLOURED PENCILS, YOU GUYS. 2022-04-04 20:37:11 +0000 UTC View Post
It was time for a portrait of Vax I was actually happy with! I immediately went to the "doomed elf boi" look I seem to use for Finrod a lot. It suits him, particularly in later episodes. And well, ...
2022-04-04 15:07:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, I'd forgotten how easy it is in coloured pencil to do subtle stuff! Like lines around the eyes and such. When doing larger portraits in watercolour, I always put them in there but the...
2022-04-02 05:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
After leaving guinea pig status to Yavanna (watercolour pencils) and Caduceus (quasi-Prismacolor), Maedhros is, of course, up next. Interestingly, coloured pencil was the first medium I ever did a ...
2022-04-01 15:06:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Easing further into coloured pencils! I bought a nice set of Prismacolor-like ones (from Castle Art) that are really fine, and I've discovered that I own a coloured pencil blender, so that's where ...
2022-03-30 16:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I gosh, it's been twenty-five years since I last seriously used coloured pencils! How do you even mix colour?? I think I managed fine.
Spring, coloured pencils on toned paper, A3 size. (It do...
2022-03-26 13:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Drew this in Procreate today, should be big enough to print it on laaaarge paper and colour it traditionally! <3 I was gifted a few watercolour tubes last week, which are so pretty... it's anoth...
2022-03-23 18:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post
A very quick piece of my new D&D character, Gnome Fighter Farryn Boontwiddle. I play him in the campaign I'm running as the DM. It's been customary in our rounds since forever that the DM has a...
2022-03-22 18:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Since a lot of people have been asking me recently, I've put up a promo code for Inprnt! I'm sorry I can't do permanent codes for Patrons, but here's one that's valid until the 29th of March! ...
2022-03-22 14:08:42 +0000 UTC View Post
... I did say it was HUGE, right?!!!
Yes, that is the one. The official Tolkien Calendar 2023.
I. Am. So. Chuffed. Pretty much a life's dream come true.
2022-03-19 15:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
When the Sorcerer pisses off the Bard, hilarity ensues. Gnome Bard Scanlan has turned Sorcerer Tiberius into a rat, and Vax'ildan, as usual, is unable to pass by a furry animal without scritching i...
2022-03-15 17:32:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s been a while since I used so many different colours in one piece! I honestly didn’t plan for him to look like Jax, it just sort of happened. 😅
2022-03-12 21:17:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Edited version: Now plus lineart (I love it SO MUCH!), and a closeup of the lines. I have a new "inking" tool in Procreate that I really love. I don't like inking with smooth tools, this one lends ...
2022-03-11 09:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post
My eyesight took another blow last week, and I'm close to getting a diagnosis which is not encouraging, so I went in a different direction - I ordered a bunch of pastels, oil pastels, and coloured ...
2022-03-10 07:52:52 +0000 UTC View Post
My Tiefling character (now level 5 Rogue/level 2 Ranger/level 1 Sorcerer. The Sorcerer serves absolutely no purpose other than being able to cast really pitiful illusions). I just love thi...
2022-02-24 22:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The Raven Queen comes to claim Vax'ildan.
Here's the transcript from the RPG session* in which this happens:
LIAM (who plays Vax): I look to the Raven Queen and as I walk clo...
2022-02-23 13:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I think my muse was waiting for Critical Role to happen. =)
Now I need to rest my eyes a bit! ... and there's a lot of school work this week too, unfortunately.
2022-02-21 13:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, I know - a month of radio silence and then art on two days! Let's all not get too used to it. =D
The incredible finale of the first campaign of Critical Role. The Raven Queen comes to ta...
2022-02-19 23:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post