Girl, and Dragon.

I originally wanted this as a straight-on profile of the both of them looking at each other, but, the difference in their sizes made that more than a little difficult, so I decided to have them sizing each other up over the garden wall instead.

I’m mostly happy with this. It looks a bit more manga than I intended it to, and the garden looks a little sparse, but, it’s basically there.

Watermarked, because it’s coursework.

Kroe, and Nailo… and a shadow monster.

I guess they failed their spot check.

I mostly like this. Kroe and Nailo were definitely worth the very long time it took me to get their line arts right and get the colouring right and such. The shadow monster looks… awful. I’m really not happy with it. D:

Well, I should explain what this pic is about no? Basically, Nailo is my first D&D character, she’s a cleric of Mystra. Kroe belongs to Amistatian. She’s a rogue.

So, when the brief came up to, make an illustration book about, well, me… I wanted mine to act as a portfolio (so it needed fantasy art, because that’s what I want to do), but also to show my interest and inspirations. D&D (and roleplaying in general) is something that I really love doing, so drawing Nailo for the book seemed like an obvious thing. But, D&D is a party-based game, and the picture would look pretty sparse with just Nailo, so Kroe was added.

Why Kroe? Well, Kroe and Nailo ended up being something of a double-team in most of our battles, and they were also the only two surviving members of the original party by the end of our campaign, so it just seemed logical. : )

Watermarked because it’s coursework.

This image killed my poor computer, haha. The full size image is A3, 300dpi, and it took me something like… 6 days..?

It’s supposed to be an alien/fantasy landscape, but that doesn’t really come across, hopefully that very magical-looking-castle in the distance there is enough to get the point across.

I had a mental image when I was drawing this, of some adventurers getting to the top of that near hill, and seeing all of this spread out before them, with their goal (the palace) finally in sight after their long and tiring journey.

The palace doesn’t look quite like I wanted it to (it’s missing a tower) and the forest at the foot of the mountain is… less than perfect, but there came a point that I had to just call it finished and move onto the next piece. Maybe I’ll draw another version someday, when my landscape skills improve a little.

Based on a photo I took from somewhere on the moors above Dovestones Reservoir.

Watermarked ’cause it’s coursework.

Kanaho!

I haven’t done anything of my alien elf girl for far too long. So here she is. Well, I couldn’t exactly do an illustration project without featuring my oldest character now could I.

OK, so… she’s changed. A lot. I’m, actually glad about that because, well, she’s certainly better for it.

Background was referenced from one of my climbing photos, so if it looks like Llyn Idwal, that’s because it is. >.> For some reason it came out skewed, particularly the bridge. I have suspicions as to why.

Watermarked ’cause it’s coursework.

This is just a character concept I’ve been toying with. Magical girls are a lot of fun. : )

Watermarked ’cause it’s coursework.