I need practice. Please put a snapshot or a description of your favorite character or bad guy in this thread, and I will draw them then upload them here.
I don't have enough time with school in session to be able to make up characters and their back stories and sadly no time to play any games tabletop, or console/pc. I'm a huge RPG fan and have wanted to participate in the PA community for a long time and I wanted to do it big.
I've been doing a character a day for the past 2 weeks. So your character will get drawn according to my current skill level at that time. I would love a challenge, quirky little things about your characters, their stories, their equipment...anything that makes them YOUR character. I need a lot of practice drawing armor and clothing so this is the perfect opportunity to help me out.
Contructive and harsh critisism is welcome. I plan on going pro so I can take it if you can dish it out. It just helps me get better either way.
CURRENT QUEUE:
Matev - Rock
Matev - Lord Chaos
Kay - Atherton Kess
Dresdenphile- Kardak
Capfalcon - Frankie O'Dell
Denada - Cyrus Black
Wub - kitsune ninja
Smoove Operator - Karis Marner
ArcanisThelmpot - Alice MacLaren
Shinyo - Fiona MacLaren
Destroyah87 - John Walker
HollowerFollower - Acrisius
Slayer of Dreams - Itriya Silverstrings
Egos - Valentine<---compiling
Vertroue - Rwn (will work in a graphic spectral guy aka not much detail but good for composition on the page) with Rat Familiar
Dino-Czar - Angstrom Holt
Bhow - Riishi Antera
WuShock - Anselm Barcary
daniant - Zithra
CaptainCarrot - jack (shadow run...i forgot about that game on the SNES..I LOVED it. cant wait for this)
Kias - Kelog
cj iwakura - Erika Roland
Wub - kitsune ninja (reduex)
I needed a name to Post - Annika Kamanov
Lord Palington - Akra, female dragonborn fighter.
Free Agent - Shigurui, a warrior monk of the Spider Clan
ArcanisThelmpot - Alice MacLaren(reduex) cause I feel like it
ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF WAIT TIME IF AT BOTTOM OF LIST: 2 WEEKS.
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Guess I'll kick this off by putting a couple in your hopper.
1st off is my Eberron character, Rock. He's a Warforged Swordmage built to guard members of House Cannith. With 5 degrees in various disciplines of Thaumaturgy ("What've YOU done lately?") He has spent the better part of his existence assisting his makers with their tasks and experiments, and being used an experiment. As of late, he has been partnered with Emily d'Cannith, a low-grade artificer in the house. He swings between being proud of her skills with creation and horror at her sometimes explosive experimentation. (And the danger it poses to her) In his miniscule downtime, he tends to putter around with his own small experiments, but he hasn't had time for that lately, or swabbing himself down with buckets of cheap liquor. (To "buff out dings and scrapes" from fighting. This is usually his only request when Taverns are visited)
Recently, he and Emily were tasked with investigating some thefts of house property in the region and have since been thrown into a series of misadventures along with some erstwhile hired help they've picked up along the way, who have brought their own baggage to the table.
Rock is somewhat tall and well armored, but not as bulky as most Warforged with his specifications. He currently wields a magical Bastard Sword (obtained from a rogue Warforged) and sports leather armor, as well as a badge (Badge of the Berserker) mounted on his chest by Emily during their most recent visit to Sharn. (He gripes about being "naked" if he's not wearing any clothing despite his lack of anatomy) He also has a bowler and screw-on monocle for "Formal Attire". (Meeting House Big-Wigs or other special occasions)
The other character that I would be interested in seeing is a character I'm putting together for a module I am building. His name is Lord Chaos. He rules his realm with iron fist, but is not without a whimsical side. He was once a Knight for the Kingdom of Elsbeth, but when he found a helm tainted with the energies of the Far Realm, he was driven mad. He gathered up a host monsters and overthrew the king, enthroning himself in the castle and using Eldritch magics to modify the grounds and it's inhabitants, making it a deathtrap to navigate. He now gathers his gibbering hosts to march on neighboring lands, and spread chaos throughout the word...
I imagine him to be imposing, clad in plate, which is a riot of different colors and patterns. Faces leer or scream on parts of the armor. He wields a flail with his right hand, while his left hand appears to have blade tipped fingers. The toes are curved and capped with bells, like jester's feet. His helmet resembles an illithid's (mindflayer/Cthulu) head, the insanity clear through the eyes. A belt across his waist would have all manner of weapons (and even cookware and hardware) strapped across it. The right shoulder pauldron should be bigger than the last.
I look very much forward to seeing what you come up with!
I might not include everything you have for lord chaos Matev but I think you will like it.
Matev's 'Rock'
He fancies himself as something of a noble and scholar, and dresses accordingly. Rather than a full set of armour, he tends to wear fashionable clothing with enchanted armour pieces in places - shoulderpads, vambraces, light greaves - while letting his magic do the rest of the protection. So flashy shoulder pieces with arcane runes, a flowing shirt and vest jacket, a rakish cloak, musketeer boots, that sort of thing.
To continue with his high-society looks, he's got longer hair, as styled as you can get away with in ye-olden-days, maybe a slim gemmed circlet and some other adornments. His most noticible equipment would be his sword - an elegant longsword, not quite a rapier, his runed leather armour (just pieces, as mentioned, not a full suit), and the only link he has to his family - a magical amulet of protection. That and his familiar, Lenoir. Lenoir's a large, intelligent raven with a smart mouth who spends most of his time perched on Atherton's shoulder, offering helpful advice or scathing criticism at the worst possible time.
Body wise, he's not particularly large or tall - slim and slight, all his talent is in his smarts, charm, and his magically-enhanced ability to soak up a buttload of damage (usually by absorbing or deflecting it with magical shields).
So, a young human male who dresses like a noble duellist with a runed magical sword, fashionable-rather-than-effective leather armour (runed and magical, of course), and a magic raven! Magic!
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
I'll let you run wild with it: Kardak, a regal-looking kobold holy warrior in robes (Avenger) emblazoned with the symbol of Ioun who wields a long sword in both hands.
So, one of the characters my players have is Frankie O’Dell, a female Hufflepuff student. Raised by a muggle father and witch, she's only a first year at Hogwarts, but she's very tall and strong for her age. Her prized possession is a cracked tea cup her mother used to divine the future, and she can often be seen peering into the cup at each meal. Aside from a very wild head of red hair, the player didn't have a very detailed description of the character. Thanks!
EDIT: After talking with the player a bit more, O'Dell is really confident and straightforward. She was having trouble actually hitting something with her magic in the second game, so she yanked a club out of the redcap's hands and clocked him with it. She wears normal clothes (I.E. a plain shirt with a skirt or pants) underneath a long, black robe that is left open.
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I'd like to request a portrait for my Pathfinder character, Cyrus Black. He's a human Summoner, tall, thin, with long, scraggly black hair, that wears a black robe over his leather armor and carries a crossbow. Think Van Helsing and you're on the right track.
Expression-wise, give him a slight smile, like he's thinking about something funny that he heard that morning.
I just updated the queue up top with all the current requests. If anyone else makes a request past this point don't fret, I'll update the queue eventually. Please allow me a day's time per character. I'm pretty excited about this.
One request I have though, is that if you could provide a doodle, or attach a picture of the symbols your characters are sporting because I sincerely have no experience with the worlds or lore. It will save me time shuffling through google images.
Thanks for the kind words. See you all in a bit.
Symbol of Ioun:
Generic Kobolds:
The problem I came across in GIS for this guy for the game he was in was every kobold on the Internet is either a warlock/wizard with robes and a wand or it's heavily-armored with a short sword/shield or spear. I envision Kardak having his hood up most of the time to make him seem spookier and more menacing than he is (since he is just a tiny kobold, after all).
Anyhoo, character's name is Karis Marner, just got started in the Chaos Reigns campaign with her. She would still appear to be a young woman (late 20's) with dark hair. She is a Vampire, a cleric of the Raven Queen [its complicated], and a member of the Knights Hospitaler. The only weapon she has is a crossbow she keeps on her back for emergencies, and her holy symbol (prayer beads). Truest wardrobe to character would be just a plain dark robe with Hospitaler and Raven Queen insignia, which may not be what you want to practice at, so feel free to take liberties.
Also, sweet warforged. The monocle wearing warforged is woefully underrepresented.
Additions:
Battle - primarily a melee combatant. Would almost look strange fighting with such unnatural strength/speed because she is such a quiet young-looking woman.
References: Raven Queen Symbol, a bit "on the nose" for my taste, but seems to be the official symbol
I couldn't find any WOTC specific insignia for the Knights Hospitaler, so here is historical Knights Hospitaller symbol. I wonder if WOTC meant to drop an "L" from the word, or if they just misspelled it.
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HoTS: Schmutz#1686
Here're three references.
And here is the image I'd been using for inspiration when I was putting the character together.
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
Damn. Do I do Athenor himself, a paladin-like dragonrider who weilds two bastard swords, Myridiam (my Night Elf Druid, though that might be really easy), or do I draw a couple of my favorite Shadowrun NPCs - Mercer, a satyr fixer, or my Ork Smuggler/T-bird pilot with fiber-optic dreadlocks?
Grr.
Thanks everybody for the comments and stuff I am blown away quite honestly. I just wanted to thank you all for your patience and lowered expectations heh.
I might fail on a drawing and redo it like I did today on the Lord Chaos Character. I just have a personal standard that I want to meet and If I dont like the drawing I wont post it unless you want to see the failed drawings as well. I keep em but I write all the mistakes I made on em.
Updating the queue at this time.
do you take commissions?
I'm just honored that it's worthy of your attention honestly. There are so many good artists out there. But I guess I would only charge anyone anything for a fully colored character or illustration because that would take a bit more time and rendering, and color choices and finished design.
Matev: This guy was a god damn sunofabich. LOL But...I learned so freaking much that will help my own process. I did an entire drawing and completely bombed it in about four hours. I read up on armor and how it is put on and worked on the shape of this next guy for a long time before I eventually decided upon the right one to go in with details. When I first read your description...dude...I was like, "OMFG what did I get myself into!!" But I needed the challenge. I got a lot of XP for doing it I think, so thanks for pushing me. Sorry if he isn't exactly what you imagined. but it was free! ON to the next one!!
... Except Chucky Cheese. Cause that would just be so jarring a contrast that it'd be hilarious.
Now, I'm imagining him with a clown nose and a ruffled collar dancing with the robotic mice.
And I can't stop laughing.
In all seriousness, Beastro, he looks great! The pointed bell feet are a great touch.
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so if you'd be up for it i'd be more than happy to slide some dollars your way!
if not i'll throw myself in the queue here but honestly you should be paid for your hard work!
anyway character is here (and let me know in a PM if giving you moneys would get it colored because that would be awesome):
she also wears a single silver ring on her left hand
her hair is generally worn loose at shoulder length and has a pair of small round glasses - as for emotional mood for the character, a quiet smile and a gentle demeanor. she's in her early/mid twenties
Maybe I could throw mine in too, from the same game. Alice's identical twin-sister Fiona. But where Alice is the wizard's wizard, Fiona is a sword-fighter cum wannabe biker chick. As a result, she's got a bit more lean muscle than her sister, and doesn't even really bother trying to tame her hair anymore. She runs around modern day Boston with a claymore about as long as herself.
You guys are basically giving me ideas for shapes and linework and research and all kinds of cool stuff.
Request one character, monster, boss, whatever and wait for someone else to post their request before you make your second request's. Just to be fair to those waiting.
Maybe a scar or two from his time in military service or afterwords. I leave that to your judgement.
His hair is silver or gray. It's kept long and bound at the back of his neck with a strap of leather, with a single hawk feather attached.
As for the impression he gives, he's a little unnerving. A big tall Indian man wearing a combat knife openly. He's not comfortable in social situations, which is expressed in his terse, gruff speech and closed, borderline confrontational, body language. His default expression is a glowering glare. The primal bear spirit he carries within him give him an almost feral presence people don't know how to deal with. (He almost gives off the same vibe as Clint Eastwood did in Gran Turino; I've tried to avoid this description all through the post but it's a good shorthand.) And his multiple tours of duty in Vietnam have made thier mark on him. 'you can take the soldier out of Vietnam but you can't take Vietnam out of the soldier.' To use a pithy phrase. One might describe his shamistic potions as subtle but nobody would call him subtle in the least. (longer then I meant to go, but hope this helps. I'm very interested to see your visual take on my words)
He fights like ... well, a bear. He can use stealth and other tactics, but he usually forgoes such strategy. He can fling potions around to summon roaring winds, choking smoke, or roaring fires or other magical effects. And if his strength should prove lacking, he can always call upon the power of his guardian spirit and transform into a hulking Grizzly Bear.
PS. This is a character in the same game as Arc's and Shinyo's characters.
PPS. Figured I'd give a visual idea of how loosely I picture the satchel John carries.
Anyway, this is just to give an idea of what I'm trying to get across with my words, in case the words prove insufficient.
I look forward to seeing more of your work.
And, if its alright, I'd like to join the queue for a character. The character I have in mind is my Explorator in the tabletop Rogue Trader game I'm in: Acrisius. I've never been praised for my skill at description, but I'll give this my best shot.
In case you need example pictures of some of the equipment:
Utility Mechadendrite:
Archeotech Pistol:
Acrisius' Respirator Unit/Mask:
Itriya Silverstrings, Gnome Bard
Appearance: He has tussled sandy blonde hair that's about the length of your index finger. He has the signature gnome nose, large flared nostrils and all. He constantly has a grin on his face. He has a clean kept goatee that comes to a point under his chin.
Equipment and other such gear he would have on him: A huge satchel and a fancy lute.
Scene description: He would be sitting down under a tree (the tree in Shawshank Redemption, for example) and his satchel on the ground beside him. He is strumming on his lute and there are random musical notes floating up into the air in front of him. He would be watching the notes as they floated up and away.
Anyways, here's some pictures incase my descriptions are terrible (most likely).
Boots
Jacket and Satchel
Goatee
Lute
R*SC: BladeCruiser
Check out my GTAV-PC custom race tracks inspired by real life racing circuits!
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GEAR
An assortment of black kevlar ,leather, metal and collected assortments. A crimson torn banner is strapped to his left shoulder, a kevlar vest adorns his torso with leather straps protecting his neck. Oxidized metal shoulder pads protect each of each of shoulders, they are strapped on tightly with bucklers; his knees and elbows receive similar protection but with less rigid (likely kevlar) material. Each of his arms are adorned from the bicep down in leather straps in a way that almost resemble a arm-tefillin, but the straps are not uniform and placement chaotic. Not to mention he is wearing gloves. His belt contains a number of empty bullet shells ranging in size , seemingly trophies, as well as a holster for his blade. He wears raw umber cargo pants with ankle high combat boots.
Appearance
Valentine is an attractive man with rustled brown hair and matching brown eyes . He stands around 6'2 and he has a somewhat worn demeanor but there is a devilish spark in his eyes that gives him some life.
idea of face
I'll post more on history later. I may have a different idea. but just posting this for now
Kay I just now noticed your references and reference for character. Sorry about that. I can redo if you want.
Kay's Atherton Kess
and a quick process reel (it is really really weird how close some of these are to that reference Kay...I was like bwuh!)
ArcanisTheImpot: Yea, color will definitely have to be this summer. I just wont have time. I'm on spring break now and I am forcing myself to refine a process that will take less than 3 hours for a drawing. I will be available though. And I'll doodle up your character
Wub: Thanks
Shinyo: Cool, will do.
destroyah87: Noted
HollowerFollower:Gotcha
SlayerofDreams: I may not be able to do the scene until this summer. Anything more than a character drawing I will have to charge for to take precedence over school work.
CapFalcon: LOL
Matev: Your welcome. Sorry it wasn't what you had in mind. It was a huge learning curve for me. Thanks for pushing the limit.
Brainleech: Uh...it depends on which one really. Currently I guess...the boss guy up there, took roughly 3 hours. And that is not counting the four hours I took ruining the first drawing and design and making a ton of mistakes on another picture to get there. This one took three hours and that's because I am taking too much time rendering out some decent/crap shadow. This one below took 3.5 hours. I'm on spring break so I have some extra time.
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In your descriptions, telling me what they wear and giving me reference is freaking awesome awesome awesome it saves me so much time. Otherwise I literally have to google all this stuff that I dont know about.
One more thing I will ask of you guys though is what they are like mentally. What kind of mood do they portray if I were to meet them in person. I hope I'm asking the right question. Carefree, silly, ominous, they use cunning in battle vs they attack straight on. It helps me pick the pose. for Example, This one below I really had a fun time doing because I could pick out the current pose and know that I could see all the things that Kay wanted, and at the same time match their mood.
I want to cut it down to two hours tops. I am going to back off of value a bit and try to focus more on line quality and perspective to meet the demand that is building here after only three days and meet the demand for school. Is that cool with everybody? I am pushing the limits of my knowledge here and trying my best to get something that I would want to go public. But taking the time to shade is taking me way too long into the night and I need to be able to get to something that I can do digitally and traditionally and at the same time with school. If you guys don't mind. Thanks.
I'll update the queue tomorrow, I'm beat.
No need to go and re-do things, I should have edited the original post with the rune references and such. It's great, and captures his carefree devil-may-care attitude pretty well! (He always looks smug unless he realises he's looking smug and tries to look studious instead)
It looks like Lenoir's giving him stink-eye for having feathers on the bottom of his coat. And honestly, that's how their relationship goes most of the time. Thanks again!
Edit: He looks a bit like Sting, and this is totally okay by me!
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
human Wizard
chaotic evil
Looks age 11 in all actuality she is closer to the age of 50.
She was born in a noble family as it's only child. As such her parents kept her inside to avoid getting sick. Since she never really saw the daylight she became a sickly child exactly against everything her parents tried to avoid. When she was 8 a traveling circus came to her home city. She begged and pleaded to them to take her for one night. They agreed. blahblahblah she ran away, trained over the next few years and became an acrobatic tumbler/flyer(trapeze flyer stuff).
When she was 11 the circus was attacked and everyone included Rwn was killed. The man that killed them was a necromancer and when he saw Rwn he wanted her.(yesyes I know how it sounds) so he raised her and put her soul back into her dead body. blahblahblah was his playing thing for 40 years before she learned enough about his necromancy herself to escape him.
So looks, honestly picture claudia from interview with a vampire..that whole while she looks like a child is not one kinda thing. She normally wears a more noble woman's looks but split into clothing that is also suitable to move in. (split skirts, tighter tops, that kinda thing). She has long wavy black hair and piercing violet eyes. She is not a happy person anymore so if you where to meet her she would most likely be glaring at you thinking of the best ways to turn you into her minion. She has the body of an acrobat from before she died so for an 11 year old 4'2", lithe, and pissed at the world.
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The two big things about the character is her companions. She has a large spectral warrior as her guarding and a dire rat as her familiar. The rat is missing part of its left ear, there is a large jagged gap as it got bitten off.
I know you are really busy with these and what not but if you can do the companion and familiar it would be awesome.
From the Desk of Darth Vertroue Diplomat to the USA.
Also updating my char's description as per your request.
Angstrom is a Steampunk-esque "ambassador for hire", and as such would wear high quality clothing suitable for either a drawing room or a rooftop combat. As a free lance diplomat he specializes in procuring documents, securing persons and expediting negotiations; all of which means he is a thief, kidnapper and gun for hire. But he isn't just a thug, and really does see himself as a valuable extra-legal tool of due process.
He is isn't so much confident as comfortable. He would have relaxed posture with an alert or intent expression. I'd imagine he keeps most of his weight on back leg, his feet heel to heal and perpendicular, in a habitual fencer's stance.
Boots: Calf high leather, buckled at the top.
Pants: Tooled leather (embossed with scrollwork)
Waist: Gun belt. Single or double is irrelevant.
Chest: Mandarin collared vest with more scroll work.
Jacket: Double row of buttons, knee length. Typically worn open.
Undershirt: White cotton with ruffled cuffs.
Face/head: Goggles or Glasses, smooth shaved, smoothed back hair.