D&D Group Photo - 2nd Edition
The DM who commissioned me for this piece (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bKxwLv) was going to run the same campaign with different players. There were a few more characters this time around, and that presented its own challenges. It was incredible to get to see the reactions to this on stream, since that's how they were playing this time.
The DM's streaming channel:
https://www.twitch.tv/plasmos
The finished portrait. After I'd finished inking, shading, etc. I used filters and correction layers to try and get a vintage photo feel
Concept sketch for the tiefling wizard. I pretty much knew what I wanted to do right away with the fur-lined cloak and facial features
Her haircut was described as a "bob", and I had no idea there were so many kinds until I looked it up
Concept for the tabaxi rogue. The player wanted clouded leopard patterning. I based the body more on a serval in the final image
Concept for the cowboy-type character, Killian Crane. I experimented with a little more lanky, cartoony cowboy, but I ended up sticking to the first thing I drew
Drake Gosso, a human cleric. His god's symbol is two fists facing opposite directions, tied together by a red thread
I was asked to create a mace based on a fist; the player liked the one closest to the god's symbol
Ovik, the half-orc barbarian, was the most difficult for me. At first I was thinking of something more like a boar
Experimenting with tattoos
this was close to the final design
height comparison and thumbnail
Pencil sketches
A 3D model of the minx-style puzzle that Forest is holding
Early on I tried mesh transforming some actual arcane book images onto the page she had open, but this lorem ipsum ended up looking better in the end
Completed inks
Flats done and shading started