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Valas for @murthastick

He's a fancy necromancer (fancymancer!) Stick played in a D&D campaign with some of their artist friends. I loved the design, so I promised I would draw him. It only took me like two years to get around to it.

The original design artwork by @murthastick

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I very rarely get the desire to redraw an existing artwork, but I've always loved this particular Monster High box art and I kept thinking for months how it would be a fun draw-it-in-your-style exercise. Really enjoyed taking a crack at it!

The original by Lauren Montgomery (@thebestlaurenmontgomery)

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Aarno for @kriskukko

I wanted to draw him for last year's Art Fight, but I got sick with Covid and didn't have as much time to finish as many pieces I had hoped. The first few attempts really weren't working at all and I probably would've abandoned it had Kris not reached out to me with the kindest words of encouragement I'd ever heard from another artist. Massive thank you for being awesome, Kris. 💝💖

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Diving back into the well of my fave's backstory.

The point of no return - after over a year of sabotaging the red cowls from within, the time has come for the final act. Eneíthio has conspired with the rebels to grant them access to strategic points in the city to mount an armed revolt. Once he hands over the keys his fate is sealed - he will be caught and the punishment for treason is death.

(He ends up only being punished for rebellion - thus losing an arm.)

Eneíthio is part of a cRPG project I’ve been working on. The setting is historically-grounded low fantasy, largely inspired by 17th century south/eastern Europe.

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Before Baldur's Gate 3 had a big buff red barbarian lady Pillars of Eternity had a big buff blue barbarian lady. And I think they would actually really get along, this is a friendly match.

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Ulysses Barker and Miss Sybil, attending a social gathering at their friends' estate.

Based on one of many story pitches spun by my friends in our voice chats - this one was about a group of Victorians who after experimenting with the occult are ripped from 1867 Scotland by a time-space vortex and thrust into the future. Ulysses wakes up in a hospital in a sleepy Canadian town as the clock strikes midnight on new year 2000. He's determined to hide the truth of his circumstances to avoid being declared insane and sent to an asylum. Oh, and there are some monsters released by the vortex that one can only see at the corner of the eye and never quite remember the encounter clearly...

Like most of them the pitch was vague, but I have a soft spot for hijinks involving time-travelers trying to pass in an unfamiliar era, charming redheads and pretty dresses, so I just had to design and draw the main character and his fiancée.

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In my quest to beat Skyrim after all these years I finally played through the Dawnguard DLC. Which... I kinda hated TBH. (Perhaps stacking the two worst areas in the game - Blackreach and Soul Cairn - back to back in the quest chain just wasn't the best choice, idk.)

But I can understand all the Serana love. She is cute and certainly among the most likeable characters in the game. She was my sole companion in my pain and I'm glad to have had her around for the ride.

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Your honor, I love them. — me after seeing each of these for 15 seconds in their respective reveals.

The special appeal has a range, I cannot say no to a big buff (and fire-breathing?!) lady badass or a fabulous horny orlan. Very excited to see the fruit of the amazing work undoubtedly put in by the development teams behind these games!

Taash is a qunari dragon slayer in Dragon Age: The Veilguard by BioWare

Yatzli is an orlan wizard in Avowed by Obsidian Entertainment

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Post-Art Fight indulgence - an old DnD-ish character of mine - rogue/warlock Vairanis. (He's a bit of an edgelord.)

I originally designed him circa 2013 for a fantasy parody comic I never ended up writing, and a friend of mine never shut up about wanting me to bring him back, especially pressing me to make a reference sheet for Art Fight. So I did. And then the friend decided he wasn't interesting enough after all. 😢

So I guess I'll just draw him for myself now, because I'm happy with the redesign. I guess given his backstory as a sealed and banished student wizard he'd go for the Pact of the Tome boon.

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Keerah for drawing_angie and Diana Koray for @itsberru

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revenge for @lidsel!

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Vesuria for @chaoticcomposition

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Hi, this is the pinned post. Here's what you can expect on this blog:

general art themes: mainly fantasy, history and especially historical fantasy

current hyperfixations: #sims, #baldur’s gate, fantasy Italians

other plans for the near future: some original DnD-themed stuff, time-traveling Victorians, BG commentary comics

#art - all art posts

#gamedev - any gamedev updates I may post in the future

#fanart - fanart posts

#original projects - Lidsel originals (I don't have project-specific tags figured out yet, please bear with me)

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Erik Korsson for @erisperitas ⚡

Decided to make it steampunk, then realized since it's electricity-themed it's technically Teslapunk instead. 😄

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@thedenofartworks's Mr. Midas to kick off this year's Art Fight!

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Happy Pride Month, everyone!

I am once again late to the party having finished only one of multiple pieces I have started in celebration.

Disclaimer: I have never played Overwatch, but I've always loved the design of Tracer and wanted to draw her for a while.

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Figured I should do something for #Mermay this year. Namely, draw one of my biggest Sims townie crushes.💖🌊