#cr art book

[hattersarts]

drew some book!husbands. they feel like they've taken more traits from each other than the show.

[shmaba]

I’m going to assume that at this point you’ve all seen Critical Role’s new show Candela Obscura and at least skimmed through the Quickstart Guide (you have done all that riiiight??) So I wanted to compile all the things I’ve done that have been shown so far. Its long so read below the line!

I’m going to try to avoid spoilers. So feel free to read without worry. I’m also going to try and avoid breaking any NDA like a good professional. So I will not be doing some deep dive behind the scenes thing. Only visuals that have already been publicly shared are going to be on here

The very first thing I did on this show was the concepts for the main set. Everything is practical. Nothing is green screen or cg or whatever. Some people think it’s just good cg but nope that's all real. You could touch it! (don’t touch it, there are ghosts)

There were multiple iterations on the design, each with their own vibe and statement piece. CR narrowed it down to what you see in the show: a sort of storage hall with an odd clock contraption behind the GM. I think I called this design version the “Abyssal Hall” or something like that (I gave the different versions names to better keep track of which design was being discussed)

The company Flip This Bitch built the physical set. They turned my silly little art into a real thing. So they did all the actual magic of making this set come together in the end! They deserve a lot of the credit for it looking so good in the end.

Also that little piece of art in the bottom left of the preshow is a section from the final concept art of the set.

That contraption behind Matt is based on astrolabes and clocks. This isn’t really meant to be a literal astrolabe or a clock as we would use them in our world. Narratively this isn’t a device that measures either of the things that a traditional astrolabe or clock does. This is a special magickal tool that does a secret third thing.

Also I did concepts for the GM screen. You don't really see it besides in the fancy-shmancy preshow. There were a number of more intricate designs for it but CR went with the simpler option since the only part that would be visible on stream is the top, so that's where I put the most detail.

I should also note that I did not design the logo! It’s pretty prominent on the GM screen but I was supplied an already existing logo for this.

NEXT is the Taliesin enclosure set that you see in the trailer. This is actually meant to be like the lantern room on the top of a lighthouse, minus the big light beacon (You could say Taliesin is the beacon).

Also in the trailer you see a couple brief sketches I did for some world building concepts:

Speaking of sketches there are a number of art pieces of mine in the Quickstart guide

A lot of my art is sketches. They’re all meant to be like notes and drawings from members of Candela as they travel and notate their findings. Most of the notes on these sketches are my actually my notes when I was doing world building concepts, but they replaced my handwriting with a font because my handwriting sucks lmao (also likely for ease of future localization).

Also the cover of the Quickstart guide uses line art of a part of that astrolabe clock set piece. This line art was part of the deliverables that was sent over to Flip This Bitch for construction. They’re just using pieces of those set concepts everywhere!

As you can see I’ve done a lot of art for this project. I was part of this project when it was still early in development. It’s changed quite a bit from where we started. 

I wasn’t the only one that made all this art happen though. Other artists, writers, and designers got to add their own vision to this. It was very much a collaborative effort that took a long time to happen. It’s very exciting to see everyone’s hard work come to fruition and there is a lot more to come!

[tongues--and--teeth]

Guys I think his effigy is ready

[calenthee]

guess who's arm is feeling better?

[otterlyart]

My first piece for the “Beyond the Divine Gate” project! The Tome of Isolation.

[fuckaphotodump]

Rihanna CR Fashion Issue 2014

[alexvnderblvck]

"The silence of the moon"

Photo by @alexvnderblvck

Feat. Essence

[mai-333]

The Future of Fashion Magazine

CR Fashion Book

Ex Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris, model, and renowned writer Carine Roitfeld created CR Fashion Book. The innovative magazine combines aspects of books to create themed contemporary issues, containing avant-garde fashion spreads, long essays, poetry and song lyrics. This refreshing new article is a shining light in the dying magazine industry. It is also to thank for this stunning photo shoot of Kim Kardashian for its 23rd Muses issue.

Carine Roitfeld regarding Issue 23 “With the utmost respect to the figures who have guided my perception of what a muse is, the 23rd “muses” themed issue of CR Fashion Book brings together a guard of inspiring muses across generations and fields.

I’ve learned, through the powerful synergy of these collaborations, the essence of iconic fashion is born- a harmonious symphony of talent, passion, and vision that ignites the imagination.”

[bookishlyvintage]

Goodbye Earl, Leesa Cross - Smith [x]

[fortunesfavours]

a cover design for @quinn-of-aebradore’s wonderful fic clockhands and butterfly wings that I definitely am normal about and this is definitely not the second piece of work I’ve done for it. Hi Quinn.

Click on the cover for the full image with top and bottom since it got cut off

Been really wanting to practice graphic design a little more an since my dream career is doing book covers I was like well. here we go. Found some arcane circle brushes that were really helpful as the basis for the circle, as well as a fabric brush to work off of for the damask. If I find where I found the grainy brushes I’ll link them but I’ve had them for ages. The title text modification was incredibly fun to do, I love taking text and making it my own.

Was really fun to translate the one-shot into what would be a whole novel, to try and capture the Vibes and imagine what a full novel would be like. Ended up leaning into the fancy dark new adult vibe. The pages Would in fact be sprayed with colour all fancy. This would be on display at a book store.

font, mock-up from freepik (won’t let me link), circle brushes, damask brushes

[chlouyanu]

had to draw little fcg and stick him on the dnd journal 🤷‍♀️

[slayerscake]

I want the the limited edition VM comic book but 124.99$...

[exandrianpunk]

i am being so completely normal about the Darrington Press State of the Press rn, i'm totally not screaming and doing cartwheels in my brain and sending my partner 15 messages saying they have to watch it immediately

[tigristear]

currently reading

[silversky-art]

Here’s Caleb my sad wizard boy’s refs! (Both level 1 & 10)

Posting Beau’s design tomorrow!

[jenerationky]