This is a character idea I’ve had for a while and have been working on on-and-off: a goblin bard. I wanted to practice drawing something with a bit more exaggeration than a realistic style, as well as expressions with features that aren’t quite human. There is a full colour reference but after I’d started drawing… Continue reading DnD Goblin Bard
Month: May 2025
Pirate Girl Outfits
I may never finish this reference page completely so I might as well post the Work In Progress since I wrote a little more of my thought process on it. On the left side are notes about the story she’d be in, her design, colour palette and even some sketches of the clothes in real… Continue reading Pirate Girl Outfits
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Briton VS Viking with a knife. This can only go well. I find I tend to do blended shading for medieval/fantasy characters and cel shading for modern characters, so time to do something a bit different. (Yes, there’s a Viking standing in front of her which would technically block out the sun but we’ll ignore… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 12
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First drawing of the series with a speech bubble. She’s just a bit confused. This drawing is kinda the mid-point between ‘styalised with cel shade’ and ‘more realistic with blended shading’. Again I was using the width of line in the lineart to help convey colour, and also just went straight to full colour. I’d… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 11
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Continuing with the red eyes theme, an angry vampire. Angry because she’s captured and can’t bite anyone. Something a little different in terms of hair length and colour; instead of black & white or full colour, this is black & white with one colour. Also one of the first pictures of the series with really… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 10
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From whimsical to stoic. I imagine this character is a bodyguard, hence why she’s standing to attention. It was only after I finished the drawing did I realise the complexion looked kinda like another character from a game I’ve seen. I was experimenting with some of the other brushes for shading, especially her tunic, and… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 09
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First princess drawing! The final colour palette was inspired by so many tales/sagas of farie queens being described with gold hair and green dresses. As nice as the scanned picture was, when I redrew the lineart I just HAD to redraw the plait. While I was doing so I thought ‘hey, the tiara and jewelry… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 08
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This character is just chilling at a table, idly adjusting her bracelets. So this is the first of my redrawings where I added that ‘light hitting something shiny’ effect, or bling. I also wanted to have some fun with colourful clothes, so pink and yellow it is. Again, using the black and white version as… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 07
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After all that colour blending, back to cel shading for now. This character is disgruntled because of all that paper work she’s holding. I normally draw characters who are smiling or with whimsical/neutral expressions, so drawing something like this was interesting. You may notice two things about the eyes- 1. That the redraws are the… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 06
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I imagine this character to be some kind of DnD bard or something. While the colour render turned out better than previous ones, I still think my favourite is the black & white rendition. I don’t actually play the flute so I have no idea if this would work or would be uncomfortable. Again with… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 05