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[The1True]

Kinda works for a Grell as well.

 

[squeen]

Kinda works for a Grell as well.

That's a good point. My monster pallet is still fairly small. Something borrowed...etc.

The genesis was a sudden notion of how his described lair might appear hypnotic to swimmers above and some complaints over at K&KA that the MM entry was too goofy.

 

[squeen]

A little hatching warm-up before diving back into some inking. I copied the Dreaded Leaping Snail from a wonderful Heinrich Kley sketch of two giant snails being raced in a steeplechase.

 

[squeen]

Yet another female face sketch in pencil. I still struggle mightily with eyes and feature placement. Keeping the features looking feminine is a very tough nut to crack for me.

 

[Alexander Moonbeam]

A little hatching warm-up before diving back into some inking. I copied the Dreaded Leaping Snail from a wonderful Heinrich Kley sketch of two giant snails being raced in a steeplechase.

The speed lines are powerful!

 

[squeen]

I don't like I ever showed y'all this fella

 

[squeen]

A half-inked hobgoblin sanitation worker (?) with perhaps a subliminal (peak) Frank Miller influence creeping in.

 

[squeen]

Inspired by this figurine

 

[squeen]

A giant extinct sea cow...because, at some point in this obsession, everything says "D&D".

 

[Maynard]

Big shout out to Squeen for this amazing cover art:

The Folly of the Fox by Maynard

An OSR Adventure Module for Low Level Play.

davidmaynard.itch.io

 

[squeen]

Congratulations Maynard! Sorry it took me so long.

 

[squeen]

For those interested in process, here are some of the various stages the illustration went through as Maynard patiently waited...

 

[squeen]

Adventure, Barsoom style...

 

[squeen]

 

[squeen]

A Nymph in a fever dream?

 

[Beoric]

Shouldn't he be blind? Or does that happen later, when he's thinking about her?

 

[squeen]

Shouldn't he be blind? Or does that happen later, when he's thinking about her?

In AD&D, seeing a naked nymph is save or death!

I figured this implied threat of doom lent itself to better graphical depiction than cardiac arrest.

 

[Beoric]

In AD&D, seeing a naked nymph is save or death!

Well, Shakespeare might suggest he would also die later, when he's thinking about her.

 

[squeen]

This is my personal high-water mark to-date for D&D illustrations. It was an attempt to capture the simple elegance of Sutherland's orcs in ink, and for some reason I got lucky. If I could consistently produce in this style for adventure illustrations I think I would be satisfied---settling in an orbit around the true pen & ink masters I adore: Sutherland, Trampier, Mullen, Raymond, Williamson, Frazetta, Schultz, Wrightson, Booth and Gianni.

 

[squeen]

Shouldn't he be blind? Or does that happen later, when he's thinking about her?

I just got this.