A glassy D20 rests on a metal stand, with a long single piece of parchment draped across its front. Behind it are some scrolls for spellwork, and a small sack holding bundles of herbs. In front of the dice is a square ink bottle, a simple bronze quill and a trio of tube-shaped potion bottles held together in a bundle by a belt.ALT

This one ended up being my favourite! Definitely has nothing to do with the plants and rustic alchemist vibes, promise!!

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malacandrax

I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time:

Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feelin
g, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

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Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner.

Even if you want a basic sofa...
What kind of basic.

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comfy and cheap?

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kinda rigid?

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inherited?
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who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

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guy living alone?

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teenage girl?

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Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

art resourcesa good reminder
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chrissabug

Process steps! Sketch to lineart to rough colors to final. #humanartist


This commission was done for What Blooms from Death by @authorsmgaither


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