Ardent Warlock

Digital artist focused on creating character artwork for Dungeons and Dragons, and other TTRPGs.

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Just finished an art piece for my group's Fabula Ultima TTRGP game! Our campaign's story is set in a post apocalyptic, techno-fantasy world, as we fight against corporate city-states that seek ancient AIs and the return of lost magic. Happy I was able to draw our chaotic characters together for the first time!

From left to right: we have Frost (Elementalist/Loremaster), a noble scholar from a island haven of magic. Greg (Fury/Rogue), a normal man sent by time travel to the far future. Ballow is my character (Pilot/Guardian), a uploaded ghost knight piloting Melida, a stolen robotic steed. The hive mind R.A.T. (Merchant/Tinkerer), a sentient swarm of robotic advertisement telecommunication drones. Finally there is Clay (Floralist/Spiritist), a monk seeking hidden magical secrets for his mysterious Oracle.

With this project complete I will hopefully get back to more standard character art for the foreseeable future.

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Some artwork of Xiaodan, the Dhampir Samurai fighter. Played as part of a campaign of Chains of Asmodeus, with some White Plume Mountain appended early to the beginning of the story. A polearm fighter and mercenary, Xiaodan seeks to free his dead sister's soul from the Nine Hells no matter the cost.

Tried out some changes to my normal art style with this drawing and also tried out a new painting program (Krita). Pretty happy with how it turned out, so will likely use it going forward.

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Artwork of Myla, a deep gnome monk Warrior of Shadows. Played in a follow up sequel campaign to Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

Born in the underground city of Skullport, Myla was raised as a thief and killer by her mother. When an adventuring party murdered her father and upset the political balance of the Undermountain, Myla decided to set out on a journey of revenge to target those responsible.

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Re-did some artwork of one of my old DnD characters, Karg the lizardfolk Beast Barbarian! Played him in a Ghosts of Saltmarsh campaign set on the world of Grayhawk. Karg started as a local fisherman in the area and was not afraid of eating his enemies. Campaign deviated quite a bit I believe from the book, but it was the first campaign I played with my current DM and an absolutely fun time.

Karg gained quite a bit of high level items as the campaign went to high levels, with us fighting an Ancient Black Dragon, an evil pope, a lich, and I believe a Greater Star Spawn Emissary. I decided to draw Karg with his Gloves of Soul Catching, which were taken from the ancient dragon's hoard.

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My Kenku Bard Nocturne, from a old campaign of Storm King's Thunder. Unfortunately, the campaign ended before it was completed.

Nocturne was born in a attic above an opera house, where a flock of homeless kenku lived. As an adult, he traveled as a minstrel with his beloved Kenku wife Ballade. When Ballade was taken by an Archfey, Nocturne spent years attempting to track her down.

Nocturne was eventually roped into helping stop the threat to Faerun during the Giant factions power struggle. Before the campaign ended, he had a tearful reunion with his wife, who had become a cursed warlock. With the group's effort, he was able to free his wife from a dark demigod's curse.

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Character art I drew for a friend of her Tiefling soul knife rogue Reinfield! Their Dnd group's campaign story currently centers around Norse mythology and pantheon, with them having already faced off with the wolf Fenrir and several other Norse figures.

Rein uses psychic stained glass blades as her main weapons. Had a lot of fun creating the details and drawing her horns! I'm hoping to begin creating art for more people's RPG characters in the future.

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Character art for a player in our Fabula Ultima techno-magic game! Clay is a musical monk, a masked dancing traveler in search of ancient songs, rituals, and secrets of magic in our world of techno-magic! Drawn here playing his flute.

Clay I believe has classes in Spiritist and Floralist, acting as a healer and support. As a seeker and a emissary of the Great Oracle, he sometimes finds conflict with members associated with the more malevolent corporate states in our world setting.

Group is currently on break, but I look forward to jumping back into our group's story after the holidays! Enjoying the TTRPG system so far of Fabula Ultima.

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Some Fabula Ultima character art I drew of my character Sir Ballow. Just starting out with a new techno-fantasy campaign. The character is a disgraced tech knight turned revolutionary, uploaded into a robotic body.

Playing him as a Guardian/Pilot with a mechanical steed vehicle. Excited to see how the story goes with our group! The party just started the first arc in this setting, a future world threatened by competing corporate nations.

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Art of Xalla our group's Tabaxi College of Swords bard! She joined the party on the 7th floor of the Undermountain during our Dungeon of the Mad Mage campaign.

Originally a demonic Rakshasa, Xalla was transformed into a Tabaxi by the god Ravanna as a punishment. Cursed to provide aid to whoever asked and unable to lie, Xalla hoped to find magic within the Undermountain that would free her from this compulsion. Ultimately, she learned to embrace her new form and find joy in helping others, leaving behind her murderous Rakshasa past.

Pictured here with her pet Cannoloth, one of few hellish things she still cares about. Due to a number of chosen feats (not all known to me as a separate player), Xalla was skilled at throwing swords and other weapons in combat, resulting her picking up quite a large arsenal of weapons as the campaign progressed.

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Art of our life cleric Balud, follower of the moon god Selune! A ambitious member of his church, Balud joined our party above in Waterdeep and helped us survive the more dangerous floors of the Undermountain. His journey saw him become a protector and healer to a family afflicted by the spell plague.

Balud's quest during the campaign also saw him duel an Ancient Moonstone Dragon. The dragon challenged him as a test of his worthiness and faith, and afterward granted him a Ring of the Songdragon. The item allowed him to temporarily transform into a dragon once per day, and was very helpful in our group's final battle with the Mad Mage.

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Some old artwork I created of Varu Sorain the Genie Warlock, an air Genasi character I played throughout a Waterdeep Dragonheist and Dungeon of the Mad Mage campaign. Drawn here with his pocketwatch genie vessel, Tome of Shadows, and Wand of Lightning.

As one of the original party members and the only character to survive the dungeon from levels 1 to 20, I had a lot of fun playing him in our group's sessions. He lost his arm early on, in exchange for saving the soul of another party member.

Originally a noble who traveled to Waterdeep seeking to reduce his late fathers' debts, Varu's abilities were thanks to an ancestral genie patron. As the campaign progressed the truth of his father's ties to Manshoon, a recurring wizard villain of our campaign, were eventually revealed.

I am extremely happy with our DM for the work he put into the story during our group's journey. Now that the campaign is completed, I am looking forward to the the new journey ahead.

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Character art of Kask, a orc Rune Knight fighter/barbarian. He joined the party within the Undermountain during the later part of the Dungeon of the Mad Mage campaign.

Hired as a bounty hunter to track down a missing Volo by Lady Alustriel Silverhand, his strength was invaluable in the party overcoming the final floors of the dungeon.

Pictured here wielding his Greataxe of the Giant, a weapon only wieldable during his large Giant's Might form. Drawn wearing a pair of mechanical fairy wings which he acquired during the later part of the campaign.

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Artwork I made for a friend of his character Jebediah, the undead skeleton cowboy from our Infinite Staircase campaign! Pictured here with some of his undead minions.

While most of our party hailed from Faerûn or Eberron, Jebediah's plane of origin was Thunder Junction from Magic the Gathering.

Despite his tragic origins as a undead miner, Jebediah was upbeat and kind to others. He often persevered despite the undead prejudice he received, and earned the respect of multiple gods during our party's travels.

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Some artwork I made of our group's rogue, Robar! A young urchin thief from Waterdeep with connections to the Thieves Guild.

His continued quest for 200 gold pieces was put on hold when he was recruited to save the multiverse by a genie, and joined our Infinite Staircase party. Although unable to read, write, or count above 200, he proved a valuable ally to our group, and was the source of many memorable funny moments within our campaign.

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Some artwork I did of Kara, our Oath of the Ancients paladin in our Infinite Staircase campaign.

She was a strong and supportive ally for our party, originating from the world of Faerûn. Her character's sacrifice during the last session of the campaign will be remembered by our entire group.

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Personal art of one of my old characters, Abacus the Tabaxi Light Cleric! Played him as part of our group's Quests from the Infinite Staircase campaign.

Originally from the plane of Eberron and a worshiper of the Silver Flame, Abacus' family were killed by a necromancer on the continent of Xen'drik when he was a child. As an bitter adult, he was recruited by a genie to fight against a multiversal threat, joining our campaign's group of misfits.

In his journey, he learned to expand his limited understanding and recognize the flaws of his theocratic faith, eventually even becoming a trusted ally and friend of our group's resident necromancer cowboy Jebediah despite his clerical beliefs.

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Artwork of Mantis, the Aasimar Aberrant Mind sorcerer! After decades stuck the in the astral plane, he sought answers regarding a Heresy of the Three Suns within the Undermountain and the source of his unnatural powers.

Character drawing was made for a friend! Depicted here holding his Blade of the Eternal Sun, and casting Crown of Stars / Psychic lance.