Heronimus Ink

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The next episode has been released! In this episode our brave hero begins to resuscitate the house he has fallen upon, musing on the futures of his undertaking; But what ho? It seems that he’s being watched by someone! You can see the introduction video and the first two Episodes at:

Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Prologue youtu.be/sz2UJGZvwcA

Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Episode 001 youtu.be/tByvIlcV-I0

Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Episode 002 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNg4IRdXI6I

▬ Have an awesome one!

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”You think this is a punishment to me? It is you, you -fools-, who cling – desperately – to the notion that your “Gods” are the true judicators of all things! I saw beyond that falsified veil and saw IT; the ENTITY that stands above all gods; all demons; all mortals. Unassailable, unpronounceable, unimaginable yet the only THING that allows us to live or die – IT paints the stars alive and winks them out at ITS desire; all there is, all there was, all there ever will be is because IT decides so. And we are powerless to resist if IT one day decides that we will BE NOT.”

- Godless Un'Sarrac the Mad, speaking to an astral traveller at the Wall of the Faithless, circa 1470 DR

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“In our campaign, “When Ravens Descend”, the original intention was for me to go through all of our player characters and ultimately draw our game-master;

This was a tough and wonderfully challenging drawing from earliest conception to finish; first and foremost, I struggled a bit to decide on how best to represent him; most of the time, game masters are depicted “as is”, wearing perhaps a robe and looking smugly superior with their books and dice out on the table. I felt that this “wasn't enough”, and had to go through a few sketches where I tried to paint him as this mysterious traveller one might meet on the road, leaving with you a sensation that he knew much more than he let on.

Then, I decided: “To hell with it. Lets go full Marvel on this bad boi”

One of the most important “design decisions” (read: One of things that made me go: “Owr, that'd be totally cool!) was of course the cloak, stolen brazenly from the comic book version of Magneto. Once we had hit that ridiculous note on design language, everything else just came together in this volatile mess you see before you.

Also, if there's one colour I always had a problem working with, it's blue – also, if there's one setting of light I've always had problems with, it's night-time. I've heard some clever people say that you only learn when you're constantly feeling uncomfortable with the process, so I bloody well hope I've learned something during this process, because good grief! The #ArtistStruggle was real!

Anyways, enough rambling:

Here you go, you awesome game-master bastard you; thanks for the inspiration and the insanely hard work you pour into our campaign each and every session. It's been a helluva' crazy awesome year, and I can't wait to see how the next comes together!”

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As always, you can find the rest of my work here: https://heronimusink.deviantart.com

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Fay, the newest PC to our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/8qlsin/art_fay_just_fay_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group_when/

Fjodor Mortegan, another PC of our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7pvq3v/art_fjordor_mortegan_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group/

Aureus or “Aury”, another PC of our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7mukme/art_aureus_or_aury_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group_when/

Eder Altermann, another PC of our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7m3u8b/art_eder_altermann_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group_when/

Rozemarjin “Doe” Hartley, another PC of our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7kwypu/art_rozemarjin_doe_hartley_a_pc_from_my_roll20/

My own PC, Reidoth Axhria: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/76qg76/art_reidoth_axhria_my_pc_adopted_from_an_npc_in/

We very irregularly stream our sessions at: https://www.twitch.tv/mortume

..with twitter updates about our next sessions going out on: https://twitter.com/Heronimus_Ink

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As the first entry in a series of "Behind the Scenes" drawings, I present to you, one of the backgrounds used in my introduction video:

In the process of animation, one of the things I find to be the greatest irony is the amount of effort you have to put into the backgrounds, only for them to show up for brief seconds at a time.

I was reminded this when I made the introduction animation for the opening cinematic; One particular background was actually four parts layered on-top of each-other, using some rudimentary parallaxing to ensure a sense of depth.

While this is by no means a majestic example of timeless artwork, the (relatively short) amount of time I put into it might not seem worth its extremely short screentime. But, that's just the nature of the beast.

You can see the introduction video and first Episode at:

Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Prologue youtu.be/sz2UJGZvwcA

Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Episode 001 youtu.be/tByvIlcV-I0

▬ Have an awesome one!

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And thus it begins! Two years on and off work has eventually culminated into what frankly is considered the first tentative steps out into the wide world of YouTube. Introduction the “Perilous Journeys of Heronimus Ink”; a Minecraft series with a narrative slant, detailing the bumbling journeys of the titular character, the wizard Heronimus Ink (and me, as a player rekindling his love for Minecraft) What took the bulk of time was all the preparation – banners, icons, profiles, what have you – and of course the introduction animation; over the next few weeks, I'll likely be uploading a few more snippets of design work to give the art-interested better insights into the thoughts going into this little movie.

In any case, you can watch the whole shebang here: Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Prologue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2UJGZvwcA Perilous Adventures of Heronimus Ink – Episode 001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tByvIlcV-I0

▬ Have an awesome one!

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“Fjodor Mortegan is another PC of my Dungeons & Dragons Group, playing in the campaign “When Ravens Descend” - and he's by far the most “metal” of our characters:

Like Eder Altermann, Rozemarjin Hartley and Aury all (see bottom), he too is a Lakanian native – he too is pursued by the Lakanian Inquisition – a nefarious and dogmatic group of zealots, hunting any arcane magic as its considered heresy; but in comparison to the two former, his is a slightly more ironic story.

You see, Fjodor Mortegan originally came from the self-same Inquisition hunting him; he was considered a remarkably efficient agent – in fact – and had a stellar career as a professional heretic hitman. Well, until he got bitten; with his newly acquired lycanthropy coursing through his veins, the self-same organization that he had dedicated his entire life to turned on him and set him on the run. While he still harbors a deeply religious connection to the Raven Lord (finding some common grounds with Reidoth as a result) – one of the patron gods appropriated (sometimes erroneously) by the Inquisition – his seething hatred for his adversaries means he's now prepared to team up with the same heretics he hunted and killed before. Anything in the defense of the Lakanian Queendom.

He's abrasive, can barely go through a sentence without swearing at least twice, finds the best diplomacy being something in between acerbic honesty and downright blood-lettering; he drinks, he snarls, he stares glares at people as if everything they represent is wrong, finds delight and joy in the slaughter of a good battle and – by all means – encapsulates the concept of “crude” down to a solid A+.

And, he's one of the good guys.

As a ranger (Hunter-subclass), he's also /disturbingly/ good with a bow, arguably clocking out as the highest per-round damage dealer under the right circumstances. To call him invaluable in the adventuring parties survival is something of an understatement; and the contrast this character brings to the table is very often a source of great hilarity.

The raven is called Khrabanas; a raven chick he adopted after a critical miss killed off its parent – considering that the Raven Lords' favoured animal are ravens, this functions both as fluff and penance for his errors; he is fiercely protective of it, however, and the link between the two is really beginning to show.”

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As always, you can find the rest of my work here: https://heronimusink.deviantart.com

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Aureus or “Aury”, another PC of our group:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7mukme/art_aureus_or_aury_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group_when/

Eder Altermann, another PC of our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7m3u8b/art_eder_altermann_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group_when/

Rozemarjin “Doe” Hartley, another PC of our group: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7kwypu/art_rozemarjin_doe_hartley_a_pc_from_my_roll20/

My own PC, Reidoth Axhria: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/76qg76/art_reidoth_axhria_my_pc_adopted_from_an_npc_in/

We very irregularly stream our sessions at: https://www.twitch.tv/mortume

..with twitter updates about our next sessions going out on: https://twitter.com/Heronimus_Ink

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“Aureus – or simply, “Aury” - is perhaps the most fantastical element of my Dungeons & Dragons Group, playing in the campaign “When Ravens Descend”:

Like Eder Altermann and Rozemarjin Hartley (see at the bottom), she too is a native in the Queendom of Lakania. She and Eder Altermann go back as compatriots, having suffered the same persecution for their particular nature – a persecution put in order by the local campaigns Inquisition, a zealous group of religious fanatics with great political sway convinced that all non-divine magic is heretical in nature.

She is also the second-to-newest character to join, having only been with the group for a months time. That's not to say she hasn't already made a remarkable impression: As an Aasimar, she has strong divine blood coursing through her veins, relating her to the local god of Pleasure and Debauchery, Sanguenar. She treats this divine fact with something akin to non-plussed indifference, however, being so used to it that it doesn't connote anything particularly special in her world.

Understandably, her compatriots disagree – particularly Reidoth, my PC, still has to come to terms with the fact that he's partying up with quasi-divinity (the dragonborn having a deep reverence for the divine and the natural world), which means he's somewhat awkward around this lady.

As a Fae Blade Pact Warlock, she's a bit of a wildcard; occasionally, she joins the tank of the group (the druid, natch) on the front lines, and occasionally she stays on distance, raining down her Eldritch Blasts and spells on unsuspecting foes. But her combat prowess isn't everything she brings to the table – her ineffable charm and somewhat hedonistic slant has allowed the group to pull off some magnificent seductions, often to the surprise of everyone around her. She is also the only character who goes out of her way to remind people to relax and have some fun; considering that she represents the God of Hedonism, you can probably guess that a not inconsequential amount of those suggestions involve someone getting undressed. For this, she remains the singularly brightest person in our otherwise somber group and good god, it's needed! This is D&D, not Game of Thrones, dammit!

A few things should be mentioned right off the bat:

The angel wings are not permanent; I've decided to depict her when she uses the flight ability as a Protector Aasimar – that also explains why her eyes are all shiny and spooky. In general, I've taken a few more artistic freedoms in her depictions compared to the former three drawings, because – well, OKAY, I thought it'd be -totally cool- with those sorts of eyes, get off my back D:

Oh, and the blue sword? It's Fey Glass. Don't ask me how that works, I just think it's hella' awesome.

As mentioned, this drawing has been inspired by the style that the artist “Abaddon” uses for their comic, “Kill Six Billion Demons”; while I like the outcome, this drawing was-.. hard. For a great variety of reasons, and there are elements I'm not perfectly satisfied with. But oh well, that's the process of improvement!"

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As always, you can find the rest of my work here: https://heronimusink.deviantart.com

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Eder Altermann, another PC of our group:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7m3u8b/art_eder_altermann_a_pc_from_my_roll20_group_when/

Rozemarjin “Doe” Hartley, another PC of our group:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/7kwypu/art_rozemarjin_doe_hartley_a_pc_from_my_roll20/

My own PC, Reidoth Axhria:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/76qg76/art_reidoth_axhria_my_pc_adopted_from_an_npc_in/

We very irregularly stream our sessions at: https://www.twitch.tv/mortume

..with twitter updates about our next sessions going out on: https://twitter.com/Heronimus_Ink

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Kivaa “as a villain” for day 18. I was going to make her an Eredar but thought…what if a twisted sense of justice overtook her and she became evil within the Light?

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*thumbs up all over*