A "Frog"

I'm Jack, a self-taught hobbyist artist. I enjoy designing characters and settings, but occasionally do other stuff as well.

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Some small portraits for a campaign in which I am a player. These three are all a race who grow metallic or gemstone-like growths upon their bodies, usually forming horns or spines and creating patterns across their skin. There are a lot of unknowns about the origin of the race and a lot of various ideas about what the amount of horns or "softness" of these can be interpreted to mean, both within their own race and from without. They are, in order: Miri, Malkiah and Azariah. Malkiah, or just Mal, is my player character, while the other two are their parents. Miri is prized in her community due to her smaller horns and softer traits. Azariah on the other hand, has made himself a pariah wherever he has gone across the realms as a killer of beloved legends for reasons as of yet unclear. Despite being complete opposites, the two were drawn to each other and eventually fell in love, which resulted in Malkiah. However, the circumstances of Miri's birth and relation to her community led to Azariah raising their child alone in isolation, which has led to Mal being completely inept with most social norms. Mal now travels with a group that they consider their friends, who came together as a result of circumstance.

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Maral of the Fading Twilight

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Another reference sheet, since I particularly enjoy making these.

These two are the characters @princesspinkiechan and I play in a homebrew d&d setting. They belong to a race called Privi, who are all born as sets of identical twins. Ryla and Sani are both mages, who have traveled to the country in which the campaign takes place as part of a journey to learn more about magic outside of their homeland.

Not pictured are their respective insect pets, a giant beetle grub and a scorpion, their companions brought with them on their travels.

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Cyrith, an original character designed first as an NPC for a homebrew D&D campaign setting. He is a herald, a title granted by being the chosen of a goddess who has imparted to him a portion of her power. This grants him many benefits, including the fact that he no longer ages and cannot die by natural means.

Some might view these ‘gifts’ as detrimental, however. He is a relic of a bygone time, a mortal who has outlived his era and then some. The world that Cyrith knew has in so many senses since come and gone. Many mortal rulers have risen, conquered and fallen in the centuries that he has served as herald. His first language has been considered an archaic variant for at least the last two centuries. Any family he had left has long since been laid to rest and their names forgotten. He barely remembers, but he knows it was different once -- just how long ago was 'once'? That seems to weigh more now then it did then as a boy. Each return to mortal spaces from his goddess' unreachable realm leaves him feeling more alien to people who have not resembled his own for some time.

But she asks it of him, and he does not refuse her. Her ability to see the future and the past, the truth and motive, and the branching paths of fate is a two-way street. She asks despite knowing his answer, so that he can make his choice. He makes his choice because he sees her earnest intent to alter harmful events.

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Another quick reference of a character of mine for one of @megtheviper‘s campaigns. The setting includes gods and supernatural entities and creatures from across multiple mythologies, centered in an alternative 1950s New York.

Storm is new to the "mortal" plane and as such most things are still foreign to them. The others that they've formed a group with are all descended from varying mythologies and come from different walks of life, each with their own unique...issues with their current tasks. It's a bit...unclear as to whether or not they will be allowed to remain in the mortal plane after their participation in current events is complete or be forced to return to the underworld in which they were born.

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A quick reference I made for my Yuan-ti Ranger for @megtheviper’s campaign. It's an old west themed setting, titled Ironbluff.

Azsha is a bounty hunter who has separated from his family. As a result, although he puts on a pretty good face, he lives in constant fear of repercussions from cutting those ties. You can fit so much anxiety in this snake.

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A reference sheet from last year of one of my player characters from a dnd campaign, from the same setting as a previous submission. Warrior type refers to the god he has powers from, which he and his sister inherited from their mother -- in this case, electricity-based abilities. I usually do more simplistic references for my characters, but I reworked his design a few times with many layers and decided since I liked them all I should include them. So it's a little more detailed than I would usually do outside of commissions.

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A collection of older design sketches for some of my characters for one of @privategbs‘s campaigns.

Within the setting, some beings have special abilities corresponding to certain gods and in addition to these, some have the ability to fuse (called lace or lacing) themselves into another being (called Amalgates) with the traits, strengths and powers from both. Amalgates usually aren’t as “complete” as the two I’ve designed here, these people are just particularly attuned to one another -- most Amalgates have extra pairs or multiple eyes and limbs.

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➤ LYCAON.

Something of a character I don't draw much, based on the name given to him by the organization he works for. It remains to be seen what connection it might have to events for him in the D&D campaign I play him in...

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Two designs started near the end of last year finally cleaned up a bit, for @privategbs‘s d&d setting. They are both a race unique to that setting and feature as NPCs rather than player characters. The left belongs to me, named Toffi, and the right is theirs, named Muffin. Listing their names in the opposite order just seems...wrong. Also I've had enough of ruffles for another six years or so.

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My group of friends did a secret santa exchange, in which I drew @edgepopesupreme‘s miqo’te. I realized too late that the armor he was meant to be wearing included no fur, but he gets to be extra fancy now. :^)

It had been a while since I actually sat down and completed a piece, which I'm hoping I can continue better through this year.

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Commission for @corgiss, a design based on his character Altuun’s appearance in ffxiv but for a homebrew dnd campaign.

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Commission for @privategbs !

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i wanted to try something a little different, both subject and style wise…so here’s a tarot card (the hermit) for one of my inquisitors? i might paint it at some point, we’ll see

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paladin

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Commission for @corgiss of his and @princesspinkiechan‘s characters, Fieval and Sunny.