Haven’t posted anything for a while... but I painted Ythryn for the dnd game I’m running and wanted to share.
🪼
NASA
h
i don't do bad sauce passes
Misplaced Lens Cap
RMH
cherry valley forever

Product Placement
Stranger Things
Not today Justin
TVSTRANGERTHINGS
Mike Driver
Cosmic Funnies
almost home
Acquired Stardust

Discoholic 🪩

❣ Chile in a Photography ❣

JVL

No title available

ellievsbear

seen from Russia

seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from India
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from El Salvador
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from Peru
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from Malaysia
seen from United States

seen from Germany
@joelpigou
Haven’t posted anything for a while... but I painted Ythryn for the dnd game I’m running and wanted to share.
A dragon breaks through the clouds!
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Hi I'm new to the DM scene and was wondering what you use for maps. I was thinking to use those giant rolls of graph paper teachers use but it's hard finding one the proper dimensions... TIA for the help!
Your question made me realise that I don’t seem to have a go-to base for setting up a map at the moment. I just went and got out all of the maps I’ve made recently for the campaign I’m running, and each one is completely different, with a different starting point! I’ll try to explain each of them starting clockwise from the 3D model:
3D Model - I made it from this book (”Make This Medieval Village" by Usborne Cut-out Models) and omitted or added features relevant to the story in this town. This is actually still waiting for the next session, so I haven’t tested it yet, but it’s very time-consuming, so not something I’d imagine is possible for every session.
Book - How to Draw Fantasy Art & RPG Maps - this is so good, I just bought it last week and I’m really enjoying flicking through the tips and ideas!
Map with burned edges - This was the end result of me playing around with these cartography Photoshop brushes (by @joelpigou). I like how quick and easy it is to drop these down and create a whole landscape in a short amount of time.
Rivermeet Map - I was messing around on this site which generates town maps. It’s a really useful tool that lets you input basic info, and toggles for it’s appearance. I played around until I got a shape I liked, then printed it out and traced it by hand to give it a bit of my own style.Isometric Dig Site Map - Shout out to r/IsometricDnD/ for inspiring me to give my own iso map a shot. I printed out an iso grid from Google and drew out the area in pencil until I was happy, then went over with pen adding details. This is quite time consuming, and I was frustrated that there were large areas you couldn’t see because of the view angle.
Top Down Map - This was the inside of a cathedral/monastery the players were visiting. This I drew on top of a dotted grid I also printed out from Google, and went over in pen for the final details.
Finally, there are times I just free hand maps, especially if I need to just quickly make up stuff or the setting isn’t too important. For those times, I use either a pale grey grid I’ve printed out (you can tape multiple pieces together), or forget the grid completely and use a roll of lining wallpaper. You can pick up a whole roll of the really basic stuff for under $5, and tear off and use to your heart’s content!
Series of quick landscapes sketches
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Horse study done on stream, the puns were awful and great.
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
a far away place
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Some icy speedpaints from the stream.
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Another one!
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Some magic weapons from the stream! They are so fun to paint, I’ll be making many more in the future.
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Travel
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
robohead
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Warp
45 m sketch from the stream
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
That red sun we had in the UK yesterday.
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Wanted to have a go at painting one of those amazing cumulonimbus clouds being lit by a sunset.
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
The Forbidden Graveyard
In our Dnd game one of my friends plays a Forbidden Graveyard Warlock, from the Compendium of Forgotten Secrets. I gave a quick go at trying to depict it in a painting. Might have to revisit this one again with a stronger composition.
spoopy
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Travel to the spire.
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad
Acererak Strikes!
Painting from the stream, inspired by our game of Dnd where we lost two awesome npcs :(
Twitch - Twitter - Gumroad