A commission with a rogue elf and a custom curved weapon.

More DnD works.

First sketches

I start by thumbnailing general ideas for the composition, character’s silhouette, costume, pose, and POV.

Development steps

• First the client will send me image refs, descriptions and ideas for the scene.
• I’ll usually develop 2-3 thumbs with the objective of visualizing the pose and settings.
• In this painting I didn’t bother with refining linework and jumped straight into colors.
• Then I developed 2 different color thumbs, which I sent to the client for feedback on atmosphere/shading/etc.
• Once a color thumb was picked, I refined until the final stages.

Painting timelapse