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Fantasy Scratchboard illustrations | The Earth Shrine

Fantasy scratchboard illustrations made for “The Earth Shrine”, a Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) book by Micah Rodney.

I’m always happy when clients want illustrations in this black-and-white engraved, scratchboard style. I’m inspired by tarot and oldschool RPG art, and artists like Gustave Doré, Walter Crane (The Faerie Queene), or the incredible Nico Delort.

Coupled with the single-page artworks, I drew a batch of smaller scenes and illustrations that would be used in game-over pages (a classic in CYOA stories!), page dividers and miscellaneous page decoration. This was an incredible collaboration overall.

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Software: Desktop Clip Studio Paint. Nowadays I’m using a Galaxy Tab and the CSP app to work on those kinds of pieces with intricate linework and it’s been a blast, really.

The Earth Shrine at the KupoCon shop.

Illustration of an ornate, angular door with a sculpted panel showing a dwarf king receiving a crystal from a lich.
We wanted the lich character to feel extra odd and menacing, hence the cape oddly “leaking” from the door’s borders.
Illustration of a group of characters wearing fantasy medieval armor and weapons. They march towards cave entrances on fire on a hill.
This is one of my favorite works from the batch.
Illustration of a vampire conjuring a black orb as they walk towards the pov
Illustration of a port town sitting atop a cliff. On sea level there are ships and the docks.
Illustration of a floating skeleton wearing fantasy armor. They raise a scythe above their head.
Illustration of an old lady smiling at the POV as she knits.
Illustration of a lich
Illustration of a black-haired character wearing a long coat and a katana. He faces a horned giant that has almost 3 times his height.
illustration of a hill giant throwing a rock at the POV
illustration of a mog inside a museum room
illustration of a large carnivore plant-like creature
Illustration of a town floating on a black void background
Illustration of two undead humanoids wearing fantasy medieval armor
illustration of a fantasy underground ruined city
illustrations of a mimic (the monster that pretends to be a chest), cockatrices, a falling character, an exploding bomb, and sea waves with a boat.
Illustrations of a potion vial, a father holding his baby, a feather, a garm (a wolf-like creature), a large winged monster and a pair of hands wielding a scythe,
Illustrations of an arrow, trees, a rat, a wooden sign and a crystal ball.
Illustrations of a broken sword, skeletons and a skull, a map, a bridge, and a compass.
Illustrations of page dividers and decoration with themes like dwarves, crystals, sea waves, mogs, leaves and nature, and a lich with floating stones around it.
Misc. page decoration and dividers

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