Dagonet and Malyck Portraits | May 8, 2025

I’ve been wanting to do a series of “portrait-style” paintings for some of my favorite sylvari characters – the first one I’ve finished so far is Dagonet (from last October), and I’ve shown WIP’s of Riannoc and Cadeyrn in places before. Riannoc has been very close to being finished for a while, and I also have one secret character I don’t think I’ve mentioned anywhere yet, who’s been in a near-finished state for good while too. Only need to do that last 10-5% of polish – which I’ve found tend to takes me more time than I estimate, but which often results in the most stark features for whether I’m satisfied or dissatisfied for how a painting turns out.

Cadeyrn is in a more incomplete state, though I don’t think he’d take me significantly longer than Riannoc and the secret character (one of my favorites, and I don’t think I’ve drawn the character before now).

I should probably standardize the nameplate design, though I sort of like Malyck’s placement more than Dagonet’s. Issue to solve in the future! 

I mainly wanted to see how Dagonet and Malyck look side-by-side so far. :D especially as I haven’t posted the Dagonet painting on this sketchblog since it was from last October.

Oh! I should post the process for it, too – I’ll post them below:

And, let’s post a detail crop below:

Why are sylvari so fun to paint? I never tire of them!

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