Varré from Elden Ring | May 21, 2025

Update: May 24, 2025

Think I’m finished with the painting now. Above is the version with blood (more accurate to his character design), below is a version without it:

Earlier work-in-process crop below:

And original post below:

One thing I didn’t expect from working on comic pages for The Harbinger’s Path is how it reminded me how satisfying it is to draw with lineart again.

I have also been playing Elden Ring for the first time recently, and I’ve combined these two interests in a practice drawing of my favorite character from the game (so far) – Varré, the oddly creepy personality with a questionable interest in blood.

The character’s demeanor was very bizarre to me, at first – this is also the first Fromsoft game I’ve ever played, and I’m not sure if this type of character is simply a staple of their studio, haha. But, he grew on me immensely after his later questlines in the game. Which I largely attribute to Pip Torrens – his line delivery is a delight for the ears. Every line is dripping with personality.

I read that there’s speculation Varré was originally meant to play a larger role in the game, which might have been cut from the final release. Such a shame! I would have, without question, pursued his path were it an option – the character steals the screen every time he appears.

The drawing at the top of this post is still in-progress – I’ll update this post with the finished version when it’s done, which should be soon. :D Finished & updated now.

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