Commissions

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Commission | June 12, 2025

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A Guild Wars 2 humanoid mesmer wields the legendary greatsword "Eternity" before her. The blade compositionally splits the painting in half, mirroring the two sides of the character's hair and mask - one side with more white colors, and the other with more purple tones.
Guild Wars 2 Commission | Enzo’s Mesmer

A recently finished Guild Wars 2 painting for Enzo! This one is in the “Tier 2: Watercolor-style” of commissions.

A few process steps below:

A series of early sketches for Enzo's painting. 4 thumbnail sketches are shown with different glow and lighting options for Enzo to choose from.
Sketch Revision 2

A sort of fun things about this one is, in the time between when I was asked to do this commission and when I could begin, this time span is when I became enamored by Varré from Elden Ring. I think right before I started the initial sketch for Enzo’s painting, I had started my first drawing of Varré. I didn’t realize until doing the initial sketches for Enzo’s mesmer how both characters are wearing masks! It was almost like drawing Varré first was a pre-sketch for Enzo’s painting, haha. 

A further series of sketch revisions for Enzo's commission before painting the thumbnails. This version shows additional glow or lighting effects for Enzo to choose between.
Sketch Revision 3

Above is the stage the painting was in before finalizing it (the top image in this post). 

Guild Wars 2 Commission | April 4, 2025

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Guild Wars 2 commission commemorating the characters' owners' anniversary! Shows two characters standing beside each other, one wielding Bifrost, the legendary staff, and the other holding the Flameseeker Prophesies, the legendary shield.
Guild Wars 2 Anniversary Commission

Guild Wars 2 commission to commemorate the characters’ owners’ anniversary! This one was commissioned several months ahead of time for a surprise gift, and I’m excited I can show it now.

It’s painted in the “Speedpainting (Tier 3)” style.

Initial sketches to choose the idea. Several thumbnail ideas with notes are shown.
Initial sketches to choose the idea.

After reading the commissioner’s description for what they’d like to see, I had four initial sketch ideas.

In-progress stage after the initial sketch idea is chosen.
In-progress stage after the initial sketch idea is chosen.

The painting in an in-progress stage after the initial idea is decided upon.

With support from ArenaNet.

Lilly | Guild Wars 2 Commission

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Recently finished this GW2 commission for Rafael! His character, Lilly, who is a bloodstone-themed elementalist!

Initial sketch ideas! I had several ideas come to mind based on Rafael’s description for Lilly, as he had a specific mood and personality in mind for her portrait. I always love working from a written description. It’s very satisfying to imagine what a character’s personality is like, and then try and reflect that outward in their visual portrayal.

Guild Wars 2 Charr Commission Process: Salorast

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Guild Wars 2 Charr Commission for Salorast

Process blog post for a Guild Wars 2 Charr commission for Salorast!

Early sketch idea.
Sketch revisions & blocking-in the major forms.
In-progress crop from during the painting stages of the commission.
The finished painting.

Thanks again to Salorast for commissioning me!

Guild Wars 2 Commission Process: Bou & Dali

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Below is an example of my commission process. 

For additional examples on this blog, browse the “Commission Process” category here.

Process post for a recent Guild Wars 2 commission completed over the summer! This piece features Bou & Dali’s GW2 norn characters.

Initial thumbnail composition sketches.

I began by sending Bou & Dali several sketch compositions, based upon their initial description & character references sent to me 

Sketch variations/revisions after receiving client feedback.

One of the rounds of sketch revisions upon hearing client feedback.

The sketch before starting the painting process next.

I cleaned-up the sketch a bit more, before sending it to the client for approval before beginning the “painting” stage of the commission process.

In-progress step during the painting process.

Here’s an in-progress image from during the painting process.

In-progress close-up of the Herald norn character.
In-progress close-up of the Druid norn character.
The finished piece.

Thanks again to Bou & Dali for commissioning me!

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