Category: Commission Process

GW2 Commission for Kyris | December 14, 2025

Posted on December 14, 2025

Canach loosely embraces Akoni as she places her hand against the side of his face. Cherry blossom petals gust gently around them. — “Canach and Akoni” | GW2 “comics-style” commission

A Guild Wars 2 commission for Kyris finished earlier this month! This was an especially fun one, as Kyris asked me to try a commission in the style I’ve been drawing for The Harbinger’s Path webcomic. I’ve grown to love drawing in this style over this past year, but hadn’t thought too much about potentially doing it on commission. I’m grateful to Kyris for suggesting it, as I’m pretty pleased with how this style turned out in her drawing!

Detail close-up of a feminine sylvari with a blue color scheme. — “Akoni Wolfsbane” | Detail close-up

I’m especially happy with how Akoni’s face turned out. I think it is one of my favorite feminine faces I’ve ever drawn!

A few process images below:

One of the sketch rounds with revisions after feedback!

Work-in-progress lineart after the composition was decided on through the sketch revisions.

Thanks again to Kyris for commissioning me!

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Commission | June 12, 2025

Posted on June 12, 2025

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

Posted on March 26, 2025

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.

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

With support from ArenaNet.

Lilly | Guild Wars 2 Commission

Posted on January 14, 2025

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.