In-progress comic panel showing “Riannoc” from Guild Wars 2. I’ve been having so much fun drawing this page, and couldn’t resist posting a progress crop. I’ll leave which comic is is from a mystery for now!
A slightly updated WIP is in the full post below, though I’m slightly leaning toward the one above right now:
Silly painting I felt inspired to try drawing after chatting with a friend about the Guild Wars 3 redesign for the “asura” species, from the Guild Wars franchise, where they have a more “fuzzy” design.
My favorite asura NPC is probably Gorrik, and I thought it’d be great fun drawing him with an overly fluffy neck, alpaca-style. I don’t entirely think this was a successful test – Gorrik looks a bit too much like he’s wearing an elaborate fur coat to me – but it was fun drawing something so silly.
Process in the full post:
Realized this earlier gif showing only the lines is probably a bit more clear to see.
Original post below:
I learned earlier this month that Michael Donovan, the voice actor for Malyck from Guild Wars 2, unfortunately passed away earlier this year in March. He was 72. The characters I tend to be most fond of in this game are often a result of how the VA’s approach their performance, and this certainly included Malyck. A friend linked me a post on reddit for a different fandom (here), where Donovan seemed quite beloved by many fans. He will be missed!
I didn’t set out to draw this specific animation, but I found myself sketching it one morning after hearing the news. I’d like to finish this sometime as a small tribute to him and his work as Malyck.
I haven’t had a chance to block out the colors properly yet (I’m going to refine the animation and draw the in-between frames first), but above shows a rough color block-out to give me an overall sense of how it’s looking so far.
August 21, 2026: Added the line WIP gif at the top of the post.
Short warm-up drawing of Trahearne from earlier today. Testing a few things!
“The scholar witnessed the fulfillment of his dream.”
I was reminded of this drawing last week, during the lead-up to Guild Wars 3’s announcement last Friday. During those days before – when GW3 was still a whisper of a guess – I saw fan speculation about how the teaser the studio showed early las week might be a “cleansed Orr.” Which reminded me of this older art I was inspired to paint shortly after finishing the Knight of the Thorn questline when it was first added to the game.
It involves one of my fan stories where Trahearne brings Malyck to a cleansed Orr, after Trahaerne cleanses Malyck from Mordremoth’s corruption (this fan story takes place after Heart of Thorns).
Slightly higher-resolution version in the full post, after a reddit user asked for a higher-res version for their desktop (I hope you enjoy it!):