Arquel Test Panel | September 1, 2025

Flat-color drawing of a character drawn with earthy tones and red eyes.

Small practice panel to try some things out. Arquel from a panel in one of the pages I’ve been sketching for practice/fun/warm-ups. 

Edit: As is tradition, immediately after posting this to a social site, I see errors previously unnoticed – very slight adjustment, the original is below: 

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Elden Ring Varré Drawing | August 26, 2025

Color drawing of "White Mask Varré" from Elden Ring. He hold's a "surgeon's field dagger" from the game, brandishing it threateningly toward the view. Text reads, "Tarnished, are we?"

Unplanned Varré drawing from yesterday. I was pleased with the comic’s chapter 3 progress over the weekend, and rewarded myself by drawing Varré! Which I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I still have the other in-progress drawing of him from June I plan to finish at some point. 

I ended up cropping this one, below are the full versions with some alternate versions, as well as without his quoted text: 

Here’s also the initial sketch! Edit August 27, 2025: Below are the initial sketch, a slightly cleaned-up sketch before adding color, and a crop of the final to flip betewen! 

Blademaster Diarmid Rough Drawing | August 21, 2025

Rough painting of Diarmid from Guild Wars 2.
Rough drawing/painting of Diarmid from Guild Wars 2
Rough drawing of Diarmid from Guild Wars 2.
The base drawing.

I’ve always wanted to do a study of Blademaster Diarmid from Heart of Thorns, because Carlyn Lim’s designs from this expansion are some of my favorite artworks from the Guild Wars franchise. Her concept designs for the “Nightmare Commanders” – which became the “Mordrem Commanders” in the live game – are some of the most inspirational designs from this expansion for me. They still stimulate my imagination for what the story for the underlying characters might have been! (Had they not been cut for time from the narrative!)