Small image preview of an in-progress painting I felt like sharing.
Maybe I’ll do some old-style blogging here for a sec – in the full post since it isn’t art-related.
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:
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!
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!)