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Guild Wars 2 Speedpaintings | March 24, 2026

Posted on March 24, 2026

Speedpainting of a fiery charr surrounded by flames and wielding an oversized wrench-like tool over his shoulder. — Guild Wars 2 “speedpainting” commission

I’ve been meaning to occasionally update this blog with some art I haven’t posted here before! Starting with a few Guild Wars 2 Tier 3 “speedpainting” commissions from a while back. These are 3 of my favorites from 2023!

The other reason I wanted to post these is because I took timelapses of several pieces from the 2023 batch of “speedpaintings.” I’m planning to post the timelapse for the first and third artworks in this post (the fiery charr and the confident-looking sylvari).

Speedpainting of a Guardian-like character wielding an Ascalonian greatsword erupting with blue flames. — Guild Wars 2 “speedpainting” commission

I recently finished editing the timelapse videos for those two, and will post them to YouTube soon. I’ll update this post when those process videos are up!

Speedpainting of a sylvari engineer wielding an angular sword accented by a red glow. — Sylvari Engineer | Guild Wars 2 “speedpainting” commission

Timelapse video above

I’m undecided about whether I’ll post the timelapse for the middle artwork (with the Ascalonian sword – one of my favorite weapon skins!), even though this is personally one of my favorite speedpaintings (I learned much about brushwork doing this one). I discovered while editing the clips that there’s a small portion in the middle that didn’t record. It’s very short, but it’s one of the parts I personally would want to see drawn (it’s when I draw the shoulder shapes), and I feel like it’s less interesting without this portion in there.

I searched all through my frames and sadly it is nowhere! It’s just lost. I’ll look at the video again to see if it’s still interesting to watch, but argh! I wish I had it there, because that one was so fun to draw, and I’d have liked to see that part drawn too.

I’ll again update this post with the process videos when they’re up!

March 25, 2026
- Added the timelapse video for the “Sylvari Engineer” Speedpainting.

Guild Wars 2 Commission: Tarcisio | February 25, 2026

Posted on February 25, 2026

Digital painting of a custom Guild Wars 2 mesmer virtuoso. He levitates above the waters of the Lily of the Elon while surrounded by mesmeric magic. — Finished illustration commission; mesmeric magic version.

Commission for Skylark finished for this past Valentine’s Day, as a surprise gift for their partner! Above is the mesmer virtuoso, “Tarcisio Chiavetta,” who is Damedarosa’s character! (Names mentioned here with permission.)

Above and below are detail crops.

Process sheets below!

For this piece, we began with a general range for the budget. I was given a fair bit of artistic freedom, and I offered to draw a series of thumbnail during the initial sketches, across a range of complexities within their budget. This way, the client could choose the idea which both appealed to them most, and matched their desired budget. The original sheet lists quotes underneath each thumbnail idea, which I’ve omitted here for the client’s privacy.

Sketch 02: Revised sketch, pose block-out

First-round revision after the sketch idea was chosen.

Sketch 03: Revised sketch, background block-out

Here is blocking out the background more before the painting stage began.

Digital painting of a custom Guild Wars 2 mesmer virtuoso. He levitates above the waters of the Lily of the Elon, mesmeric magic subtly glowing around him. — Finished illustration commission; character-focused version.

And here is the finished piece once more! This illustration has two versions – a “mesmeric magic” version at the top of the post, and this version above which places the focus more on Tarcisco’s figure.

Thanks so much again to Skylark for this commission!

March 4, 2026

Added detail crops.

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.