{"id":6586,"date":"2025-03-19T23:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:12:41","slug":"gw2-illustration-work-in-progress-march-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/03\/gw2-illustration-work-in-progress-march-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"GW2 Illustration Work-in-Progress | March 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6591\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web.png\" alt=\"Current version (in-progress). A forested scene with three sylvari characters and thorned vines winding throughout the background. One character stabs his Mordrem Saber through another character, while the third character summons thorns in the background.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web.png 1280w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-1140x675.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current version (in-progress) | From left to right: Caydren, Landis, and Lorcan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Had an idea with my sylvari characters I wanted to jot down! It turned into a book cover composition, somehow. It&#8217;d be reversed if I used it as one &#8211; but I mainly wanted to sketch my three characters together, since I haven&#8217;t drawn them all together in an illustration in a while.<\/p>\n<p>The left character is my Nightmare Court elementalist, Caydren; the middle character is my sylvari reaper\/necromancer, Landis; and the right character is my Nightmare Courtier ranger\/druid, Lorcan (who has yet to have his outfit added).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6587\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6587 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web.png\" alt=\"Initial sketch\" width=\"1280\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web.png 1280w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-sketch-web-1140x675.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Initial sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6594\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6594 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web.png\" alt=\"An earlier progress step\" width=\"1280\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web.png 1280w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1a-web-1140x675.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An earlier progress step<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6586 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2c-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2c-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2c-web.png 760w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2c-web-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6589'>\n\t\t\t\tIboga WIP 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1b-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1b-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1b-web.png 760w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip1b-web-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6593'>\n\t\t\t\tIboga WIP\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My Nightmare Courtier ranger\/druid&#8217;s favorite pet Iboga, which he affectionately named &#8220;Mordremoth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6590\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2b-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2b-web.png\" alt=\"Close-up of two sylvari characters, a Nightmare Court elementalist piercing his Mordrem Saber through an uncooperative necromancer's chest. \" width=\"760\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2b-web.png 760w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2b-web-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of the current in-progress version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Close-up of my necromancer before I begin adding sylvari features to his anatomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web.png\" alt=\"Current version (in-progress). A forested scene with three sylvari characters and thorned vines winding throughout the background. One character stabs his Mordrem Saber through another character, while the third character summons thorns in the background.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web.png 1280w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025.03.19-guild-wars-2-sylvari-wip2a-web-1140x675.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Had an idea with my sylvari characters I wanted to jot down! It turned into a book cover composition, somehow. It&#8217;d be reversed if I used it as one &#8211; but I mainly wanted to sketch my three characters together, since I haven&#8217;t drawn them all together in an illustration in a while.<\/p>\n<p>The left character is my Nightmare Court elementalist, Caydren; the middle character is my sylvari reaper\/necromancer, Landis; and the right character is my Nightmare Courtier ranger\/druid, Lorcan (who has yet to have his outfit added).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,423,422,10],"tags":[386,387],"class_list":["post-6586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-digital-painting","category-guild-wars-2","category-work-in-progress","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-gw2"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/digital-painting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Painting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/guild-wars-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guild Wars 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/work-in-progress\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work-In-Progress<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Had an idea with my sylvari characters I wanted to jot down! It turned into a book cover composition, somehow. It'd be reversed if I used it as one - but I mainly wanted to sketch my three characters together, since I haven't drawn them all together in an illustration in a while. The left&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6586"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9749,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions\/9749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}