{"id":6801,"date":"2025-05-08T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:47:05","slug":"dagonet-and-malyck-portraits-may-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/05\/dagonet-and-malyck-portraits-may-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagonet and Malyck Portraits | May 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6801 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\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Digital portrait painting of \u201cFirstborn Dagonet\u201d from Guild Wars 2. He is a blue-hued sylvari, a humanoid plant species from the game. He has branches with faintly glowing, blue leaves for hair.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web.png 615w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6802'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished\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\/05\/2018-malyck-tyrian-tarot-web-2025edits-wip1a.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2018-malyck-tyrian-tarot-web-2025edits-wip1a.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Illustrative painting of the sylvari Malyck from Guild Wars 2. He stands in the center of the painting as thorned vines twist around him. The background evokes Verdant Brink, the starting zone from the Heart of Thorns expansion.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2018-malyck-tyrian-tarot-web-2025edits-wip1a.png 604w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2018-malyck-tyrian-tarot-web-2025edits-wip1a-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6748'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;The Nightmare Harbinger&#8221; (2025 WIP version)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to do a series of &#8220;portrait-style&#8221; paintings for some of my favorite sylvari characters &#8211; the first one I&#8217;ve finished so far is <strong>Dagonet<\/strong> (from last October), and I&#8217;ve shown WIP&#8217;s of <strong>Riannoc<\/strong> and <strong>Cadeyrn<\/strong> in places before. Riannoc has been very close to being finished for a while, and I also have one <em>secret<\/em> character I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve mentioned anywhere yet, who&#8217;s been in a near-finished state for good while too. Only need to do that last 10-5% of polish &#8211; which I&#8217;ve found tend to takes me more time than I estimate, but which often results in the most stark features for whether I&#8217;m satisfied or dissatisfied for how a painting turns out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cadeyrn<\/strong> is in a more incomplete state, though I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;d take me significantly longer than Riannoc and the secret character (one of my favorites, and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve drawn the character before now).<\/p>\n<p>I should probably standardize the nameplate design, though I sort of like Malyck&#8217;s placement more than Dagonet&#8217;s. Issue to solve in the future!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I mainly wanted to see how Dagonet and Malyck look side-by-side so far. :D especially as I haven&#8217;t posted the Dagonet painting on this sketchblog since it was from last October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh!<\/strong> I should post the process for it, too &#8211; I&#8217;ll post them below:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6801 gallery-columns-3 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\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip1-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip1-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A rough black-and-white sketch of Firstborn Dagonet.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip1-web.png 615w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip1-web-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6807'>\n\t\t\t\tSketch\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\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip2-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip2-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"An in-progress step for Firstborn Dagonet, with blue colors roughly blocked in.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip2-web.png 615w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-wip2-web-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6808'>\n\t\t\t\tColor block-in\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\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Digital portrait painting of \u201cFirstborn Dagonet\u201d from Guild Wars 2. He is a blue-hued sylvari, a humanoid plant species from the game. He has branches with faintly glowing, blue leaves for hair.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web.png 615w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-web-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6802'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And, let&#8217;s post a detail crop below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6823\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-webE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6823 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-webE.png\" alt=\"Detail close-up of Dagonet\" width=\"760\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-webE.png 760w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024.10.26-guild-wars-2-firstborn-dagonet-webE-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail close-up of Dagonet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why are sylvari so fun to paint? I never tire of them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to do a series of &#8220;portrait-style&#8221; paintings for some of my favorite sylvari characters &#8211; the first one I&#8217;ve finished so far is Dagonet (from last October), and I&#8217;ve shown WIP&#8217;s of Riannoc and Cadeyrn in places before. Riannoc has been very close to being finished for a while, and I also<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/05\/dagonet-and-malyck-portraits-may-8-2025\/\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/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":[5,422],"tags":[708,709,386,387,459,388,711,710,712],"class_list":["post-6801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-guild-wars-2","tag-dagonet","tag-firstborn-dagonet","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-gw2","tag-malyck","tag-sylvari","tag-sylvari-dagonet","tag-sylvari-malyck","tag-sylvari-painting"],"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\/guild-wars-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guild Wars 2<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"I&#8217;ve been wanting to do a series of &#8220;portrait-style&#8221; paintings for some of my favorite sylvari characters &#8211; the first one I&#8217;ve finished so far is Dagonet (from last October), and I&#8217;ve shown WIP&#8217;s of Riannoc and Cadeyrn in places before. Riannoc has been very close to being finished for a while, and I also...Continue&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801","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=6801"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6828,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801\/revisions\/6828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}