{"id":6994,"date":"2025-06-12T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=6994"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:10:00","slug":"guild-wars-2-mesmer-commission-june-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-mesmer-commission-june-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Commission | June 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6996\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-web.png\" alt=\"A Guild Wars 2 humanoid mesmer wields the legendary greatsword &quot;Eternity&quot; 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. \" width=\"670\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-web.png 670w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-web-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guild Wars 2 Commission | Enzo&#8217;s Mesmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recently finished <strong>Guild Wars 2<\/strong> painting for Enzo! This one is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/commissions.html\" rel=\"\">&#8220;Tier 2: Watercolor-style&#8221;<\/a> of commissions.<\/p>\n<p>A few process steps below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6997\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6997 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch2.png\" alt=\"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.\" width=\"748\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch2.png 748w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch2-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch2-598x1024.png 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketch Revision 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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 <strong>Varr\u00e9<\/strong> from <strong>Elden Ring.<\/strong> I think right before I started the initial sketch for Enzo&#8217;s painting, I had started my <a title=\"Varr\u00e9 from Elden Ring | May 21, 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/05\/varre-from-elden-ring-may-21-2025\/\" rel=\"\">first drawing of Varr\u00e9.<\/a> I didn&#8217;t realize until doing the initial sketches for Enzo&#8217;s mesmer how both characters are wearing masks! It was almost like drawing Varr\u00e9 first was a pre-sketch for Enzo&#8217;s painting, haha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6998\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6998 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3.png\" alt=\"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. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3.png 1920w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3-1536x999.png 1536w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.05.05-Enzo-sketch3-1140x742.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketch Revision 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Above is the stage the painting was in before finalizing it (the top image in this post).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recently finished Guild Wars 2 painting for Enzo! This one is in the &#8220;Tier 2: Watercolor-style&#8221; of commissions. A few process steps below: 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<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-mesmer-commission-june-12-2025\/\" 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":[597,408,5],"tags":[720,386,409,387,410,719,396],"class_list":["post-6994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commission-process","category-commissions","category-digital-art","tag-enzo","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-guild-wars-2-commission","tag-gw2","tag-gw2-commission","tag-gw2-mesmer","tag-gw2-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\/commissions\/commission-process\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Commission Process<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/commissions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Commissions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"A recently finished Guild Wars 2 painting for Enzo! This one is in the &#8220;Tier 2: Watercolor-style&#8221; of commissions. A few process steps below: 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...Continue&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994","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=6994"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7006,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions\/7006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}