{"id":8437,"date":"2026-01-31T00:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=8437"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:50:01","slug":"nightmare-court-necromancer-sketches-january-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/01\/nightmare-court-necromancer-sketches-january-31-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare Court Necromancer Sketches | January 31, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drawing two hairstyles from the in-game options to figure out which look might fit the character (Animated).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve been idly wanting to figure out a look for a new Nightmare Court necromancer character I’ve been thinking about recently. He’s in the same setting as “Nightmare’s Embrace,” but isn’t a major character (he likely won’t feature in the mini-comic later this year). Different from my existing sylvari characters, the idea for him arose from a short story I was writing, instead from one of my existing in-game characters. My other sylvari characters originated from their in-game versions first, with their personalities developing afterward. Oftentimes, influenced by the experience playing them in-game. <\/p>\n

I haven’t made a new GW2 character in a long time, and thought this was the perfect excuse to create a new one. I played around with the in-game style options the other day, and thought drawing them might help me decide on this character’s look. I think the color scheme is close – especially for the hair and glow color – but I’m not entirely satisfied on his hairstyle. The two here are the closest I was partial to for him, but I’m leaning toward sketching a few ideas at a later point not based on an in-game style, to see if I can figure out a look that fits him more closely. <\/p>\n

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Lineart sketch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painted<\/a>
Still of the drawing, without glow. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I just liked how this version looked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Animated version of the hairstyle on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also tried out animating the glow color to see if it would help me decide on whether I liked either of these hairstyles for the character. Between these two, the one on the right fits him slightly better, and I think it turned out better when animated.<\/p>\n

But doing this helped me decide I don’t think I will be satisfied with either hairstyle for him. <\/p>\n

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Still of the animated version from the top of this post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been idly wanting to figure out a look for a new Nightmare Court necromancer character I’ve been thinking about recently. He’s in the same setting as “Nightmare’s Embrace,” but isn’t a major character (he likely won’t feature in the mini-comic later this year). Different from my existing sylvari characters, the idea for him arose…<\/span><\/p>\n

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