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Another ttrpg campaign, another set of illustrations for my friends 💕. Versions of the illustrations without the green overlay are below the cut.

This time our game is a cosmic horror based off the Cthulhu Mythos & is set in 1924, so I had to do quite a bit of research for the illustrations. It was fun though! The makeup may be a little inaccurate because they didn't really wear eyeshadow during the day, but it's my art & I wanted to give the ones that are fashion icons more makeup.

And before anyone says anything, the fourth illustration doesn't have eye shines on purpose. That player had to drop out of the game for health reasons, so her character got (consensually) killed off.

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Mean teen witch I played from a homebrew ttrpg a friend of mine ran a couple years ago. I still think about her a lot, so I had to draw her

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Drawing some of the OCs from my asoiaf au/fanfic & decided to start with four of my favorites (who happen to all be from the same House, oops 😅)! And the first up is my beloved meow meow: Yraegor Veltheos. I don't talk about my OCs a whole bunch on tumblr, bur whatever, the art still turned out good.

The first illustration is from before the start of the series (297 AC), with the last two being from when he actually shows up in the events of the fic towards the end of the events of A Game of Thrones.

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So earlier this month I got an ask about NedCat being like Herman & Lily Munster, & while I'm still waiting for the anon to elaborate I did draw modern!NedCat dressed as Herman & Lily for Halloween.

Did I cut it close to the wire since Halloween is only a couple days away? Yeah. But I still did it on time.

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So the A Song Of Ice And Fire trrpg I've been running for my friends is coming to an end next month, with us finishing the campaign, and I've made some illustrations of their PCs as they finish the campaign/will be going into the next one to give my friends as gifts. There's A Lot of reasons behind everything in the illustrations because we've been on a break to take care of IRL stuff & it's left me alone with my thoughts for way too long. I'm gonna drop all the details & explanations for everyone when the game is done, but in terms of this tumblr post they're below the cut if you care to read them

Extra details my friends aren't necessarily privy to yet (bc later games or an event that's on the table with no guarantee) & any needed context are in brackets

Top row, left side:

Trystan has padded leather armor that basically just looks like clothes from a distance, with the added detail of me indicating the armored doublet and the tunic underneath are different pieces by way of different textures & colors. His half-cloak leaves his arms free for archery & is color picked from the sigil colors Player gave to House Peat, with green being the main color due to Trystan’s more "utilitarian ranger" sensibilities. His chain with the anvil pendant matches his older brother's, but is made from a different material [his older brother may die in the final conflict, causing Trystan to become the new heir] & he has the carved bird whistle from Ronas on a longer cord so it can be easily used [Ronas is a skinchanger & greenseer NPC who has promised to help them while in the mind of his hawk should they call for him with said whistle]. The bead at the end of his braid is similar in color to various images of bog iron ore, pointing to the "this is their thing" Player headcanoned for House Peat. The bow he's seen holding in the image is the weirwood bow he's given at the end of the campaign, with the weirwood leaves in the background pointing to that being the case.

Top row, right side:

Vargadhor is wearing his Pit Viper armor [a mercenary company he is part of], all red fit, & ostentatious accessories as expected; but it's all accessories that won't get in the way: rings, a turban instead of his tall hat, & pearl earrings Player said he probably wears because of course Varg would. If you zoom in on his face you can see the tops of some of his flame tattoos poking out past his goatee [you can also see a purple tint to his eyes, hinting at the reveal of his currently unknown father being a Volantine nobleman]. The most symbolic interest comes with the background, as the illustration of Varg is fairly stock-and-standard since his true arc doesn't come until Into The Unknown [his arc got sidelined by a problem player who left the game, so we've mostly just been working on getting him back on track]: the lettering in the background (superimposed over flames & under smoke) is the prophecy of Azor Ahai translated into Valyrian, which would be a passage in the scrolls he learned to read from and was then gifted at the end of the game.

Bottom row, left side:

Astrid has chainmail because the Ironborn wear heavy armor into battle, but it's supplemented pretty heavily with leather because she's not noble & has just gotten used to "mostly chain, but having to reinforce it for added protection," but with the added detail of some of the leather padding having some decoration due to her having money now. She's wearing her mom's necklace, and in spite of most of her braids being typical three-strand affairs, the focal point of the hairstyle is the large fishtail braid in the back: a hallmark of Iron Islander hair, as I headcanon them being the only Westerosi culture to really wear them. The shield she's carrying is the one she is gifted by Lord Orlock Saltstone [head of OC House in the game] at the end of the game, with the waves in the background not only referencing her being from the Iron Islands, but also the blessing she receives from the Drowned Man/priest of the Drowned God.

Bottom row, right side:

Laurel has her hair all the way back (probably for the first time in the game). She's wearing armor, but it's very distinctly for quick & easy movement because she's not a fighter as much as other characters, & it's still very feminine because Laurel. The skirt is shorter (although that can't be seen in the illustration) to add to the practicality of the outfit: both for it being situationally appropriate, and because of the growth she's made towards less extravagant choices if the situation doesn't call for that. The dress under her armor has purple tint, to call into detail that the entirety of her armor was gifted from Houe Veltheos [OC House in the game], which is also mirrored in the detail of a dragon being carved into the handle of her axe. Lastly, the background of the piece is black and gold: the colors of House Bronzeport in Dorne [OC House in the game], which Elias [spy master NPC she has befriended] offers to give her connections to at the end of the game (I tried to reference the poison he also gives ve her, but that proved to be more difficult to conceptualize)

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Dorne Solstice: Oberyn Martell

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Decided it'd be fun to redesign some old OCs & maybe tackle a couple old ship illustrations from high school as a fun little project to do between working on other ideas.

Started with my old Vampire Knight OCs (does not hold up still, wow) & my OC for D.Gray-Man (does still hold up, would recommend). May revisit the D.Gray-Man OC now with adult eyes, because I feel like she has the potential to be cool 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Sansa Month 2022, Day 1: Flowers

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Sansa Month 2022, Day Six: The Vale

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Sansa Month 2022, Day 13: Friend

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Sansa Month 2022, Day 17: Food

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Sansa Month 2022, Day 19: Power

made the mistake of designing a whole outfit you can't see the details of for this day, so the full dress is under the cut

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Sansa Month 2022, Day 25: Siblings

individual images of each sister, plus close ups of details under the cut

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Dorne Solstice: Arianne Martell

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So I have this new OC...

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There's also a ref sheet I've recently finished, but iffy on posting that one so whatever. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. Kind of just enjoying keeping my stuff to myself & small friend circle because that's just how I do things I suppose.

Haven't posted anything new in A Minute, just haven't felt like putting my finished stuff anywhere because "it's for me." But I figured I'd post this one anyway, why not y'know 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Drawing my Sailor Moon OCs was pretty much an excuse to test out the glitter brushes on the drawing app I found 😅

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My absolute himbo of a jedi padawan with his poor, poor co-padawan/best friend from my friend's Star Wars ttrpg that we've been playing for...about a month? It has just become The Joke that his co-padawan probably has a crush on him, and I'm going to run with that gag to draw really stupid art.

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