#Cato Ilstard

[uhohitsdorian]

CATO!!! That thing I’m obsessed with him

I’m playing him in Shadowrun now!!! We’re three sessions in and my friend and I are already squealing over how cute the chemistry is between our characters… now we wait

[Image: a digital drawing of Cato, a chubby, pretty, dark-skinned elf boy with curly, bleached blond hair tinted pastel pink and blue, visibly darker at the roots and at the cornrows across the (viewer’s) left side of his head. He wears bright, neon-pink makeup around his eyes, big hoop earrings, and stylish, futuristic clothes, consisting of a faintly-patterned black halter that looks to be made out of PVC or some such shiny, stretchy fabric, over a mesh top with long sleeves and shoulder cutouts, black gloves and shorts with a garter belt clipped to dark, translucent stockings, and a pair of chunky heeled high-top sneakers, each with a different hanzi character on the tongue (愛 on his right, and 死 on his left). A translucent holographic jacket hangs open off of his shoulders, scrunched around the bend in his arm and dangling loose over his other hand. He stands with one hand on his hip, looking somewhat petulantly off to one side. End ID.]

#Also everybody look at that holographic jacket NOW please and thank you I’m very proud of it #Shadowrun #Art #Elves #Drow #Cato Ilstard #Cast List #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #30.3 #2023 #Help I drew this in March and have been meaning to ID and post it ever since and I blinked and it’s November #I have some catching up to do

[leidensygdom]

Cato Ilstard, a drow warlock, for @uhohitsdorian !! I drew him ages ago, but he’s changed a lot ever since, and this design was SUCH a pleasure to tackle on!

#drow #dark elf #elf #dnd #dungeons and dragons #warlock #dnd art #original character #ttrpg #fantasy art #fire #fiend #persian #cat #sygdomthings #syg2022 #cato

[magic-mitchell]

Some of my favorite memes from our all drow party campaign (Some of these are by @leidensygdom​)

#D&D #Drowsquad #Drow #Memes #Funny #RBstuff #Reloneth #Credence Zahradnik #Kazimir Mikaelis #Malcice Kenzynge #Cato Ilstard #Rhylaonar Arkenrret

[uhohitsdorian]

Assembled cast line-up version 3! I didn’t anticipate this becoming a (near-) complete redraw that took me nearly a year to the day, but I think it looks so much better for it. The page about them over on @magic-mitchell has been updated with the new faces and recent info too!

Image description under the cut, since it’s a very long one!

[Image: a digital drawing of the artist’s main D&D characters, both PCs and NPCs, in a simplified style, in front of a striped background with character-corresponding colours. From left to right: Anser, a drow rogue, holds her mask in one hand and glances over her shoulder toward the others, her body turned away. She is very short and lean, with a few sparse, white freckles, and wears a black assassin’s uniform. Heaven, a tiefling-vampire sorcerer, looks haughtily and playfully down at the viewer, wielding her glass stave. She is tall, with ice-blue skin, long, dark hair adorned in an elaborate headdress, and wears a long, pristinely white gown. Crocus, a drow-tiefling blood hunter, kneels in front of Heaven, on guard, weapons drawn to defend her. Her face is nigh-on shredded with scars, and she has one prosthetic, brass-coloured eye. She wears a uniform highly reminiscient of Anser’s, though more brightly coloured, with wine-red leather plates and gold accents to match the crocus flowers in her hair. Opportunity, a wood elf rogue (both dubious descriptors), stands in profile, caught mid-purposeful stride, examining a revolver in his hands from under his signature magpie-skull mask. He has a waifish figure, with long hair drawn back in a high ponytail that appears to have faint stars visible in its sheer darkness, and wears a rich, pine-green tailcoat. Providence, an orc-scourge aasimar barbarian, stands back to back with him, gazing upwards at a small moon that floats in her hands. She is tall, fat and strong, with dark blue skin covered in delicate markings and hair made of swirling storm clouds, and wears a short, mint-green dress covered in flowers. Solace, a drow bard, looks upward with anticipation, a spell swirling at his fingertips, and a troubled expression on his few unobscured features. He is tiny, covered in white freckles, with lowered ears and a mop of choppy hair that hides most of his face. He wears a navy-blue cape coat and a matching peaked cap, supporting his gaunt frame on a gnarled wooden cane in one hand, with his familiar, a copperhead snake, draped over his shoulders. Mitchell, a drow wizard, stands front and centre, holding a spyglass in one hand and his wand in the other. He is also tiny and covered in white freckles, with hair tied into a braid over one shoulder, and wears a robe that fades from teal to dark blue, over a maroon shirt. His familiar, a pipistrelle bat, hovers above him, and he looks upward with an expression of anxious, hesitant hope. Cato, a drow warlock, folds his arms and looks down toward where his sister is petting his familiar: a fluffy, blue-pointed cat. He has very curly white hair shaved short on one side and huge hoop earrings, and wears a dark, intricately-patterned ensemble that complements his chubby figure. Malcice, a drow rogue, is knelt down to pet her brother’s cat (who very much seems to be enjoying the attention) with a wide smile. She wears leather armour and small, round pince-nez glasses, and her impressively long white hair is box-braided and pulled into a loose ponytail behind her. Maxim, a “human” paladin (deeply unconvincing), stands with his longsword in one hand and whip in the other. He is very tall, and wears a heavy black hood, through the slits in which emerge an impressive pair of curling horns, with heavy gloves, a chainmaille shirt, and assorted pieces of metal plate. His face is covered by a very ornate helmet, which is ivory-coloured and painted in blue with delicate plantlife and birds. His legs have short auburn fur and cloven hooves, and a matching, tufted tail swings behind him. Ferrindale, a half-elf/half-gnome bard, is posed grinning, apparently shredding on a small, stringed instrument. They are very, very small, and have bleach-blond hair with brown roots and streaks, chunky earrings, and very brightly coloured clothes. Piper, a scourge aasimar sorcerer/warlock, is ducked and ready with their meteor hammer, looking upwards as if towards some unseen opponent. Their hair is made of strands of coiled, shiny copper, styled in an undercut with a rattail, and they wear a teal vest over a dark blue jacket, with loose, patterned green trousers. Effie, a changeling fighter in guise as a tiefling, has anxiously drawn their rapier and buckler. Their body is broad and brawny, with delicate unguligrade legs and cloven hooves, and a short, tufted tail. While their clothes and armour are dyed in muted colours, their features are, from head to toe, alabaster-white, with blank eyes, a neatly curled moustache, a thick, wavy ponytail, and a single, centred spiral horn. San, a human child, stands faced away from the viewer, entirely indistinct. They wear a hooded blue cloak and carry a wooden stave with one spiral end, onto which is hooked a metal lantern that glows with a gentle, blue flame. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Lineup #Line up #Chibi #Cast list #Anser Arabana #Heaven Le Scourge #Crocus Reckoning #Opportunity #Providence Alcmene #Solace Petrichor #Mitchell Stillbrooke #Cato Ilstard #Malcice Kenzynge #Maxim Ylhadaion #Ferrindale #Piper Copperchild #Effie Macbeth #San #ID #The Pictures of Dorian They #11.2 #2023 #Technically later because of COURSE I forgot Effie's tail and had to add it just now #It is a truth universally acknowledged that when Dorian draws a tiefling the tail will be entirely forgotten and appended later #as though I didn't get invited to enough children's parties in my youth #and am trying to heal the absence of opportunities to play pin the tail on the donkey by doing it to myself now

[uhohitsdorian]

Doodle dump from the past few months!

[Image: seven doodles of various D&D characters, most of them mine.

1) Solace, a drow bard with fluffy hair that covers his face, sat on the ground and wearing a conical dunce hat. He is surrounded by various arrows all pointing to him with the label “this guy!” 2) An edit of the fuck go back meme. The first drawing is of Mitchell, a drow wizard, and @leidensygdom’s Urion, a drow-genasi bard. A finger presses a button on the keyboard labelled “awww baby”. The next drawing is of Solace and the Onirist (also LS’s). The finger presses the button again, now labelled “fuck go back”. 3) Freefall, @jupitisms’ tiefling blood hunter, in a tight embrace by a wide-eyed Effie (a changeling fighter in guise as a tiefling), both teetering over the edge of a cliff and both being ultimately held back from falling by Daphne, @nightfirexd’s tiefling ranger. 4) Mitchell and Effie’s floating heads, with a lit torch being passed from the former to the latter. There is text around them that says “Spiritual successor / long white hair & autism voice”. This is true. 5) A drawing of three drow tethered together with a rope in marching order: @bardcharms’ ranger Dax at the front of the line on the right, @eve-stirwin’s rogue Quiche in the middle, and my warlock Cato bringing up the rear. Above them is the text “keep all arms and legs inside of the party at all times!” 6) Alva, a tiny person with very long hair, looks up in absolute awe and adoration (heart-eyes and all) at the Empress, a much, much taller, vague and elegant figure. (Alva has since begun referring to her as her girlfriend, though hasn’t mentioned anything about it to the Empress herself.) 7) A short comic in grayscale. @jupitisms​’ Nimbus, a tiefling druid with curly hair and branches sprouting from her horns, holds up Opportunity (a wood elf wearing a magpie-skull mask, with bad vibes emanating off him in black scribbles) like a cat, with a pleading face, saying “babe please can we keep him”. Providence, her girlfriend and his nemesis, stands imposingly with glowing eyes and the moon behind her, and answers (in distorted, glowing capital letters) “he is a scourge on benevolence”. Nimbus’ eyes grow wider and sadder, and she adds desperately, “…and a baby”. 8) Heaven Le Scourge, a tiefling, lying on a bed and talking animatedly into a rotary phone in much the manner of a stereotypical teenage girl in an 80s movie. She has rollers in her hair and there’s a magazine lying open next to her. (Though not shown, she’s on call with @leidensygdom’s Solaralith, discussing their diabolical acts of cruelty and plans for world domination together.) 9) An addendum to the one above, showing Crocus (Heaven’s bodyguard, a drow-tiefling blood hunter) t-posing in a dress, with text above indicating that she has been “dressed up to play poison tea party”.

End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Doodles #Solace Petrichor #Mitchell Stillbrooke #Effie Macbeth #Cato Ilstard #Opportunity #Providence Alcmene #Heaven Le Scourge #Crocus Reckoning #Friend’s OC #Freefall #Daphne #Quiche #Dax #Alva #Nimbus Aldbrooke #The Pictures of Dorian They #Cast List #ID #9.1 #18.2 #12.3 #19.5 #15.6 #30.6 #12.6 #26.6

[uhohitsdorian]

Doodle dump time!

[Image: a collection of greyscale doodles, as follows:

1) A portrait of the artist, lying on the floor with an existential expression as their face and hands begin to melt into a puddle. On the wall above them is a simple calendar with two shaded days marked, two weeks apart from each other. I was trying to capture the feeling of realising your D&D is not today but in a week from now, or alternatively missing a game that’s long finished/been on hiatus.

2) Cato, a chubby drow with an irritated expression on his face, having been woken from rest on a false alarm. His narrow eyes are narrowed yet further than usual, and his arms are folded over his chest. His hair is full of curl rollers and he’s wearing a sheer robe with a fluffy, feathery trim, the very picture of sophisticated decadence interrupted.

3) A work-in-progress from a larger piece, depicting Solace, a very short, gaunt drow, with downward-pointing ears, leant on his gnarled walking cane and staring ahead with a look of resolute nihilism from beneath his choppy hair. His foot on the side away from the cane is turned far outwards from its knee, in a way that it looks like it ought not to be able or comfortable to. He wears a peaked cap and a sharp cape coat with brocade fastenings, and warily clutches a battered journal in his free hand.

4) A very simple little cartoon of the artist knelt down with a ring box, on the verge of tears, proposing to mononykus: a small, feathery dinosaur that looks somewhat like an owl crossed with an anteater (modelled after its appearance in Prehistoric Planet, in which I fell in love with it). Beneath it is small text in brackets that reads “I am going to put it on her one big claw”, referring to the ring. Mononykus, with long, narrow tongue extended, looks indifferent to the whole affair. (Disclaimer: this is a joke about how quickly I was taken with and utterly delighted by this animal upon learning of its existence. I am not attracted romantically to dinosaurs.)

5) A headshot of the artist, with a small moustache drawn on and lines down from either side of the mouth like a nutcracker’s hinged jaw, in a peaked cap with an anchor emblem. (I was going for sort of a Toy Soldier-type sona, and I know mine looks very similar to its inspiration, but I can’t help that I look like that and these kinds of service uniforms have a lot of common design elements. This character would be maybe a clockwork lightkeeper.)

6) A drawing of my grandparents: a bent-over, ancient, serene-looking man with two watches on each wrist, and an elderly woman with curly hair and beady eyes, wearing a large chunky necklace and waving.

7) A very simplified drawing of my sorclock, Piper, wielding their meteor hammer. They are drawn as little more than a triangle and a quadrilateral with arms and dotted eyes, and a few lines for their characteristic hair, with two ellipses for the ends of the hammer, rotating too fast to be seen.

8) Solace, in his peaked cap and coat, laying face-down in the snow, given up. All that can be seen from under his hat are his pointed ears, and tufts of hair in every direction. Behind him are a few telltale footprints, marking his path, and fat, blurred snowflakes fall across the whole of the image.

End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Doodles #Sona #Cato Ilstard #Solace Petrichor #Dinosaurs #Mononykus #Piper Copperchild #Cast List #ID #The Pictures of Dorian They #8.9 #23.10 #1.11 #21.11 #2022 #7.1 #19.1 #31.3 #25.4 #2023

[uhohitsdorian]

Your honor I love him

[Image: a digital portrait of Cato, a drow warlock, drawn from the bust up, with dark red pencil lines. He has grey skin and soft, rounded features, very pale blue eyes, and coily, white hair shaved short on one side that forms a vague crescent shape around his head. His ears are pointed, each with three ‘petals.’ He’s wearing a dark halter top with a red tassel and a geometric pattern, and rose gold hoop earrings. He’s looking towards the camera with unimpressed, half-lidded eyes, and his wide, forked tongue sticking out of his mouth. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Cato Ilstard #Cast list #Cute #ID #The Pictures of Dorian They #9.1 #2022 #Yeah I’m very late to posting this I know #In my defence: he’s baby

[uhohitsdorian]

Little bit of inventory for my darling magic baby, Cato

[Image: a grayscale drawing of Cato, a chubby drow warlock with side-shaved curly hair, surrounded on the page by a few of his most notable possessions. The drawing is titled, “What’s in Cato’s Pockets? (‘Pockets’ being a pretty loose term),” and the items are as follows: “Many volumes of journals documenting his life day to day. They’re written in Imperial Drowic, though not with absolute regard for grammar.” “Mask of Many Faces. A delicate, wrought-iron mask that disappears seamlessly against his skin when worn, allowing him to change his appearance at will.” “A black, iron key that serves as half of his casting focus and fits into the keyhole in his chest, allowing him to charge his magic or open his Sanctum.” “A demon-hide glove with a black obsidian cabochon set into the back of it. It serves as the other half of his casting focus, by providing a point of contact to strike the key against and create sparks.” “High-heeled wing-tip tap shoes. He hasn’t had much opportunity to practice recently, but the sound of the metal taps still gives him something of a presence.” At his feet is a very fluffy colorpoint cat, simply labelled, “Minnie, a beloved familiar.” End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Inventory #Cats #Cato Ilstard #Minnie #Cast list #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #4.9 #2021

[uhohitsdorian]

Can you tell I’ve been listening to Talkshow Boy

[Image: a digital drawing of Cato, a drow warlock, pictured from the shoulders up. The style is angular without being sharp, with hard blue shadows and a halftone filter. His hair is long and curly on one side, and in triangular cornrows on the other. Fit around his face in the negative space and in his hair are the words: “I’m half dead & half child prodigy / one half corpse & one half quality,” a line from Talkshow Boy’s song, ‘Fry Me In a Pan,’ in bright neon colors. The rest of the image is diluted in blue, barring Cato’s open eye (the other shut). He wears a disgruntled, possibly condescending expression. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Talkshow Boy #Lyrics #Cato Ilstard #Cast list #Neon #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #20.5 #2021

[uhohitsdorian]

Cato’s portrait from the new sheet! I love the shorter hair but I don’t think I’ll be keeping it... for now...

[Image: a digital drawing of Cato, a drow warlock, from the waist up. He has pale, curly hair that’s shaved short on one side and longer to the other, tall, butterfly-wing-like ears with big rose gold hoops, smoky eye makeup and grey skin. He’s wearing a patterned halter top with a red tassel at the collar and asymmetrical detached blue sleeves. He’s leaning on the edge of a surface with his face resting in one hand and the other hanging casually over the implied ledge, wearing a dissatisfied pout. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Cato Ilstard #Cast list #ID #The Pictures of Dorian They #14.2 #2021

[uhohitsdorian]

After 27 hours, Cato’s custom sheet is finally done! I’ve never made a custom sheet before and it was a lot of work, but I’m super proud of how it came out. I wanted that noir vibe.

Let me know if there’d be interest in commissioning a sheet like this for your own character and I might open some slots!

[Image: a sepia-toned custom character sheet for D&D 5e, designed for a warlock, Cato Ilstard, pictured in a central window on the sheet. He is a pretty drow elf with lots of curly hair shaved on one side, pouting and propping his face on his hand. His ability scores are arranged around intricate keys, and the whole sheet carries a theme of angular ironwork, keyholes and diamond-shaped gems. The default layout of the sheet has been changed to remove features I never use, and (somehow) fit his spells, invocations and familiar onto the same page. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Cato Ilstard #Character sheet #Custom sheet #Cast list #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #14.2 #2021

[uhohitsdorian]

This was just an excuse to draw big shiny anime eyes but it turned into an excuse to also draw big fluffy curls

[Image: a chibi drawing of Cato, a drow warlock, in a very anime-inspired style. He has a round face with blue-grey skin and big, sparkly blue eyes. His hair is pale with a rose gold tint and made of dozens of soft ringlets and cascading, voluminous curls, almost reminiscent of ice cream. His ears are fluted with long, leaf-like ‘petals,’ and he wears a soft expression. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Cato Ilstard #Chibi #Anime #Cast list #ID #The Pictures of Dorian They #14.8 #2021

[uhohitsdorian]

Cato and I scraped through the qualifier of a battle royale event but went out in the final before we could fire off a single hit. Props to my good friend Sam for building the aptly named Miracle Archer who took him out single handedly, it was an embarrassing exit but I’m still proud of myself and we did have fun. (My friends over at the Wayfarer’s League are doing amazing work to organise events like this, go and show them some love!)

I also wanted to try and illustrate what his magic looks like: lightning-like forks of spiralling black ironwork.

[Image: a digital drawing of Cato, a drow warlock, pictured in full leather armor with a red cape and tabard. He’s short and sturdy with tightly curled hair and long, leaf-like ears. He’s lit by the flame spell he’s drawing in front of him, with a focused expression on his face. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Wayfarer’s League #Cato Ilstard #Magic #ID #Cast list #The Pictures of Dorian They #10.5 #2021 #Also can we take a moment to appreciate the perspective here I used boxes for that

[uhohitsdorian]

My favorite little beans and their familiars! I might stick these up on Redbubble if anyone’s interested. There is a ludicrous amount of love in my heart for these three <3

[Image: three digital chibi drawings of drow and their familiars.

The first is Mitchell, a wizard, and his pipistrelle, Hartwin. Mitchell has dark purple skin covered in white freckles, a long braid and purple robes, and he’s posed with his wand in one hand and spellbook in the other.

The second is Cato, a warlock, and his blue-point Himalayan cat, Minnie. Cato has grey-blue skin and a lot of curly hair shaved short on one side, and wears a collared halter top and detached blue sleeves and socks with matching tassels. Minnie lays in his lap.

The last is Solace, a bard, and his copperhead, Dearest. Solace has dark purple skin and even more freckles than Mitchell, with lowered ears and short, choppy hair covering his face. He’s curled in on himself and wears a long, dark blue coat. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Wizard #Warlock #Bard #Chibi #Mitchell Stillbrooke #Cato Ilstard #Solace Petrichor #Cast list #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #18.5 #2020

[uhohitsdorian]

Wanted to doodle some fucked up little evil anatomy and ended up with the best fire I’ve ever drawn go figure

Cato’s side-shave was. an accident

[ID: a digital drawing of Cato, a drow warlock, in deep reds and bright oranges. He’s pictured with a book in hand, casting a spell with a fiery kick that’s leapt up and singed off one side of his hair. He looks terrified. He’s backlit by the flame, accenting his angular, narrow body. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Drow #Warlock #Fire #Cato Ilstard #Welcome To The Backstory #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #Cast list #7.6 #2021

[uhohitsdorian]

Making a reference for Cato’s eyes to procrastinate making a reference for his entire body

[Image: a digitally drawn close up on one of Cato’s eyes. He has grey skin and long white lashes, exaggerated and stylised in white eyeliner. His iris is a pale, bright blue, very faintly clouded in sharp swirls, with a darker ring around the edge, a round, blue pupil, and a very faint sunflower effect. His eyebrow is neat, white and arched, and his energy is ethereal and cold. End ID.]

#D&D #Art #Eye #Drow #Warlock #Cato Ilstard #Eyes #Blue eyes #Painting #ID #Cast list #The Pictures of Dorian They #15.3 #2021