#fantasy dwarf

[igorlevchenko-blog]

Infernal Dwarf of the Barren Mountains (based on the concept art of Mathias Rizell a.k.a. KarakNornClansman).

#chaos dwarfs #warhammer chaos #warhammer fantasy #fantasy dwarf #dawi #hashut #rpg character #fantasy portrait #kritaart #dark fantasy #warhammer oc #warhammer fanart #dwarfwarrior #9th age #tabletop rpg #digital painting #digital art #armor design #character concept

[stagbeetleboy]

While they both come in a wide variety of stony camo, hill dwarves tend to have warmer colors than the cooler toned mountain dwarves.

#stag’s ocs #fantasy worldbuilding #fantasy dwarf #fantasy #character design #creature design #nudity

[hiddencarpet]

Senshi

#he's my fave in Dungeon Meshi :) #Id in alt #Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Dungeon Meshi fanart #Senshi #Dungeon Meshi Senshi #dunmeshi #dunmeshi fanart #dunmeshi senshi #dwarf #fantasy #fantasy dwarf #carpet's art #HiddenCarpet #Hidden Carpet #2024 #january #fantasy art #artists on tumblr #accessible art

[bregflr]

slug training

A bit different than my usual stuff, bu got commissioned to make this dwarf fortress art, the client wanted to register the story of a bunch of slug friends that were accepted into the dwarf hill fort, and utterly failed to enter the local militia, because they were a bit too sluggish

#my art #art #anime art #fantasy art #dwarf fortress #slice of life art #fantasy dwarf

[rachelillustrates]

Self promotion post time!!!

(As requested by my dear @conkers-theficwriter 💕)

My name is Rachelillustrates (call me Rae) and I'm a queer/body-positive focused Faerie and fantasy artist, comic artist and writer.

Main fandoms, at the moment: "The Hobbit"/"Lord of the Rings," Critical Role (campaign one), MCU Thor (and the comics that inspired the recent films), "Lore Olympus," "Suitor Armor," and Holly Black's "The Folk of the Air" series and everything attached to it.

Current main ships, in fandom: Bagginshield (The Hobbit/LotR), Gentlebeard (OFMD), Harlivy (DC/Batfamily), Oak/Suren ("The Folk of the Air"/"The Stolen Heir")

Main vibes, in both fanwork and original work: body/size-positivity and queer representation, as previously mentioned. Gnome positivity and recognition, Orc positivity and recognition, fantasy Dwarven positivity and recognition. Found family. Self-sovereignty paired with compassion for all AND the healing power of True Love in all its forms.

Biggest original project: "Tock the Gnome"

"What do you do, when you're a lost faerie in a realm that has forgotten it is Faerie at all? When you set out to save a legendary Princess that no one else believes in? When you intend to court and marry that Princess, but you meet someone else - someone fascinating - on the road? When your Love can change the world?

Follow Tock, a Gnome woman from a steampunk-society in a realm of high fantasy, as she finds herself in such a situation. Driven by a Fairy Tale about a trapped Elven princess on a floating island, she convinces her friend Bumble – an airship pilot – to join her quest to rescue her. They hire extra firepower from unfamiliar lands, and together they seek the island and the princess. But what they seek may not be quite what they expected…"

Available to read for free across the platform of your choice here.

Thanks for taking a look 🦋

#THANKS CONKERS #artists on tumblr #indie comics #faerie #body posi art #gnomes #orcs #fantasy dwarf #dwarves #bagginshield #fangirling #self promo #shameless self promo #aggressive positive self regard #personal #ooh shiny #ooh words

[paladintomo]

It's another 'Delicious in Dungeon' thursday and I felt like drawing the man, the myth and the legend himself Senshi the dwarf

#fanart #my art #dungeon meshi #delicious #delicious in dungeon #anime fanart #anime #dwarf #fantasy dwarf #chef

[clankhead]

Logrim Battlefury

Dwarf Paladin

Reaper Miniatures

#miniature painting #dwarf #dungeons and dragons #painting miniatures #minis #miniatures #fantasy #fantasy dwarf #paladin #dnd #armor #sword #roses #tabletop gaming #tabletop

[caffeine-ted]

Drew namari from dungeon meshi!

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi fanart #namari #dwarf #fantasy dwarf #dwarf girl

[punkaccino]

Siblings of the BreakerBrand Clan! Ragfar, Agni and Rogni.

#dwarf #dwarves #fantasy dwarf #dnd #dungeons and dragons #art #dnd art #dnd character #artists on tumblr #oc #ttrpg #digital art #dnd cleric #dnd artificer #dnd barbarian

[stagbeetleboy]

Hill dwarf settlements do not reach as deeply into the earth as other dwarf burrows, and they often come into conflict with humankind.

#fantasy dwarf #character design #fantasy worldbuilding #nudity

[coolranch121121]

A little OC? Maybe just one or maybe I’ll make her a roommate 😏

i did this in procreate bc i think i'm starting to figure out the brushes and basic stuff. here is some more about her:

she loves to paint

on stressful days she will rework and save scrap clay so she doesn't break anything

still very strong due to always helping out with smithing and metal working

loves trying out new glazes even though she never gets to sell her nicer products

usually has to produce basic brown, white, and grey cups and plates for bars and restaurants

due to stigma, many won't buy her nicer pieces because this is something dwarfs aren't know for doing

she has a closet full of cups, plates, and bowls that she wants to give her mom back home but can't bring herself to go back

keeps unread letters from home in a corner in the "un sellable" closet.

doesn't interact with local dwarves other then sales due to past experiences

isn't very social, usually only talks to store owners and anyone who is interested in buying something

little bit of a drinking problem but has been sober for six months now

#oc #character #character design #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #anime and manga #original character #dnd character #character sheet #fantasy dwarf #Orla bc it sounds like ore line if you squint #I think the last name is irish #idk I liked how it sounded #coolranchart #delicious in dungeon oc

[fairmerthefarmer]

More character designs except this time they’re fantasy dwarves and whenever I draw fantasy dwarves they legally all need to have facial hair regardless of gender cause I think that’s cool.

Also these guys are all secretly Narnian and are also on the crew of the Dawn Treader cause I’m forever building out the crew in my mind, and it’s practicing doing my own designs. Here is some more of the crew.

The slightest amount of lore for them is down here if you care, along with general Narnia headcanons and waffling.

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The dwarf on the far left is a river dwarf I’ve decided. I don’t know fully that is other than I think it’d be cool if there was a tribe of dwarves that were close to the water nymphs, and generally have great knowledge and skills that are an asset on a sailing crew.

The river dwarves are one of the reasons telmarines were scared of the water (along with the niads, however the bridge of beruna imprisoned the river god, who otherwise was also responsible for many folk tales told to young telmarine children. Their fear of water is ironic to me cause I believe there’s evidence of them coming from the Caribbean as pirates? I imagine the humans on caspians crew are like, either rediscovering their roots or the few who held on to that seafaring background. Mostly younger telmarines in the same generation as caspian, they questioned the leadership and were very happy when old narnia overthrew Miraz.)

the river dwarves are generally peaceful and most lived in hiding during telmars reign. They’re temperament is very stable and they do well under pressure. River dwarves are incredibly stealthy and only attack in necessity as self defense. In terms of stealth think like lotr hobbits, and this is a great contrast to most other dwarves in Narnia (strong strength and combat, low stealth) A lot of them abstained from fighting against telmar alltogether due to their peaceful values. They are disconnected from some other dwarf cultures which can cause some tension.

The two in the middle come from a tribe of dwarves that are blacksmiths, and also they’re siblings. The brother in particular is a toy maker by trade specifically, and loves kids. His wife (far right) has a background in carpentry. Him and his wife don’t have any but virtually adopt any child they see. The sister is always having a good time, and seafaring comes more naturally to her than smithywork ever did.

The carpentry/forest dwarves generally have a history of closeness with dryads similarly to how the river dwarves are with the water spirits. Some of that connection has been severed due to how deeply the dryads retreated and were removed when Caspian the Conqueror (not our caspian) and his descendants over-deforested. It takes time to restore that connection.

The two on the left may or may not have a situationship and the two on the right have been married for years.

Regardless of trade they’re all on the ship because they’re loyal as fuck to Caspian, the married couple kind of see themselves in a parental role to him but it’s debatable on how that actually plays out.

Also no one has a name cause I’m so bad at coming up with names.

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My thinking in general is that Narnian dwarves make up a lot of the trades, other races do contribute as well, (I’d imagine some marshwiggles work in stuff related to ships/seafaring but perhaps not travelling themselves) most fauns are more into the arts/spirituality, but some do take up trades (a couple of my designs from this post are tradespeople, one of them is a bard.)

I haven’t done many centaur designs, but my vague thoughts is that there are those who are more spiritual and practice prophecy, stargazing, advising, and those who are more into combat, and are protectors, or messengers.

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Gender and the ideas around sexuality I’d also imagine would be a lot more fluid and most Narnians are a lot more open than some of the more human civilizations. (Like it’s a country made of sentient trees, talking animals and mythical beings, and the human countries kind of canonically are like “what the heck is going on over there???” Or they’re afraid of them and try to colonize them, like the telmarines)

These are all half baked ideas but I’ve been fixated on Narnia since I was five and it’s lowkey the reason I spent so much time and passion into drawing and now have a career in graphic design and illustration, so. This is mostly all for me, so don’t mind how long this post has gotten. 🤠

#fairmerthefarmer art #Narnia #voyage of the dawn treader #crew of the dawn treader #narnia headcanons #narnian headcanons #character design #fantasy dwarf #fantasy character #oc art #oc #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #CoN #VDT #caspian x #Prince caspian #digital illustration #character art #dnd dwarf #c.s. lewis #long post #but only if you actually bother to read it all #my brain rot will always be part narnian #my art <3 #narnia oc #chronicles of narnia #narnia fanart #narnia art

[rachelillustrates]

Need to have a bit of a moment about feminine-presenting fantasy Dwarf representation....

So I've been in "The Hobbit" fandom in full enthusiasm ✨hyperfixaaaaaaation✨ for about a year and a half now, and one thing that is EXTREMELY important to me is that fantasy Dwarves, in any Universe, are a) short, though not as short as my beloved Gnomes, and b) THICK. WIDE. EARTHY. And I know that working with taller human actors in the Hobbit films didn't portray that perfectly, but in general, it seems like that perception holds true enough and, again, has carried over into other media (and was there BEFORE the Hobbit movies in the first place).

They should ALSO be hairy, in the best of circumstances, though I understand we don't always get that regardless of what gender presentation is involved. Ahem.

In most cases - including those films AND the book they spring from - the focus is on masculine-presenting Dwarves.

BUT.

Those proportions usually hold true for feminine-presenting characters as well.

Some examples:

(From "The Hobbit" films specifically.)

(From "Rings of Power." HAIL Princess Disa. Though she needs a fuller beard, too - smoochy picture included to highlight what fuzz she does have. And because she and Durin are adorable.)

(From World of Warcraft - with feminine-presenting Night Elf for reference since that still b a r e l y counts as stocky, but their "average woman shape" is even more on the thin side, so I still think the intention was for us to view the Dwarves as thicker with that comparison.)

Those being my biggest two points of personal reference, I'm gonna stop there - but the POINT of all of this is that I recently read "A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic" by J. Penner.

Which IS delicious.

And includes a feminine-presenting Dwarf named Dolgrila "Doli" Butterbuckle. Who I would already freaking DIE for istg.

Her introduction, from the text:

(Transcription of the highlighted bits:

"The dwarf was a vision in a corseted, buttery yellow dress. The bright, warm hue complemented her rich complexion and lush head of sable curls. Each hair coil seemed to dance with the same radiant joy shown by her twinkling brown eyes and pearly smile. Holstered on her ample hip, where one might expect a weapon, was instead a teacup and saucer, held together by leather straps. ..... "I'm Dolgrila Butterbuckle," she said while reading. "But everyone calls me Doli." ")

AND the next book in the series ("A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons," out Nov. 2024) IS ABOUT HER!!!!! ✨🎉✨

BUT. This is the cover:

And I zero percent mean any of the following as a complaint against the artist. I am sure they were just following the publisher's order. And BIG YAY for the publisher actually hiring a HUMAN!! Good choices are being made, there.

BUT.

If I didn't know already that Doli is a Dwarf, I WOULD NOT KNOW THAT FROM THIS IMAGE.

She looks, basically, human. She is almost just as skinny as the human woman (Arleta Starstone, also a badass character) on the cover of the first book.

Referring again to the images of the World of Warcraft Dwarves above, though, she DOES look a lot like them, proportionally. So I'm wondering, now that I've done that research/refresher, if that is the Dwarven standard that the Powers that Be were going off of, in this case. Especially since she is clean-shaven. And especially since in one scene, she alters one of her own dresses to fit the aforementioned human - though in my reading of it, I just assumed that she took in the waist of the dress, too, as well as adding onto the length.

But to my eye, with my Hobbit-fandom/folklore heavy standards - at best, she looks like a half-human, half-Gnome, to me, especially with her nearly reaching the shoulder of a being that should be MUCH taller than her, as far as I can tell.

(I will admit I adore her outfit and want one, please.)

(And I will also admit that I MIGHT be assuming that person behind her is taller than they actually are, and I DO hope I am proven wrong. If she is like 4 feet tall, maybe they are only like 5 1/2 feet tall or so. I guess we'll find out in 11 months.)

So. That said.

Part of what attracts me to fantasy Dwarves in the first place is that they ARE plus-size. Unforgivingly so, most of the time. As a short, plus-size person myself, they are a haven in a swath of feminine-presenting representations across lots, and lots, of media that treats the feminine-presenting form as "average" height or taller, AND much thinner than most non-Hollywood women actually are, these days.

So to have seen this, when I realized the next book was about Doli and rushed (in my elation) to read the synopsis, was a notable disappointment.

ANYWAY, I will be drawing Doli myself, as I saw her, for self-care purposes. And here's the bare bones so far:

And all of that said, I will leave you with one of my favorite moments with her in the story:

(Transcription of the highlighted bits:

" “He was very generous on our trip here,” Arleta whispered as her cheeks heated slightly. “And a perfect gentleman, but we’re only friends.” She stopped and worked out the timing in her mind for a moment. “We’ve only known each other for less than two days, really.”

Doli let out a giggle, her eyes sparkling with delight. “Well, look at us. We’ve only known each other for a few hours and we’re already best friends. Did you know that some elves are fated?”

“What does that mean? Arleta asked, intrigued by Doli’s quick change of subject.

Doli’s eyes lit with pleasure. “I visited the library here – it’s massive by the way – and read through a few books on elven culture. You know, to figure things out. I love libraries and books.” She leaned in closer. “Some of them – not all – get night visions of their soul partner. They can experience these for years, starting when they are very young.”

Arleta tipped her head in great interest. “Do they always find these soul partners?”

“No,” Doli said with a hint of wistfulness. “If they don’t, they will never settle for anyone else. They could never fully commit to another.”

“That’s sad.” Arleta winced as the large ogre she’d seen before took his seat directly in front of her, completely blocking the stage.

“Or romantic,” Doli sighed.")

And all of all of THAT said, I do highly recommend the book!! Illustration issues aside - and I'm looking at you too, World of Warcraft - the more Dwarven romances we support, and more feminine-presenting Dwarven representation we support, the more (and better) we'll get!!

So, check it out here on Goodreads and please pick it up at your local bookstore or library, if you can!!

#doli butterbuckle #a fellowship of bakers & magic #inspiration #dwarves #fantasy dwarf #dwarf women #lotr meta #size positive #size representation #personal

[adamssketchbooks]

Kargrimm's tragic backstory

Digital sketches

#art #drawing #sketch #illustration #artists on tumblr #digital drawing #digital illustration #digital art #digital painting #dwarf #fantasy dwarf #oc #dnd #dnd character #dnd art #dnd oc #dungeons and dragons

[renegademolecules]

When the best drawing you have done of your character is just the "little body hair map for a commission I want to get"

How did I make his feet's so cute? Why is his expression perfect? Why wasn't the one with clothes on good enough??? XD

#fantasy dwarf #DAI #dragon age inquisition #my art #my ocs #Doren Cadash #pencil sketch

[lets-zofifi-stuff]

I just want fictional dwarf women to have more bodyhair than the real-life me. Am I really asking too much?

#zofifi's post #fantasy dwarf #fantasy #fantasy race