dnd-arts-and-crafts

[neon peak]

Was just showing another user the results I get with my paper minis

but if anyone likes what they see, check out Printable Heroes
https://printableheroes.com/minis
https://www.patreon.com/PrintableHeroes/posts

[sacred zealot]

oh my that's cool

[neon peak]

Their stuff is amazing

I can't wait for their kraken release

I love the mutli-part stuff

[frigid swan]

owo

[neon peak]

They also make terrain

[sacred zealot]

do you use a standard home printer or a commercial printers?

[neon peak]

Just a regular old HP Envy 4500

[sacred zealot]

I normally do theatre of the mind but I quite like minis for climactic encounters

[neon peak]

I use both

[sacred zealot]

that's good to know davyd. so you could just buy a home printer and go ham one weekend?

[neon peak]

Sure

Let me copy over my materials list

[oblique cargo]

I'm back at work on Monday, their laser printers will have some work to do for me 😎

[sacred zealot]

lol

[neon peak]

Card - 160gsm matte: https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/whsmith-white-100-sheets-of-premium-quality-card/33120898
1400 black micron mount board https://www.londongraphics.co.uk/daler-rowney-studland-mount-board-a0

And sharpies for edging everything

[oblique cargo]

I invested in a bw laser printer at home, because the ink one dried up.... I hadn't found this use for it yet 😊

[sacred zealot]

previously I used cut out squares and counters for my battlemap battles but they were a bit of a hassle to clearly read.

[neon peak]

For PC minis and large or bigger monsters I sandwich mountboard between the front and back

for medium or smaller monsters I just fold them over normally

[sacred zealot]

this will give the encounter a bit of value in terms of production

thanks for the links and advice!

[neon peak]

np

Funnily enough, the doors proved to be the most useful

Because when doing a dungeon crawl, they make good markers for which doors are open or closed

and remind the players that if they want to close a door, they have to actually specify

[oblique cargo]

So you switch out the doors during play?

[neon peak]

Yeah

I have about 2 dozen closed and the same number open

When they enter a room I put down the closed doors, which then get swapped out when the PCs open them

[oblique cargo]

Cool

I just tried switching hot ends in my 3d printer and of course it didn't fit, so FML

[neon peak]

oof

[oblique cargo]

There's something to be said for 2d 😁

[neon peak]

I'd kill for a 3D printer

had to get a friend of a friend to get my PC prints

[oblique cargo]

I do enjoy (trying to) paint minis, but I think I'll invest in some real ones. At least for PCs

[oblique cargo]

Yeah, resin is the way to go for PC minis

[neon peak]

Dunno how that paper mini one got in the middle 😛

[oblique cargo]

Fff/fdm makes lines to visible so it's hard to paint, you want to not thin the paint to much so you can cover the lines, but then you cover some detail too

We'll see if i get my printer back to working, and I'll try some hero forge or anvl minis. They should be well suited for 3d printing

@neon peak are those hero forge?

[neon peak]

Yep

Although annoyed that they intro'd oversizing after my player got her firbolg printed 😛

[oblique cargo]

XD

[solemn bay]

Some printers can handle two different materials. I recommend using a water dissolvable one for the supporting structures. That way you won’t have to fight to get your mini out post printing 😉

[thick timber]

Some more of my firbolg gal

[old sable]

wow nice

[sacred zealot]

Very nice sketch!

[steel yoke]

She seems like a good hugger.

[thick timber]

She is the best hugger

[tame sapphire]

@neon peak I ran into the same problem. Right after I got the minis for the party I dm for HeroForge brought out the advanced positioning and the goblin options, both of which are things I REALLY could have used before.

It's okay though I'm happy enough with the quality of Heroforge that I'm redesigning some of the PCs, this also gives me an excuse to paint minis too so that's a thing.

[solemn bay]

An aasimar in progress...

[austere pine]

just finished up this fella 😄

[steel yoke]

Oh man, I love your style

[agile rock]

Wow!!! That's incredible!

[austere pine]

thanks! was starting to worry i wasn't gonna get it done in time for mermay lol

[wicked yoke]

Hello, Cthulu.

[inner crescent]

That's amazing, reminds me of darkest dungeon

[royal trout]

Love it, keep up the good work!

[neon peak]

I've currently got mine drying on my craft table

Ooh my players are in for fun

I love the fact the tentacles are a separate sheet, means I can make lots of them

[neon peak]

Mine is done

Pc for scale

[native carbon]

Nice!

[austere pine]

@neon peak awesome! yours is the first i've seen in the wild 😄

[neon peak]

I printed some extra tentacles as they'll be useful to surround the players ship 😛

@austere pine I do love the multi part minis like this and the purple wurm

[austere pine]

Totally! any time the miniatures can support fun mechanics to spice up an encounter it's a win.

When I used the worm every round I had the pieces replace each other as the worm moved forward (head moved, body replaced where it was, tail replaced where body was, etc) and gave the body pieces extra armor so it was harder damage, but it was the safest element to attack, and the players knowing they had so many rounds before the tail would move to replace it added some fun dodging in-and-out

[neon peak]

Oh that's a cool use

[tawny escarp]

Damakos Demoneye, a gentleman privateer.

[steep hull]

Nice.

[dry radish]

For any of the arty folks, is there any term that specifically means a drawing of a disembodied headshot with no background? I just want it for search terms. Basically images like this: https://i.imgur.com/or5PoKk.png

[humble turret]

a Bust

from the chest up of the head

is a Bust

[dry radish]

Hmm, thanks. That seems to give at least a couple of more results.

[acoustic garnet]

Or portrait, character portrait

[dry radish]

I hate, with a fiery, burning passion, Pinterest.

[keen dome]

aye

[oblique cargo]

I agree, forced to install the app and then flooded with notifications 😑

And the thing that i really liked, had broken links

[cedar bobcat]

So, I recently got my hands on two rolls of this at a second hand place, anyone know how good they are as far as utility goes?

As far as I can tell they are plastic wrapping for books and maps that happen to have a grid paper under them

[oblique cargo]

Looks like the stuff i used to put on my pocket books

The grided side comes off and it's sticky?

Difficult to apply but makes stuff really durable

[cedar bobcat]

That might come in good handy, happen to know if the grid can be utilized to any good effect?

[oblique cargo]

Personally i just threw it away. I realize now that my wording was fuzzy, it's not the grid part that's sticky it's the clear plastic that's sticky 😊

If the squares are inches, maybe try a dry erase marker on it and see if it can be used as a battle map 😊

If that doesn't work, maybe a permanent marker and draw your dungeons on it 😊 probably need weights in the corners to keep it down though

[acoustic garnet]

you could make "rulers" or cones/squares/etc. out of it

[candid night]

Killed my first player. Other players buried him on the mountainside in the jungles of Chult. Each left something personal on the gravesite. I am really no artist so I did my best copy and paste job. Really thinking of letting a professional have a crack at it.

[stone sundial]

looks beautiful

I love it when people actually care about char deaths

[candid night]

Yeah, it was an intense moment and a lot of PC finger pointing at the end of the session. It'll be interesting to see where the party goes from here. Just happy no one really threw any blame my way. I don't like killing characters but sometimes actions have some pretty nasty consequences.

[stone sundial]

The first time I killed a character

It was an intenssssseee battle against multiple Vamp spawns

And in one encounter, 2 characters died...

The rest barely got away

[thick timber]

This is just a sketch. But it'll be better

[tawdry shoal]

It is always hard when a character dies. Even if it's an epic death and everyone has talked before and after.

But that grave image is gorgous

[wicked yoke]

Hope your party pours one out for their fallen comrade.

[violet furnace]

Neat!

[old sable]

i created a map using hexographer, just wanna know if it's nice

[woeful stirrup]

Very nice!

[quasi crown]

I think any map that conveys the terrain accurately is a good map.

[flint ridge]

If you like Hexographer check out Worldographer: http://worldographer.com/

[old sable]

@quasi crown thx, that's what I was worried about

@flint ridge thanks

[quasi crown]

NP Shadow. Have used hand sketched maps, and programs similar to hexographer, in the past. Worldographer and Inkarnate are fancier solutions. I'm not picky. If the map provides the information needed, then it's a good map

[weary lodge]

Yeets dice pic My first metal dice set
Easy Rolling Dice Co.

[steel yoke]

I have a rose gold set from them!

they're great dice

[violet furnace]

I think I got a set of blue ones from them that were the same as I've seen elsewhere

[weary lodge]

My 2nd set

[violet furnace]

I mean they are nice! Not complaining.

They seem to sell 'pristine' sets on Amazon, which I guess are inspected?

shrug

[weary lodge]

Pristine?

[violet furnace]

That's what it said on it

I'm assuming they check them by hand to make sure there's no scratches or something. I didn't care, it was the cheapest in stock of what I wanted 😄

Those look neat tho @weary lodge - but whenever I see these metal dice I'm concerned about the sharp points

[steep hull]

They do nick tables if you don’t role on a dice mat or something (I also have a set).

[exotic fulcrum]

I recently got a nice little folding tray for my dice:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G6Y7GBH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[weary lodge]

I got a folding tray, might draw little cats on it...cause why the fish not?

[violet furnace]

Mew

[solemn bay]

My Aarakocra warlock... I need serious opinions, her armor plate, gold ? silver ? bronze looked weird but i'm scared silver would make her boring... help me.

[opaque kraken]

this looks amazing!

keep it gold for contrast though even if a good silver could also be good but the gold rocks!

[waxen star]

I'd suggest putting it up on a website somewhere rather than expecting people to download it

[agile rock]

@green grotto Please do not use this for direct downloads. V2Blast's advice is great. Thank you!

[tawdry shoal]

@solemn bay She's amazing and I want her in my D&D party! The gold looks good, maybe try red to go with the red highlights on her top feathers?

[solemn bay]

mmh like a red metal samourai looking kinda of a thing ? @tawdry shoal

and thannnnks ! thats so sweet. you're welcome to use her as an npc if youre inspired haha. want her backstory ?

[violet furnace]

@solemn bay That is so pretty

Also I'll probably bug you next month about some work, if you've got time then

[solemn bay]

@violet furnace of course ! i've been waiting for your request hahaha !!!

[violet furnace]

😄

[barren iron]

@solemn bay I'd say that most of the image is absolutely bloody amazing. I think making the straps and cloth feel more solid and heavy and less wispy might help. In addition, I think refining and making the limbs and pose feel more solid would add to the strength of the drawing. Great work!

[solemn bay]

thanks @barren iron i want her clothe to be wispy, she's a fallen queen not meant for battle. i want her to have this hovering, light as a feather look to add to her delicate features. so "solid" really isn't the goal hahaha but great advice still ! though you haven't answered the question. what colour for her armour plate ??? (im kidding thats already plenty) 😄

[barren iron]

hmmm

Another thing

I think adding some bags/pouches/equipment/pockets/pocket analogues and some nicks and dirt on the cloth would then be a strong addition

[solemn bay]

no offense but that's exactly the opposite of my intention for her.

[barren iron]

hmmm

so she may be fallen, but has not given up the trappings and air of royalty

[solemn bay]

to each their vision 😋 Ekishna is a neat lady wit

fallen because exiled from the throne after what she did to save her husband

[barren iron]

nice!

[solemn bay]

that doesnt change her education and ...um... obsessive compulsion to clean herself with prestidigitation hahaha

[barren iron]

My DM a while back gave me a useless "wand of glistening" that does nothing but clean stuff

[solemn bay]

she would love that

[barren iron]

It has become among my most used magic items (a place or two behind the magic rifle i made)

It is by far the most used wand in the party

[solemn bay]

thats hilarious

the cleanest party in the land

"Mister clean and friends"

[barren iron]

I would heistate to say cleanest party

the goblin bard was his own issue

as goblin bards tend to be

Will say though, having the wand is useful for an inventor, especially a gunsmith

being able to clean the corrosive residue from black powder quickly is real nice

[wicked yoke]

@solemn bay That bird is beautiful. As for advice, I'd say the gold looks good with the white feathers. Maybe throw on some sapphire engravings in a future drawing with more detail on the armor?

[solemn bay]

mmmmh thats an interesting idea. i might put quartz on her rather than sapphire but yeah it would add something. thanks !

[wicked yoke]

Some kind of jewel inlay, especially seeing as she's a fallen queen, apparently. Perhaps an heirloom piece of ornamental armor.

[solemn bay]

totally

cheers !!! you're all awesome i 'm excited to add and try those. i'll post the results tomorrow 😄

[wicked yoke]

Which I totally understand. Gotta look good. My lizard Samurai Rohrouk doesn't wear armor unless it's his parade armor. His normal lord clothes are more stylish, and easier to move about in.

I need to get him in a new, but similar outfit.

[barren iron]

Also @solemn bay while you're adding final touches, the character's left hand and leg as well as the head plumes might use a bit of touching up; there's some overlap shenaniganry going on with the armor/wing feathers that I suspect is just left over from the drawing process

[stoic rivet]

Decided to do a little painting today. This one’s a Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures Treant

[steep hull]

That’s fantastic.

[tawdry shoal]

@solemn bay Thanks, but I've already got a dozen Aarakocra ready to go, should probably play some of them first 😄

[waxen star]

all-the-kocra

[tawdry shoal]

A flock of D&D characters

[quasi crown]

Could use crows... A murder of D&D characters...

[barren iron]

I mean an all-arakocra party would be really interesting

[wicked yoke]

An all-any race party opens itself to a lot of cool narrative threads.

[humble turret]

put together a few maps for my upcoming game today

the training grounds for martial characters

wheee

[marsh flame]

Contemplating a D&D liveplay stream sort of endeavor. Any thoughts on this layout?

[sturdy badger]

The middle could be a tad bigger

[strange birch]

They're also not all that straight. Gunna cause OCD freakouts.

[marsh flame]

So more guides in Photoshop?

[violet furnace]

My opinion

Which may be useless

Is that the names should be smaller

Make the video PIPs bigger

[flint ridge]

My question, are you using the DDB overlay, if so make sure to leave some room.

[violet furnace]

The names are something you'll see allll the time, you'll eventually know what they are and will get annoyed to keep seeing them 😃

[marsh flame]

@flint ridge A good point... I should keep that in mind.

@violet furnace 🤔 What I could do is create the nameplates as a different layer and fade it in/out occasionally using OBS

[violet furnace]

Indeed

[humble turret]

or stack the names and their twitter handles

so it doesnt go so wide

but stands taller

it's a strong start thought

and already looks more professional than half the streams i see

so all of this is just refining, it's a good foundation

[copper ravine]

@marsh flame

1. I would go with dark backgrounds on the nameplates
2. I would make the name plates take up less space, and increase the size of the cameras and the center piece.
3. Stick with character names only. Leave twitter names in the description on the channel. Maybe rotate in the player name/twitch handle, but for me personally... character name is way more important.

[dusky plinth]

@marsh flame

I would go left to right top to bottom

Player 1, Map, Player 2

Player3, DM, Player4

[timber leaf]

Bit of an ocd freak here but I noticed the class icons aren't centered and it's really annoying.

Player one, two and four.

Also please remove the black outline on the map.

[solemn bay]

Doodled an aging gnome for a friend

[violet furnace]

Old Gnome Yells at Cloud

[solemn bay]

And tells young Druid to stop hugging damn squirrels

[sly ore]

My work from the last two days for adventure module interiors.

Digging that piece, Jenga!

[violet furnace]

Those are super neat

Love the shading

[barren iron]

Nice

[cloud arch]

not dnd but kinda cool thing i made

[tawdry shoal]

Excellent stuff today! Really inspiring!

[cloud arch]

i do have something dnd related but working on a neat way to present it

[sly ore]

Last one for today.

[thin relic]

Enjoying all fo frenden's stuff. Jenga's is also fun. Timrsearcher, thay gives me stargate vibes

[solemn bay]

Bloody hell @sly ore LOVE your style !!!

[sly ore]

Thanks! I do painterly work too (see: these two pals), but ink is my true love.

[solemn bay]

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn

May I ask how long you’ve been a digital artist for ? And if you’re self taught or trained ?

[sly ore]

Self-taught. About... twenty years-ish of drawing.

Give or take. I drew when I was a kid, but I didn’t start taking it seriously until my early twenties.

[solemn bay]

When did you start computer drawing though?

[sly ore]

My early twenties. It was getting an Intuos tablet at my design day job that got me drawing again.

I’m 37 now. So around fifteen years.

[solemn bay]

Nice

[twilit nova]

That is some damn nice artwork

[sly ore]

This whole channel is chock full of rad shit. 👍

[solemn bay]

Amazing work really. I hope I’ll get to your level one day. Your ink style has a bit of an old American comics vibe to it which I dig. And your painting ...bruuuuu that lightinnnng 😍

And yes. So many talented people on here

[sly ore]

Yeah. EC — Vault of Horror specifically — was always my favorite. So the comic influence and era is spot on. Makes me happy to hear it comes through.

Fifties horror comics were so dope.

Your painting above is rad as shit. You’re already there.

[solemn bay]

Just doodling for now but I can see the progress step by step

Looking forward to see you post more of your awesomeness dear!

[sly ore]

It’s all seat time. Everyone and anyone can do it. Just gotta make a billion damn drawings, haha.

I’ll be around! Most of my art is ttrpg related these days. It’s the thing that gets me excited to draw. And likewise!

[solemn bay]

Amen brother. No “gift” only HARD WORK

[sly ore]

Yup. It’s all elbow grease. Just gotta put the time in. I firmly believe that.

[ancient wyvern]

Some people get a natural head-start just due to understanding structure better. I know a friend of mine started out making way better quality drawings than any kid our age could. But yeah, it’s pretty much all hard work.

[fast dove]

Iv been drolling angelic stuff as of lait.
What cha think?

[barren iron]

noice

[cosmic flare]

@sly ore I LOVE YOUR PENS/PENCILS! Thanks for the continuous updates. They are a lot of fun to work with.

It's nice to have a collection of brushes that I actually like

ha

[sly ore]

Haha. Small world.

Glad you dig ‘em. It’s fun to noodle on them on my end too.

[karmic ermine]

@sly ore Do you have an instagram? That inkwork warrents a follow!

[sly ore]

Thank you!

I’m more of a Twitter dude. My media feed is a good spot to post threads with process and the like:

http://twitter.com/FRENDEN

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍 (@FRENDEN)

Art, words, and tools.

Tweets

55317

Followers

15001

Twitter

[karmic ermine]

Gotcha, will follow

man, your cross hatching is god-like

any tips?

[sly ore]

I start with one direction across a wide an area as possible to demarcate the shadow-side of a form.

Then I make more passes as necessary, eyeballing how dark the value needs to be in relation to other elements on the page. That’s pretty much it. Just rinse and repeat to taste. 👍

[tame sapphire]

So the group I DM for and live stream, one of the players has been sketching and drawing various things as we are playing, one of which was the encounter with Yeemik in Craigmaw hideout.

[karmic ermine]

Thanks for the tips!

completely off topic, but this is what happened to the battle board during our dragon encounter. I made this thing to make good maps, and this happens

[sly ore]

For sure. Happy to talk shop always.

Tbh, if hell has cookies, I’m so game.

[tame sapphire]

While I love his take on this scene. We all lost it on the encounter with the nothic and the quick sketch he did, either I did a poor job of describing it, or the players just got crazy in their interpretation, either way they nicknamed him fred and made a deal with him.
This however is the result of his sketching in like five minutes.

[karmic ermine]

Our DM was panicking because we weren't supposed to discover the dragon for like 5 more levels

so while we waited for him to figure out his plan of action all that happened

[sly ore]

Heh.

[tame sapphire]

@karmic ermine players always short cutting past DMs best laid plans

[karmic ermine]

More like he was pretending to be a dude and didn't expect our barbarian to run in swinging 😂

we were supposed to drop off a magic artifact and leave

[sly ore]

Barbarians gonna barbarian.

[tame sapphire]

Oh..oh God, whelp time for a party wipe....
I joke sort of, but in reality that is a possibility if the party is too low level against the dragon

[karmic ermine]

our cleric and ranger both got nat 20s. We lost one party member but actually managed to kill it against the odds

and now we have a shit ton of money that he didn't plan for us to have yet

poor Jesse

[cosmic flare]

Best laid plans

[tame sapphire]

And suddenly the region's economy tanks

[fast dove]

Fred has a back problem

[humble turret]

... my cat is a work of art... 🤔

[cold goblet]

a shapechanged female graz'zt for my campaign! my party are a bunch of easily persuaded lesbians so what better way to win them over to the abyss' side than like this (nsfw aspect censored so i dont get banned... hopefully...)

[magic finch]

That's so valid and as a useless bi you're correct

[cold goblet]

thank you for your service

[sly ore]

Very cool. I just primed a bunch to paint next week — always rad to see some minis!

[heady fractal]

unfinished due to missing paints

but still

guy is suppoosed to wear a cloak of protection

and robe of archmagi

i dont have gold paint for robe strips so i put gray instead temp

[harsh basalt]

I cant draw at all, but I sketched an NPC for my game. I am terrible at detailing clothing so apologies for the bland look lol

[barren iron]

The clothing hardly matters.... this man will become a meme

that face tho

it's actually super brilliant, it has a lot of character in it

[harsh basalt]

Haha thanks. He does seem a little...disappointed doesn't he?

[violet furnace]

😄

[copper ravine]

Wish I would have thought of this encounter earlier. Could have make tokens from the ale elementals in World of Warcrafts Mists of Pandaria expansion.

[steep hull]

I love the idea of ale animating and challenging a passing adventurer. Thanks for the inspiration!

[humble turret]

Made some dorms for my new campaign

[agile rock]

Nice! PC rooms, or NPC rooms?

[thin relic]

@harsh basalt that guy looks like a wise old goblin village chief that is disappointed in me

[dull sandal]

My latest boik... Pyrah, the Fire Genasi Bladesinger.

[agile rock]

Cool pose!

[queen crag]

Portrait I did for one of my Party Members of his Blue Dragonborn

[agile rock]

I love the shading on the ear fin. Dang.

[copper ravine]

Hrm, might be better to post this here too... but NASA made their entire sound, image, and video library accessible to the public and free of copyright:

https://www.diyphotography.net/nasa-makes-entire-media-library-publicly-accessible-copyright-free

[steep hull]

Very cool.

[wintry raft]

when you draw lvl 30 character art for your lvl 3 charater

[humble turret]

XD skeleton voltron

[kindred wing]

@steep hull thanks!

[violet furnace]

hehe

[surreal arrow]

does ayone here have any tips or tricks for making costom character sheets

[rapid shuttle]

If you're looking for a homebrew I found it easy to make one on this website OrbPub2.com

[harsh basalt]

Working on my first sculpture.

[steep hull]

It’s cool to see the process of models and the like.

[harsh basalt]

This is my first time. Lol

[ancient wyvern]

@dull sandal woah! Lucina’s a fire genasi now?

All joking aside though, great artwork to you all

[harsh basalt]

Now to bake and paint

[gilded moth]

Wow that’s amazing @harsh basalt

[hexed nimbus]

Set of characters from our campaign in making, 'b**ch, hold my wine' tiefling Bard Zatrilia, 'Mr. Steal your lunch money' half-elf Rogue Xavier and 'I'm too old for this shite' dwarf Fighter Hjolgram.

[violet furnace]

Those look nice

[hexed nimbus]

Thanks. At the moment it looks like the only adult in this group of idiots will be our Warlock Elf with a power complex and even that is questionable

[violet furnace]

hehe

[waxen star]

Great art!

[solemn bay]

Gorgeous

I was tricked by a friend to paint one of his minis...WHICH ISNT DND but I thought it was still cool looking... and I only get to paint his since I don’t own any yet so...

[oblique cargo]

I hate doing eyes on minis...

[lone peak]

paint them full black, then just do the whites to either side of the iris as two dots or crescents if you can manage

[oblique cargo]

🤔 yeah I'll try that 😊

[wicked yoke]

@dull sandal I see a Fire Emblem pose!

[dull sandal]

Indeed. Used Chrom as a reference while drawing 'im xD

[wicked yoke]

Can’t sneak that by me.

But it is a neat pose.

[harsh basalt]

Finished my zombie sculpture. My son named him Burt the Zombie. lol

[rapid shuttle]

Hey, is it possible to find an artist to draw my character for me?

[steel yoke]

Usually searching "D&D Character commission" or "Commissions open" on twitter will get you what you need

Most artists on Twitter will put their commission status in their handle (or at the very least, their profile blurb)

[viral kelp]

Check the dnd subreddit too. A lot of amazing artists post their work there, as well if they're open for commissions.

[sacred zealot]

And remember to pay them fairly! Making art is expensive and time consuming

[violet furnace]

Plants vs. Zombie!

[harsh basalt]

@violet furnace omg I need to make a Plant sculpture now

[viral kelp]

Plants vs Zombies is such a fun game.

[violet furnace]

Yes.

You do

[toxic axle]

a vampiric zombie minion concept i did a day or two ago for my necromancer wizard Cacao

[oblique cargo]

That mouth is seriously scary 😱

[toxic axle]

yeeeee he has a spider jaw and a goose tongue

[neon peak]

I don't know if anyone uses the app Rocketbook, but I've started using it and am finding it really great for DM notes

As such, I've made some pdfs specifically for mapping out dungeons

I'm planning on making these into a booklet for jotting down dungeon maps

My next step might be a rockbook compatible character sheet, but that feels a little redundant

[finite blade]

I'm just trying to understand what rocketbook even IS and their own website keeps randomly redirecting me

including off the "how it works" page to a 404

[neon peak]

Ah, that's annoying

it's basically a quick scan app

You write stuff on specially configured pages and then point your phone at it

It can then automatically upload the stuff to certain places based on what icons you cross out at the bottom of the page

https://getrocketbook.co.uk/pages/how-to-use-the-rocketbook-app

Here's something I just drew and scanned

[sacred zealot]

Ohhh

[neon peak]

My next step is to make a hex version for doodling world maps

There we go

[copper ravine]

I have a rocketbook. Never used it though.

[neon peak]

I don't know if I'd buy one of the books, I've ordered the tags to use on my whiteboard

I do a lot of D&D planning on it, so it'd be nice to be able to easily digitise it

[copper ravine]

Wife got it for me for christmas just cause I said, "That's neat." When I read the kickstarter.

[neon peak]

I've been tempted to get a disc binding hole punch and make my own DM notebook like what The Rook & The Raven make

And with these scannable pages, I might just do that

[copper ravine]

I just don't like writing things down. Prefer to use my chromebook or pc.

[neon peak]

I've been writing things down since I started DM'ing

For one of my campaigns, I would copy the DM style notes to an in-game journal that the players could reference

I've kinda given up on that of late as I haven't had the time to keep it up to date

I've recently ordered a new laptop, a 2in1 model, so I'll probably start using that more at the table

[lapis lodge]

One of my awesome players made some tiny healing potions with d4's in them. Just shake the bottle to get your healing!

[neon peak]

Those are adorable

[violet furnace]

Neat!

[proven estuary]

So cute ❤

[neon peak]

@elder glade This is one of my world maps

And another campaign map

[elder glade]

New campaign map in Wonderfraft....

...from traced original from 25 years ago in Campaign Cartigrapher 2

What I really want to do is to zoom in on that in chunks, stitch the detail chunks together and get TinyWargames to print it on cloth as an A0 wall map.

that original is A4 from a 6x6 A4 sheet hand drawn map, so there's lots more detail.

[neon peak]

Wonderdraft does have a zoom and cut option

[elder glade]

Yup.

[neon peak]

Which I haven't used yet

[celest reef]

I love Wonderdraft! Just made Gundrens map to Wave Echo Cave with it, printed it out and made it look old, for when the players find Gundren.

Emulate dwarvish by writing in old icelandic and directly transcribing over to futhark runes.

[neon peak]

That's amazing

[sacred zealot]

That's incredible work

[celest reef]

Aww shucks!

[elder glade]

Nice job.

[sacred zealot]

Is that a patreon brush set I spot?👀

[celest reef]

I’m on my tablet right now so I can’t check, but I don’t think so... I have some stuff from Venatus Maps, but those are just the urban roof sets and such. I think the rest of my sets are the free ones from cartographyassets

[neon peak]

I can't wait to try wonderdraft on my new laptop

it's a 2in1 with a touchscreen and stylus

[elder glade]

It's pretty awesome on a 27" Retina iMac, let me tell you 😄

[celest reef]

Nice!

[elder glade]

Feeling Just A Bit Pleased With Myself 😄

[celest reef]

Poor goblin!

[sacred zealot]

@celest reef ah cartographyassets! that will be it. I recognised a couple of the mountain assets from making my own maps for campaigns. It's great!

[errant crater]

Cartographyassets?

Your guys maps look awesome, all I can do is draw characters a little.

[waxen rain]

I don’t know a lot about dungeons and dragons but I’m so hyped to join my brother’s campaign next month!! : D

I couldn’t help but to draw up my character uwu

[waxen star]

very nice!

[waxen rain]

Thanks!!

[signal sky]

Looks fantastic Rhin! Great detail!!!

[dry radish]

Anyone else tried this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxaGXMSQLfU

[errant crater]

Oh man that looks awesome 👏😎

[dry radish]

Yeah, and it's only $10. I just saw a reddit post about importing FlowScapes into Handbrake, and then into Arkenforge. It seemed (relatively) simple to do.

[waxen rain]

I’ve also been working on a miniature of the fellow I drew xD he’s nearly done, just needs his head filled out and sculpted— it looks real small right now cuz i let it cure and didn’t want it to be too bulky -u-

[sacred zealot]

That's a beautiful mini

[waxen rain]

Thanks !! It’s taking forever lmao

[sacred zealot]

Well time is something we all spend anyway so you may as well spend it on something nice!

[waxen rain]

For sure ;0

[dry radish]

Cool ambient music playlist for free: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbHUA-o_5dgJbOXwtdVx--gTnmWfiyyys

[sly ore]

A little gremlin for a pal’s bestiary.

[waxen rain]

Omg that’s so gorgeous!!

I love the cross hatching 😍😍

[sly ore]

Thank you!

[violet furnace]

@dry radish Kickass!

[rare sleet]

Those eyes look epic

[fast lotus]

This is my Warforged Barbarian that I chose to play in my friend's campaign. He's recently been decapitated and his head is being reattached to a new body over in a near city, but I wanted to remember his original appearance. His name? Thonk

[steep hull]

Very cool. I like the hammer.

[waxen rain]

Awe I love how you colored the metal bits!!!

[waxen rain]

I sculpted his face and lemme tell u it was nerve wracking considering all the effort I put in the body so far

One slip up of the exacto and POOF....

[steep hull]

Looks good.

[waxen rain]

Thanks!!

[steep hull]

What’d you use to make it?

[waxen rain]

Uhhh it’s green stuff ^^

It’s like a putty I guess? Real sticky but its pretty quick to cure and I appreciate that

[acoustic garnet]

Wow that's really cool Rhin

I've done some kitbashing and stuff but never made a mini from scratch, that's pretty impressive

[midnight girder]

Made a map for the eastern port city of Shizuku Usui, making the whole of the Mazoku Dynasty next. It's a large community to the far north-east, consisting mostly of tieflings, and small amounts of any other race that may feel discriminated in other places. Made using inkarnate, I had to make it twice because I accidentally made it while zoomed in and had to go back and redo everything, took me most of yesterday

[hexed nimbus]

More Zatrilia, a tiefling Bard

[sly ore]

Really like that, Nau.

Tonight’s doodles.

[sly ore]

Just saw the mini, Rhin. Super dope.

[final raven]

@sly ore love that second one, it is like a mad Thwomp

Haha

[sly ore]

I usually draw gelatinous cubes without faces, but my group had massively terrible rolls against one and I wanted to make a drawing of it that was a bit EXTRA, haha.

[proven estuary]

You all are so good o:

[sacred zealot]

Those are real nice frenden. Do you use texture brushes or is it hand-drawn?

Or both?

I'm not used to digital drawing and the process is super cool in the quality it can achieve vs hours of a skilled artist

[waxen rain]

@acoustic garnet thanks!!
@sly ore aaa thank u
Y’all are so kind —- and not to mention TALENTED... ;0

[dry radish]

@fohswe#8355

Whoohoo! It worked. Sort-of.

@oblique cargo

[oblique cargo]

Thanks 😁

I think they should rework the ToCs a bit

Both in app and on web, to display the section under Preface/Introduction

[fiery lantern]

first attempt at making a map for my campaign

[oblique cargo]

I'm guessing there won't be a second attempt, considering how AWESOME that is 😎

[steep hull]

That is really impressive.

[fast lotus]

seven hells you guys are all spectacular artists!! i hope all of your campaigns are incredibly fun!

[thin relic]

holy cow that looks awesome

[normal remnant]

That is one awesome map

[celest reef]

Description in adventures-spoiler

[quasi sorrel]

https://twitter.com/Pauchisbas/status/1135665610862530565

🏳️‍🌈Pauchisbas🏳️‍🌈🐐(commissions open) (@Pauchisbas)

Caedes The Minotaur 🐄
Dont @ me I just want excuses to draw more horns and make evil DnD characters
#minotaur #minotaurmonday #bull #dnd #dnd5e #illustration #characterdesign #barbarian

Twitter

[cedar bobcat]

My players came upon a scroll of revivify a while back, when trying to decipher the details they came to the conclusion that the spell consumes 300 diamonds, and thus this had to be done

[acoustic garnet]

Lol

[barren iron]

Poster for the first ever campaign arc my friends and I did around 3 years ago

[steep hull]

Looks good.

[frank goblet]

A quick thing i did in Drawpile today My Triton sorceress uwu

[waxen star]

adorable

[solemn bay]

my new Aasimar fighter ... so happy with her armor. i pulled so many references hahaha

[violet furnace]

So cool

[native carbon]

I'm getting kind of a Darth Revan vibe,

[neon peak]

Dunno why, but I'm getting Ruby Rose + fire nation soldier

[violet furnace]

From the thumbnail I was thinking Baldwin from Kingdom of Heaven

[marsh flame]

Kingdom of Heaven is a good choice.

[native carbon]

Evidently this is turning out to be Rorschach dnd character,

[neon peak]

Totes

[solemn bay]

Hahahaha freaking love it. I didn’t anticipate that at all you’re all amazing

[signal sky]

Jenga that is absolutely gorgeous. It's a great Aasimar! Armor is dope looking. And I'm totally not being bias because of Aasimars being my most played and most loved race....

Also manic your Triton looks great

[solemn bay]

hahaha thanks @signal sky i'm excited it's my first aasimar and i've built quite a complex concept around her. she's def not one by the books.

[signal sky]

Ooo I'm super curious! I love the complex more than simplistic.

I play this one. Always been different. And always been my favorite character and npc. She started as an Npc but I then got an offer to play in a group and I needed to be the leader so I made this version of her. She's an oath of ancients Paladin and a hexblade warlock.

I didn't draw that but Spriggan, one of the other players, I was able to commission for that piece.

[waxen rain]

Omg that’s so cool

[ancient wyvern]

New character for an upcoming campaign, a skirmisher monk. Apparently these builds get a lot of crap for some reason, but I feel like he’s gonna have some decent RP potential

[waxen rain]

Omg adorableeee

[signal sky]

Ooo super cool concept loaf!

[ancient wyvern]

Thanks guys! Loads of my friends gave me a hard time about the build but loved the design

[waxen rain]

I have no idea what a skirmisher monk is — I’m a bad monk fan 😞 but monks are my fave class ;u;

I’m makin a mini for my monk— he’s a drunky

Got the beard and face done 🙈

[ancient wyvern]

Skirmisher is a type of warforged 👌

[signal sky]

Oooo looking good!

[waxen rain]

Oooooo

[ancient wyvern]

Also nice mini!

[waxen rain]

Thanks!!

[signal sky]

Is the skirmisher the like medium weight one?

[ancient wyvern]

The skirmisher is the nimble one. Juggernaut is the heavyweight. Envoy is the charismatic one.

[signal sky]

Ah right! We have an envoy in the campaign I play in. He's a Bard of course. But. We have a cleric, my character the paladin warlock, and him. The warforge and I heal the most haha

[ancient wyvern]

Yea, envoys are good for bards, sorcerers, & warlocks. Basically just spellcasters. Which is unfortunate. I’ve always wanted to see a very charismatic fighter or barbarian. Some sort of strength-based class who’s just a real smooth-talker

[signal sky]

Ooo. Yes! That reminds me that I made an int barbarian recently for a new campaign.

Oh man that is so dope!! I absolutely love it!

Sorry for hogging the chat everyone! can't wait for more arts and crafts!

[humble turret]

it is tangentially related to art so it's okay

but yes in the future please avoid filling this chat with messages

it pushes away people's art and makes it harder to browse

thanks for identifying this yourselves and moving chats ❤

[neon peak]

She still needs the detail added; masts, hatches, balistae, but the pirate hunter vessel The Sweet Mary Sue is almost ready to set sail

And hopefully be boarded and captured by my players, and not just sunk. Lol

[agile rock]

That looks awesome!!

[signal sky]

Oooo dragon! Love it.
And the ship is really impressive!

[waxen star]

🐉

[wicked yoke]

That is a good dragon.

[rugged ridge]

I commissioned some art for my Triton Cleric in the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. I know you guys want to see it.

https://ddb.ac/characters/2328923/HgMl4H

[midnight girder]

A photoshop bit I did for one of my player's gunslinger, Moray. took the reference picture for the face and put it on the reference picture for the clothing. The colors were quite different and it was a short project but I feel like I blended it pretty well, any blemishes still there are impossible to fix without starting over so I did the best I could with what I had

[waxen star]

love the background 😄

[midnight girder]

Photoshopped my own character as well, added wings, tattoos, and made the eye more tiefling. did a better job here, though I think I could have recolored the wings a bit better but it's too late now

Also some art of my character made by one of my leftovers (wednesday campaign)

[queen crag]

This weekend's project

[remote remnant]

That is really epic

[sacred cipher]

Art commission of my Kalashtar Monk Noble

[steep hull]

Very cool. Modern setting?

[sacred cipher]

Not very modern, 1920's setting style setting.

[errant nimbus]

edgy tiefling boy

[cedar bobcat]

Found this little thing at my local second hand place, and I had to make it a magic item. (Search for “Tiger stealth” in #homebrew and it will be there)

[static crest]

Finally got the commissions for all the final bosses in my homebrew
https://imgur.com/gallery/tAbmPZX

[thick timber]

I made a smol Tabaxi

[waxen rain]

Omg I love their expression

[ancient wyvern]

A Zelda themed character sheet made by my friend and I

[waxen star]

I assume "seduction", "music", and "favor" are homebrew elements?

also: "Dextarity"

love the style though

also what happened to Con

[ancient wyvern]

I’ll admit it’s a work-in-progress so there are things missing 😅

[waxen star]

and RP, of course, stands for "rupees" I'm guessing 😄

[ancient wyvern]

Yurp!

And the new stats are for a Zelda home game we’re playing

[waxen star]

cool

[lapis lodge]

It's only authentic if the sheet begins to beep non-stop until you heal from low health.

[waxen star]

also need a chainlock with a Sprite familiar repeatedly shouting "HEY, LISTEN"

[solemn bay]

Oh those poor npcs with pots in their home...

[soft sigil]

sometimes i want to hear link talk other times i dont because of what i think he might say... but the sheet looks cool, so kudos, i cant draw at all, and i can barely manage with digital without a reference

[thick timber]

Some more of smol Tabaxi

[violet furnace]

So nice

[old cape]

Cute ;-;

[neon peak]

The Sweet Mary Sue is ready to set sail

[agile rock]

! Super cool!

[gusty sage]

Awesome!

[neon peak]

My fiancee (who plays in the campaign) keeps joking that she's going to sink it rather than capture it

😮

[agile rock]

Cruelty!

[neon peak]

I know 😢

They're probably going to capture it, seeing as their current boat is a 1/4 the size and has no weapons 😛

So this'll be an upgrade, if they can get within boarding range without being sunk

Now to start making the haunted house from Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh

[native carbon]

Wait, are you the one running the island hopping campaign?

[neon peak]

Yes?

I'm the DM, yeah

[native carbon]

Okay, I remember someone on here was but I forgot,

[neon peak]

I've gone on about it a fair bit 😛

There's the 'world' map

[native carbon]

Nice. I think one of the coolest things about a sea faring campaign is the ability to just steal better ships from pirates, or just from anyone of you're an evil alignment

[neon peak]

haha

This will be the first chance they've had to 'upgrade'

[sacred zealot]

lol at the ship being called the mary sue

that's some awesome production you have davyd between the ship and the map

[neon peak]

Thanks

And yeah, the name is intentional

It's the lowest tier pirate hunter

[sacred zealot]

is it the fastest and strongest ship on the seven seas?

[neon peak]

But thinks it's all that...

It wishes

[sacred zealot]

haha

[neon peak]

I've just sent this to my group

So they have a silly idea of what they're facing 😛

[nova lynx]

Hey guys, I think this is the right place to get some feedback on my WIP map? Let me know if it should go somewhere else! There are a few placeholder names, but for now I'm working on the region's history through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

[wicked yoke]

Did you use photoshop?

[ancient wyvern]

Some Felt bois made by a friend of mine depicting my two favorite characters

[unborn mica]

Can i ask for advice here? I'm working on a campaign that jsut introduced the main plotline. The players managed to warp into our actual dimension, during WW2 and there will be a fight inside a plane, My 3D printer is broken, how do you guys think i could make the plane? I want it to be memorable and still fit on my backpack

also i'm broke and have only one week

actually, i have 2 weeks

[strange birch]

2-liter bottle? 😄

[nova lynx]

@wicked yoke I used Wonderdraft, to make 99% of it, with some minor color correction and post in Photoshop

[ancient wyvern]

Bottle, spray-paint, & flat plastic or wood for the surface

[unborn mica]

the bottle is a genius idea

[solemn bay]

Aaawwwww

[neon peak]

foam board just eats through x-acto blades

[waxen rain]

@neon peak that’s SO COOL

[neon peak]

@waxen rain thank you 😃

[unborn mica]

Anything foam related destroyes blade

i tried throwing knives at a EVA foam mat as target, destroyed my 100$ knife blade sharpness

[lament oracle]

so I just sank a bunch of cash into a spin art machine to take to festivals. Problem is this Saturday is the first one and they are calling for heavy thunderstorms. Can I get all the druids to help change this weather forcast? Thanks in advance lol.

[waxen star]

oooh

[feral locust]

Well, the heightmaps work! Looks like I'll be able to do a nice 3d map of Mystara now.

[balmy crescent]

Hey people what do you use to make maps?

[feral locust]

I prefer Photoshop.

[balmy crescent]

thanks

[finite blade]

I hear a lot about wonderdraft. The results are pretty slick to look at.

Though I can think of several features that I want from a mapping solution that it doesn't offer... but I can handle those in other programs

[dusty adder]

Homebrew potion template in full working order. 30 potions created only another 36 to go

[sacred zealot]

I use texture brushes and Photoshop or hand draw maps depending on the campaign

[tropic shuttle]

I used the topographical layout of Los Santos from GTA V for my Shadowrun game. Not D&D, but it's the idea that counts

[neon peak]

Potential spoiler for Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh ||The 'haunted' house is big ||

[karmic ermine]

I've had a wild ride with this one so far

[violet furnace]

Those are nice

[nova lynx]

I really like Wonderdraft, it's pretty cheap, and the only real downside is it's raster, not vector

[neon peak]

I like it too

I don't have any issues with lack of vector, it can comfortably make maps bigger than I need

[waxen rain]

OOOOO

I love thAT

[storm osprey]

thanks rhin!

[tropic shuttle]

That is fantastic

[wise stag]

A commission I just finished of a Warlock and his Imp. 😃

[unborn mica]

Amazing quality

[neon peak]

Hand made dice tray

The dice bag is also hand made, but not by me

[turbid fiber]

These were the ones we made

[neon peak]

oh those are beautiful

Like, I feel ashamed posting mine

😛

[unborn mica]

Mine is literally any book that icarry around with me

I Want to do a proper tray hidden inside a book

will probably just grab an old book, glue the pages together, inlay it with wood and felt, get or make a nice leather cover

been wanting to give leather engraving a try

[neon peak]

There are lots of tutorials on youtube on making hidden compartment books

I've tried it a couple of times, the main thing is pressure when the glue dries

[harsh basalt]

A leatherbound spellbook that opens into a dice try makes me slightly aroused.

[unborn mica]

yeah, would probably just leave it under my other books

I think that the full ASOIAF book series + complete sherlock holmes collection + Name of the Wind (10yr anniversary) and Wise man's fear will be enough

just in case, i have a few enciclopedias in hand

[neon peak]

A set of clamps

even a cheap set

Can be invaluable for that

Because it lets you maniupate the book as you glue it

[unborn mica]

the issue is that it would apply uneven pressure

but well, i could just put a piece of MDF betwen the clamps

[neon peak]

Yeah

The common recommendation is some scraps of wood

[thorn snow]

So I’m writing a book based off the campaign I’m in, from my characters perspective. Let’s just say it’s interesting. “Ping Pong had saved one slug and snail in her trousers. She, well, took them off and threw them at the demon, which exploded. Thankfully Ping Pong’s… feminine facial hair, had covered her… bits. I gave her a set of common clothes so at least she was somewhat decent”

The story is that these snails and slugs, when combined, caused an explosion.

And apparently our gnome sorcerer has a beard. As a chick

I wasn’t expecting a Gandalf beard lmao

[dull sandal]

Any idea what I'm in the process of 3D Modelling? :)

[neon peak]

@thorn snow while interesting, this doesn't really sounds like arts and crafts stuff? More just talking about your character

@dull sandal that's awesome, I love the apparatus!

[thorn snow]

I couldn’t debate which channel it should go in lmao

[azure plover]

@dull sandal what program are you using?

[neon peak]

Would love to know this too

[dull sandal]

3DS Max

[neon peak]

Thought I recognised it

Haven't used max since my uni days

[unborn mica]

3D printing it?

[dull sandal]

Nah, just practicing the software for Uni

[unborn mica]

what do ya study?

I'm more used to Maya

[dull sandal]

Games Technology

[unborn mica]

Same xD

I miss modeling

Worked as a freelancer for a few years, now i havea proper software developer job

[harsh basalt]

Finished my Nott the Brave sculpture!

[unborn mica]

I love it

I need it

[harsh basalt]

Haha thanks. I wanna make the whole party.

[unborn mica]

Who do you plan on doing next?

wanna see a Caleb now xD

[unborn mica]

So, decided to fix my 3D printer tomorrow

What should I print?

or model?

[neon peak]

@heady fractal You don't need to share screenshots of your character sheet, there's a sharable link option

[plain badger]

Hi, just discovered this server. You guys have no idea how happy I am.

This is something I made for our DM as housewarming gift not long ago. He was delighted when he got this.

[keen dome]

that looks amazing

[plain badger]

Thanks.

Atm am in the process of making a Mimic d20 decor.

Attempting, anyway.

[fringe hatch]

That is actually really cool

[agile rock]

@heady fractal If you'd like to share a screenshot you can upload it to something like Imgur, and use the image link provided. Thank you!

[heady fractal]

yes oki

[plain badger]

Also there is this. My DnD group. Going to put it on a t-shirt.

Currently my group is doing the Dragon Heist Campaign.

[waxen star]

👏🏾

[signal sky]

Looks awesome!!

[marsh flame]

An update to the overlay I've been working on.

[signal sky]

Looks super cool

[plain badger]

Thanks.

[marsh flame]

@plain badger Your group looks fantastic!

[plain badger]

I adore that group to bits.

[copper ravine]

@marsh flame I would remove the symbol from the DM camera and move the symbols for Player Two and Four to the right side. Symmetry.

[feral locust]

Not sure if anyone likes Spelljammer, but I finished up some trackers for some mates:

DM if you'd like the download links to the poster sized maps.

For myself, I've been pecking away at a global map for Mystara and toying around with some Photoshop fun:

Alright, and just because rotating globes are fun.

[kindred bluff]

Oh I LOVE Spelljammer, those look great

[mellow dawn]

My classmate and I drew our DnD characters we are very excited to play in the Saltmarsh campaign. we used aggie io to draw together

[waxen star]

nice 😄

[mellow dawn]

her character is a water genasi bard

mine is a half elf wizard

[plain badger]

Neat!

Still debating if I should go ahead and order this.

[violet furnace]

Neato

[solemn bay]

Hahaha i have an army of minis ready to order on heroforge. Just waiting for one day maybe perhaps if ever I’ll be able to afford them. Good luck !

[violet furnace]

I'm waiting for Eldritch Foundry now to see how their stuff turns out

Their stuff potentially looks nicer, but no idea of cost currently

[tame sapphire]

@solemn bay I've been basically ordering one or two at a time depending on the cost.

I bought my groups first copies, and then they brought out more features that now we all want a new version for the future, maybe as a way of showing the characters growth type of thing. So I'll order them as I feel the characters have gone through enough of a change to warrant suddenly plopping a all new mini on the table for them.

[solemn bay]

@tame sapphire oh yeah that’s the plan. But I can barely afford food I’m not in a position to put any money even in just one mini for now

[steep hull]

Looks good.

What race?

[thin relic]

looks half-orcish to me

[thick timber]

Yea, half orc.

[plain badger]

Am not sure if I should order from hero forge directly or got a digital form and find a 3D printer to print it.

[waxen star]

oooh

[plain badger]

Guys, this is my second character for the Skyhorn Lighthouse Campaign. Her name is Wisp and she's an level 5 Air Genasi Bard.

Our DM and one of the player are a couple and the said player was trying out her DM skill.

[waxen star]

I like the style!

[plain badger]

Thank you.

[neon peak]

The scale model of the haunted house from Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh is starting to come together

[proven estuary]

that is very nice, @neon peak

[neon peak]

Thanks

Got a little over 2 months to get it ready for my groups 2 1/2 year meet up

[proven estuary]

do you plan to paint it also?

[neon peak]

Nah, I'm going to leave it as foamboard

Give it that architectural model feel

😉

(I don't have any paints/good painting skills)

I've made (SSoS spoilers) ||both floors, the basement and the secret caves||

Gonna make it all stackable with a roof and everything

Along with making ||the Sea Ghost too||

[thin relic]

@neon peak do you use tutorials or just make it all yourself?

[neon peak]

Just myself

I took the map from DDB into photoshop and scaled it to 1 square = 1 inch

I then exported it as a PDF and poster printed it

So I had a bunch of A4s that I stuck together

I placed that on top of the foamboard and used a hole punch to mark the corners

Cut it out and then drew in the lines using the pdf as a guide

The hardest part was cutting out ||the caves as they're so wiggly and I went through so many blades||

[thin relic]

I would love to have the poster pdfs if you are willing to post them for maps you do

[hexed nimbus]

Semi-finished version of Zatrilia, my tiefling bard

[neon peak]

@thin relic I can't share them as that'd violate the ToS for DDB (where I downloaded them from)

@hexed nimbus That. Is. AMAZING! I might have to show my tiefling player as he's playing a pale skinned tiefling. Would you mind?

[thin relic]

Oh that is true. Well I do own them so I guess I'll have to make it all myself

[neon peak]

@thin relic The process in photoshop is fairly simple; you load the image up and set the rule scale to inches. Measure how big a grid square is (in inches) and then divide 1 by that number. Multiply the result by 100 and that's the percentage you want to scale the image up or down by

Then export as a PDF and open in Adobe Reader

Print; poster

[thin relic]

oh ty!

[hexed nimbus]

@neon peak sure go right ahead 👌 And thanks

[violet furnace]

@hexed nimbus lovee

Really gives me a vibe from some of the comics I was reading in the late 80s/early 90s

And I mean that in the best possible way

[hexed nimbus]

Yeah she's a Blade bard with bubblegum personality, so you're not far off haha

[neon peak]

Yeah, I'm getting an awesome Jem and the Holograms vibe

[queen crag]

Unserious Semi-Self Portrait (this guy has more hair)

[south sail]

this is my Hero Forge figuring. Val'Ravne Kingsten. Barbarian/Fighter. half danish\half european

specializes in longsword and warbow

warbow being a strength based bow. 1d10 P/200-750ft/2 handed

[celest reef]

Made a deed to Tresendar Manor for my group, just wish they would stop giving fake names to everyone. Signing off as “Ravioli” might be funny in the moment but could bring problems at a later time when you have to prove ownership 😆

Stole bits and pieces of text from different sources to make it sound official 😃

[solemn bay]

really quick one for funsies. because i live for party quarrels

[signal sky]

Love it!!

[wooden dagger]

I made a new portrait for my half-orc ranger

[vestal flicker]

Finally got a chance to break out some Dwarven Forge stuff for a showdown with a necromancer lieutenant of this campaign's BBEG.

[steady hawk]

Progress on the new game table.

[unborn mica]

Amazing

[steady hawk]

USB ports and A/C outlets for players, 41" flat screen center console with a plexiglass cover. Bluetooth soundbar under that, cooling fans for obvious reasons. Going to network a raspberry pi or two so we can relay quick messages around the table, recycling a bunch of our old screens and keyboards.

The benefits of being in a household where my room mates and I are all IT guys.

[unborn mica]

Wish I had friends who would actually play with me so I had a reason to build something like this

[steady hawk]

The best idea that I've had was doing it as a service for folks. Pay me for labor, buy the materials, I'll get you something sweet.

[thin relic]

Would love to see instructions for making that

[violet furnace]

@solemn bay Soon as I get this car work paid for, you're next 😎

[neon peak]

@unborn mica find a group and then befriend them

That's what I did with my latest group; I put out a post on our apartment complex's message board "Hey, wanna learn D&D?"

Now I've made a bunch of new friends and we play every fortnight

Matt Colville wisely said "it's easier to make friends our of your D&D group than make a D&D group out of your friends"

And from experience, this is true

[neon peak]

||The haunted house of Saltmarsh|| is coming along nicely

[plain badger]

The Skyhorn Lighthouse Campaign came to a close (It was a one shot after all). A little side bonus of the storyline is My Air Genasi Bard Wisp got so many shark surplus she actually put up a stall to sell them. Hope my understanding of Common Font is okay in here.

[neon peak]

I like that

I'm getting a Studio Ghibli end credits vibe

[plain badger]

Happen to be a huge fan of Studio Ghibli. Thanks!

[violet furnace]

So much great art in here. We are blessed!

[solemn bay]

I was dared to draw an infiltrated evil sprite...

[neon peak]

That's terrifying

and amazing

[violet furnace]

D:

[frank goblet]

Ohnoiloveher!

[violet furnace]

So do I, but so creepy 😄

[unborn mica]

@neon peak this is the best thing I've ever heard xD

Sadly, I wanted to spend some time having fun with my friends, just turns out that for then "Fun" and "me" don't fit well on the same sentence

I have 2 other tables that are doing really well, one I met mostly trough r/lfg and there is an old friend of mine, other is at uni with some newer friends, and they love playing with me, but sometimes i just wish my friends from a long time would enjoy it too

[signal sky]

That looks fantastic jenga!

[solemn bay]

Thanks You guys 🥰

[frank goblet]

Heres my recent child GERBLIN BABEY Her name is Snot and she is an undying warlock : D

[solemn bay]

LOVE HER

[agile rock]

That's awesome!

[frank goblet]

Gonna be using her today : 'D

Thanks ! ^^

[violet furnace]

😃

[neon peak]

Update on project Saltmarsh. Ground floor done

[agile rock]

Dang! Those stairs though!

When am I invited?

[neon peak]

They were a pain

Went through three different designs

Haha, well the table is full unfortunately 😛

[agile rock]

Drat 😛

[violet furnace]

Slick

[solemn bay]

daaaaaaaaaaamn that is COOL !!!

[south sail]

So any good artists who would sketch me my iconic character?

[steel yoke]

I'm sure there are some people you could commission on here

[south sail]

Only have the hero forge screenshot

[steel yoke]

twitter is also pretty good for finding artists with commission slots

[lunar wing]

There's also a couple of Reddit boards dedicated to commissions

[steel yoke]

The heroforge mini is good, but you might have to provide some other references

like, in addition

[south sail]

Ok. Thanks. I just don't want someone who will butcher it lol.

[steel yoke]

Usually an artist will have a portfolio that will give you a sense of their style

I'd recommend the one I commissioned last year but I don't think he's taking commissions atm

[agile rock]

@south sail I love getting commissions of my characters! My best recommendation is put together a google doc that can break down your whole character, and use lots of reference pictures. This picture is what the hair looks like, this is what the sleeves of the jacket look like etc. It makes it sooo much easier on the artist, and you'll usually get something accurate to what you're imagining the more specific you are. 😄

[plain badger]

Hero forge only give you a basic visual. The artist will probably need some details like skin colour, eye colour, or maybe the entire back story ;P

Project Mimic d20 update. ATST not included.

[steep hull]

That’s an awesome concept.

[plain badger]

Thank you.

[wispy wren]

Couple of 2 hour paintings I did of my players characters in the campaign I'm running. Metra the Fire Genasi Gunslinger and Blu'Darth, Dragonborn Paladin of Garyx.

[unborn mica]

Amazing!

[plain badger]

Wow

[unborn mica]

I wish I had skill or talent for anything that isn't extremely useless

[kindred bluff]

dang that's a good genasi

Love me some genasi

[waxen star]

Holy moly that's good

[plain badger]

My air Genasi only knows how to make daggers dance.

[finite blade]

This is not mine, but it is a unique way to make a map. https://imgur.com/gallery/hXodnUk

[wispy wren]

Thankyou everyone! 😄

[hexed nimbus]

Damn those are nice! I especially love the gunslinger one, awesome desing and painting!

[tawdry shoal]

@wispy wren Those are amazing! I especially love the paladin....always a fan of gold dragonborn 😉

[stoic rivet]

Eyes look awful, but I’m happy with the rest of it

[neon peak]

Eyes are really hard

but looks amazing

[stoic rivet]

Here’s the back, and thank you

[rustic arrow]

Was inspired to try and draw my party by the excellent art in here.

[hexed nimbus]

WIP of Zatrilia, tiefling bard 🎻

[signal sky]

Nau that is absolutely fantastic! Very elegant!

[violet furnace]

Elegant yes!

[agile rock]

Amazing details on the hair!

[neon peak]

Saltmarsh Manor first floor coming along

The internal walls can wait till tomorrow

Although the architect who designed it needs a lecture in symmetry; the main door and first floor portrait window aren't aligned

🤦

[turbid fiber]

are you just using grid foam board and a hot glue gun on that?

[neon peak]

I drew the grid myself

But yeah, foamboard and hot glue

I'm dreading the roof, as good as my geometry, it's going to be a serious challenge

[turbid fiber]

Build your rafters uniform and the roof should fall into place pretty easily

[neon peak]

It's more the chamfering to get the pieces to align, plus the angles of the 2 intersecting roof lines

Those angles

[turbid fiber]

eh do the long part as one big piece. then you are just cutting at what ever angle is your rise is at the corner it touches in the building

if you keep it all at 45* you could do it all in like 3-4 cuts 😛

[neon peak]

That's what I'm thinking

yeah, 45 degrees ftw

Still gotta do the basement and caves, haven't decided on how I'm going to do the cave walls, or even if at all

I'm thinking mountboard might be the best bet for the cave walls cos they're so bendy

[unborn mica]

I saw a good method of making cave walls once, let me see If i can get the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25H-5BeWvY

here, this video is great

the guy covered a rock on Latex rubber

turned out amazingly

covered the latex in plaster and used it

I think you could jsut use the rubber directly

[agile rock]

Damn, that's so cool.

[neon peak]

Oooh, thank you @unborn mica

[unborn mica]

Np

That guy is a genius

I did Scale modeling for quite a while

If you want more advice, check Plasmo's Dioramas

[neon peak]

Thank you so much, any tips are appreciated.

I'm trying to figure out how to make my cuts cleaner

[unborn mica]

Check adam savage's guide on working with foam board and Bill Doran guide on EVA Foam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssxCQuv3KzE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqZ2EBAGzz8

those 2 videos

they are great

what apply toEVA usually applies to foamboard too

[neon peak]

YOU CAN SAND FOAM BOARD?

😮

Life

Changed

[unborn mica]

lol

Yeah xD

[violet furnace]

ALL ABOUT FOAM

[wispy wren]

Thankyou @hexed nimbus and @tawdry shoal ! I appreciate the warm words! Looking to do more custom art for DnD Beyond things. 😄 (just got 2 more weeks of game art crunch before I can deep dive in haha)

[wise anchor]

Hi if anyone is interested, I have some dnd art on my Instagram! It’s @risarisa.art on Instagram! 😊

[waxen star]

a link: https://www.instagram.com/risarisa.art/

[unborn mica]

You have a pretty nice art style

A friend of mine would enjoy it a lot, that is if he didn't kill the entire party by intentionally killing my PC because it was "Too OP" for being a healing bloodhunter

and the rest of the party colapsed without a healer

[violet furnace]

Cute stuff!

[wise anchor]

Thank you! Haha

[coarse plover]

I’m kinda lame and still use DA but I post a LOT of art about my dnd characters !! https://www.deviantart.com/lazulillies/gallery/

[violet furnace]

All oc?

[plain badger]

I still use DA too.

[unborn mica]

I would get someone to do comissions for my table but I'm pretty broke

Well I'm not

but I need to spend money on my family

Aka, my rifle, my PC and my actual family

[coarse plover]

No, it was my party. I just happened to draw art for our group

[wise anchor]

Ah I use DA too! It’s not lame haha!

[coarse plover]

thanks !

[plain badger]

It usually take me a while to warm up to a social platform. I am slow, I guess.

[mellow dawn]

I mostly use pixiv though due to me living close to japan

And being more into anime

I have just started learning how to draw

[solemn bay]

Quick doodle to commemorate my first time being a dm. A fire genasi raised by dwarfs who (naturally) hates elves. A Valenar wood elf who hates cocky people (which the genasi is) and a socially anxious Tabaxi trying to get out of their constant bickering ... such a cool party to take through an adventure. SO HAPPY

[dusky plinth]

@solemn bay what program did you use for this?

Or is this all by hand?

[solemn bay]

I draw on a side drawing Wacom tablet and I use photoshop as a painting program 😃

It looks very sketchy cause it’s just quick doodle for fun

[signal sky]

Looks great!

[primal bloom]

Anybody use Paperize? I just tried it out and it’s pretty sweet.

[solemn bay]

Is it a free program ?

[violet furnace]

That's the important question, isn't it? 😄

[solemn bay]

Unfortunately yeah

[violet furnace]

I hear ya

[hazy fog]

I personally prefer clip studio paint, cuz my style is anime-like. And Ps for finishing touches

CSP is like 25 usd on sale, worth it with all the option it comes with (including a 3D model thing)

[red mural]

Look AT MY TIEFLING BOY

[sonic grail]

i may not be too good at drawing, but i can still draw my kitsune, Kamek, picking a fight!

[solemn bay]

kitsunes are my FAVOURITE creatures of all folklores in the world

just freaking LOVE THEM

[karmic sleet]

Reminds me of rocket when they call him a raccoon

[turbid fiber]

what it would take to kill tiamat

[unborn mica]

If anyone is interested, a way to make mini candles (found on r/minipainting posted by u/Creator1984)

[fossil wyvern]

Who wanna see my wonderful warlock