Self Portrait Wallpaper (Kill La Kill credits style)

Was thankful that I had decided to go with a simple concept for February's monthly art piece, because this month was certainly eventful! My Nana passed away, which resulted in a lot of arrangements at her house, sorting of items, as well as a lot of driving around to pick up family members.

That said, having recently watched Kill La Kill with my boyfriend, I was inspired to do a wallpaper in the style of the 2nd credits sequence. It was a fun style to work with and an excellent chance to work with simplifying details.

Skul: The Hero Slayer - Indie Game Fanart

One of my 2021 New Year's Resolutions was to beef up my art portfolio with more substantial illustrations, concept art, and character designs; as to push myself as an artist, as well as have a better representation of my work online.

As a result, January's challenge was both a celebration of the rouge-like/rogue-lite pixel indie game Skul: The Hero Slayer (in time for it's Steam official release) and something I'd never tried as an artist: playing around with an infinity mirror perspective!

Finished Piece

My overarching concept was to play on the gameplay of swapping Littlebone's into other forms, with it represented in the other skuls as reflections. The dark quartz in the foreground (and reflected on the left) plays an important part of the storyline and mechanically allows the player to upgrade Littlebone's skills through each new run. There are a few Easter Eggs for those who've played the game in Early Access mode, as well as a skul that you only get as part of the tutorial.

Enlarged details of Skuls

Skul: The Hero Slayer (c) SouthPAW Games

Darkest Dungeon 'Album Covers'

 A fun design challenge in 2020 from a friend: create an album cover inspired by the Party Combo names given to certain combination of heroes in Darkest Dungeon. The result was a lot of fun!

Masquerade: Bounty Hunter, Shieldbreaker, Plague Doctor, Leper

The Collection: Antiquarian, Vestal, Man-at-Arms, Highwayman

Beauties and the Beast: Arbalest, Graverobber, Abomination, Hellion

Persephone and Cerberus: Hellion with 3 Houndmasters

Digital Gift Art

 Some throwback gifts that I haven't posted here before:

Beaglerush fanart for Twitch XCOM streams

Birthday Gift for Selemina of her god character Grief undergoing transformation into Pain.

Storium Secret Santa gift of Periwinkle Nettlecatch; a half-gnome and half halfling pickpocket

Dungeons and Dragons Characters - 5e Fun Campaign

Through plotting with my DM for what is called the "5e Fun Campaign", I joined on late after a story arc and was going to introduce my character within an airship story arc. My lovely DM suggested developing some red herring characters to throw his players for a loop as to which one was ultimately going to join the party.

These four have been a lot of fun to play, voice, and design! While only one will permanently join the main party as a member, there's certainly room for cameos in the future.

In Order of Appearance (in-game):

Lt. Karyme Yuan; tortle hunter ranger (225 yrs.)
Captain of a prototype airship; experienced member of the Briar's Navy; part-time member of the 'Black Ivy' special operations force.

Yesa Autumnbirch; halfling thief rogue (28 yrs.)
Devoted lady's-maid to mining tycoon Lavinia Rendil; covert mission specialist and company 'problem handler'; loves Lavinia like a sister.

Aurtirk Pazana; lizardfolk transmutation wizard (17 yrs.)
Field researcher and monster biologist; experiments with alchemical properties of monster parts for Rarthi Tollex; more than a bit of a wimp.

Saori Chanda; half-orc Way of the Kensei monk (23 yrs.)
Former desert trade caravaner turned bodyguard of an illustrious but trouble-prone member of the Briar Council; weapons prodigy with a strong moral compass.

D&D Character Commissions

Kenku Monk - Jacket

Lizardfolk Druid - Arvid

Yuan-Ti Druid - Zol'Stissa