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Bone Knight

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A character sketch done by request
Acrylic on artist paper 42x30cm
May 7, 2013
Pose Reference: [link]

What attracted me to this character idea was primarily the idea of bone armour. I've done artworks involving "bone armour" in the past, but this time I wanted to create something where the majority of the bones are clearly identifiable as parts of a human skeleton. I also thought the idea of a chameleon with bat wings was just too cool to pass up.

The character keeps a "dark fire" spell in effect on her left hand. This presented a challenge of communicating the presence of an invisible flame. I've used a couple of things to indicate it. The absence of any clothing on the arm with hints of burning where the armour stops, and also the colour of the chameleon (which changes colour with temperature) both subtly highlight (is that a thing?) the invisible flame.

This was a really fun painting to produce. It took one day to source pose, bone and animal references and produce the original sketch (10 hours). It took about one and a half days (15 hours) to paint.

Both constructive criticism and flattery are welcome.
Image size
1836x2762px 4.57 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Shutter Speed
1/40 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
80
Date Taken
May 7, 2013, 3:38:32 PM
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asimbonanga's avatar
This was for a player in my campaign. You did an awesome job, I must say! He says it's his favorite D&D character ever.