Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

I love this so much. Is amazing and exactly how I pictured her. Great choice of card too.

People like you are why I gave up on being a professional artist.

Thank you all so much! Your kind words really provide a lot of encouragement and creativity fuel.

@Nyssis, it's super gratifying to know that someone who has been such a source of inspiration to me is being invigorated by my stuff in turn. <3 <3!

@Arn, I know how you feel! But keep in mind, just a few years ago, i was drawing atrocities like the below and thinking they were the ish.
One thing I've definitely learned is that if you stick with something, you'll get better at it!

I still linger only for this subforum

Happy to see you're still forum-lurking Tsid

New card: Amaranthe, as the Empress


https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-m ... a/empress/

The Empress represents femininity, beauty, nurture, and nature (among other things) in its upright position. To me, there's no better representation of these qualities than Amaranthe!

In the original Rider-Waite card, the Empress rests on luxurious cushions in a field of wheat, backed by a flowing river and a verdant forest. In my version, I decided to have Amaranthe resting luxuriously on a field of grass - as a true embodiment of nature, the flora around her is luxury enough ! The flow of her cloak on the ground recalls the river and the cast shadow from the canopy above recalls the forest.

While many of the cards I've done have been appropriate for a specific time or event in the portrayed character's history (e.g., Wren and the Tower, Mae & Death, Osric & the Hermit), this card is one that I feel is representative of the character's being.

Random Notes
- Quickest turnaround on a tarot card yet! I was fortunate to find a reference whose pose I felt could carry the composition.
- Also the first card I've done from start to finish on my new Wacom Cintiq 16! I love it! (Side note, Suul was done mostly on the Cintiq 16, but I started the lineart on my old tablet).
- I used Angevere's amazing portrait of Amaranthe as a reference for her outfit.
- The accessories she wears are taken from OutsideVoice's beautiful biography.
- I think this might be the first card I've done that heavily features green in the color scheme. Ironically, even the World Arcana I did does not have that much green in it.

Beautiful stuff!

Whenever I see new posts in here I get so excited. The tiny time between clicking and loading is like unwrapping a present. This is awesome.

I am running out of ways to express how impressed I am with your art, so pls stahp.

I mean, look at that HAND. Pls stahp.

That one fell together really quick- and came out so gorgeous!

My contribution to the Men of BGTSCC Calendar? O=) Doodled this while being stuck on a tarot card. I realized I hadn't done any art of Osric this year yet, so here's my annual obligatory Osric, who's daydreaming or something.

Another completed tarot card is on its way!

Reiker would pose for a calendar shot! dooo eeeeeet lol. Seriously amazing work as always

I have a truckload of ideas for said calendar.

They are all pretty silly.

That calendar should totally be a thing. I like the lightning in the image, and it does make me wonder what Osric is daydreaming about...