fantasy Archives - RChrystal https://rchrystal.com/tag/fantasy/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:54:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 211711421 Monsters by mail https://rchrystal.com/monsters-by-mail/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:54:07 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1534 The players in the D&D game I’m running encountered a fire snake yesterday, so here’s one of those. I’m imagining illustrating a series of fantasy creatures as part of my Postal Art summer project. I’m not sure who will get this one yet.

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]]> 1534 Tiny friends https://rchrystal.com/tiny-friends/ Tue, 09 May 2023 18:17:52 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1502 Prep work for running the Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. These guys are Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures, and less than an inch and a half tall. I’ve only briefly played Pathfinder, never “true” D&D, but I feel like one of the biggest draws to D&D is the collectible accessories – and, for DMs, narrative craft time. My […]

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]]> 1502 A little pick-me-up https://rchrystal.com/a-little-pick-me-up/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:14:42 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1456 Watercolor practice. I always feel a little better when I come across one of these.

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]]> 1456 Side Quest Camping Trip https://rchrystal.com/side-quest-camping-trip/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 02:58:53 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=990 Skyrim again. Taking Lydia on a cross-country side quest camping trip. I get the feeling she’s wondering, “How did I get stuck with the biggest screw-off in the Empire?”

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]]> 990 Third wheel https://rchrystal.com/third-wheel/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:43:37 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=982 From the video game Skyrim, in an imagined scenario where my character invites Mjoll the Lioness to have a drink, and finds that Aerin is included. I’m a little bit embarrassed about how much I’m into this game.

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]]> 982 The Breton https://rchrystal.com/the-breton/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 22:59:49 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=979 I’ve just started playing Skyrim for the first time. So far I’m playing without mods, and although I started in Survival mode, it’s sort of obnoxious to need to eat everything that’s not nailed down, so I’m probably going to turn that off… Anyway, this is a quick portrait of my character, still wearing that […]

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]]> 979 Fortune favors the wise https://rchrystal.com/fortune-favors-the-wise/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:04:02 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=942 I think the trick to being a successful adventurer is more or less the same as it is for being a successful anything – knowing when to walk away. Obviously, it’s a very D&D-inspired piece (I still haven’t actually played proper D&D…), colored with a bit of personal self-doubt: careful not to reach too far, […]

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]]> 942 When the endpaper is dragons https://rchrystal.com/when-the-endpaper-is-dragons/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:08:25 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=363 …you turn the book into a dice box. Sorry, Nora Roberts.

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]]> 363 Snowshoe jackalope https://rchrystal.com/snowshoe-jackalope/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:57:26 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=356 I guess it’s been my year of the jackalope. This one is made in polymer oven-bake clay and painted with acrylic paint.

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]]> 356 Dragons and isles https://rchrystal.com/dragons-and-isles/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:19:19 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=308 Someone very thoughtfully gave me the new D&D starter set for my birthday, and despite never having actually played D&D (barring one short and not-terribly-enjoyable stint with Pathfinder), it seems as though I’m in the process of turning into a DM. In theory, the starter set contains enough information that even brand-new players can open […]

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