Happy Anniversary!

No regular post today, it's my 24th Wedding Anniversary!
24 years ago I stood on a beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and I said "I Do" to my best friend.
It's been a wonderful ride so far.  Two houses, two kids, 8 different jobs, and 21 season of gardens (missing one due to a move and no gardens when we lived in an apartment).  I wouldn't change a thing.

To keep this RPG related I got a commission from one of my Featured Artist, Ben Honeycutt, to do a portrait of my wife's and mine D&D 5 characters.  Or, more closely, us cosplaying as our characters. ;)

These are our characters Johan IV (Paladin) and Lana (Fighter)

These were based on our minis and our engagement photo from 1995.

Featured Artist: Jonathan F

Welcome back to Featured Artist!  This time I have an artist who is making a name for himself doing custom characters sheets.  That is not all he does, but these are so much fun I had to share.

Jonathan F, aka Jonathan Fountain, aka Farstride, has been making art for a while.  I first noticed him in the Facebook D&D Fantasy Art Group.

He did a couple sheets so I contacted him to see if he would be willing to do one of my iconic witch Larina.  Here are the results.

I am happy to report that my sheet for Larina has gone on to be his most viewed sheet of all time!

And a colorized version by Rueben Mcfadden.

Dragonborn Druid

He does more than just character sheets too.

Check out his Facebook page and request a character sheet for your favorite character.

Links
Facebook "Jonathan F did an Art" https://www.facebook.com/Farstride/
Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/farstride7/
DeviantArt (not updated as often), https://www.deviantart.com/farstride

Featured Artist: Iren Horrors

Todays featured artist is some I have been stalking for a while because I absolutely love her art.

Ksenia Svintsova, aka Iren Horrors, is an artist from Obninsk, Russia and she has a great witch-punk style that I love.  She describes her style and art as "Dark, gothic, witchy illustrations" so of course, I am going to notice her!

Honestly, there is not a single piece she has done that I don't 100% love.

I think I need that one on my wall as a print.
https://society6.com/product/triple-goddess1216191_print?sku=s6-8947550p4a1v45

And there is at least ten times more this amount that I love.  In a perfect world I'd get her to do the art for a witch and horror-centric D&D 5 book.

You can find Iren Horrors online at:

• Twitter, https://twitter.com/Iren_Horrors
• DeviantArt, https://www.deviantart.com/irenhorrors
• Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/irenhorrorsart
• Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/irenhorrors/
• Society 6, https://society6.com/irenhorrors
• VK, https://vk.com/irenhorrors

Please check out her sites!

Featured Artist: Hope Alexandra

I met today's Featured Artist, Hope Alexandra, in the D&D Fantasy Art Facebook Group. She is new to me artist but I really like her style.

Here is hope in her own words.

My name is Hope, and I've been an artist for the last 20+ years. I've always loved bringing characters to life for people to see, as it seems to make people really happy. I always try to incorporate the character's personality into my art to truly bring it to life. I've been mostly experienced in traditional art, though lately I am becoming better every day with digital art. I stream my art live on twitch at SheGamesHeGames, and you can find me on DeviantArt by the name littletzili. Thank you for taking the time to learn about what I do, and please don't hesitate to contact me on either platform for commissions.

Excellent! Here are some of her works.

This dark elf reminds me of a character I have, a drow necromancer.

This one is so cute. I just love the freckles on her face.

This dark elf reminds of my youngest son's warlock character.

Great stuff.

You can find Hope on these sites:

• DeviantArt
• Patreon
• Twitch
• Facebook

Featured Artist: Anna Marine

I am not sure how I found my next Featured Artist, I am just glad I did!

Anna Marine is from Prague, Czech Republic and is an amazing talent.  As you can expect from me she loves to draw witches and demons.

Here is a commission I had gotten from her for my Swords & Wizardry White Box Witch.
She was so great to work with that I am now looking for any excuse to get to do it again!

It's a young Larina flying to her sabbat sky-clad.  She does some really wonderful stuff.

Her newest is "Yule".

You can buy all these prints from her Big Cartel or Etsy stores.

You can find her on the net at:

• https://www.facebook.com/anmarine
• https://www.facebook.com/annamarineofficial/
• https://www.facebook.com/aeonnewera
• https://annamarine.bigcartel.com/  (buy a print!)
• https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnaMarine (buy prints and more!)
• https://www.patreon.com/annamarine
• https://www.instagram.com/annamarineart/

She is available for commissions as well.

Thanks so much Anna!

Featured Artist: Eugene Jaworski

Welcome back to my Featured Artist series.  Today I want to share with you someone I have been following a while, Eugene Jaworski.

I have seen his art in a lot of D&D related groups and in particular in D&D Fantasy Art on Facebook.  He has a style that recalls the old days of the D&D game and he is certainly a fan of that era.  In fact, it was his version of the classic D&D character Skylla that first got my attention.

I loved it so much I bought a print of it for my game room.

He has also done Kelek the evil Wizard.

Love the giant wolf he is on.

And Red Sonja,

But the ones I really love are his series of painting of his original goddess Numora.

According to Eugene,

She was a goddess from a home brew campaign that I ran a couple years ago. Numora the Whisperer of Secrets. Very enigmatic.

She reminds me a little of my own Nox, Goddess of the Near Dark. Even down to the shadow cats (Gloamings in my world) and walking around barefoot.  100% coincidence, of course, we have read a lot of the same books.

You can find him here:

• The Art of Eugene Jaworski (Facebook)
• Neothera | Eugene Jaworski (DeviantArt) Where you can buy prints like mine!
• The Art of Eugene Jaworski (Patreon)
• The Art of Eugene Jaworski (Website Gallery)
• Eugene Jaworski (Instagram)