I realized that I had not posted a recent Dungeons & Dragons monster I got to update and illustrate, time to rectify that oversight... Dragon #418 features the article,
Bestiary: Ye Olde Creature Catalogue, and I was tasked with updating the wily Decapus. They call it a Decapus because it has ten arms... and because it lives in trees. Wait... Anyway, the Decapus is one of those monsters that has been around in D&D for a very long time and I was thrilled to get the chance to update it. This is how the final tentacled beast turned out...
Decapus
© 2012 Wizards of the Coast
There were some classic characteristics that I had to adhere to, but other then that the description was rather open to interpretation and I had a lot of fun making the monster come to life. Here is the drawing for the Decapus as well as a process progression of the painting...
Decapus - Drawing
© 2012 Wizards of the Coast
Decapus - Process Progression
© 2012 Wizards of the Coast
RAWR!
This is awesome, Chris! Really dig the color palette in this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eric! Much appreciated! :)
DeleteNice work Chris! The tentacles and suckers came out great! It should really have more teeth though, don't you think? I mean, there are so few of them, and they're not very pointy :).
ReplyDeleteMy hands were tied... I was made to put in just a couple blunt teeth. I wanted to do more... but production wasn't having it. :P
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