Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Monster Redesigns and Illustrations

Late in 2013 I was part of the design team that tackled the monsters for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Needless to say that for me this was a dream job and was pretty much perfectly suited for me. I got to redesign and reimagine a bunch of D&D monsters and then illustrate several of them for the new Monster Manual that came out last year. Starting things off, here are the my monster illustrations that appeared in the 5E Monster Manual...

Aarakocra - Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

© 2014 Wizards of the Coast

Ankheg - Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

© 2014 Wizards of the Coast

Fire Snake - Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

© 2014 Wizards of the Coast

Kraken - Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

© 2014 Wizards of the Coast

Salamander - Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

© 2014 Wizards of the Coast

 Here are all the final designs that I created as part of the design process for the monsters. A lot of work went unseen to end up with these new versions. I shared some of this design work over on my own blog, but it would be just too much to post again here. ...and frankly, the final designs are much nicer to look at...

All images are © 2014 Wizards of the Coast

 RAWR!

MORE recent monsters - Dragons, spiders, kitty cats... OH MY!

I have been neglecting my duties over here... which has resulted in a lot of monsters needing to be posted. Just got about every monster you could want here today, dragons, spiders, oozes, aliens... kitty cats. In no particular order I have for you today a bunch of my recent work...

P’an Ku

© 2013 Alderac Entertainment Group

Ungoliant's Spawn

© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games

Eye on the Realms: Forgotten in a Chest

© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

The Anatomy of Elemental Evil

© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Agathion Familiar

© 2013 Paizo Publishing

Angel Spell

© 2013 Paizo Publishing

Angelic Familiar

© 2013 Paizo Publishing

Shei

© 2013 Paizo Publishing

Tannagar

© 2013 Paizo Publishing

I had a chance to return to the Illustration Master Class again this year and managed to not spend the entire time in bed sick. I worked traditionally this year and picked the Game of Thrones assignment. Well, I picked the assignment that allowed me to do a painting of three dragons destroying a city... 

The Three Dragons

24 x 14 - acrylic on board

© 2013 Christopher Burdett

Lastly, I have for you my second set of four Marvel Comic aliens that I redesigned for the very awesome The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition (OHOTMU Reduxe) blog...

Rhunians Redesign - © 2013 Christopher Burdett

R'malk'i Redesign - © 2013 Christopher Burdett

R'malk'i Redesign - © 2013 Christopher Burdett

R'zahnians Redesign - © 2013 Christopher Burdett

I think that should cover all the recent highlights... but don't worry, there is a lot more on the way! RAWR!