BAND OF THE ROC

Dungeons & Dragons/Pathfinder party commission for a friend on Reddit. By far the largest/most detailed piece I've ever done. Thanks again guys!!

Tools used: 14x17" (35.5x43.2cm) smooth bristol board, dip pens (crow quill and a weird round/blunted one), brushed black ink, Whiteout/correction fluid, white gel pen, and markers/fineliners.

Finished piece. The original drawing is 14x17" (35.5x43.2cm) dip pens, brushed ink, and markers on smooth bristol board.

Detail

Aien study

Pierre study

Vivi study. She's a 30ft tall plant/tree woman whose fluid shapes I used to frame the party.

Siobbhan study

Marrow study

Rolf study. He has the most pets. The largest of which, Toto, is a giant bird (Roc) that is placed at the top of the final drawing.

Adriel study

I started by sketching the party in their requested poses in Clip Studio Paint.

Progress with Vivi and Toto sketched in

Party mostly finished

Progress. Lineart is cleaned up a bit.

Finished digital inks.

I printed out the digital drawing across 4 sheets of A4 paper using MS Paint and lucky guessing.

I don't have a lightbox so I borrowed the sun and a window to trace the printed work onto the bristol board the final drawing was to be on.

Progress. Painter's tape holds the printout onto the board.

Finished pencils. The painter's tape is removed and the printout gets to retire.

Progress on the inks. I start by outlining everything with a rounded dip pen so the lines are bold.

Finished outlines. Some areas filled in solid black to make it less busy.

Progress.

Black areas are all filled in.

Shading begins using a finer pointed dip pen and normal fineliner pens in some places where I needed more control.

Closeup of the shading partway through.