Ella Tamara

The Comrades of Hope | Shadows in Kavaad

My drow story started as a little horror short story for my dnd campaign, then became a full on idea for a novel, and now my brain wants it to be a trilogy… I'm only halfway done with the first one!

More Gossamer Memories [ao3], my sapphic drow story, centered around my OCs Maynda and Luadril. I love writing messed up elves in a messed up society underground.

Some moments from my drow fic Gossamer Memories [ao3]. Maynda (one of the two POV characters) has so, so much wrong with her >:)

The way I make megadungeon maps such as this Underdark region is heavily inspired by Hollow Knight. I like the vertical-slice-of-an-anthill style, and to make it easier for me to run my adventures, I add details with life and colour to the maps. I know at a glance whether a cave is full of strange fungi or trapped by kobolds.

This map is only partially filled out, because my players didn't explore the whole thing. Some areas are sketched out, but not yet filled in, similar to unvisited areas in the Hollow Knight games.

Roth Mellar is a drow city in my dnd setting, and the only truly permanent settlement of the Brooding Court. This court worships an aspect of Lolth depicted as a giant wasp, and Lolth hasn't smited them about it yet, so yay wasp!

Worldbuilding notes on spellrust.

I'm honoured!

Genuinely, the response I've been getting on my last two pieces has got me kicking my feet too, and I'm glad my art is finding its audience, or vice versa, as it may be. Thanks for taking the time to let me know. Being an artist online can be lonely sometimes, in a Fermi Paradox sort of way, and though I try not to let note counts affect my creativity, I have to say comments and tags (and asks like this) are really motivating.

DRAIX’IL | The Navel

Given the reception to my other drow panorama, here's Draix'il, the Navel of drow civilisation in my setting, capital of the Umbilical Court (pun intended).

I made this in November/December last year, and I was going to wait until some of my players went here before uploading this, but eh why not now?

Ryldz'tes is a drow settlement in my dnd setting, on the outskirts of Blade Court territory, and the home town of one of the player characters.

More drawings for my Oracle class (but oops, also wizards!). These were made to illustrate the following Revelations (the oracle's "eldritch invocation" feature): Fateful Glimpse, Words of Suffering, Thread of Lachesis, Mouthpiece of the Beyond, Gift of the Last Breath, and Deathly Insight.

I could have made original characters for the last two, but then I felt like drawing the necrogals Beatris and Ungarn, much like I drew Marigold for my Amalgam class.

(While this was in my drafts, I finished the last two: Eyes of Light and Shadow, and Scales of Destiny:)