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[ description: A semi-realistic painting of Nightcrawler, from the waist up. The background is a blue-and pink smoke with soft sparks, and he’s lit from the side with bright orange rim light. His eyes are pink and yellow and his pupils glow. He has a soft, pensive expression and has one arm on his hip and the other resting at his waist. He has four earrings and a silver crucifix necklace on a leather cord. On his arms and chest are visible small scars from various mischief. Behind him, his forked tail curls upward and his black hair moves slightly in the air. end of description ]  

For the next couple of characters I’m focussing on humans. I figured I’d start off with the characters from Rohan. Éomer is the first to be introduced in the books, so I began with him.

I could not find much information on Éomer’s physical description, other than him being tall (a lot of Lord of the Rings characters seem to be described as such.) Therefore, I tried to imagine what the culture of Rohan would be like to come up with my own version; that was quite fun!

I tried some different painting techniques with this. The process is a bit more front-heavy, but it saves time later on and allows for more precise work. Just figuring it all out as I go :)

Mood™ ever since Fëanor, probably.

Hey, guys! I’ve noticed that there are a lot of artists who struggle with “same face syndrome,” or the tendency to draw all their characters with the same face. To help you combat this, I’ve created two different challenges!

The first (pink) one is mainly geared towards artists who are struggling with same face syndrome and want to start branching out. It covers topics that a lot of artists struggle with when drawing faces, such as age, weight, and face shapes. It’s not super specific, so you still have some wiggle room.

The second (yellow) one is a bit harder and is mainly geared towards artists who want to really challenge themselves to diversify their faces. Personally, I think this one’s the most fun to work with despite it being more difficult. Chances are with this one, you’re not going to be drawing a whole bunch of beautiful people. You don’t have to roll for every option on this one either.  A certain combination of rolls from 10/13 of the options may give you a great character idea, and that’s great!