A chunky meat golem I did a quick drawing of. Turned out way better than it had any right to. For this post: gorgonbones.bearblog.dev/class-meat-g... #art #fantasy #D&D #golem #meat #illustration #watercolor

A quick color sketch today of a Vodnik, a slavic water spirit that would sometimes drown people in the late or river it resides. #vodnik #watercolor #art #sketch #slavic #folklore #fantasy #illustration

I have set up a Ko-Fi page! Currently it acts as just a tip jar, but I have plans to sell art prints, zines and other physical media through it as well. ko-fi.com/kadievart #art #ko-fi

Got the lines all done for this guy, next up is the watercolor. #vodnik #vodyanoy #slavic #folklore #art #workinprogress #wip #ink #illustration

Today in #ArtILike, I am presenting you with Spanish illustrator Ricardo Cavolo. I love pretty much all of his work that I've seen, with the weird double eyes and super stylized linework and vibrant colors, but this one is a personal favorite.

Started working on the finished piece from that color sketch I posted of a vodnik. Linework is coming along nicely! #art #ink #workinprogress #illustration #fantasy #slavic #folklore #vodnik #vodyanoy

Trying to figure out what I want a Bukavac to look like (since most of the descriptions I've found are basically "it's a monster") and doing some color sketching about it. This one is ok, but a bit too much Great Unclean One x Shrek for my liking. #art #sketch #watercolor #bukavac #serbian #folklore

And while I'm at it, I love their orcs too ( grendels-stepdad.bearblog.dev/b2t1mikes-wo... ) and I have absolutely adopted that into my current campaign too. #art #illustration #watercolor #orc #fantasy #D&D #monster #pigorcs

I prefer goblins as something other than "orc, but small" which they often are in fantasy. So why not goblins, but they're literally muppets? The Muppets are, after all, violent, chaotic and tend to have explosives on hand. #art #fantasy #goblin #muppets #D&D #watercolor #acrylic #illustration

To go along with the hunter I posted yesterday, here is an Elven Knight. The smarminess really comes through a lot more on this one. #art #illustration #elf #knight #ink #watercolor #D&D #fantasy

I really like the depictions of the Palio di Siena done by Duilio Cambellotti. It is hard to decide which ones to pick, as they are all wonderful with their bold, graphic and very flat colors. I also especially love the way the city itself is suggested in silhuette. #art #artIlike #siena

I love Evil Space Elves as an archetype (the Eld, the Githyanki, whatever) in #D&D. They provide great opposition for any party. Here are is a sketch for one for my current campaign. #art #illustration #sketch #elf #watercolor #fantasy

I would like to start sharing on this account some art that I personally like, not just stuff I've drawn. And for today I will share this wonderful illustration of some Giants from the story of Sinbad. This is by Mikhail Maiofis. #illustration #sinbad #giant #artIlike

I love Evil Space Elves as an archetype (the Eld, the Githyanki, whatever) in #D&D. They provide great opposition for any party. Here are is a sketch for one for my current campaign. #art #illustration #sketch #elf #watercolor #fantasy

Sketching ideas for a vodnik piece this morning. General pose and composition inspired by an old Ivan Bilibin drawing of the creature. #sketch #art #watercolor #slavic #folklore #vodnik #vodyanoy

Although those same supermarket acrylic markers CAN produce decent results when used for what they're good for. Case in point. #D&D #illustration #art #acrylicmarkers #candy

Not everything in a sketchbook is a winner. Sometimes you just gotta try stuff and see how it turns out. In this case, trying to paint a landscape with a watercolor wash and some shitty supermarket acrylic markers. #art #sketch #landscape #acrylicmarkers

Sketch for an old concept for alternative B/X Elves, the Wondrous. Humans with either supernatural parents or raised by supernatural beings. A common theme in a lot of folklore. #D&D #art #watercolor #sketch

Added some more body to the color sketch from yesterday, though this one is still kind of sloppy. #Leshi #art #illustration #slavic #folklore #sketch #watercolor

A slightly older drawing of mine also of a leshi. #art #illustration #slavic #folklore #leshi #watercolor

A quick color sketch today. A leshi's size varies on where he is. In the middle of his forest, he is as tall as the tallest trees. Outside of it, he is no bigger than a blade of grass. #leshi #drawing #art #sketch #watercolor #folklore #slavic

Added color to an old piece today, and it really helps it feel finished. The drawing itself is...you know what I'm not sure. I've been calling this thing a troll, but it's mostly just some weird guy I drew. #art #illustration #troll #D&D #fantasy #watercolor #ink

A quick color sketch today of a Vodnik, a slavic water spirit that would sometimes drown people in the late or river it resides. #vodnik #watercolor #art #sketch #slavic #folklore #fantasy #illustration

Sketch of #kukeri, a Bulgarian tradition of dressing as monsters and dancing with loud cowbells on to scare away evil spirits. #art #sketch #folklore #bulgaria #watercolor #ink

The finished watercolor painting of a pumpkin-headed Bugbear. Still debating adding some black lines to this one, but I might do those digitally to preserve the original painting. #art #watercolor #bugbear #D&D #monster #illustration

Starting work on the finished illustration of the cryptid/pumpkin headed Bugbear that I posted a color sketch of earlier. Base of watercolor is done, next comes detailing. Which is, ya know, the rest of the drawing hah. #art #workinprogress #watercolor #D&D #bugbear

I prefer goblins as something other than "orc, but small" which they often are in fantasy. So why not goblins, but they're literally muppets? The Muppets are, after all, violent, chaotic and tend to have explosives on hand. #art #fantasy #goblin #muppets #D&D #watercolor #acrylic #illustration

Another WIP of the muppet goblins! This is usually the point where I let a piece sit for a bit as I think on what to do next to get it looking more finished. This period takes between 15 minutes and 2 years. #art #illustration #watercolor #ink #goblins #muppets #D&D #fantasy #workinprogress

I have set up a Ko-Fi page! Currently it acts as just a tip jar, but I have plans to sell art prints, zines and other physical media through it as well. ko-fi.com/kadievart #art #ko-fi

More work-in-progress on the muppet goblins. Lines are done, now all that's left is color. #art #ink #goblins #muppets #D&D #fantasy

A Work-In-Progress of some goblins. And I don't know about you, but my favorite goblins are just muppets. Like actual, living muppets. #art #ink #goblins #D&D #muppets

A pink devil. Or maybe a demon? Hard to tell at times. #art #illustration #watercolor #fantasy #demon #devil #D&D

Just big ol' frog priest. #art #illustration #watercolor #ink #frog #fantasy #sketch

Color sketch for an upcoming piece. A #Bugbear, mixing the depiction of them in OD&D with the riff of that depiction from Glorantha's Jack O'Bear. #art #illustration #sketch #markers #D&D #monster

If you like the stuff I make, know that I am open for commissions! I am also interested in working on stuff for publication too, as that has been my main work for years. #art #illustration #artcommission #commission

And while I'm at it, I love their orcs too ( grendels-stepdad.bearblog.dev/b2t1mikes-wo... ) and I have absolutely adopted that into my current campaign too. #art #illustration #watercolor #orc #fantasy #D&D #monster #pigorcs

I love the interpretation of Gnolls from Crow's blog ( grendels-stepdad.bearblog.dev/b2t1mikes-wo... ). That's where the kobolds I posted before also come from too. #art #illustration #D&D #gnoll #monster #watercolor #fantasy

Despite how it looks, this is one of the rare no-fantasy pieces I have around. A drawing of a sculpture/building in the park behind the Indianapolis Art Center. #art #ink #watercolor

Another Bilibin-esque piece. This one is an Alkanost, one of numerous "ladies, but they're also birds" of Russian folklore. #art #illustration #watercolor #ink #fantasy #bilibin #folklore

Something a bit different from the personal illustrations. This one is of a Hill Cantons Feral Dwarf, for the yet unreleased Slumbering Ursine Dunes Omnibus book. #art #illustration #hillcantons #dwarf #D&D #osr

One of my longer running D&D characters. Meatface began as a simple Thief, who through the course of the campaign became magically merged with a giant sentient beefsteak, turning into an ogre-sized pile of muscles (and also changing his class to Fighter). #art #illustration #watercolor #D&D #OSR

I have spent several years chasing the style of Ivan Bilibin, a towering presence in Russian illustration and art. This is one of my more successful attempts, I think. #art #illustration #sketchbook #ink #watercolor #basilisk #fantasy #Bilibin

A slightly older piece, depicting the Bastion of the Roaring Bull from an old OD&D campaign of mine. #art #illustration #city #fantasy #D&D #bull

I am not kidding about the war bears, btw. Here are a pair of doors for the cabinet underneath our TV that I painted to have a soldier bear and a hunter bear. #art #appliedarts #warbear #furnitureart

The Hill Cantons War Bear is one of my favorite things in D&D, and I have included them in nearly every game I've run. I also love drawing them, like in this mixed media piece combining lino print, ink drawing and watercolor, all collaged together. #art #drawing #mixedmedia #illustration #warbear

The Talasum is a dark spirit of Bulgarian folklore, however in modern parlance it tends to just refer to any kind of mischievous and goblin-esq monster. This is my interpretation of them, as hairy muppet-like things. #art #drawing #illustration #talasumi #folklore #monster

A Leshi sitting in its dark and gloomy underground forest. What happens to the spirit of a forest when the forest itself is sick, twisted and unnatural? Nothing good, that's what. #art #drawing #illustration #folklore #leshi

Sketchbook Illustration of Kobolds. I don't care much for draconic kobolds, I much prefer them as weird and ugly little guys that scurry around in the darkness. Vermin on two legs. #art #kobolds #illustration #sketchbook #D&D