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Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-48435574038396383872013-02-11T12:08:00.003+00:002013-02-11T12:08:28.567+00:00Dungeon #208Last night I pulled out work created over the last few months, and embarked upon an epic varnishing session. The spare room now resembles a mini-art gallery as the paintings stand arrayed around its walls drying.<br />
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Gathering all that work together in one place can be a great focus on what I have achieved, and where I want to be heading next. It can also remind me of pieces I have so far failed to share, and these are two such pieces.<br />
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These paintings were created for <a href="https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dungeon/2012November" target="_blank">Dungeon magazine, issue #208</a>.<br />
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Having created a line sketch, then painted it up to it's 'Final', I was keen to receive feedback on the completed cover painting.</div>
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I got a positive response and a request for minor tweaks - lose the mechanical Owl and add mass to the Elementals neck and shoulders. I could have made these changes in acrylics, but it would have been hard to maintain some of the qualities in the water, esepcially the colour showing through from the background. Instead I opted for a digital approach, this meant mainly resizing, rather than repainting. I also favour a lot of 'cloning' within Photoshop, rather than direct painting, as this helps retain as much of the originals marks and textures as possible, otherwise the paintover can stand out too readily against the traditional media.</div>
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However little did I know that The City was yet to be completed. A few weeks later, as the game was being laid out for print, a fresh set of design decisions was made. It was decided that the setting should be night time, and that the Houri should be dropped from the Elementals grasp, and take up position on the left instead.</div>
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I had tinted the Elemental to bring it in line with his surroundings, but it was felt he was getting lost, so I upped the warm colours more and integrated him back into the light. The City was now finally built and is available <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3619" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<br />Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-25995944064179321522013-02-05T19:46:00.000+00:002013-02-06T13:52:18.892+00:00Talisman: Building A City, Part IIIn the previous part I outlined the process that led to a completed, and approved, line sketch. This was drawn in graphite straight onto the illustration board, and would now be painted onto.<br />
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Firstly I do a quick pass with a broad house painters brush that has been lightly dipped in water. This removes any excess graphite, and sufficiently fixes what is left in place. I then started painting from back to front, concentrating on the background first. I had already decided on a palette choice; oranges complimenting blue.<br />
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The figures were going to provide enough 'fussiness', and already had their costuming dictated to me, so I kept the buildings relatively simple, letting the sky add more drama and draw attention to the Elemental.</div>
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Keeping control of my value range I build up the darker shades in the foreground buildings, whilst adding detail. Note the escutcheons on the building which echo my original Elemental concept.</div>
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As I progress through the figures they receive a base wash of local colour. This acts as a simple underpaint, and helps me check the palette as I go. </div>
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The left foreground figure is a strong contrast to the rest of the picture due to his intense green and red clothing. This in part why he was chosen to be the focus for the action. The viewers first attentions should be drawn to the Elemental and then the main protagonist.</div>
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I start rendering the elemental by building up washes. I wanted some of that background sky to show through the water of his 'body'.</div>
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This was my working space. I accumulated a range of different reference to help me get the right water effect I was looking for. Note as well that I have rotated the entire painting. I often do this when I have a strong tilt in the perspective. I find it helps compensate against a natural inclination to bring elements back to a vertical.<br />
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<br />Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-18956474207189811732013-02-05T19:14:00.001+00:002013-02-05T20:09:00.192+00:00Talisman: Building a City, Part I<h2 style="text-align: center;">
The Foundation.</h2>
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The process of creating a painting involves several stages, each of which needs to be successfully completed before progressing. This is doubly true with a commission that will not just have aesthetic, but also product based considerations.<br />
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I was very happy to work on the cover for latest Talisman release - The City expansion. As with my previous cover paintings Felicia Cano had already created the card illustrations of the diverse adventuring types who populate the Talisman game world, I just needed to meld them together into a cohesive image unified by their opposition to a monstrous opponent. for 'The City' that would be a water elemental.<br />
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I was given a blank canvas for the elemental., and after a series of <span id="goog_140703767"></span><span id="goog_140703768"></span>thumbnail designs I found myself favouring a form that embraced elements from an oriental dragon and a breaking wave.<br />
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However, as I suspected, that was a little too 'out there', and I revisted the elemental, playing up the Dragon aspect. I liked the interaction with the characters, and transformed the pseudopods into clawed hands that grapsed the Houri.</div>
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Additionally I set the line sketch within a basic graphics template. I always find that this helps myself, and the Art Director, see how the composition will work on the printed cover.</div>
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Unfortunately this was still seen to not quite be there yet. At this point it seemed sensible to take a step back, and present a set of coneptual ideas to the AD before reworking the sketch again. I had already created a value study for msyelf, and used that as a base template against which I created the following digital studies.</div>
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In Part II I'll be looking at that process.</div>
<br />Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-12844318862434633412012-12-11T15:01:00.001+00:002013-01-14T21:17:03.278+00:00Return to Forgotten RealmsThe Forgotten Realms was the first D&D setting that I worked on for WotC, and I always enjoy revisiting that world, so it was with eagerness that I embarked upon my assignment for the latest D&D supplement: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/398880000" target="_blank">Ed Greenwood present Elminster's Forgotten Realms</a>.<br />
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I had three very different pieces to create, which are shown here with their develomental stages; the line sketch, value study and final.<br />
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A Goddess of War bestriding a battlefield<br />
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A magical musical duel between Elves<br />
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Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-30428159128260700142012-12-02T15:42:00.000+00:002012-12-02T15:42:37.273+00:00Conventions: IlluXcon & DragonmeetThe last couple of months have been very busy, I have been working on some great projects and attended a couple of shows. Unfortunately during this time I seem to have been remiss in updating my blog, poor show as that may be it does mean I have a backlog of some great art to show over tne next few posts<br />
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As to the shows, well the first , at the start of November in Altoona, PA, was IlluXcon, a fantasy art for fantasy artists/collectors symposium and uniquely enjoyable because of that. The restricted numbers made for a very informal atmosphere and gave me a good chance over the long weekend to talk to the majority of attendees, something you would definitely want to do considering the unique gathering of artists; where else would a row of artists consist of Todd Lockwood, Lary Elmore, Jeff Esley and Fred Fields all shoulder to shoulder, whilst elsewhere in the room Donato Giancola and Justin Sweet are working away on oil paintings.<br />
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Not only did I come away from IlluXcon inspired, and motivated, but I also gained some new friendships and awesome art for my walls.<br />
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Dragonmeet was held on the 1st December in London, and is one of the (sadly few) UK gaming shows. It was great to attend a 'local' event, and meet some UK artists who I'd only previosuly known through their work.<br />
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I want to thank everyone that stopped by at either show. These events are made by the people who want to stop and talk about art, and their enthusiasm for it, oh, and purchasing the odd piece does help a litte bit too. I have had a great few show sthis year, and am alreday making plans to top it in 2013.<br />
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<br />Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-52145289124934115422012-10-16T08:42:00.000+01:002012-10-16T08:42:04.771+01:00DragonmeetOn the 1st December at Kensington town hall, London, I will be attending the Dragonmeet convention as part of the art show.<br />
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I'm going to be enjoying some great company too: <a href="http://dragonmeet.phoenixgamesclub.org.uk/content/dragonmeet-2012-art-show">http://dragonmeet.phoenixgamesclub.org.uk/content/dragonmeet-2012-art-show</a>Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-39150541750464046242012-10-10T16:49:00.002+01:002012-10-10T16:50:41.088+01:00WorkspaceI have found people to be naturally curious about the materials and methodology that I use to create my art, and that also extends to my working environment. My studio office is fairly compact, being a little over 10' square, but it has everything I need - my drawing board, PC, storage space (most of my compleetd art is stored elsewhere), and the essential hi-fi.<br />
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I have put together a photographic panorama so that you can get the full impression. Finding in which to stand and make the rotation wasn't easy, and naturally soom distortion has crept in, but you should get a good feel for the <strike>clutter </strike>refernce material and resources I have about me.<br />
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Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-10764054425427479462012-09-21T12:47:00.000+01:002012-09-21T12:47:57.144+01:00The Big Break - Formula Waaargh!The notion of 'The Big Break' can be very alluring. During a career it is tempting to think that one life-changing event will occur after which all will be right with the world. Of course key moments and opportunites do arise, but these are built upon all the hard work that has gone before, and afterwards more hard work still needs to be done to maintain momentum. <br />
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I write that with hindsight, and with the knowledge that I have been guilty of thinking one project alone would be the lottery winner. 'Formula Waaargh!' was one such project. It was '99 and I was already working for Games Workshop's Black Library, producing illustrated stories for 'Inferno!' magazine, when Jake Thornton set up an offshoot division to produce board games. One of their first products was to be an orc racing game. I was commissioned to produce all the artwork, central to which was the board. <br />
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The board was a mammoth undertaking; I created it at 200% print size, and it measures 31" x 56". The track was relatively straightforward, the epic part was the spectators. Trackside I painted hordes of orcs, goblins and squigs brandishing their team colours and up to all manner of mischief. <br />
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I can't even recollect how many weeks it took to paint, but weeks it did, and that wasn't even accounting for the cards designs I also created. It felt like the accumulation of my entire career up to that moment.<br />
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If you want to impart some sort of moral onto this tale feel free; I did a job I was proud of, got paid and learnt a lot, from which I continued to build my career. I guess I can now tick the last box, which that people get to see it.<br />
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Oh, and even after all my work I managed to miss out painting one part. It was the first thing the AD commented on when I took the final into his office - can you spot it?Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-15711068571872799902012-09-18T14:59:00.000+01:002012-09-18T14:59:08.354+01:00Malfurion Stormrage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Warcraft hero emerges into the light - Malfurion Stormrage. I always enjoy working on the Champion cards for the WoW tcg, as they require the image to work both as a cropped version with rules text covering the bottom third, and to be the full image when flipped over during play. I started off by creating a line sketch.</div>
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The depiction wanted was of a young Malfuriion, and my first sketch placed him in his natural setting, gazing out of the panel (and to his future?)</div>
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I kept the strong perspective to add drama, and give him an imposing posture, but now he engages the viewer directly and is more stoic.</div>
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Meeting the end consumers of the products is very gratifying, whether it is the person who suddenly stops in their tracks as they recognise a painting from the game they play, being asked to sign products or selling original artwork. Doing so feels like it completes some sort of cycle of work, that more often feels that it stops when the work is approved by an Art Director. Getting direct feedback from gamers and fantasy artwork fans is both insightful and satisfying.</div>
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In this respect I was especially pleased that a public vote placed three of my cover paintings on short lists for Ennies: Neverwinter campaign setting (Best Art Cover), Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Best Adventure) and Lords of Waterdeep (Best RPG Related Product ), with the latter two receiving Silver awards.</div>
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The art community is close-knit and very welcoming. I had a great time reconnecting, or meeting afresh, other artists. Not only is this a relaxed way to exchange information about working practises and clients, but is also a great opportunity to see a body of work gathered together in one place - and be suitably awestruck/inspired/covetous. </div>
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Meeting up with all the Industry Professionals, be they Art Directors, Play Organisers or Retailers, is also a huge part of being at a show like this. Time spent with them touches upon all the aspects of the show I have already indicated, and a quick chat is worth a dozens of emails.</div>
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Yes, the Con is work, be that selling or promoting my art, but it also reminds me what a great, friendly, business gaming is. Over the years, despite the compressed period of time at GenCon, I feel that I have made some good friends. It was fantastic to be able to see you all again, and make some new ones.</div>
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Lastly a special mention to Achsa Nute for her stand-watching, it was much appreciated - thanks.</div>
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Wizards have been leaking art previews from their forthcoming <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd%2F4ex%2F20120731" target="_blank">Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue</a> supplement, and they have just got to the chapter start I worked on.<br />
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This piece was great fun to paint as it has lots of elements I really enjoy, namely multiple figures, epic scale, and a sinister atmosphere.<br />
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Here are a couple of close-ups showing the details.<br />
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Further GenCon preparations include having some greetings cards printed up of my Wildborn series of images, these arrived in the post today. I am excited about them, think they look great, and hope they will offer vistors to my booth the chance to pick up a piece of my work very inexpensively.<br />
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Meanwhile for those of you too impatient to wait, or else uanble to make the show, you can purchase them via my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/105867620/wildborn-greetings-cards" target="_blank">web shop</a><br />
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These were my original Wildborn posts, which include larger images of the individual designs:<br />
<a href="http://ralphhorsley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/arise.html" target="_blank">Arise,</a> <a href="http://ralphhorsley.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/statuesque.html" target="_blank">Statuesque,</a> <a href="http://ralphhorsley.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/wildborn.html" target="_blank">Glimpse, Glimmer & Sentinel.</a>Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-86987995845654087312012-07-31T10:25:00.001+01:002012-07-31T10:25:39.860+01:00Roll 'EmMy preparations towards flying across the Atlantic to GenCon in a couple of weeks are slowly beginning to happen, and a part of that has been to complete my contributiom towards the charity art auction.<br />
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Every year Matthew Teets rallies the artists by providing them with dice bags upon which they can make a sketch, these are then auctioned off. Usually I find myself trying to make something half decent whilst manning my stall, but this year I invoked some planning, and had Matthew mail me a bag so that I could create it in advance.<br />
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<br />Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-16839501009105708042012-06-12T10:04:00.001+01:002012-06-12T10:04:46.675+01:00Into the Unknown & SpectrumThe self selection process wherein I decide which paintings to submit to Spectrum is always incredibly hard, and this year I clearly didn't get it quite right, as the piece that was selected was actually submitted by one of my clients; Wizards of the Coast. So, thanks Wizards, and here it is - an Ilithid Dungeon Master weaving his wicked magic.<br />
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This batch of paintings all seemed to be about lighting, though three different glowing colours in The Dungeon Master might be considered excessive.</div>Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-86175880305076817242012-05-16T10:14:00.000+01:002012-05-16T10:19:08.145+01:00Warcraft: Fire & IceWe all love receiving parcels and it's great when the content is something you've worked on. I recently got another bundle of Warcraft cards, which means I get to share them with you - red and blue, Fire and Ice, seems to be the theme this time.<br />
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I especially enjoy working on an ongoing title, and Talisman has given me a great deal of satisfaction over the years. With the latest expansion I got to revisit the composition for previous expansions and give it another tweak.<br />
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Details of the game can be found <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=29&enmi=Talisman" target="_blank">here</a>.Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-35712925301668721792012-04-18T11:40:00.000+01:002012-04-18T11:40:51.191+01:00No Response From Deepmar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdE9aIO-i_RuKVNRKDQMsYNWv1L253ubRamH5qbrxGzCmCPqoMdqTW1-WXLDRtTun3tHUwepDm2GWjjAI26h_I5M5D7ZGjkmdXtHOq1_J5xjouEKRR8f-NAkpF-q-WA0mn16ucUxWs3N8/s1600/No+Response+From+Deepmar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdE9aIO-i_RuKVNRKDQMsYNWv1L253ubRamH5qbrxGzCmCPqoMdqTW1-WXLDRtTun3tHUwepDm2GWjjAI26h_I5M5D7ZGjkmdXtHOq1_J5xjouEKRR8f-NAkpF-q-WA0mn16ucUxWs3N8/s320/No+Response+From+Deepmar.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I always enjoy depicting dramatic, perilous, situations, and its better still when the frozen moment is a cliffhanger from which you feel the Hero has no chance of escape; though of course we always suspect that they have some trick hidden up their sleeve, that is, after all, why they are a hero.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-511593542995734092012-04-10T10:54:00.001+01:002012-04-10T11:03:40.766+01:00The LordsLast year I was able to share with you my <a href="http://ralphhorsley.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/lords-of-waterdeep.html" target="_blank">cover</a> for the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/388510000" target="_blank">Lords of Waterdeep boardgame</a>, I now have a copy of the game itself and can further share the pieces I worked on for some of the cards.<br />
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Not only did I get to paint three of the esteemed Lords* on the cover, but I was also asked to interpret the remainder. I really enjoyed trying to convey strong, distinct, personalities in a fairly limited format.<br />
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In the game the players are randomly assigned one of the Lords to play, whose objective is to gain as much power and influence, through gaining resources and completing quests, as possible. The Lords are each represented by their own card, and these are the portraits that appear upon them:<br />
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* I know some are 'Ladies', but this secret cabal awards the title of Lord to all its members.Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-6139232646256727082012-02-06T11:08:00.000+00:002012-02-06T11:08:58.123+00:00First Flight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV26A8IUHW2DtOY9aqUFaKBzsO01dEIsBbpaVujZukLmJ-yCKdr8jvv5zh2Kx1LFxFjG4r_cEiopSb2GHhjGWrfRY9L_kw_lD3gY8faz6GbKSF6HaEz_DjQc-b8FWdsAmWTpIY-lXuYw/s1600/First+Flight+-+Ralph+Horsley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV26A8IUHW2DtOY9aqUFaKBzsO01dEIsBbpaVujZukLmJ-yCKdr8jvv5zh2Kx1LFxFjG4r_cEiopSb2GHhjGWrfRY9L_kw_lD3gY8faz6GbKSF6HaEz_DjQc-b8FWdsAmWTpIY-lXuYw/s320/First+Flight+-+Ralph+Horsley.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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©Ralph Horsley.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic, Approx 26.5" x 18.5" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original artwork for sale: SOLD<br />
Image available for license.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>'The first flight is always the hardest.'</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have already shared with you a number of pieces from my Wildborn series, but this was actually the first I started on. For some time I have been wanting to create personal pieces, both to allow for my own expression, and to create some paintings I would own copyright on for license.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Typically I jumped in at the deep end and sketched up a very large piece, which although completed for the start of 2011 I didn't have the opportunity to start painting until late summer. The process all seemed very novel, in effect writing my own brief, editing the resulting sketch and then beginning the painting all without the need to get on the PC to scan and email the progress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oestensibly I have considered a lot of my stages to be for the benefit of the commissioning process. I quickly realised the error of this assumption. I now lacked a scan of my sketch to reference, nor had I a working value study.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The painting quickly felt like it went off track, and I lost the vision of what I was trying to create. At this point I put the piece aside, and I didn't know whether it would be revisited.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The painting as it was left unfinished.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However I hadn't lost the desire to create some personal work, and I had learnt a valuable lesson about the benfit of the work methodology I have developed. November came around, and freshly inspired by Illuxcon, I embarked upon some personal work, but this time I went for smaller pieces that could be completed in hours, rather than days. Thus the 'Wildborn' series was born.</div><br />
I have derived a lot of satisfaction, and positive feedback, from the series, whilst also finding these smaller pieces possible to fit into my work schedule. Of course whilst painting these the neglected Dragons remained a nagging thought; I still saw a lot of merit in the sketch, and din't like to see the work i had alreday done go to waste, but I knew I would have to take a fresh, bold, approach.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I began by completing reworking the sky and background. I upped the ante on the drama, and repositioned the sun to really focus on the parent's head.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The change felt substantial and inspired me on. I worked through all the key elements; background to foreground. Simultaneously I softened the existing high contrasts and overworked lines to bring the piece all together.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After stumbling so heavily first time around the painting did feel like it took flight this time around.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally I ended up with a painting I am pleased with, and that taught me a lot about my own process. The latter being especially valuable.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Scar</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Acrylic on Board,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Approx 14" x 17"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Original Artwork For Sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Copyright Wizards of the Coast</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
I mentioned <a href="http://ralphhorsley.blogspot.com/2011/12/feywild.html" target="_blank">previously</a> about my commission to produce packaging for the Dungeons and Dragons Feywild Fortune Cards, well I must have done something right as I was subsequently asked to produce a further piece of art for another set. This time around though I was dealing with Scar, a meaty half-orc with some magic skills as well as a hefty axe.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once again I needed to keep the focus on the top part of the image, so that the important features wouldn't be lost in the packaging. The Spiral of Tharizdun's fire helped by providing a very useful device with which to bring focus and round out the figure with some strong rim lighting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is how the painting appears on the packaging:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This was the initial line sketch:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Deatils of the Fortune Cards set can be found <a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/389290000" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-75272511807071881792012-01-24T12:56:00.000+00:002012-01-24T12:56:06.615+00:00Arise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc0SGyJ88_twiwTisC-L4tDRNW0f2ABDeb3HKzjCq5p5LMuCYkFbAmU8UYoyjghSDCMXzDMSvFCL6AA_CaKOaX8ZFYX3TY1k6qXZe0v7jqN4pV719c23sbf0h8OPZcvDlfggzxJZg2RE/s1600/Arise+-+Ralph+Horsley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc0SGyJ88_twiwTisC-L4tDRNW0f2ABDeb3HKzjCq5p5LMuCYkFbAmU8UYoyjghSDCMXzDMSvFCL6AA_CaKOaX8ZFYX3TY1k6qXZe0v7jqN4pV719c23sbf0h8OPZcvDlfggzxJZg2RE/s320/Arise+-+Ralph+Horsley.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Wildborn Series.</em>©Ralph Horsley.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic, Approx 11" x 15"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original artwork for sale: $400<br />
Image available for license.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been very gratified by the response to my first set of 'Wildborn' paintings, and this has spurred my efforts to try and fit in some more paintings for the series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have always been inspired by Mountains, I guess helped by growing up in a very hilly part of England - The Lake District, especially the effect light can have on them. This piece proved great fun in exploring that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a walkthrough of my process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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You can then imagine how thrilled I was to be asked to work on the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/34416000">new publication</a> for 4th edition D&D, and better still that I was offered two chapters starts; lovely double page spreads that I could really go to town on. <br />
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This was especially true of the first, which was the opening chapter in the book, and needed to show the legendary Liche Vecna using the book to unleash the forces of evil upon the world in all their chaotic bloodthirsty fury.<br />
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<strong>Evil Unearthed</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approx 21" x 19"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on board.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I wanted to show a vast broiling battlefield I deliberately chose a restricted palette with a sickly colour range, whilst reserving the blue light to pinpoint Vecna. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The composition needed to fit within a strict template which effectively bisected the image into a left-hand third, and right-hand two thirds. This is how the mock-up looked:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The second illustration was equally enjoyable, allowing me to really sock it to one of the good guys - a Gold Dragon in it's own temple - ouch!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_nzAklmLLRkgkLqxcPZRG7MPLBhvB_P4BeW41gj5o4HpxT7ZvOQGYuxIdf7hXa-gt4IhAgzDSrq4ezP9Wt7HNDNxYUk0li6ObtR_EZjKRmVC_iqzEffBoE8ArCJim8rpMvaaATzfXUw/s1600/Cornered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_nzAklmLLRkgkLqxcPZRG7MPLBhvB_P4BeW41gj5o4HpxT7ZvOQGYuxIdf7hXa-gt4IhAgzDSrq4ezP9Wt7HNDNxYUk0li6ObtR_EZjKRmVC_iqzEffBoE8ArCJim8rpMvaaATzfXUw/s320/Cornered.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<strong>Smitten</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approx 21" x 19"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on board.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original SOLD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copyright Wizards of the Coast</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and the mock-up:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Ralph Horsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910644039937106729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438619740844172852.post-53179604867726176792011-12-12T22:05:00.000+00:002011-12-12T22:05:08.316+00:00Feywild<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9qb_pszpToGuTRqgzviBjTtM0AVt5gZ_yCsSQ8dVZkPDLNpx-hyB4xGceO5lPwTg2KShV6DQb1E4OVe8TXPp95TfvhMET8YqxRVP2M7EQIl5tIGsyBJgkXG1ZooQ_auawqi5jYx6OkI/s1600/Viltham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9qb_pszpToGuTRqgzviBjTtM0AVt5gZ_yCsSQ8dVZkPDLNpx-hyB4xGceO5lPwTg2KShV6DQb1E4OVe8TXPp95TfvhMET8YqxRVP2M7EQIl5tIGsyBJgkXG1ZooQ_auawqi5jYx6OkI/s320/Viltham.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Viltham</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on Board,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approx 14" x 17"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original Artwork For Sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Illustration work continually produces fresh challenges, sometimes that can appear simply to create a fresh dynamic scene conveying a particular story, but it is always compounded by further factors; those might be as straightforward as dimension restrictions, format, and typesetting, or they may be even more complicated.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Viltham the Gnome was created as a painting for <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/356150000">Dungeons & Dragons Fortune Cards: Fury of the Feywild</a>. He needed to look undeterred by the burning of his forest home around him, and ready to retaliate with his own powerful magic, but also fit within a very specific format for his role as cover star of the booster cards packaging.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Booster Packaging Template</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Above is the template I was provided with. I was directed that his head should bleed over the upper line to allow a cut-out effect, and that the top of the card packs would line-up along the lower dotted line, additionally I should provide the whole figure on a larger image area to allow full flexibility of usage. I always relish these challenges, but they do provide compositional conundrums, which I believe I met, and here is the finished packaging:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not only did I provide the packaging art, but I was also happy to contribute three cards to the set, a couple of whom appear on the sides of the display box too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Keldar</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on Board,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approx 8" x 11"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original Artwork For Sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copyright Wizards of the Coast</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Andronus</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on Board,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approx 8" x 11"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original Artwork For Sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copyright Wizards of the Coast</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lyrindel</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on Board,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approx 8" x 11"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original Artwork For Sale</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copyright Wizards of the Coast</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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