Monday, March 18, 2013

Creature Incarnations: Mephits

The March issue of Dragon magazine is out and I am happy to share with you my contributions to this issue. Dragon #421 features the article, Creature Incarnations: Mephits, and as you may have guessed, it is just FULL of Mephits! I was asked to update and illustrate a veritable army of Mephits, and this is how they turned out... 

Air Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Dust Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Earth Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Fire Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Ice Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Magma Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast
 
Mist Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast
 
Steam Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

Water Mephit
© 2013 Wizards of the Coast

I may sound like a broken record, but I sure love being assigned projects that let me design something new or update existing D&D monsters. Not that there is anything wrong with the established designs, I just really enjoy adding my voice to the mighty fantasy empire that is D&D. I tried to be true to the various established looks and feels of the Mephits as well as bring some of my own design sensibilities into it. I am not sure if I have ever painted as many translucent and transparent monsters as this assignment required! As always, I would like to thank Kate Irwin for involving me on this project and for her art direction!

In the coming weeks I will have for you my concepts, sketches, and a few process step by step breakdowns for these pieces. 

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

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4 comments:

  1. My fav is the oozy magma mephit. Good work.

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    1. Thanks! The Magma and Earth were my hands down favorites.

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  2. I mentioned it on DA but I can say it here as well.

    Really like the fire one, though they are all drawn well.

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    1. Many thanks! I appreciate it! Because there where so many of them my memories of them start to bleed together. I just have these images of working on dusty burning icy steam mephits... :P

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