The newest Dungeons & Dragons supplement, Spelljammer Adventures in Space, was released last week, and I was lucky enough to have contributed two pieces to the book. I was provided with a concept for the new direction they were taking the Aartuk and got to design two different versions of this monster, an elder and a warrior. For those of you unaware, the Aartuk is a plant creature in space, and can now shoot things out of 'mouths' on the tender neck flesh when it raises its center head. Neat, right?! This was a fun pair to work on as I tried to make them different but also from the same species. Here are the final paintings for the Aartuk Elder and Warrior.
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Aartuk Elder
Spelljammer Adventures in Space
11 x 14 - Digital
Art Director - Kate Irwin
© 2022 Wizards of the Coast LLC
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Aartuk Warrior
Spelljammer Adventures in Space
11 x 14 - Digital
Art Director - Kate Irwin
© 2022 Wizards of the Coast LLC
As with all my D&D pieces, even though the final are digital, there are original drawings available. These are no exception, and I was pleased with how the drawings from this book, turned out. Here are the drawings for the Aartuk Elder and Warrior.
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Aartuk Elder
Spelljammer Adventures in Space
11 x 14 - Pencil on paper
Original - SOLD
Art Director - Kate Irwin
© 2022 Wizards of the Coast LLC
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AartukWarrior
Spelljammer Adventures in Space
11 x 14 - Pencil on paper
Original - SOLD
Art Director - Kate Irwin
© 2022 Wizards of the Coast LLC
Lastly, Here are some bad photos of the two monsters from the book. They printed great, and I couldn't be happier with them.
Aartuk Elder and Warrior in handy dandy book form!
That's all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...