Revisiting the Monsters - Jackal

In 2010, sixteen years ago now, I began a personal project to redesign most, if not all, of the monsters in the original Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. That original MM had a profound effect on me and led me to eventually work on the game. While I was already working on the game when I began this project, it did prove useful, as I have redesigned many D&D monsters in my career on the game. In the end, I completed over 100 drawings for the project and even had a gallery show featuring the work.

I thought it would be nice to look back at some of my favorites. Today brings us back to my third... fourth... pass through the book with the Jackal. Enjoy!

Jackal redesign
© 2013/2026 Christopher Burdett 

 

One of the reasons that I like this one was because of its inclusion in the Monster Manual. It is accompanied with the sentence:

 

"They appear here because of the magical bag of trick." 

 

This was the perfect bit of information that led to how I wanted to depict this creature. And I think it is all the better for it.

 

  That's another exciting Wednesday on the blog. See you back here on Friday! Until then... 

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