[Illustration] Water - Journey through the Dungeon

Digital painting in progress with Krita

Through the Dungeon (ald)

Journey

Exploration is a key aspect of life. And those who found themselves on a journey sooner or later were exploring their surroundings and thereby enlarged their concept of the world, their options and opportunities. Journey is progress, and the destination is rarely visible from the outset. There may be a vision of a destination or state which will be reached, can be reached when all the obstacles - within and without - are overcome, when strength is acquired, when tools are created and gained, when skills are honed, when craft is mastered, when companions work together. All these achievements are part of the journey.

To look back and retrace the steps, to remember the obstacles overcome, that is to see a path of achievements. Then it is time to tell the story, and tell it to teach, and inspire visions of destinations and states to be reached. And after a rest: time to journey onwards.

First sketch with Krita

Wise Old Gnome of Ziegenheim

Drink, sleep, fight, talk, fondle beard.

Old master gnome (ald)

Krita and Wacom Intuos

Another blue gnome character study for my Basic Fantasy setting. I think these guys work with Risus, too.

Blue Gnome of Ziegenheim

Blue gnome study (ald)

Krita and Wacom Intuos

Labyrinth

I watched Jim Henson's Labyrinth last night, again (for the 17th time or so). There is a Making of on the DVD, and I watched that, too (for the first time), because I like to get a glimpse at how things work and learn from it.
So, I got inspired by Brian Froud's goblin designs which then led me to scribbling the blue gnome study with Krita.

Since I'm working on a Basic Fantasy sandbox setting (in German) with the working title Ziegenheim, I thought it might be fitting to start describing some of the creatures that live around Ziegenheim. There will be blue gnomes, and they may look like the one pictured.