I'm Working On Making Some New Sticker Designs, Here's The First Of The Batch!

I'm working on making some new sticker designs, here's the first of the batch!

This one's already up on my Redbubble, and if anyone wants to request a specific bug or subject, I have a commission tier on Kofi dedicated to that.

Critique is very much welcome!

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I'm going to be introducing my CoS party to Vasili von Holtz in the next session, and needed to decide if Strahd looked good with his hair in a braid. As there were no preexisting depictions of this, I had to make one of my own.

So here it is.

I've been poking around the Skyrim tag a bit, and was finally inspired to draw my LDB, Fallumin, for the first time in ages.

Most of his physical traits carried over from my last drawing of him, but he's got some new armor, and I've finally figured out how to have an argonian wear a basic dragon priest mask.

About Me:

Hi! (:

My name is Vincent or Haley, but I also answer to pretty much any variation on my username; I am me, I don't care what my name is to you, as long as it's not offensive. (:

My pronouns are he/him, and unlike my name, I do actually kinda care about those.

This is primarily an art blog, but I play a lot of D&D and really love Curse of Strahd, so a lot of what I make and reblog revolves around those interests. And bugs. Lots of bugs.

As long as you're not making money off my work, please feel free to use my D&D art in your games! I just want to hear what happens in them.

I've also got an Instagram! My username there is @/terrifiedspider! I've got a Kofi as well, and offer commissions!

Fun(?) facts about me:

Strahd? That's my old man, that's my babygirl, I love him, I want to make his life worse, I want him to get worse, I want him dead, I want him to get therapy.

I used to have a fear of spiders and centipedes, but decided that was stupid so I pulled an uno reverse on myself and got super into them.

Jack Seward apologist

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I relate an uncomfortable amount with Victor Frankenstein and I haven't even gotten to the point in the book where the Creature is animated yet.

Furry in denial.

Basil's confession to Dorian is one of the most romantic things I've ever read and I will never forgive Dorian for his response.

Still emotional about a moth I held in elementary school.

Important Tags:

#cw: XXX, used for any sensitive content, typically blood. I like drawing blood and scar tissue.

#spider chatter, for anything that isn't my art, be it reblogs, D&D stuff, or elder scrolls headcanons

#oc: XXX, my oc tags, usually my D&D characters, but also some Elder Scrolls and Fallout stuff. I most commonly post art of Devleik, my reborn ranger PC from a friend's homebrew campaign.

#Calamity Campaign, for the previously mentioned campaign. Its set in a gritty, low magic fantasy world, which takes heavy inspiration from medieval Europe, to the point of having a realistic economy based off the setting.

#art envy, art I reblog from others (:

#caught in the web, the asks I send other people, and posts I get tagged in

#spider's dming tag, for my DM notes, usually for Curse of Strahd, but sometimes other stuff. I currently am running a Ravenloft campaign and Underdark one, but I love planning these things, so I'm working on my second run of CoS, and fleshing out Lamordia for a campaign of its own.

#spider posting, originally just for spiders, but now also covering any member of Arthropoda I may post or reblog stuff about.

#promo tag, self explanatory, recently I've been sharing a lot of the advertising posts for Memento Mori, a CoS fanzine I'm contributing to (:

Songs I like, no explanation as to why:

Werewolf's Eyes - Birch Book

I had gay sex with god (it could have gone better) - Juno Lev

I Love You Like An Alcoholic - the Taxpayers

Dearest Sarah - Goodnight, Texas

Not Dead Yet - Lord Huron

Goodnight Demonslayer - Aurelio Voltaire

Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America - The 1975

The Lovecats - The Cure

Tales of Goapan - Dabo

Bloody! Bloody! - Junie & TheHutFriends

So I finally watched Reanimator, and it turns out that it and its sequels have burrowed into my brain like a parasitic worm.

Unfortunately, this is happening at a time in which drawing faces is more difficult than my Calculus homework, and despite several attempts over the past week at drawing Herbert, Dan, and the Bride, nothing is coming out well.

If something doesn’t change soon, I’m just going to draw some bugs and slap some movie quotes on them.

Aust got a redesign! (:

The Curse of Strahd campaign I was originally part of broke up after scheduling issues, but I recently started to run a new CoS campaign myself! (:

Both Aust and Doctor Stein will likely make an appearance in my new campaign as NPCs, hence Aust's updated design.

I've included the design notes and changes I'm making to Aust & Stein's story under the cut! (:

Click on the image for better quality!

Stuff I'm Keeping From the Original Campaign:

(not in chronological order)

I only ever got around to drawing two of the PCs because the other player's character died after Dr. Stein accidentally incinerated him with a couple of fireballs.

The player's replacement character was a lizardfolk warlock, who died at the dinner with Strahd, after insulting Strahd then getting his skull crushed in with a candlestick.

In the time between the old PC dying and new one joining the party, Aust and Stein opened a small apothecary in Vallaki.

Just before the campaign ended, Aust was reconsidering his thoughts about Strahd, debating if fighting against him was even worth it.

Setup for the New Campaign:

5-10 years before the start of the new campaign, Dr. Stein, Aust, and other members of their party came to Barovia. They survived for long enough for Aust and Stein to create the apothecary, and for Strahd to invite the party to dinner.

At the dinner, Strahd invited the party to join him or be killed. The lizardfolk and other party member were both killed. Aust sided with Strahd, and Dr. Stein was the only one to escape the castle.

Stein returned to the apothecary, and remained there, focusing on laying low and eager to assist adventurers as they travel through Barovia before Strahd has his way with them.

Aust joined the druids, wandering the forests and tricking both the usual commoners and unusual adventuring parties.

Design Notes:

His color palette, skin included, has been darkened significantly. He originally looked very similar to a moon elf, but one of the players has never played D&D before, and I want Aust to be easily recognizable as a drow for him.

While originally working alongside the wereravens for some time, Aust's armor in now decorated with feathers from those he's fought against.

The skull strapped to his shoulder used to belong to a party member.

The glasses became brighter so I could pretend to have some kind of contrast around the face. Darkening everything messed with the contrast that was present in the original design.

Critique is very much welcome with this piece! There are quite a few visible issues with this one, I rushed completing it, and I think it shows.