"´Ploetzbogen´" by Oliver Booms

Ya know...he doesn't look like he'd be much fun either. Looks like you have a serious minded group. Great illustration...the garb is excellent, and the staff looks great. I like the way you do backgrounds.In fact, the five image series was conceived as both an exercise in personality and garb. Far too often, RPG characters are dressed in the classical "Oh, you know, a... kind of shirt, and ...umm... breeches, black I think and, yeah - boots, too." style, which I think is a bit... uninspiring. Sometimes it's better to be a bit detail-obsessed (or is it anally retentive?).As for the serious look of the entire party... we had our share of fun (or 'weirdness' I'd rather say), I just wanted the sketches to reflect the campaign's mood... neither of them survived it, after all...

I like what you did with his hand, even though I think it looks even better on paper than it does here, because the background here takes away a little bit from the 3D effect I think it has on the original. I've toyed with the idea of making the lower part transparent, but that did't work out either. Any suggestions?

I really liked the strength of character shown in his face, kind of looks like Moses (Charlton Heston). Very nicely done. I like the skull cap, but I'm curious about what appears to be banded armor.

"Wha'chu lookin at, wooman?!"

I swear, that's what he said!
And I was all ready to tell him what a wonderful peice of art his was.