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"Ivrion, the Wine Knight" by Zachariah Campbell

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Ivrion, the Wine Knight by Zachariah Campbell

Sigh... another person with no feet... Ivrion's a concept that was banging around in my head for a while, and eventually got made as a D&D character. The idea was to make a true 'fairy tale' kind of guy. You know the type... pure of heart but no common sense, raised in isolation, later discovers he's the son of a faerie queen, becomes hero, then legend, blah blah blah...

The name 'Ivrion' comes from the french 'ivre', which means 'drunk' and wine is his thing (note the grapes on his tabard). Some time in the future I'd like to do a color picture of him to show him off in his deep burgundy and purple robes and armour.

Date	Name	Comment
12 Oct 2002	Laura Rhoades-Stovall(Redelf)	Loading... The detail is just lovely
15 Oct 2002	Jaynai	Loading... OMG its carrot-top just dial 10-10-220 down the center or i will cut ur head off. Good pic man. Zachariah Campbell replies: "Heh. Scary. Now that you mention it, he does kind of look like Carrot-Top... that's terrible!"
19 Oct 2002	Marta Leonhardt	Loading... wow.. Really nice sword he´s got there.. Zachariah Campbell replies: "It has a name too... "Cloudsplitter" It's all fancy and lightning-y. Betcha want one! "
24 Oct 2002	Dennis Alvarez Domingo	Loading... Odd idea. probably get tangled in all that finery before he drew his sword... Zachariah Campbell replies: "er, um, no... because he's wearing uh...magic finery. Yeah, that's it... "
19 Nov 2002	Frederick Brown Althot	Loading... W00! Lots of details! Lots and lots of details... Zachariah Campbell replies: "Must have had a lot of time on my hands... funny thing is that i don't even remember when or where I drew this pic. Maybe in my sleep. "
19 May 2003	Steven De Waele	Loading... Could you draw him inebriated too? (i just love that word.) Zachariah Campbell replies: "It's a good word. Funny thing... I don't think I've ever drawn him inebriated before. I should. "
14 Dec 2003	James Jandreau	Loading... That is a beautiful costume. I love the simple clean lines. I do think that you should colour Ivrion. I personally think that a watercolour style would look really sharp. Great drawring!
29 Dec 2004	Julie R. Kowalski	Loading... C'mon you didn't make that costume up out of yer head, right?....and the detail in the sword?.....come on!...you used a reference, didn't you?......love it Zachariah Campbell replies: "I don't even know where I would find a reference for this kind of outfit. I was just running on an old-fashioned "fairy prince" theme.As I mention in one of the earlier comments on this page, the character actually grew out of a costume I made once for an event, that just happened to be all in wine-tones. From that point, it was just a matter of adding a lot of frilly stuff. "
16 Feb 2006	Figs	Loading... I love axes....How much damage he do to a little kid
5 Aug 2009	Jeanette M Thomas	Loading... Gorgeous. Would love to see him in his burgundy & purple robes as you describe. Would have to have a touch of green for accent. I know you didn’t use it as a reference - too different, but please take a look at the King of Pentacles in the Rider/Waite Tarot deck. The concept of the richness of the grapepvine patterned robe is similar. In fact, this would make a gorgeous Knight of Pentacles. -- a note, the vine sheathed sword looks lovely, but also indicates the sword hasn’t probably had as much use as the axe. Also - wouldn’t the juice of the grapes have a bad effect on its steel???? Zachariah Campbell replies: "There IS an aesthetic similarity to the King of Pentacles design! It’s not a direct influence, but I love the Rider deck and Ivrion as a whole character concept was very much based on that Art Nouveau "romantic medieval" style. I think I was looking at Beardsley’s Morte D’Arthur a lot around the time that I drew this. I even started work on a Tarot deck... funny, I never posted any of that stuff. Forgot about it till now! As for the vines on the sword, I admit it’s not that easy to see, but the sword still has a sheath. The vines are wrapped around the sheath, not the bare blade. Besides, everything about this guy is touched with magic, so we’re not supposed to worry about stuff like that Thanks! "
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