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The Agarthan Guide

@agarthanguide / agarthanguide.tumblr.com

Trying to be honest with myself. And you. You look great today. PFP by @littlestpersimmon! She/her

Hey, my name is Hannah (rhymes with Donna). I'm an illustrator lately moved to New England, and I'm currently the Lucky Bug who inhabits the seat of Character Artist for Critical Role Campaign 3! I'm so proud of the work that I've done with Critical Role and Darrington Press the last two years. I feel so lucky to have been given a ticket to the Circus, and I'm excited to see what's in the center ring every week!

a while back I was 1.5 hours into watching the 3 hour director’s cut of kingdom of heaven with @agarthanguide and thoroughly enjoying myself when I was struck with the dawning realization that I am never going to be able to convince anyone else to sit down and watch the full three hours of this with me and she was like, with audible glee, “you’re definitely not!”

Laudna and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

I’m almost 100% sure I’m not going to continue this- I wish I knew how to color lol. I’ve always wanted to be one of the Cool Kids who draws fake screen shots. But anyway, have a sketch about it.

A sheep in the role of Cordelia in “King Lear With Sheep.”Credit” Nick Morris.

“I wanted to use the idea of non-cooperative actors to explore the themes of ‘King Lear’ itself,” she said.

“Because Cordelia’s an actor who refuses to act,” she added, referring to the title character’s youngest daughter, who is disowned after she declines to flatter her father the way her sisters do.

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𝖂𝕳𝕰𝕹 𝖂𝕰'𝕽𝕰 𝕲𝕺𝕹𝕰.

𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖚𝖘?

Anonymous asked:

I love the Essek portrait on the back of the ReAction figure box, is it yours?? Also if I can ask, what the process like for designing something like that (thinking like how they outline what they want you to do and creative license?)

Hello!

I DID draw the packaging illustration on Essek M9 figure. I did not design the figure. I don't actually know who designed him, I think they just credited Super 7.

It was actually a super interesting process, and one that I'm getting more familiar with as I work with Critical Role more. The fig wasn't made yet when they brought me on to the project, so I worked off of mock-ups, mostly. They wanted a dynamic portrait of Essek that reasonably matched the figure, but also they were keenly aware that the design of the fig was constrained by the kind of (imo) very fun, retro style of Super 7 molds.

Because of that constraint, there are choices in those illustrations that I might not have made if I had been drawing Essek from my personal perspective, but I can honestly say that they've grown on me! I sort of wish I had some some elegant scrollwork in his greaves, maybe in silver thread.

I haven't actually seen the package art as it appears, yet, so I'm dropping a little snapshot of the final art with the sincere hope I'm not actively spoiling something. I can't see how I would be.

Thank you for the question, and for the kind words!

PS- In the full length art, he is hovering!

PPS- My personal headcanon of Essek is the one by @theminttu

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heres the full art on the box!!

Anonymous asked:

I love the Essek portrait on the back of the ReAction figure box, is it yours?? Also if I can ask, what the process like for designing something like that (thinking like how they outline what they want you to do and creative license?)

Hello!

I DID draw the packaging illustration on Essek M9 figure. I did not design the figure. I don't actually know who designed him, I think they just credited Super 7.

It was actually a super interesting process, and one that I'm getting more familiar with as I work with Critical Role more. The fig wasn't made yet when they brought me on to the project, so I worked off of mock-ups, mostly. They wanted a dynamic portrait of Essek that reasonably matched the figure, but also they were keenly aware that the design of the fig was constrained by the kind of (imo) very fun, retro style of Super 7 molds.

Because of that constraint, there are choices in those illustrations that I might not have made if I had been drawing Essek from my personal perspective, but I can honestly say that they've grown on me! I sort of wish I had added some elegant scroll work in his greaves, maybe in silver thread.

I haven't actually seen the package art as it appears, yet, so I'm dropping a little snapshot of the final art with the sincere hope I'm not actively spoiling something. I can't see how I would be.

Thank you for the question, and for the kind words!

PS- In the full length art, he is hovering!

PPS- My personal headcanon of Essek is the one by @theminttu