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Sketchdump. Mostly D&D stuff.
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~GodWeenSatan Mar 13, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Always love your sketch dumps.
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*regourso Mar 17, 2013  Professional General Artist
I appreciate it.
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*Lord-Of-The-Guns Feb 28, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Very cool sketchdump. The four eyed devils especially, they remind me of that optical illusion with the four eyed girl - which actually makes a kind of sense for demonic creatures. Well done!
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*regourso Mar 1, 2013  Professional General Artist
It's fun that you mention that because they're a very deceitful race on a basic level. Most people consider them demons but they're actually not even related to them in anyway, their appearance being merely the result of arcane tampering and evolutionary whims. Thanks for the input!
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~aberry89 Feb 15, 2013  Student Digital Artist
the two guys on the bottom left are SUCH an amazing design... like an alien, native American assassin :icongwahplz:
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*regourso Feb 16, 2013  Professional General Artist
Thanks! You're not really very far from the original concept I had of them. Minus the alien thing, haha.
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~aberry89 Feb 16, 2013  Student Digital Artist
What was your original concept?
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*regourso Feb 16, 2013  Professional General Artist
They're very loosely based on native american and inuit people, with heavy fantasy thrown in for good measure. Their culture is centered around death, the spirit world, and their assumed responsibility to make sure all souls part to the afterlife or whatever fate awaits them. Their armors are made entirely of monster bones they weave together with magic.
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~aberry89 Feb 17, 2013  Student Digital Artist
wow, in depth! Love it!

I was listening to a podcast recently about Sitting Bull, and they were interviewing some members from the Lakota nation. They talked about how most westerners think, back in the day, when they would go to battle they paint themselves up to psych themselves up for fighting, or they were trying to look threatening. But the reason they paint their bodies is a form of protection. Specifically a protection of their spirit, since they believed violence and closeness to death can take such a toll on it. The guy went on to say, three things can be injured in battle, your mind, your body and your spirit. Their mind they prepare with reflection and experience, their body they prepare with practice and strength, and their spirit they protect with prayer and calling upon their ancestors/gods for protection and the paint is the sacred and physical manifestation of that. I don't know if all Native American nations hold to that belief, but the Lakota does...

I am sorry for my ridiculously long post! I just found that fascinating!
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*regourso Feb 18, 2013  Professional General Artist
No, it's ok! I like learning new things about cultures I don't know much of. More so with Native American cultures, because there are so few reliable sources outside of themselves to help us understand them. This is very enlightening!
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