A Background Element

25 April 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Books
 
funeral service

I am working on an ebook cover. The plan is to create separate water colour elements and digitally bring them together for the final artwork.

The above is the background element for the piece.

Stay tuned for the final artwork and the link to the ebook.

 

Azamar - Template Art Part Three

23 April 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Final part of the three-part series. Something like the Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes but less LSH and more artwork from character templates available in Wicked North Games' Azamar RPG core book.

This mail-armoured warrior attacks with her swords of binding

Tre'uoall Sword Chanter

Short, child-sized Enfri cultist manipulates shadows for combat

Enfri Shadow

Well, let's have a wizard in a short skirt why don't we?

Human Wizard of the Veil

Magic-using, combat healers of the Immyr

Immyr War Priest

An Immyr fighter that wields either a warhammer or an axe or both

Immyr Soldier

 

Azamar - Template Art Part Two

22 April 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Continuing the series of character template artwork for Wicked North Games' Azamar RPG:

I suppose a War Scholar would have pack full of scrolls

Wyvine War Scholar

Healer / Cleric with a staff to bash in a guy's head

Bu'Col Priest

They wield the Shea'ahk chain weapon as seen in this image

Bu'Col Shea'Ahk Warrior

A noble would have nothing more than a dagger on him

Urbane Noble

 

Azamar - Template Art Part One

21 April 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Over the last couple of weeks I was working on and are now finished with the character template artwork for Wicked North Games' Azamar RPG. The playable races of Azamar are numerous: Human, Urbane, Tre'uoall, Wyvine, Immyr, Enfri and Shrave.

Here are four playable character templates, right here in this post:

The crossbow is the weapon of choice for Shrave Archers.

Shrave Archer

Shrave monks are hand-to-hand combat experts employing fighting gauntlets which deal a whole lot of damage
 

Shrave Monk

Tre'uoalls physically resemble Tolkien Elves than DnD Elves

Tre'uoall Archon

You wouldn't want this Urbane to sneak up on you with her poisoned blades as you sleep
 

Urbane Assassin

 

Darth Bill Adama?

14 March 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Misc Sci-Fi, Star Wars
 

A weird moment for Admiral William Adama of the Battlestar Galactica (complete with ominous shadow outline) when he suddenly spouts lines from The Empire Strikes Back at his son Lee.

What does he say, and how does Lee reply?

Click here to find out and to view a larger version of the artwork.

 

Azamar Deities Part Two

13 March 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

More powerful beings - reality-changing and interdimensional - that has made their mark on the world of Azamar

Mo

Mo is the deity of laughter, change, and trickery, and manifests in the form of a jester with a dazzling outfit of ever-changing colors - though he rarely ever manifests.

Nooks and Crannies

Nooks and Crannies are factions of a powerful type of beings from a world which was devastated by a war between the factions. They've travelled to Azamar using their magics and set themselves as deities, sowing chaos and demanding sacrifices and tributes from their followers. The war between Nooks and Crannies have now come to Azamar.

 

Xujof

Xujof is a deity also known as the grim, a deity of death, life, and the delicate balance between them, often referred to as the equilibrium. Xujof normally manifests as an elderly Human, typically wearing contemporary apparel, mingling quietly within the various societies of Azamar.

 

Azamar Deities Part One

12 March 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Ash Lord

The Ash Lord, also known as the Eater of Souls, sends dark beings who manifest as Humans, who make deals to grant the wishes of others, who soon bargain to relinquish their souls in trade for these deals.

Shilutozenon

Shilutozenon is the deity of nature and of the natural order and make attempts to repair and restore the natural order of Azamar.

Sychorax

Sychorax is the deity of beauty, compassion, desire, and persuasion which manifests typically as a blazing ball of light.

 

Xaraxamarath

Xaraxamarath is the deity of creation and destruction, often worshipped by a small faction of wizards known as Conjurers, who devote themselves to understanding the magic of creation and destruction within Azamar.

 

McFly, Trandoshan Smuggler

05 March 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games, Star Wars
 
Punching and smuggling, smuggling and punching

Here's a quick and dirty Star Wars Artists' Guild request I picked up: A Trandoshan smuggler named McFly!

Yes, the life preserver jacket is no accident.

Yes, he is punching Darth Vader.

 

Azamar - A View of the Sea

01 March 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Here's a damage seagoing vessel - anchored off an Azamar coast - undergoing repairs at dawn. What happened to it? What was it carrying? Who or what shot at it? Were there survivors? What repercussions would there be for characters that relied on this ship for transport or defence? What bearing did this event have on the legacy of the Fracturing in Azamar?

Give the Azamar fantasy roleplaying game a try when it's released later this year, and create your own storylines with your friends as you run the game!

Damaged vessel

This interior artwork was created for WiIcked North Games with a black and white printing in mind. The colours are an afterthought for this blog.

 

Azamar - Melee Skirmish

28 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Here's a quarter page interiror illustration for Wicked North Games of a Tre'uoall ranger versus an Orc warrior fighting on a hillslope and drawing blood... which should be in black and white in the final Azamar RPG core rule book.

Tre'uoall vs Orc, to the death!

Additionally, I will also show you step-by-step how I made the dish above.

 

Classic Kurt

26 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Comics
 

Here's a quick sketch of Kurt, a former pupil of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, in his classic costume, and draped in shadows as usual. I believe the red in his costume is a manifestation of his subconscious desire to stand out among the shadows, even as a youngster mobs set out to burn him as a demon.

Kurt
 

Mangog!

20 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Comics
 

This is Mangog.

Mangog!

Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Mangog is a classic Thor villian and the sum of the hatred of a billion billion dead beings.

Also, I love his name: MANGOG!

Click here to view or download a larger image of Mangog!

 

Azamar Out Shopping

19 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Let's buy some fruits and vegetables!Here's a piece on shopping for fruits and vegetables at a marketplace in Azamar.

Here's a hint: don't drop or jostle the Quepid root. Otherwise vegetables are good for you. Eat more vegetables.

Click on the partial thumb on the right to view the full image!

Azamar will be published by Wicked North Games in 2011. Click here for its current Kickstarter page.

 

Azamar Miscellanea

18 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

With the release of the Azamar RPG core rulebook so close, I was still assigned several more art orders for the interior of the book. As before, although they're in colour here, the final product will have black and white interior pages.

Here are a pair of magic users, using magical energies augmented by their artifacts to fight it out.

Wand vs. Ring

The Enfri's colossal cetacean-shaped dirigibles are a sight to behold. I hope there will be a sourcebook - or at least, an article in D6 Magazine -  that will flesh out this vehicle more.

That's a whale of a ship right there
 

Azamar will be published by Wicked North Games in 2011. Click here for its current Kickstarter page.

 

D6 Magazine Released

16 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

Remember the cover I did a couple of posts ago? After months of work, finally the debut issue of D6 Magazine has finally been released into the wild. Apart from the aforementioned cover, I also helped the writers produce three interior artwork for it.

For the article "Crack of the Whip" by Michael Fraley, here's a whip-wielding woman in old-timey flightsuit and helmet... but with a one cyborg leg! How many ways can one use a whip using D6 rules? Read the article to find out.

Cross-genre Chick

I was commissioned by J. Elliot Streeter for his Cinema6 scenario "Asphyxia", where a spaceborne predator stalks the corridors of a sleeper ship. The following is the beast which is named Abyssian Hunter.

It'll give you tongue

Here's the unnamed sleeper ship with many cryogenic modules arrayed like stacks of containers. Will you, as the players, survive the scenario? Pickup a bunch of six-sided dice and have fun with it.

I think this ship is nameless
 

These two articles, as well as many others (including an exclusive interview with Bill Smith, former writer and developer of West End Games' Star Wars The Roleplaying Game) can be found in the first issue of D6 Magazine! Click here to head down to the D6 Magazine site for a download!

 

Aww.. It's NOT Made of Mole Skin

11 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Friends
 
Check out Irfan's Ewoks toon DVD under it
 

I've always bought sketchbooks they sell around here, but they're difficult to bring about and open for a quick sketch. Also, they don't have a lot of pages to draw. Last week, the awesome fellows over at GOKL got me an outstanding present for my birthday: this Moleskine sketchbook for impromtu sketching which Ivan passed to me when this event was transpiring.

Kryptonian... maybe I'll draw a Daxamite next

It looked so nice and pristine that I put off drawing in it to avoid sullying it with my scratchings, but I finally drew Clark a few nights ago.

Thanks for the present, guys.

 

Fearless Felines in Fantastic Fight

05 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Comics
 

The real Meow Mix!Streaky the Supercat was Supergirl's pet cat who was exposed to x-kryptonite and endowed Kryptonian powers. Together with Krypto, Beppo the Supermonkey, Comet the Superhorse and Proty, Chameleon Boy's pet, all the way from the 30th century - they form the Legion of Super-Pets! They fight crime back in the Silver Age of Comics!

DexStarr is the Red Lantern of space sector 2814 (our sector). He is also a cat with a lot of rage. He wears the Red Lantern ring on his tail as he looks for ways to unleash his anger (as well as some blood-soaked bodily fluids) at whatever comes his way.

Yay, kitty! ARGH!

Why hasn't there been a one-shot comic where a modern age Streaky fights DexStarr is beyond me.

Geoff Johns, are you listening?

Next up: Beppo the Supermonkey versus Gorilla Grodd and the Ultra-Humanite... (maybe... if I don't get distracted by shiny things... which I usually do.)

Click on the thumbnail on the right to view the whole artwork. Click here for a larger image over on at DeviantArt.

 

Have You Punched A Dinosaur Today?

04 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Role Playing Games
 

You don't have to punch one, really. You could also fly to with a jet pack and slug its jaw with a hammer.

Or perhaps you could stop punching dinosaurs and started hugging them. HAVE YOU HUGGED A DINOSAUR TODAY? 

A gynosaur!

Here's the artwork for the cover of D6 Magazine, from the OpenD6 roleplaying community. I've played variations of the D6 system since 1989 and I can't recommend it enough. The actual magazine should be released within this next week.

Click here for a larger image.

 

A Reluctant Jedi

03 February 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Star Wars
 

Remember Admiral Tarn Majint from a couple of posts ago? Here's his daughter Qualtis Majint - with her blue robes and her blue-bladed lightsabre - who definitely does not resemble Bill Nighy in any way. Like any self-respecting character in any Star Wars RPG campaign, she loves thermal detonators.

We're not sure if she started the fire behind her.

A SWAG request by Jan Tolbara for his wife's RPG character on her birthday.

Made with GIMP. Click here to view (and download) a larger image.

 

A Kubaz Majordomo

30 January 2011 | Hisham | | Artwork, Star Wars
 

Here's another SWAG request I picked up. Derf requested a Kubaz majordomo character by the name of Rbarindan, with "many friends and relations in low places". His species is the same as Garindan, the spy who shadowed Luke, Ben and the droids in Mos Eisley on their way to the Milliennium Falcon in the first Star Wars movie.

We eats insects, thank you very much

Click here and hit the image there to see (or download) a larger version.