Charley Murray's Illustrations

Illustrations

Illustration of a half elf barbarian woman and a water genashi woman linking arms and looking at each other in a snowy environment

Inspired by an in game moment from my DND campaign, here is my character, Saf (right), and a party member, Sally (left), as they share a moment after completing a job. This illustration captures a moment of comfort as this particular adventure dug up some memories Saf would like to forget.

Tracked time: 3 hours 21 minutes

Full body illustration of a half elf barbarian woman with blue hair swinging an axe towards the viewer

A dynamic pose study turned full illustration as I was riding the high of nailing a character design I really loved. As Saf is a barbarian, wielding and swinging an oversized weapon is to be expected.

Tracked time: 4 hours 25 minutes

As I began to develop Saf as a character, I decided to explore her family and home life. I felt that a typical family portrait could be a fun way to introduce her parents. Saf is a healthy half and half of both her parents and I felt showcasing that to be of utmost importance.

Tracked time: 3 hours 54 minutes
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Family portrait of an elf, a human, and their half elf daughter

half body illustration of the blue haired half elf with tan lines and sunburn

A while ago, there was an art trend going around of artists drawing their favourite characters using this specific reference of a model that looked terribly sun burnt and I used it as inspiration to get out of an art rut.

Tracked time: 3 hours 14 minutes

As part of Saf's backstory, she found herself in a sticky situation that had her arrested and jailed for a short while. As a way to introduce this event to my DND group, I drew a mugshot to accompany the writing I posted. I find having visuals helps me convey story events better than just words.

Tracked time: 2 hours 8 minutes

Mugshot of the blue haired half elf, she looks sad and angry

Full body illustration of a crimson skinned Tiefling woman wearing lots of jewelry

Moving beyond just Saf, my DM announced that we could develop a second character for this campaign that we could switch between and thus Verena was born. My goal for her was to be as different as possible from Saf and so I've landed with a Tiefling warlock.

Tracked time: 5 hours 47 minutes

To match the illustration of Saf that greets you on the home page, I felt it only fair that Verena gets a fancy dress illustration too. I love formal dresses aesthetically and thus drawing them is one of my favourite things. It works particularly well for Verena given her upbringing and status.

Tracked time: 3 hours 11 minutes

Full body illustration of a crimson skinned Tiefling woman in formal attire

Full body illustration of a crimson skinned Tiefling woman conjuring magic in her palms

Since making Verena a spell caster, it opened up opportunities for some fun illustrations with magic. Here is my first stab at it as Verena is building up the power to shoot out the classic DND warlock spell: Eldritch Blast.

Tracked time: 4 hours 56 minutes