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The whims of the die

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The god of luck plays with the life of mortals. What next will come in their way? Love? Fortune? The gallows? It is all up to the whims of the god's die.


Concept art for roleplaying rule booklet, inspired by a pantheon on an online rpg.

I painted this from scratch in MyPaint, then bounced back and forth between MyPaint and GIMP a few times, about as much work done in both programs in the end.

Comments and critique welcome as usual! :)
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I really like your concept, here.

The pedestals on the people and objects remind me of a miniature game, which I assume is your plan.

The central figure is a good mix of the familiar and the strange. Clearly, he is a being of human proportions. On the other hand, his eyes and the fact that his wrinkles are luminous indicate that he's something different.

I also quite like the way the "table" and his hair aren't clearly separate from the cosmic background. In a similar way, the reuse of the background colors in his skin is nice and does a lot to bind the composition together.

I feel like there is something wrong with the perspective in the being's face. Like perhaps the planes of the forehead and those of the face itself are not parallel. It's a subtle but nagging thing that I keep coming back to. It's about the only complaint I have.