“A Life Well Lived” (TtRPG illustration for Cubicle 7)
A series of illustrations produced for the interior of Cubicle 7’s “A Life Well Lived” publication (June 2024, https://cubicle7games.com/a-life-well-lived), a supplemental rulings book for Dungeons and Dragons 5e.
Working with an art director, and in many cases with “hero” characters already designed by others, these were produced using a pipeline supported by the project management portal the department used. Work was delivered digitally to the portal, then checked off at various stages in the process before being allowed to move onto its next stage.
Process work for several of the pieces are shown in the collection here.
The final piece of the 1/3 page header.
Scenario thumbnails and sculpture design, plus a little 3D in Shapr3D to design the less organic old ruins for the backdrop.
The finished spot illustration. This was reversed out for the printed version.
Thumbnails and preliminary colour work for the spot illustration. I took a bunch of photos of my own hands for this composition.
Final image for this 1/2 page column image.
The final thumbnail with enhanced sketch drawing completed before colour rendering.
A range of thumbnails, some with just slight iterations .
Another 1/2 page image, final colour.
1/3 page header, final art.
1/3 page footer, final art. This image turned up a fair amount in the promotion for the book online, appearing behind the book, with its great civer art by Antonio De Luca.
A shot of the online marketing for the book with one of my images in the background. Again, great cover art on the final book by Antonio De Luca.
Some of the illustrations in context. Ie next to text. Plus the credit in the front of the book. All shown published work copyright Cubicle 7.