Vow of the Blackwater

Miniportfolio Showcase ✦ Project Sample

Vow of the Blackwater is centered on an original fantasy world. It is a collaborative project building custom content for tabletop roleplaying games. Aside from directing and producing the project, the illustrations, designs, and narrative construction entailed here are some of the contributions I have made to it.

References ✦ Norse mythology via period texts Prose Edda & Poetic Edda, Norse period art, Medieval Europe, Soulsborne games & high fantasy

✧ From the mythological blade of death and battle Tyrfing

✧ Artifact that players can seek, gathering implications of this character across a campaign

✧ Manifestation of death in war; designed to appear as corpse-like armor

✧ Ashes evoke cremation & fading fire; something dying

✧ Edges of armor are filled with small holes to evoke decay (e.g. rotten wood)

✧ Modeled after skeletal structures/foramina

✧ Settled on longer, sharp shapes to exaggerate form

✧ Scaling & silhouettes

✧ Manifestation of death & guidance to the afterlife

✧ White marble evokes grace and purity; black corruption implies struggle against decay

✧ Designed after spiderwebs, tendons & roots

✧ Mechanical array floats behind character as a catalyst

✧ From the mythological life-giving stag Eikþyrnir

✧ Embroidered, refined wear constructs a ‘scholarly’ feeling

✧ Machinery & prosthetics match this style, being constructed by the character

✧ Tattered cloak gives stronger sense of a well-traveled, seasoned warrior

✧ Elaborate but worn knight garb evokes both honor and the toil of duty

✧ From the mythological wolf Vánagandr (Fenrir)

✧ Simple, rough-patched wear was chosen to evoke a wandering experienced sellsword

✧ Chains serve as implications to be solved as players progress through a campaign

Additional Illustrations

Visual Art Samples

These are additional pieces from my visual portfolio, curated for relevance and demonstration. They can be clicked for an enlarged view. More can be found on my ArtStation.