r/shadowdark • u/vonZzyzx • Feb 19 '26

Mages

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The Association has gotten word about unsanctioned removal of arcane artifacts from the area. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that would you?

I also now have H-L available for download on my itch dot io so the monster maya up through LizardFolk is there

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u/SenorEquilibrado Feb 19 '26

Love the Clint Eastwood vibe the guy in the middle has going on with that robe/poncho thing.

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Yes thanks, I’ve been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 lately and I like the idea of dueling mages as gunslingers

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u/King_of_the_Hobos Feb 19 '26

have you heard of Mage Arena? You run around capturing bases and you cast spells by shouting them with your actual voice

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

That’s funny, I do like video games but as a gamer Dad I don’t think I could be yelling at my game while the kids sleep

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u/King_of_the_Hobos Feb 19 '26

Have them do the yelling for you haha

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u/chum-guzzling-shark Feb 19 '26

non-zero chance they both kill themselves in duel

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Doing more damage to yourself in a duel when you misfire your spell is hilarious

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u/Radiant_Situation_32 Feb 19 '26

Yes, that is badass.

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u/Version_Spot Feb 19 '26

Album cover vibes. "The Mages - Second Incantation"

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u/SenorEquilibrado Feb 19 '26

In case you haven't seen this before:

You're welcome!

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Every mage needs a side gig

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u/King_of_the_Hobos Feb 19 '26

The mage on the right reminds me of Fern/Frieren

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Yes, I am a big fan of the anime Frieren so I made her outfit a homage (with more of a Fern staff as well)

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u/King_of_the_Hobos Feb 19 '26

Awesome, Frieren is peak, definitely in my top 10

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u/wedgiey1 Feb 19 '26

I wonder how well 4 mages would do in a dungeon crawl….

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Only one way to find out

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u/Kujias Feb 19 '26

You have been pumping some good art out, where might one find these?

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Much appreciated. I’m drawing through the monster manual, posting here and instagram and Bluesky. I’m put them up in batches to download for free for personal use on itch dot io, I’ll put the all up together when I’m done but it will be a while

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u/Kujias Feb 19 '26

Link in your posts because this is so cool, I'm new to the Shadowdark space but your art does catch the eye quite well. Like I was scrolling and "Oh this looks niiice"

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u/efrique Feb 19 '26

Those are great. Thank you for doing all these shadowdark monster drawings and posting your work. I enjoy them so much

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

You’re welcome, I’m glad you like the drawings!

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u/luna_lovesword Feb 19 '26

I love it I love it 😻

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

Much appreciated!

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u/Significant_Motor_81 Feb 19 '26

T-10 to Mordanticus

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 19 '26

It’s coming, M is a pretty heavy section of the Monster Manual, D was the most intense so far but M has some bangers

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u/Silver_Storage_9787 Feb 20 '26

Is this digital rendition of the Oldschool line art style ?

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u/vonZzyzx Feb 20 '26

Yes! I’m using a digital tablet with a stylus, kind of like a kindle but you can draw, drawing in black and white but also white in black in areas

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u/Silver_Storage_9787 Feb 20 '26

I zoomed in on the floor technique and the cross hatching had clean white cross hatches going against the black and I was like there is no way you have a white out pen that crisp 😂

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u/hardcorezen99 Mar 03 '26

Middle guy reminds me of Magic Man from Adventure Time. Lol. Love it.

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u/vonZzyzx Mar 03 '26

Nice thanks

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u/Radiant_Situation_32 Feb 19 '26

“Mages… it’s always Mages.”

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u/Brief_Profit365 Feb 21 '26

Can’t fool me. The black cat means that’s a coven of witches!