Thursday, February 10, 2011

Dungeon Magazine Cover #187


This is my first whack at the world of D&D, it takes place in an underground necropolis that's infested by plague demons (those gents in the back). Thanks to Jon Schindehette for his great art direction and patience with my many, many questions.
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15 comments:

  1. Steve PrescottFebruary 10, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Holy crap-on-a-stick, Rahn. This is quite splendid. Love it.

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  2. JasonFebruary 10, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Something just happened in my pants.

    Great piece.

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  3. Vinod RamsFebruary 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    Man... that lighting is awesome! I'd love to see a post on here about your process... did you shoot ref for it?
    Good stuff. I wish Dungeon Magazine was still a printed mag...

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  4. Nasan HardcastleFebruary 10, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Fantastic lighting and use of color!

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  5. Zack JFebruary 10, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    Wow this is spectacular. Everything just looks so INTENSE! It's great.

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  6. Chun LoFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    yummy colours and lighting! :)

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  7. Matt StewartFebruary 10, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Great lighting. I love the glowing hand. Excellent job man!

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  8. James RymanFebruary 11, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Yep, choc-full of goodness. I love it!

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  9. Steven BelledinFebruary 11, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    Phenomenal and marvelous! Seriously, man. This is pretty amazing... I should probably get back to work.

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  10. Andrew OlsonFebruary 11, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Wow, this is a seriously killer piece.

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  11. Chris RahnFebruary 12, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Thanks guys!

    Vinod - oh yeah, I shot reference for the two humanoid characters and looked at a lot of photos of caves and ruins.

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  12. Lance RedFebruary 14, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    The colors, the lighting, the atmosphere, it's all amazing. An incredible illustration!

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  13. UnknownFebruary 14, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Really nice piece Chris :) I noticed most of your work seems to be traditional- how long does it take you to make a painting in oils? It seems like everyone paints digitally nowadays because its faster, I was wondering what your thoughts on that were.

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  14. Chris RahnFebruary 14, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    George - Thanks. Yeah, a couple of years back I decided to drop the digital stuff all together. I really just prefer painting traditionally, and even if it's not as efficient I wind up selling a lot of my originals which more than makes up for it. Depending on the piece I usually spend between 3 and 5 days on a final painting, plus a day for sketching.

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  15. By Scott FlandersFebruary 27, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    That's rad Chris.

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