Anastraya Karelova
Strahd's second consort. The schemer, plans within plans.
2024-03-02 21:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Strahd's second consort. The schemer, plans within plans.
2024-03-02 21:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post"Someone has taken old, mismatched furniture and created a study is this dusty, lamplit chamber. Tables are strewn with pieces of parchment, on which strange diagrams are drawn..."
So begins the description of N3t. Victor's Workroom, but Dragnacarta departed ...
2024-02-22 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the sworn Knights of the Order of the Silver Dragon, still moving centuries after they should have died. This nameless revenant is one of a few that PCs can encounter around Barovia in Curse of Strahd:ReReloaded before the endgame. Banished from the halls of Argynvostholt for disobeying th...
2024-02-12 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI'll hold back from posting any potential spoilers - The Abbot's (very) young companion Vasilka went through a number of iterations before Dragnacarta and I were both happy with the image, and I hope you enjoy our efforts.
2024-02-07 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostStrahd himself, astride his Wonder Horse. In Curse of Strahd Reloaded, the PCs encounter him armored and walking his nightmare steed to see what Ludmilla is cooking up with his blood cult atop Yester HIll, and hijinks ensue.
The regalia is very loosely based on tradi...
2024-02-03 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Abbot can be an inscrutable character in Curse of Strahd, but I really enjoyed the chance to draw him. I took a departure as per the direction from Dragnacarta - this Abbot, youthful-looking but of indeterminate age, is more an approachable parish priest than the haughty-looking church admini...
2024-01-31 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post"Long before my time, in the centuries before it came under my protection, Barovia was ruled by a different kind of darkness. His name was Kavan, warlord of the Mountain Tribes, and he swept forth from the Balinok Mountains like a raging storm to slaughter all who stood in his path. They call...
2024-01-26 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostStrahd’s eldest (active) consort, ready to unleash terrible magic on your PCs.
Loved doing this one, hope you enjoy.
2024-01-17 17:53:24 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned before, in Curse of Strahd Reloaded, the players have the option to confront the hags of Old Bonegrinder directly, which can be messy, depending on how ambitious they are. The mod’s author, Dragnacarta, has mentioned that the younger members of the coven like giant beasts, but Morg...
2024-01-11 18:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the subjects that are next in the docket. I’m prioritizing these as best I can by 1) their order of appearance in Curse of Strahd: Reloaded and 2) if they are already represented in the module‘s illustrations. So, not in order:
Morgantha (as a Shadow)
Lud...
2024-01-08 16:28:29 +0000 UTC View PostIn Curse of Strahd Reloaded, the players have the option to confront the hags of Old Bonegrinder directly, which can result in... interesting developments. Dragnacarta has written that the hags are fond of crushing their foes as giant animals, and Offalia's favorites are elephants. But what if Of...
2023-12-29 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTraditionally, Western vampire stories invariably have their female victims (Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker come to mind) and Ireena was initially created to be a Dungeons and Dragons version of this trope. Regardless of how she starts out in your game (or if she's a player character) I've portray...
2023-12-23 19:17:56 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to start a weekly poll so that paid members, DMs, and anyone else who'd like a say can voice their needs. What visuals do you think your CoS game needs? Victor's workshop? The interior of the topmost level of van Richten's tower? Exethanter? Glamourous vampire dinnerwear? See if someone ...
2023-12-21 01:56:39 +0000 UTC View PostIsmark "The Lesser", harnessed in splint mail (brigantine) and ready to accompany your PCs throughout his troubled village, and perhaps beyond. My group has a soft spot for this troubled young noble, hopefully he sorts out the mess his sister is in.
2023-12-18 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn Curse of Strahd Reloaded, the players have the option to confront the hags of Old Bonegrinder directly, which can result in... messy consequences. As Dragnacarta has written, the night hags are fond of transforming into monstrous animals when they defend themselves, but has Bella ever seen a c...
2023-12-16 18:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostBeen kind of quiet around here as work ramps up around the holidays, but I want you all to know I haven't been idle. Here are some sketches of upcoming work for my Curse of Strahd series, which I'm intending to call "Faces in the Mist". As in the past, the monsters are following the directi...
2023-12-04 14:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis post has links to everything accessable to the Copper level monthly tier. This includes all the working drawings and sketches, rough and polished, of the art pieces I've posted. You'll find hi-resolution .jpegs and .png files with transparent backgrounds for you to print out or include in yo...
2023-11-20 20:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostHere you'll find all the work I've made public thus far. To unlock early access, sketches, art polls, and more, 2023-11-20 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
There a lot of variations on Rosevalda and Thornboldt Durst floating around - I wanted to do one that's close to the original illustration that Richard Whittiers did for Curse of Strahd, but more clearly innocent. I left Rose her crispinettes, and am sticking with her cloak and m...
2023-11-20 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostDesigning Morgantha and her girls’ unique silhouettes was fun! Here they are, in all their grubby goodness.
Let me know what you think in the comments!
2023-11-11 18:06:03 +0000 UTC View PostHaving a lot of fun with an upcoming piece - meet Bella, Morgantha, and Offalia - the hags of the Old Bonegrinder Coven from CoS. Given that they change shape a bunch, It’s a big character design project that’s taking a little more time and thus the WIP. I’m doing my best to make sure it ti...
2023-11-08 15:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Halloween! Enjoy a bit of bonus art, courtesy of a deep cut into Barovian lore:
Gallows speakers arise from places of mass death or sites where creatures regularly meet their doom. Over time, pain-wracked phantoms and lingering souls combine into an entity that kn...
2023-10-31 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIn the 5e module, she’s the intended victim of Bluto Krogarov - in Curse of Strahd:ReReLoaded, her role is altered a little, though the PCs still have to do a fair bit of detective work to find her. In both versions, she’s the subject of a massive search of Barovia by both the Vistani and dus...
2023-10-30 16:52:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt's spooky-time, so to celebrate, I'm going to post at least two spooky updates this week, starting tomorrow.
Also, I'm running a sale on my INPRNT storefront! My whole store is 15% off before Nov. 1, so if you're interested in seeing some of my Call of Cthulhu or...
2023-10-30 02:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostIn Curse of Strahd: ReReloaded Kasimir is very much as he is in the original module, the leader of the dusk elves of Barovia, such as they are. A powerful mage, Kasimir's people were the victims of Strahd von Zarovich's dreams of empire and his need to subjugate all within his gr...
2023-10-25 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey there! Two months into my Patreon and I feel like I'm getting the hang of these scheduled releases. I'm just prepping this week's update (Wednesdays seem to be a good day to release images, so unless anyone suggests otherwise, I'll stick with that), and I wanted to ask what you would prefer t...
2023-10-24 02:50:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Here three elegant couches surround an oval table made of black glass. All are set in front of a blazing hearth, above which hangs the portrait of a smirking nobleman sporting a broken nose and a tangle of hair graying at the temples. Several smaller portraits hang on the north wall." 2023-10-18 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Nearly there with this one - quite a fun challenge with this interior. I’m considering making another one at night with the chandelier lit and the drapes drawn so the focus is on the “dining room”. What do you think?
2023-10-16 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Hope you're doing wonderfully even when not navigating the Mists. Thought I'd reach out and point out a fun feature that patronage of my site gets you - patron Jonas submitted a request that the statue of Ismark the Great have a broken sword. Seems that, in his game, the stuate's been thro...
2023-10-14 15:44:13 +0000 UTC View Post"A wary-looking peasant woman lurks behind the tallest stone, a rusty lantern clutched in one hand and a dagger clutched in the other."
Muriel, in the RAW module, is a more mature wereraven that, on the behalf of the Keepers of the Feather, spies on Baba Lysaga and does her best to...
2023-10-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post