Chris Mennell @chrismennell@dice.camp

Sketch of a Familiar Witch for a commission: a

Sketch of a power armour symbiot for @chrismennell

@chrismennell I really love the Stephen King idea of mashing up two elements. To me that defines creativity--combining two or more elements that you wouldn't readily combine otherwise. It's provocative, generative--a catalyst for imagination. Thx for sharing!

As an alternative to starting with pencil or pen & ink #sketches I sometimes start straight in with paint, looking for happy accidents in form to pull out by refining definition or adding recognisable detail, creating sketchy #colour #thumbnails. Some of these make it to fully realised images, some don't. I occasionally begin in ludicrous hues as I'm not confident with colour, & so it pushes me to be more experimental, even if I do tone it down a little by the end.
#FantasyArt #TtRPG #DnD #art

@chrismennell @dysonlogos here are some others and their prompts so you can get an idea: all these are unedited straight out of their bot:

an armored knight and large wolf leap towards each other with a clash of metal, teeth, and lightning ⚡️ 🗡🌩

@chrismennell the fanged beast sizes up the knight and the carnage of their last battle

@chrismennell **The Warlord of Chaos yells a mighty war cry as fires rage and drums beat**

@chrismennell been messing with an ai image generator all day and here are some fun prompts from this:

**The Brute standing powerfully in front of the murder gate**

@chrismennell There's the reproductive bundle over on itch which has a bunch of stuff for $5, not sure if that's in your wheelhouse, but maybe take a glance?

https://itch.io/b/1375/ttrpgs-for-reproductive-rights

It's not quite my thing, tbh - nothing really in there to tempt me (there's a few solo games, but they're very message-heavy and that's not my style)

@chrismennell Hermit crabs

@chrismennell The local lord has requested your presence, and that you bring a very particular item.

Sadly, that item's listing on the scroll has been smudged.

How will you find out what to bring?

the english words for “north”, “south” “east” “west” actually come from the ancient nordic names for dwarves who were thought to live in those directions, and hold the sky up like pallbearers of the heavens.

Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri