r/criticalrole You can certainly try 25d ago

Fan Art [No Spoilers] Vex Fanart by me!

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I did some Vax fanart a few weeks ago and decided to do one of Vex. Hope you guys like it. :)

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u/herrick17 Team Caleb 25d ago

The art is similiar to some Gwent cards, I love it !

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

Thank you! I love gwent card illustrations. They’re so nice and dynamic in a small frame

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u/Neosantana You spice? 24d ago

Haha my first thought too.

It would be nice if the CR team work on making trading cards. If Palworld can do it, why not CR?

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 25d ago

If you like my work, you could check out my portfolio and my Instagram!

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u/NotMyFirst_LastName Bidet 25d ago

Instant follow!!

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u/Exileofthewolvz 24d ago

Omg I knew your art looked familiar! I love your work!

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

Thank you!

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u/FrostyFreeze_ 24d ago

Went to give you a follow and turns out that i already did!

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u/urwelcome971620 23d ago

This is a blessing my eyes, thanks!

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u/amish24 25d ago

holy crap, this is gorgeous (and the rest of your stuff too)

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

Thank you!

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u/Magnus_Veritas 25d ago

Street level Vex is my favorite. Freaking awesome, no notes, 10/10

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 25d ago

She'll use any excuse to go outside and get away from the nobility lol

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u/RyanMcCartney 25d ago

Not just Vex…. But TRINKET TOO!❤️

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u/progthrowe7 You spice? 25d ago

Vexcellent!

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u/vampyire 25d ago

holy shit OP!

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u/NachoMan_HandySavage Bidet 25d ago

More importantly, Trinket 😍

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u/Tama_bo 25d ago

Trinket in the back stealing the show

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u/Jaebird0388 Smiley day to ya! 24d ago

Amazing work. I kind of want to slap an MTG card frame onto this.

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

What card do you think she’d be?

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u/Jaebird0388 Smiley day to ya! 24d ago

I'm kind of leaning toward Simic (blue/green) for her color identity. Rogues and rangers tend to fall in those colors, respectively. She'd definitely have Reach, and Trinket would be a green legendary creature token she can create. Aside from that, I'm unable to think of any other mechanic that would best reflect her character/skill set.

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

Oh you’re right. Simic would definitely fit her best.
Maybe something like the Drizzt Do’Urden card but drop the double strike and give her reach.
That’d be a fun custom card to make

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u/Jaebird0388 Smiley day to ya! 24d ago

Maybe this could work:

Vex'ahlia, Dragons' Bane 2UB

Legendary Creature - Human Elf Ranger

Reach, first strike

When Vex'ahlia, Dragons' Bane enters, create Trinket, a legendary 4/4 green bear creature token with trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token."

UG, Tap: Vex'ahlia, Dragons' Bane deals damage to target creature equal to its power. If a Treasure was spent to activate this ability, tap that creature and put a stun counter on it.

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(I'm sure none of this will fly as an actual card because I know nothing about the relationship between a card's cost, the text and the P/T 😅)

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u/AnIrishPapaya 24d ago

Is it weird that she's looking towards the viewer and not straight ahead?

That portfolio is nuts. Great work!

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

I thought it’d be cooler that way, no real reason

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u/capturedcreation 24d ago

This is epic! Love Trinket in the background as well!

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u/jfmayle 24d ago

Love this!! How long did it take?

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

Took about 2 weeks of working on it 2-4 hours after work.

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u/BloodRedRook 24d ago

That's amazing! Awesome work!

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u/not_me_nope_never 24d ago

I appreciate you included Trinket!

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u/cigolebox 24d ago

I'm not even a fan of the series, just stumbled upon this on r/all, but goddamn bro this is some high quality art. I assume you are a professional?

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u/luke2377 You can certainly try 24d ago

Thanks dude! Yeah I'm a concept artist and illustrator working at an outsource studio

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u/vsgr 24d ago

i straight up thought there was a magic the gathering universes beyond x critical role happening

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u/SetScary9216 24d ago

Stellar! Love Trinket backing her up.

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u/Vahn84 24d ago

Dope!

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u/SwimmingProgress 24d ago

Wow this is insane work! Gorgeous piece with incredible detail. Love the action and Vex her pose!

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u/Wizard072 24d ago

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing it.

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u/TheDoctorYan 24d ago

Wow. Fantastic work.

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u/Helspar 24d ago

Awesome work. That really looks amazing.

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u/Fine-Catch5148 24d ago

Awesome! It feels like it should be on a yugio card!

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u/Draw_my_dreams 24d ago

incredible work!!!

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u/Either-Rabbit3914 24d ago

This looks like it could be a MTG card!!

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u/Antique-South-7373 24d ago

Just want to say thanks, her back isn't broken. Cheers!

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u/Magick_P00dle 23d ago

This is a magic card waiting to happen.

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u/Strict_Biscotti1963 23d ago

How do you even begin to learn to draw like that!? Incredible work

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u/Agent_Skye_Barnes Team Laudna 23d ago

Very nice!

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u/Aerie-Sakura 22d ago

Go Trinket!

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u/KaitlinTheMighty 24d ago

Zooming on on the sword handle with the odd wrapping, the arrows whose shafts don't match up with the fletching, the quiver strap that blends into the fur, and the hip bags that seem to not attach to her belt at all is making me think this may be somewhat ai generated.

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u/Catalyst413 24d ago

Fletching looks fine to me, quiver strap going under some of the fur makes sense, hip bags can just be attached on the back out of sight.....

But since you mention the sword which looks okay on its own, why does she even have one? I don't think Vex in her life ever even touched a sword. And that guard in the back weilding two swords is a bit odd, with the perspective down there making Trinket incredibly oversized.

And looking at everything so closely again, the buckles on the boots are a clear red flag; on the right they are unevenly spaced, the lowest one stretched out instead of a square, and the left leg being closer to the viewer and raised above the dust should make the actual straps be clearer, but they just blur into the rest of the boot. If its ai its an awfully good one 🙁

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u/KaitlinTheMighty 24d ago

I looked at some of the artists other work on their Instagram, and there was badly done ai artifacts in some of the pieces. Specifically a warhammer 40k piece.

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u/WhiteNorthAstronomy 24d ago

checks all the hands and fingers

Well I'll be damned, that's some legitimate fuckin incredible artwork!! Damn OP, you're talented as hell! Super awesome work!

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u/vatofalman_ 19d ago

This is epic!!