Hai guys,

So I'm heading back over to mom's place some time next week to try and grab my artwork that I had lying about back there. I've got a lot more scanned in over this end but I'm too lazy to colour it just yet so it might be a little while before it gets posted. I'm finding it difficult to go back to art I drew months back, I just really want to get onto some new stuff but I'll see how I feel once I've collected it all. If I don't colour it all, I will try and just upload some uncoloured stuff, even if it does get posted straight into scraps.

I'm desperate to start drawing a set of pictures about the MMORPGs I've played over the past few years. MMORPGs are a big hobby for me and fiancé now, we moved on from World of Warcraft a while back and since then have tried Warhammer Online, Everquest II and now have stuck with Lord of the Rings Online. (In a desperate attempt not to go back to WoW - it is far too addictive).

I really want to draw the characters I've created and levelled in these games. Some I have an emotional attachment too, yeah I know...sad, but when you invest a lot of time and money into games like MMORPGs such things inevitably happen. So I thought I'd quickly jot down some of the drawings I have in mind, prehaps then I'll make a serious start on them.

World of Warcraft

Snugglepups - (okay just hang in there with this one) Snugglepups is an anthropomorphic cow (known in game as a Tauren). He's also a Druid and one that specialises in shapeshifting. His most common form is that of a bear as he is an in-game tank. That means he takes all the nasty hits off big, angry bosses whilst (hopefully) someone heals him. Snugglepups likes dancing in major cities both as a cow and a bear. His armor is leather and is generally coloured green/purple. And he has a huge, skull-crushing mace that he's fairly untrained in. I've always imagined him to be fairly dopey although he's by far my most powerful character ever levelled. Epix.

Ky - Ky is also a Tauren. Except she is one of the very few female Tauren to grace Azeroth (their skin isn't very popular with players). She is a Hunter and her only pet is a hyena named Huey that she tamed from Thousand Needles (so it's fair to say that the pair have been through everything together). Ky looks a bit like a rugby player in her armor, especially the shoulders which make her look stocky. The armor is mail and is generally black with some glowing green parts. She uses a gun which lets off an ulmighty flash whenever she fires it. I've always considered Ky to be quite a serious character, being one of the few female Taurens (and a Hunter at that!) I feel she has always had a lot to prove, though Huey is completely insane and his mischief often lets her down.

Astol - Astol is a Blood Elf Paladin. I levelled him up as a healer although it got the point where he was getting so overpowered I was just using area of effect spells to destroy multiple targets, whilst healing myself back to full health. Yey! Astol was becomming close to one of my favourite characters before I quit WoW. He had fairly dark, short hair for an elf and I always considered him to be a bit arrogant, the sort of guy to laugh in the face of danger before stepping back off a cliff or something. Although I had yet to reach level 60 with Astol, it was always my intention to get him the healing plate mail he deserved so think gold/red armor with a huge (and very likely glowing) shield.


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And here's the rest...

Warhammer Online

Snugs - Snugs is a squig herder. He's basically a little green gobbo with a spear and a "bow 'n arrer" and a multitude of wierd and wonderful squigs (meatballs on two-legs...with teeth). He shoots things and stabs things and if they still aren't dead after that, he sends his pet squig barrel-rolling after them. Snugs was an area of effect herder (or he was heading that way). I loved explosive shots, shrapnel shots - anything that hit multiple targets at once. The squig I mainly used had a single thick horn on its ugly head and Snugs armor was pretty standard orc-like armour - thick, scrappy leather with lots and lots of spikes.

Murmur - Murmur is a Chosen tank. A big, scary, demon-worshiping dude in plate armor that glows with a sickly aura. Nuff said really. He doesn't say much.

Lord of the Rings Online

Pendrax - Pendrax is my current avatar for my current MMORPG. He is very similar in aesthetics to Astol. He's an elf (although obviously in this game he is a proper Tolkien elf) and has short, spikey brown hair. He is currently a level 41 champion (a dual-wielding dps menace) who specialises in, yep you guessed it, area of effect or AOE damage. I love AOE, leave me alone. Since you can design your own outfit from an early level in this game, I've already spent far too much gold on dressing this guy up. He wears a black forester's halberk (if that means anything to anyone) with matching heavy black armor and a black cloak. He has got quite a cool looking black helm to go with this array of clothing but I do like his hair. Pendrax laughs a lot and like to slap people in the face. Yay for elves.


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When I start using my account more I might buy a subscription to display my collections more efficiently. For now, here they are...

COLLECTIONS

Yay, Doctor 10.2 rules! Seriously. If you know of any art that I could add to this collection (your own or someone elses - drop me a msg).

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