My Stab At Guild Wars Fan Art: A Sylvari
September 19, 2010A couple weeks ago, I received an email from an acquaintance asking if I could do a drawing for him of a female sylvari, as in the botanical humanoids encountered in Guild Wars Eye of the North and Guild Wars 2.
Problem was, I know little about the Sylvari beyond a couple pieces of concept art I’ve stumbled across and from what I’ve read in the novel Ghosts of Ascalon which features a sylvari necromancer named Killeen. However, the guy told me not to worry; he wasn’t looking for anything extravagant or overly detailed. In his words, just a nice sketch of something “simple and elegant” will suffice.
Anyway, I was munching on some seedless grapes the other day, and was suddenly inspired by a fleeting image in my head of a girl with hair adorned with grapevines and leaves. I grabbed a 0.5 black pigment pen and an art marker, and quickly sketched my idea of a sylvari. In a few hours, this was the result.
The size of the paper was too big for the scanner so I had take a photo of it instead, on an overcast afternoon when the light had already shifted, hence I apologize for the poor quality of the image.
I would kiss this head of lettuce! And bite her nose. Very well done.
The head of lettuce you showed me looked much yummier
And thanks!
Absolutely Beautiful.
Thank you
I might end up reposting your image, with your permission, when I find time to post up some other fan art
Sure thing, you are definitely welcome to repost it.
Lovely! I really like those leaves a great idea.
Thank you! Though I’d imagine she would have a hell of a time trying to brush her hair…lol
That is seriously cool. I like that you wove the Sylvari’s plant-like features in naturally without letting that overpower the image.
I didn’t want to overdo the leaves either, I wanted more of the tendril-y effect. Thank you!
I wish I had your talent. Beautiful
Glad you liked it, thanks so much for your kind comments
I am floored. Seriously. I just can’t get how you people with talent for drawing do it. My best attempts still look like stick figures!
Really beautiful drawing
Thank you for checking it out
That is wonderful, truly lovely. I hope the ones in game can live up to that?
Do you have a deviantart page by any chance so I can bookmark it?
I do have an old deviantart page, but I’m planning on starting a new account with some updated stuff. Will let you know when I do! And thanks
great drawing. i immediately thought of poison ivy with elf ears.
Haha you always have comics on the brain.
Poor quality, I would sleep with BigFoot to beable to draw that awesome. Super awesome drawing!!!!
Haha, poor quality of the actual image, I mean…it’s too dark and I couldn’t make it brighter without completely washing it out. I’m going to have to take a better picture one of these days or take it to a print shop to get it scanned by a professional with the right equipment.
It still look super duper awesome. Like superstar awesome