Monday Round-Up 4/18: DnD

It's Monday! Last week I was a bit on a D&D kick and I drew all D&D characters! Here's a Dragonborn Barbarian Pirate Captain!

More characters after the jump!

Dumgens & Draggins 7:Brand New Mask

Seriously, there are just some items I don't understand. Why would a mask that hides 90% of your face give you more charisma? Wouldn't that just make you less trustworthy? Unless you were really really ugly I guess.

Other pick-up lines:
Girl:You look like you're about to rob a bank.
Guy: Yeah, the bank of your heart!

Girl: You look like a bank robber.
Guy: A sexy bank robber!

I went completely photoshop on this one not because I think it looks better, I just got tired of using flash. And also, I figured out it's a lot eaiser to do shading if I create a layer over the color layer, switch it to multiply, and use a medium gray. Also, flash is best when I have a clear perfect line map fo what I'm doing, photoshop is better for Bsing.

And why was I so tired of using flash you might ask? Because I was busy doing this!
It's the full RPD group! I'm still playing around with color schemes for the costumes and I haven't shaded it or added any fancy background graphics, but I still think it's cool as balls.

Dumgens & Draggins 6: She's Got No ArmorClass

I can understand walking around in your underwear if you're on the starter island and just getting the hang of things, but seriously, if you've already gotten to the main harbor, there's no reason not to wear armor. You're just gonna get dead in the upper to lower body area.

Also, if you have no idea what SecondLife is, it's like this(NSFW), but virtually.

I like how the main characters came out in Flash, but it really helps if I have a solid drawing first, otherwise Photoshop is much easier for Bsing coming up with art on the fly. I'm not sure how I feel about being in full color. Thoughts on color vs. Grayscale? or on Flash characters? Or on the comic in general?

Also also, other D&D pick up lines that were considered:

Hey baby, you need an armorcheck?
Hey baby, wanna go on a quest?
Hey baby, is your alignment lawful good or lawful fine?
Is this a +2 scepter in my pocket or am I just happy to see you?
Hey baby, you better roll for initiative 'cause we're about to have a confrontation!
Hey baby, are you proficient in handling two-handed weapons?

Dumgens & Draggins 5: The Clothing makes the thief

Yay! Finally got Dumgens and Draggins up! And I'l have a new one up by Thursday!

Yeah, there are a myriad of different outfits to choose from(if you have money and/or can find them in the dungeons) all with varying special abilities. Some of them are kinda useful like one that electrocutes enemies that hit you or has a +10 save on acid, but more times than most you'll go back to your standard armor because it will protect you the most and it takes too much time to switch between them.

And sadly, there's no place to try them on. If you want to see how they look, you have to buy them. Which I guess makes sense because you're buying them primarily for the enhancements, but I still wanna look cool killing things.

And if you think I'm creative enough to come up with these rediculous Awesome costumes, you are sadly mistaken:
Also, an Asassin's Creed joke:

EDIT: Totally just remembered to title this post. I'M SO SMART. I needz a secretary.

Dumgens & Draggins 4: The Hovering Kobold

One of the glitches I hate about DDO, is that every so often the enemy (especially kobolds) will jump around trying to evade you, and they'll inadvertently jump up on to a candlestick or the side of a wall or something that is clearly not jump-upable. So you'll have to jump and awkwardly swing and miss, or do what I do and run away and wait until they follow you(BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE). And it's not just small baddies, I've seen full on orcs jump mid air and just hover there!

I think this is my best one yet with all that new fangled perspective and backgrounds and whatnot. I was going to try grayscale with Zao the thief, but I just love the way he looks in Black and White.

I keep forgetting to upload pics of the model I've been working on. Oh well. Have a great weekend!

Dumgens & Draggins 3: You don't have what it takes

I picked a thief so I can get through any locked door or disarm any trap. But one of the cool things they have in DDO is that they don't just have locked doors that only thieves with lock picking skills can get through. They have a whole slew of locked doors that tied to different attributes such as levers that rely on strength and runes that rely on wisdom or intelligence. I think this is great because (a), it makes anyone without lock-picking skills feel special by giving them their own unique door t unlock and (b), it really forces you to team up and create a rounded party so you can get to everything in the dungeon.

Of course it sucks for loner thieves who are trying to get through the whole dungeon by themselves.

Also, no there aren't any charisma based parties to sneak into. How cool would that be?!

Dumgens & Draggins 2: Level 2

Not that it's a bad thing, but when you level up, you feel like a monster slayer extraordinaire, able dispatch any enemy with a simple whisk of your blade.

And then you move on to the next monster area.

But that's the way games work. If it weren't monsters getting harder, there'd be no reason to level up and the game would get boring.

I'm not sure if it's because I'm getting used to the process or because this particular one was short, or because I gain +352 XP on my photoshop skill but this comic only took me barely two days! Awesome!

Apologies for not posting this much this week, it's just been a lazy week. But next week I'm gonna do a comic every day! Why? Because if I do, then next Friday will be my 100th comic! Huzah! Ale and whores for everyone!

Dumgens & Draggins 1: Hit or Miss

Here it is! Dumgens&Draggins #1! Holy balls man, a comic should not take that long. Or have that many photoshop layers. I'm hoping this will get easier in the future. HOPING.

Anyways, I love playing DDO, but this is one of the minor annoyances. When an enemy is harder, he doesn't get more HP, he just get's harder to hit, which doesn't really make sense from what I can see in the animation, I mean it LOOKS like my sword and sickle are going through him numerous times, but obviously my character only rolled a 5 or something. And kobolds are jerks. Hope you enjoyed it!

Dumgens & Draggins©

So or the past two days I've been trying to do a comic in photoshop, and for some reason I always think it's gonna be easy, until I look at my linework. Anyways, I've decided to try a new approach: 4 smaller pen comics mon-fri with one big photoshop comic at the end of the week! Until I can up my photoshop skills and churn them out faster (or practice more flash and illustrator), I think this will work out. Plus I'm half way done with it, so it seems like it's working out well so far.

Also, I might try a thing next month where I do a model from concept to nice render in a month because I definitely haven't been modeling enough.

Also also, with these new photoshop monstrosities, I'm introducing a new mini-series, Dumgens & Draggins© (thanks to Shannon for the name). I have a good handful of comics about my adventures in Dungeons and Dragons Online. I play a thief with a mohawk and a pirate beard (cartoonized above) and if you don't believe me, here's a screenshot:

And here's my character pretending to play Assassin's Creed:


Hey, maybe these will get so good I'll transition them to RocketPoweredDragon when it's done! Wouldn't that be awesome?

how to make a daily comic

Man, if I had a huge fan base, they'd be shitting squirrels over this comic. Not only is it one of my biggest comics, it's also a throwback to a bunch of previous comic designs! And, yes, that is the exact drawing process for me.

Oh, and for those who don't know, DDO, or Dungeons and Dragons Online is free MMO. It's actually pretty fun, and I think I might be getting sucked in. I'm fairly certain though I won't turn into one of those fat shutins because every time I try to get farther in the game I get mauled by Kobolds. Or Orcs. or Spiders. Or random guys with knives. SO MUCH FUN.

rogue vs. barbarian

Well isn't this epic! The big Friday Night Comic! Not really.

And I know what you're thinking. Yes I play a barbarian with a mohawk and a girl rogue. Be jealous. Actually I just recently combined them into a guy rogue with a Mohawk. Awesome.

forgetful

Now that I've got that out of the way, back to playin' D&D online and watchin' Princess Mononoke.

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Don't judge me! I play D&D! I'm not afraid of you!

I am sooooooo craving a d&d fix you have no idea. I love the library. It's like a bookstore, but you never have to worry about spending too much. I usually end up with a full bookbag.
Sorry if you can't read the text. I was planning on finally doing this in flash, and then I stopped caring. So here's the original! :p