I'm currently game-mastering a fantasy RPG for some friends (we play online). It's a classic dungeon crawl but we play with a lot of role playing and 'theater of the mind' combat (so no grids or miniatures). I took to making a few bits of artwork to help guide their imagination. Nothing fancy, just quick sketchy images to relay the feel and creepiness of the setting.



The entrance to the tomb. I use FoundryVTT, which means that I can adjust the light, add light sources and make it rain etc.


The oppressive inside of the tomb. Again, in Foundry, I can add flickering light sources to make this animate and 'pop' a little more.


Rather than go with bog-standard skeletons, they encountered this ... thing on the left there. Which was a lot more unnerving for the players than a simple walking skeleton! The right one is the upgraded version coming up on a later level ...


This little fellow was surprisingly friendly, and kindly offered to eat the character's feet or hands whenever they wanted to - he'd be honored to. Clearly an offer of friendship if I ever saw one.


Waterlogged and dry versions of the second level, which they find through a hole under a hulking statue.


... Surely that's just a statue, right?


Scenes from the third and final level of the tomb. We'll see if I make more images for that when they get there!

Update: Posted some more images here: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=20075
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Cool as usual. I'm sure the gamers will appreciate those drawings.

Wow, impressive work! You do it all with the paint tools? The second level pictures look awesome, the lighting is great.

I can't fathom the amount of work you did on those images. Well done

I hope they do too, but I usually don't tell them I made them.
Griatch

My previous comment was accidentally removed, so posting anew:


Yep, done with paint tools and an extra layer to help testing out lights.


Glad you like them! This was not so much work though, they are pretty sketchy and I only spent about an hour apiece on them. A more detailed image is in the 8h range for me.
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