T'ocs Ihsaw

The final monster of Relentless Dungeon, is Scott Washington, the game's creator.
I was told to draw full plate armor, and I focused on the larger pieces so the layered plates didn't too closely resemble the overlapping scales on the Lizardman. I believe the muscled breastplate is Roman.  Scott's D&D character wears an intimidating skull mask like T'ocs. Though I tried desperately to avoid similarities between my monsters that went beyond common style, I enjoy T'ocs skull mask as a throwback to the Skeleton monster. T'ocs is such a tough SOB that he'd take part of another monster as a trophy/armor.




Influences: Vlad's armor in Bram Stoker's Dracula, glass armor in TES Oblivion, Juggernaut Armor in Dragon Age: Origins, Ned Kelly

Here's T'ocs without the mask, with Scott's face underneath:

Hsa Newo

One of the final bosses to the upcoming game Relentless Dungeon.
Like the previous monster, this one is based on a real person: me. We used 'Ash' as a first name because 'Will' doesn't sound backwards. I'm a big fan of Evil Dead so that's where the 'Ash' comes from, also the sword that looks oddly like a chainsaw and the straps around Hsa's chest. I've made my own chainmail shirt so the dungeon monster version of me wears it. The bandana is a reference to both Metal Gear Solid (my favorite game) and Humans vs Zombies, the game of tag that I brought to Chico State. The bandana led me to add a Ninja Turtles-style belt buckle with my initial on it.

I'm really unhappy with the pose, the face, and pants. But we must keep moving forward.

Nhoj Ra Lio

This is basically my friend John Oilar in hide armor, with his permission. I drew him as his D&D character, Whisp, who is a shaman shifter in 4th edition. In order to keep his features recognizable I had to cut back on the shifter bit, which would've made him hairy and look a bit like a werewolf. Since I made a Gnoll, which is basically a were-hyena, I didn't really want to add a whole lot of body hair. Nhoj Ra Lio spelled backwards is "oiL aR johN" or "Oilar, John."

Influences: 300, Wulfgar from the Drizzt books, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Conan, Barbarian from the Diablo series.

Dragon

One of the toughest monsters in the upcoming Relentless Dungeon.
Finally I draw a dragon, the monster that must be included in any dungeon crawler. As always, Dungeons and Dragons was a heavy influence. Another influence was Dragon Age.
I put effort into making the dragon look different than the other winged monsters I've drawn for the game, but still trying to keep the same style and feeling.

Demon

Counting down the days to the release of Relentless Dungeon with the final pieces of art for the game.
This is the Demon, references used were traditional representations of a devil and Orcus from D&D.
This is the only monster I drew with classic uplighting which gives a dramatically sinister look. It's a bona fide horror trick but runs the risk of being cliche so I only used the technique for one monster.
Notice the subtle pentagram on his forehead.
Influences: Legend (film), goats, bats, HHH (wrestler), W.O.W., satyr.