Ashemark Councilor , 13"x10", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2013. ©Fantasy Flight Games. Last year, I painted this piece for the A Game of Thrones LCG from Fantasy Flight Games. It was released within one of the newer decks, "Prize of the North." This guy is a character completely made up for the game, Ashemark gets barely a mention in the novel. This character is supposed to be a lordling with allegiance towards the Lannisters, hence the lion banners on either side of the archway. I'm happy with how the piece came out, but I have no real personal story to tell along with it, so I thought I'd just show a couple process images along with this painting. This was my main reference picture. No too much to say, I did many poses with this "staff", and this one seem to have a good diagonal positioning. The art director also put in the description that it should look as if the character is hindering someone from entering the archway, this seem...
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