Rod Mendez | πŸ”… I'm on Patreon! πŸ”…

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Open for Work! - Freelance Illustrator for TTRPGs, Card/Boardgames and Video Games Currently working on my own projects too! - www.patreon.com/rodmendez - linktr.ee/rodmendez Email: contact@rodmendez.com Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/rodmendez

It’s my birthday today! βœ¨πŸŽ‰ This is where I usually share some of my polished artwork, but this somewhat messy watercolour from my sketchbook does a better job at representing the energy I would like to bring into the next year of my life.

A watercolour painting of a woman with long violet hair holding up a knife above her head in a threatening manner. All around her colour blooms in pinks, oranges and golds.

if you're trying to get into drawing environments but worried about perspective, my hot take is don't worry about it at all. It's a lot more important that things FEEL in perspective than actually being in perspective, and that usually comes from strong composition, scaling and shapes

Robin and Ramy witness Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation, in all its foreboding majesty second illustration for R. F. Kuang's Babel - illustrated edition, out now from Harper Voyager 40x30cm ink on claybord

a black and white scratchboard drawing. In the background a very large tower looms over Gothic buildings overlooking a vast paved plaza. In the foreground, two characters wearing black Oxford robes walk towards the tower.