David happens to be another one of those characters who you can’t really capture in a static portrait.  He’s got an awesome power that has the potential to be really cinematic: projectiles cannot harm him. Anything that’s fired from a bow, or a crossbow – even a catapult – cannot damage him.  They bounce off harmlessly.

That isn’t to say that David is some invulnerable force on the battlefield, though.  Oftentimes, as it pertains to the heroes of this fantasy world, where there’s a blessing, there’s also a curse.  David suffers from hemophilia, meaning that in melee combat, if struck, his body reacts very badly, pouring blood from his wounds at an incredible pace.   So what better way to keep your enemies farther away than equipping yourself with twin axes?

Pear started us off with a couple of different sketches to make our minds up with.

I love the lumberjack look David’s got going on here.

Red also gave us a shirtless option, but knowing David’s problems with even the tiniest nicks and scratches, we opted not to go with this version.  Of course, when we saw her other version of the character, we passed on these first two sketches altogether.

Now this is more like it.  I think the vantage of this particular sketch does wonders for this mountain of a man.  David can easily stand toe to toe with some of the other “larger than life” characters we have, like Prodigy and Schirner.

We also ended up with the shirtless version for all the ladies to swoon over.  We passed on this one for the same reason as the one stated above.

With all that in mind, we ended up moving forward with Red’s vision, and she made a really awesome portrait for our gladiator.

And of course, we had it tinted soon after as well.

But, because David’s such a huge deal, we procured a slightly larger portrait, which we’re happy to share with you!

Such wonder.  Such majesty!  Can’t wait to continue on with the work we’ve been doing with RedPear!

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Being such an important character to the series, I couldn’t have asked for a piece of artwork that pops as much as this one does.  He just embodies the cool, shameless hero that everyone really likes. Our favorite ranger has a power that you can’t really express through art unless you’re showing him practically mangled, so we focused on his general appearance and his attire.

This was one of those pieces that didn’t have any other sketches to choose from, and I can say that I probably wouldn’t have chose any others.  After the sketch phase, we moved onto the full, uncolored version.

Just look at that!  Do you see how much that pops!?  It was freaking outstanding, and I think, even now, even though I have another handful of finished pieces, this one has remained my favorite, maybe only offset by another one or two.

But then check out the colorized version.  This one is by far the most impressive character portrait that we have.  RedPear really outdid herself.

Of course, Kevin Gallagher, arguably the second most important person in Steel Tip’s development, had to go and make one last-minute alteration.  Because Steel Tip’s eyes are blue, and he has to step on everyone’s toes, he gave us this version:

Jerk.

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