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<\/a><\/p>\nWe knew a few things from the start: the characters\u2014Rayas and Noth from the Quantum Quest tabletop game, as well as a few vampiric gnolls\u2014where the story was taking place, and what was going to be happening throughout.\u00a0 Wern ended up concocting this powerful escape \/ chase hybrid which I knew would look great.<\/p>\n
We decided to change things so that it would be vertically aligned.\u00a0 Right from the get-go, we considered the possibility of preparing it for a possible Quantum Quest Quarterly cover, especially with the hope of going to Comic Con again next year.<\/p>\n We ended up changing things a little bit.\u00a0 Rayas has a bit of trauma in the beginning of the story but we didn’t want her to look too overwhelmed (and the original lineart also had her looking a little too masculine\u2014even though that’s kind of female hyenas’ thing) so we made some alterations.<\/p>\n With a little polish and spit shine, we were able to get some nice shading and dimension tot he characters as they make their way through the underground tunnel and toward sunlight.\u00a0 Noth is a force to be reckoned with here, and Rayas captures the same insanity we see her with on her card art.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n