D&D Cats

The Request

This was a project for a friend. She wanted to create an image of her parents 2 cats that had a Dungeons & Dragons theme because they play the game.

The Results

She told me a bit about the cats and their personalities, and ideas started to form.

The male cat is named Vortex, and he is polydactyl, which means he has an extra toe on each paw. This immediately made me think his character should be a 6-fingered thief. When I told my friend my idea, she said it was perfect because Vortex was know to steal treats and toys from his sister.

The female cat is called tripod, because she is missing a back leg. She is amazingly resilient and lost no time after her injury learning to move and jump and play so gracefully you can barely notice her leg is missing. I decided to make her a steampunk artificer, who had discovered her love of invention after creating her first prosthetic leg.

Last but not least, I placed them in a rustic, medeival style tavern, and added a D&D logo to the corner.