Caleb Is Drawing posts
Posts: 144
Files: 812
Neferon - Time Lapse
This one had a LOT of false starts - I initially wanted Neferon to look rather sinister or in the midst of casting something awful, but I held back in order to, hopefully, give you a chance to roleplay a revealed arcanaloth (or give the players a chance to see what their characters just slew before it melts away into n...
Neferon
"If you're good at something, never do it for free." - The Dark Knight, (2008)Yugoloths are an easy concept to describe in D&D terms - devils are lawful evil, demons are chaotic evil, and yugoloths are neutral evil, but what does that mean exactly? Entirely motivated by self interest (they were created by p...
The Roc of Mt. Ghakis
A great shadow blocks out the moonlight—and Strahd looks up, his eyes widening slightly.Above, a gargantuan raven as tall as the Blue Water Inn, with a wingspan twice as long, descends upon the mountainside. Great gusts of wind blow from each errant twitch of its wings, sending eddies of powdered snow whipping across...
Old Bonegrinder Items
These magic items figure heavily in Arc H - The Lost Soul of Curse of Strahd: Reloaded's second act. When I was doing the research into hag's heartstones, I didn't know that there was a real thing as a witch stone, also known as a hag stone or an adder stone, that figured prominently in the folklore Britis...
Heinrich Stolt Concept - Time Lapse
Less of a wizard from a foreign world, and more of a vagabond conman, but fun all the same. Enjoy!
Heinrich Stolt
An elderly, wizened man steps onto the overlook. He wears a pale, white robe decorated with numerous colorful patches, each depicting a different object. A pair of gold spectacles with pink crystal lenses rests atop the bridge of his nose, just above a long, white beard that descends past his chest."Good day," ...
Karl and Nikolai Wachter
The Wachter Brothers are described as "brash drunkards" in the RAW module, unwilling to start a scuffle with the PCs, but more than happy to listen to tales of heroism or trash-talk the current Burgomaster of Vallaki. I've depicted them here as bleary-eyed but relatively harmless-looking young men with lots...
Update - 9/1/2025
Hello again, everyone! I appreciate that you've chosen to follow my artistic journey here on Patreon. I especially want to thank those of you who have supported me—whether now or in the past—by contributing in any way to encourage my work. I know many of us are navigating chaotic times, so I want you to know ho...
Elder Burebis
"...fifteen feet up the wall, the mass of roots seems to form an enormous face: bearded and wrinkled, with an ancient, wizened visage. It’s only when you see the roots just beneath it—rising and falling like a mighty chest—that you realize the face isn’t made of roots at all, but framed by them, its dark, g...
Rootspike Triad
"...Following the players’ victory over the Forest Folk in Arc J - The Stolen Gem, several druid naturalists journeyed to the ruins of Berez, seeking the aid of the swamp witch Baba Lysaga in empowering their magic. The rootspike triads were the end result: trios of druid naturalists with wooden spikes driven int...
Preview of Rootspike Triad and Elder Burebis
Greetings, Faces in the Mist!The past few weeks have been very busy and the ones ahead prove to be as well, but before summer comes to close I thought I’d share a glimpse of what’s to come. Two monstrous inventions of Dragnacarta’s for Curse of Strahd: Reloaded: the horrific rootspike triad and the ancient storm ...
Diona/Helwa
The module states that the slopes of Mt. Ghakis are the home of bloodthirsty berserkers and creatures loyal to Strahd, and that a crew of these (and a dire wolf) have taken refuge in the Amber Temple, led by a barbarian named Helwa. Curse of Strahd: Reloaded renames her Diona, and makes her the daughter of Chief Diegia...
Chief Diegia
The Tsolenka Pass has turned into a harrowing journey in Curse of Strahd:Reloaded, with much more structure and planned obstacles to test the mettle of your adventurers. It also gives a lot more history to the "berserkers" who, fleeing invasion and war and, finally, supernatural curses, struggle to find a life ...
Argynvost's Spirit
"...claws emerge first, then a serpentine torso half as long as the manor is tall, curving into a long, elegant neck crowned by a noble, horned head. Mighty wings extend from strong, stalwart shoulders, their ghostly scales shimmering with an ethereal silver light as they fill the sky above..."There isn't a...
Caleb is Drawing: Updated!
Hello, Faces in the Mist!Apologies for the silence, but the past few weeks I've been occupied with a number of new and exciting ways to make myself very tired. The biggest news is that, in addition to providing you lovely Patrons with Curse of Strahd:Reloaded art, is that I'm also providing artwork for Dragnaca...
Coming Up Next
Hello everyone! First off, I wish to thank all of you for encouraging me to continue chasing my artistic goals, whether by contributing here or simply by using and enjoying the illustrations I make for your games - it all makes a big difference and I’m grateful. Also, I wish to offer a big welcome to all our newer fr...
The Abbot, Unveiled
"A brilliant cascade of divine light shines from the Abbot’s form, and towering wings unfurl from his shoulders, each massive feather snow-white and perfectly formed. His mortal vestments fall away, revealing white, luminous flesh that seems chiseled from marble itself. Golden gauntlets inscribed with celestial r...
Anna and Dmitri Krezkov
Anna and Dmitri are another tragic couple in the module - as written, they are the victims of recent and tragic loss; in Curse of Strahd - Reloaded, they're desperate to keep from reliving that horrible loss again, and the villains are a little more immediate. For this version, I just gave them a little more cohesi...
Martikov Family Tree
It's a little wine-stained, but this chart can help players and GMs figure out the recent genealogy of the Martikov family (Accurate for CoS- - Reloaded). Hope you find it handy.Have a wonderful day, you Faces in the Mist!
Doru, Redemption Arc, Time-Lapse
My process video of the creation of both images for Doru's redemption arc. Trickier than it looked! Hope you enjoy the results!
Doru, Redemption Arc
Many players (and game masters) see something in certain non-player characters that resonates with them, and they get attached. The village priest's son Doru, whom Strahd sent back home to bedevil his father, is certainly one of them. PCs either see him as a symptom of a plague of evil and "cure" his afflic...
Re: Dragnacarta needs your help
Hello again, my dear Faces. As I mentioned before... Dragnacarta, in-between writing and editing his dragnum-opusCurse of Strahd - Reloaded, is pondering the great questions of the cosmos. One of these questions is, of course, what sort of rewards or perks would CoS-Rgamers want out of a Kickstarter? Please, if you hav...
The Winery Martikovs
EDITApril 4, 2025 - You can now download individual images of each of the Martikov family members in hires, lores, and transparent .png (except for Yolanda, who doesn't want to leave her mother). Enjoy!The Martikovs of the “Wizard of Wines” winery are a family of Barovians that figure prominently, if briefly, i...
Khazan's Staff
(SPOILERS AHEAD) In the 5E module, the staff that appears in Khazan's crypt is a staff of power - a very rare magic item with many offensive abilities. Dragnacartaretooled the staff for CoS - Reloaded, but it's still very powerful, if more a defensive item that boost's the wielder's existing spells and ...
Yeska
Yeska is a young (around 9yo), orphaned Vallakian adopted by the local church, in training to be an acolyte of the Morninglord. As such, he's rarely seen except when the PCs go to the church of St. Andral. He's given menial tasks, such as cleaning, lighting candles, learning medicine, and bell-ringing, but he a...
Dragnacarta needs your help.
Hello, dear Faces in the Mist.My friend Dragnacartacould benefit from your experience playing or DMing Curse of Strahd - Reloadedin any of its many iterations. He and his comrades are soon to launch an exciting new enterprise devoted to retooling and launching exciting, low-prep adventures and scenarios for gamemasters...
Lief Lipsiege as a Wight
Strahd's castle accountant Leif has been counting the castle treasury for a long, long time. SPOILERS AHEAD: To account (sorry) for his longevity in the module, Dragnacartahas, for Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, transformed the long-suffering Barovian clerk into an undead wight whose hatred for mortal life is kept in c...
Cyrus Belview
Cyrus Belview began in Ravenloft i6simply as the vampire's mad butler, and in 2016 became the paternal head of the Moreau-esque mongrelfolk, all transformed by the mad Abbot of St. Markovia. I like the 5e version of Cyrus, but I felt he could be more expressive and his character design made more exaggerated. This i...
Rahadin as Dragon (Verushka's Nightmare)
"A monstrous, black-scaled, reptilian head pushes into the suite, its skull alone just as wide and half as tall as the doorframe itself. Horns resembling pointed, elfin ears thrust up from the sides of its head, and its eyes glimmer with cruel, malevolent purpose."Rahadin appears briefly but memorably in the Ve...
Madame Eva and the Tarokka Reading
Probably the most important event in the first third of the module, and one of the most agonized over, is the Tarokka Reading that dictates the location and situation of much of the rest of the game. Madame Eva is a mysterious character, and she's been portrayed in a number of different ways - sinister, beneficient...
