Caleb Is Drawing

Erasmus van Richten

The sad story of Dr. Rudolph van Richten revolves mostly around the loss of his family, in particular his son Erasmus who was kidnaped, murdered by a vampire, and then spared a horrible fate by his father's wits and empathy. Erasmus returns as a good-natured phantom in van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, and Dragnacarta was kind enough to allow him to assist the players during an arc of Curse of Strahd: Reloaded. Father and son remain separated by the veil between worl...

Doru in the Undercroft - Time Lapse

Father Donovich's son, transforming sketch by sketch from a monster into something more sympathetic.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year with Walter Durst

One of the more stomach-churning monsters in Curse of Strahd is also one of the first you encounter - that of the flesh mound that was once the infant Walter Durst. "Death House" is one of the most replayed and hotrodded features of the module, no less so as in CoS: Reloaded, and this is the art I presented to my players during that session so long ago. Be warned, Walter may get redone once more to be fully in code wit...

Happy Holidays from the Blue Water Inn

My players have told me that having their characters return to the Blue Water Inn after their latest mission/quest/thing feels like a hug, so I thought I'd do my best to portray the most adorable family in the whole Dread Domain, the Martikovs of Vallaki. The consensus seems to be that the module art portrays them more as a group of rather suspicious-looking nobles than a family trying to keep their inn afloat (whilst also keeping an ear open for anything that can be used against the Darklord...

Stella Wachter, Recovered

A piece to help you demonstrate the difference the PCs have made in the town of Vallaki at the end of Act II, Arc H. Stella is no longer trapped and dying in the Ethereal (having never been a cat-girl), Victor has his friend back, and Fiona Wachter's daughter is rescued from a horrible, twilight predator that's been stalking her family. Things are looking up in Barovia (at least, for the moment), and here's the proof for them to savor.

The Abbot, 2nd Phase

I delved into biblical horror for this one, as (spoilers) The Abbot from CoS:RRL isn't really a deva anymore, but a fiend, duped and seduced by the Dark Powers into devising its own plan to free Strahd and Barovia. Doomed from the start, The Abbot's plan and powers are revealed to the PCs, as well as a form that more accurately depicts what the Dark Powers have made him into.

I based this image off of old monastic illustrations of cherubim (not cute little...

Tome of Strahd - Reloaded

In Dragnacarta's Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, the Tome of Strahd provides some limited exposition at the beginning of the adventure, most of which can be found in the original module. The Tome clearly has a great deal more significance than this early lore-drop, but its real purpose isn't revealed until much, much later...

Dr. Rudolph van Richten

The doctor's been portrayed in a number of ways, like a soft, unassuming little man with white tufts of hair and an odd smile (Ravenloft 2nd Ed. module), or the owlish monster hunter with amazing hair and a hat of disguise in Curse of Strahd. I chose to portray him a little further on in his journey, after several years of loneliness has taken its toll. As an old man myself, I can sympathize with the cursed doctor, having ...

Grateful

Thank you so much for supporting me.

Just over a year ago, I started this Patreon to help encourage me to make my own art. I know there are folks out there who just like to grab the images of monsters, items, or NPCs for their games and that's wonderful, but it really means a lot that folks want to contribute to me creating things that make me happy and fulfilled as an artist.

I just wanted to thank you for being here for this project, hopefully for others, and wish you all the ...

Anastrasya Karelova, 2nd Phase

Anastrasya Karelova, the most diplomatic of Strahd's brides, sloughs off her courtly beauty when combat with her reaches its climax; she reveals her true face, that of a bloated, loathsome bat-creature slavering for the blood of the living!

Hope the sight of her is as fun and memorable for your players as it was for me to make!

Borderless NPC Tokens for Curse of Strahd-Reloaded

Another request I've seen is for the CoS Reloaded tokens with any borders, since Foundry VTT (and only virtual tabletops, hopefully) has an option to give your tokens borders. As I expect most people will want to make all their border-less tokens more or less the same, I'm offering them in a .zip file for you to download. It's another fairly large file (about 47mb).

Wait, you wanted your tokens to have borders on them? I'll attach the borders so you can overlay the...

Bordered NPC Tokens for Curse of Strahd-Reloaded

I've created an easier way for you to download all the Curse of Strahd - Reloaded NPC tokens that I've done with a simple .zip file. Thanks for those of you that have suggested it!

At 50mb, it still pretty big, so for those of you in areas without high-speed internet, it might take a while, but it's still likely faster than downloading them one by one.

Want matching borders so you can make your own? No problem, they're attached to this post, just download and...

Ludmilla Vilisevic, 2nd Phase

In proper Dark Souls fashion, most of the major villains in CoS:Reloaded have a second combat phase to keep things varied and interesting. Just when you think Ludmilla's down for the count, the music swells, her attacks change, and her facade drops to reveal her preferred strategy, her real face; in this case, a fiend that creates voids of darkness against any sources of light and peppers her victims with crystalline deposits of her m...

Give the Gift of Faces in the Mist!

The holidays are upon us, and you’re likely wondering what to get your loved ones. Well, did you know you can gift someone a Patreon subscription? And that the subscription in question could be to MY Patreon? It’s true! Just a few clicks and a credit-card transaction from now, they could be neck-deep in dreary NPCs, just as they'd dreamed.

Follow this link to send the gift of this Patreon to your bes...

Vallaki Festival Posters

Baron Vallakovich loves his fetes, feeding the townsfolk the rumors that busy hands and a smiling face works wonders to deter the Devil’s plans. Here’s a mix of handouts you can use in your game. Plaster them around the town to advertise the power of positive thinking and encourage the PCs to do the same. All the art is either mine or from free-to-use public clip art.

The Vallakoviches

Baron Vargas Vallakovich and his wife, Baroness Lydia Petrovna.

Took good bit of prompting from the Whittier's module art, but with a bit of nudging from Dragnacarta, I mixed in a bit of the descriptive text (which describes him as dark-haired) and some costume changes to reflect his noble stat block. Also, to set the parents apart from their son, Victor - hope you guys enjoy the creative liberties taken in name of fun.

Hope you like, and feel free ...

Preview of the Vallakoviches

Greetings, fellow Faces in the Mist.

October is done, and this week promises to be a long one, so please enjoy this sneak-peak into this week's offering: the Baron and Baroness of the bustling town of Vallaki.

Have a great game and be careful out there,

Caleb

VTT Tokens for Curse of Strahd:Reloaded

I've recieved more than a few requests for a full set of transparent tokens, so here you are! Feel free to print and cut them out for tabletop games, or simply to drag and drop into your VTT of choice. And yes, as the population of my Curse of Strahd: reloaded art grows, so will the tokens in this post.

Barovian Relics

One of the big puzzles that snags new DMs to the module is "How do I get my players to Barovia?" One clever conceit employed by Curse of Strahd: Reloaded is the idea of the Barovian Relic, items that symbolically resonate with a particular character's goals or wants and motivates them towards their first encounters with the horrors of Barovia.

The Re...

Fledgling Strahd

CW: gore

“…His pale, near-translucent flesh contrasts sharply with the dark, dripping red that stains his trembling hands, each finger tipped with a long, bloodied claw. Beneath his blood-matted hair, his red eyes burn with a feral glow, his batlike nostrils twitching madly…”

Strahd as he was, not as powerful as he will become. Here’s a depiction of a deral, newborn Strahd after returning to Ravenloft and enacting his revenge on the man who sabo...

Preview of Fledgling Strahd

Hello again, you Faces in the Mist!

Wrapping up a long work week can be arduous, so I thought I’d send you a little preview of what’s coming up on the Patreon as a treat.

Have a great game, and be careful out there!

Caleb

Ismark the Great

Spoilers to follow! A creation of Dragnacarta’s for Curse of Strahd: Reloaded, Ismark Antonovich was burgomaster of the village of Barovia some hundred years before the events of the module. Reeling from vampire attacks, he and two fellow adventurers braved Castle Ravenloft’s catacombs and escaped with a long-lost treasure that would save the village and earn him the moniker of Ismark the Great.

Sadly, his descendant hasn’t enjoyed the same success… y...

Argynvostholt Handouts

Hello again! As a thank you to everyone who has recently joined the Patreon, I want to share the handouts I made for my players who recently explored the haunted ruins of Argynvostholt in Arc M of Curse of Strahd as written by Dragnacarta. This fun visual aid is provided by my collection of fonts and textures. I hope you enjoy!