Creatures — JP Schmitz

Had a few pieces done by @scallywaggins , hoping to win this one done as part of her 10k give away #scally10kgiveaway #milwaukee #tattoo

“La Vie en Rose” - A collab piece between myself and the extremely talented @domainofdolin . A Christmas gift for my mom, who’s a huge fan of Paris. I tooled around with some script and my crappy penmanship just wasn’t cutting

Drew my boy @domainofdolin ‘s halfling druid Törsten. A member of the Circle of the Swamp, and avid calligrapher, I imagine he wanders far and wide documenting his travels, enjoying local brew and helping the helpless. This was such a fun

A painting of our dopey band of misfits, Clerical Error, from my after-work D&D campaign. From left to right: Kevmorn the half elf ranger, Vol the human monk, Tapioca the oozian warlock, Harbick the dwarf paladin, Zeebo the deep gnome rogue, and

Drew up my new DnD character for our work campaign. Meet Tapioca, the Oozian Warlock. Convoker of the Great Slimes beyond the universe, his pure contentment being destitute led him to attract the attention of the Convocation, beings who seek happines

Frigid lake row views with @haydendraws12 and @buskenjovanovich. Big fun is made more funner when your surroundings can literally freeze you to death. When the sun sets at 4:30 you have to get ahead of the curve. #lakerow #dory #noreaster #rowing #co

Casual wear - trying to flesh out my style a bit more. Been really enjoying drawing these ladies. I make them all look tired, maybe that’s just projecting.. #photoshop #digital #sketch #draw #portrait #cintiq #draweveryday #artistsoninstagram #

Sweater weather. #sketch #draw #draweveryday #procreate #ipadpro #applepencil #artistsoninstagram #pinup #sweater #forfun #dyinginwisconsin

A little bit of fan art of one of my favorite inktober pieces by @haydendraws12 from this year. A little less squid-butchery, sure, but I liked the design and wanted to give her a draw! Fun after work draw to stave off the darkness and the cold. I&rs

Muddy: through muck and slime Sir Wallern stalked his prey... or was it hunting him? #inktober2018 #inktober #muddy #sketch #ink #pen #artistsoninstagram

Drain: I was really bad about keeping up with these over the weekend, largely due to feeling like garbage. Wanted to do a *spooky* vampire pinup to get back into the swing of things. I need to buy a brush pen. Reference: @heylaurensummer from last we

Angular. Some kind of crystal being. Not sure if pointy 100% fits the bill for angular, but there are angles there! Liking using pens again, go figure. #inktober #inktober2018 #angular #crystal #pointy #artistsoninstagram

Inktober catchups. Quick doodles in rEaL ink because I had a hard time sticking with it over the weekend. Back to the normal schedule.. #inktober #inktober2018 #whale #clock #guarded #weak #ink #pens #quick #artistsoninstagram

Day 11 - Cruel. Aeleria, Goddess of Cruelty and Strife. A violent and sadistic deity, Her people crusade against the weak and the frail. Hedonistic and self-serving, her faith is currently the dominant religion in Mornaal. Love me some big hats. #cru

Day 10 - Flowing. A water nymph, based off of Adventure Time, which needs no introduction. This was a nice one to draw using a lot of reference. #inktober2018 #inktober #flowing #nypmh #sketch #characterart #artistsoninstagram #photoshop #blue #water

Star and Precious. Star is an ideation in the Lelionir head jewelry, called the i-ilnasta, believed to all have originated from Lelionir herself, they are made of pure star dust. Each member of the coven receives their i-ilnasta upon pledging their l

Day 7 - Exhausted. I’m exhausted today, so I drew a Lelionir relaxing drinking a fine Root Bitter brewed in their convent. The other picture is a Grinning Root Snap, small, aggressive pests known to live under Iln Lilu trees, used in the making

Ch’kael, the Ancient One. Honestly, this word felt really dumb, but nevertheless, here we are. Had fun with it anyways. Big boy chicken waiting for the big boy end times. Buh-GAWK. #chicken #inktober #inktober2018 #sketch #photoshop #creaturede

One more thing for the list of things I never expected to do this year: saw BTS in concert yesterday. Everything from the light sticks Bluetooth-synced with the set list, to the awesome stage, to the great performance was awesome. Definitely one of t

When the Aelori Empire rose in 416 C.M.M. violent purges of smaller faiths began. The Lelionir Coven, a group of Moon witches loyal to Inil Lelio suffered the brunt of this inquisition. Vilified in the public eye, the Lelionir are actually benevolent

A fictional race of sapient creatures, the Sarlopian, was a concept I recently started to more concretely explore, and was heavily brought upon by my reading of Principles of Creature Design: creating imaginary animals by Terryl Whitlatch. Currently I am designing aspects of their culture and building a world for them to exist in. I will update this page as new parts come.