"This way, Tarnished.... May I have a word?" a voice calls out to you. As you look around, you spot a figure donned with a large, white hat and a cloak a top a small wall. Approaching her, she raises her head, revealing both her face and a spirit's.
You have discovered Ranni the witch: daughter of Queen Renalla and Radagon, empyrean destined for godhood. But you won't know that until you cross paths with her again...
This is a personal project; I created this piece for leisure. Ranni, the subject in the center, is a character from the 2022 FromSoft game Elden Ring. Elden Ring tells the story of the Lands Between: a land that's crumbling for thousands of years since the Elden Ring was broken. You, a Tarnished, enter the lands between to fight the children of Queen Marika; the goddess at the center of the Golden Order, with the sole purpose of gathering the shards and making your own fate for the Lands Between.
The software this was created on was Krita and various tools including stamps, airbrushes, "paintbrushes," reflection tools, opacity, and much more. I approached the details by creating separate layers to work on to prevent other components of the piece from being altered. Once I finished each stage (basic colors, shading, etc), I merged the layers into fewer, more compact layers to make the file easier to export.
Often times when I draw characters like Ranni, it is because I favor them for some reason. Ranni's character as a whole really heightened my experience while journeying the Lands Between and brought back my muse to draw once again.
