HOME | DD

Description
This is a submission for the Ultimate Fandom Contest for video games in the character catagory.

The game I chose was one which did not lend itself well to this type of contest, but kept coming back into my head after my first attempt failed. The game is Nethack, which in its original form (and as I play it) represents everything in ascii. For example the race you choose to play, is represented by @.

Despite the challenge of normally characters being represented by a keyboard character I decided to give in and try nethack, because of wanting to do fanart for a unique game - something which wasn't well known. Part of the point of fan art seems to be exposing others to that which you are interested in through your art, so in a contest like this I tend to value a theme which is less well known if I get a variety of ideas.

When I play nethack, I always play a wizard, and wizards start with pet kittens. The player character is a @ and a cat is an f. Therefore I made an avatar with a wizard (with visable starting equiptment of a quarterstaff and a cloak of magic resistance) with an @ on the wizard's shirt, and the pet kitten with a f on its back.

Time: 3h 45m
Program: Gimp
Characters from NetHack

Description
This is a submission for the Ultimate Fandom Contest for video games in the character catagory.

The game I chose was one which did not lend itself well to this type of contest, but kept coming back into my head after my first attempt failed. The game is Nethack, which in its original form (and as I play it) represents everything in ascii. For example the race you choose to play, is represented by @.

Despite the challenge of normally characters being represented by a keyboard character I decided to give in and try nethack, because of wanting to do fanart for a unique game - something which wasn't well known. Part of the point of fan art seems to be exposing others to that which you are interested in through your art, so in a contest like this I tend to value a theme which is less well known if I get a variety of ideas.

When I play nethack, I always play a wizard, and wizards start with pet kittens. The player character is a @ and a cat is an f. Therefore I made an avatar with a wizard (with visable starting equiptment of a quarterstaff and a cloak of magic resistance) with an @ on the wizard's shirt, and the pet kitten with a f on its back.

Time: 3h 45m
Program: Gimp
Characters from NetHack