Yaker Art
Hello, people! Nahyndrian Romances team is back with some news – we are going to show you some more details for our Pathfinder mod focusing on Yaker Ankelle and the making of his character portrait.
We know next to nothing of Yaker’s looks in the game proper, so we had to rely on his in-game model and his characterization. All of that had to be reflected in the character portrait.
Things we knew for certain: Yaker (or at least his in-game model) has black hair and he’s a tall man with great physique. Some people in our team have a soft spot for blue-eyed brunettes, so his eye color was chosen at the very start.
A little bit of pride from belonging to an order of Hellknights coexists with a friendly disposition towards the Knight-Commander, coupled with enthusiasm for grand deeds and heroics. From fighting gargoyles unarmed to awkward flirting with the Player Character… even if he is a lich: this guy is pretty brave and isn’t aware that some ventures will earn him more than a couple of lashes.
We got very lucky with Yaker’s portrait – it is being done by Daria Chikhireva https://www.artstation.com/ivanish
At first, we wanted Yaker to have a conceited smirk on his face. After all, pride and 8 in intelligence should affect the visuals. So we got all sorts of smirk references and sent them over to the artist. What we got back shocked us to our core. For two days straight we couldn’t decide on the best pick, because all of them were so darn good!
Our hearts melted from such beauty and refused to un-melt, and yet we finally picked the sketch, that would serve as the basis for referencing Yaker’s emotions. Do note that he might look a tad different than from the sketches presented here, but we will talk about that in our next post. Right now, strap yourselves in and remove anything easily flammable from your computer screens because these boys HAWT!
We suggest a game for you to play in the comments – which one of these sketches ended up making the cut? Hint – it’s different from the rest, because one of our teammates, on their own accord, did some magic on it in an editor when trying out a certain visual detail (that we might still remove later down the line).
Stay updated on our progress on Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous mods and check out Daria’s other works using the link above. Till we meet again, Knight-Commanders!