A pencil drawing of a robed necromancer/lich with a scythe and an eldritch tome. The figure is a humanoid with 2 arms, 2 legs, a torso, and a head. They have thin proportions, with dark, withered arms and narrow legs. Their head is mostly obscured by a hood, but shows the upper half of a skull for a face, and darkness underneath. The figure wears a hooded longcoat with baggy sleeves, a belt with an emblem, ribcage-patterned braces/markings over the chest, a a pair of skull pauldrons on the shoulders, tight wrinkled leggings, a pair of dark wraps over both knees, and dark, simple shoes, They carry a skull with keys on their belt. In their right hand, they carry a large reaper's scythe as long as they are tall, and in their right hand floats a strange arcane tome. A nimbus of magic surrounds their right hand below the tome. The figure is posed looking to the right at its tome, which is floating in its left hand, while the right hand holds the scythe towards the ground. The drawing is on a spiral sketchbook with a signature on the top left.
Digital art of a dark spellcaster/necromancer/lich casting a spell. They have long lanky proportions, with slender limbs. Their hands are weathered and long fingered, their ribcage shows under their cloak, and a strange skull and spinal cord show underneath their hood. The skulls eye socket shows a single eye. The figure wears an ornate but torn robe/longcoat, with a shoulder mantle, a peaked hood, long tight sleeves, a hole-ridden coat-tail, a belt, a tabard below the belt, long pants, and tall boots. They also wear a deer skull on their belt, a medallion around their neck, a pair of dangling layered hip armor, a hanging medallion around the front of their waist below the deer skull and a small skull emitting smoke that is hanging from its left hip. They hold a massive farming scythe in their right hand, while their left hand is raised casting a spell. A long smoky stream of magic wraps around the figure, with the top resembling a pair of ghostly heads. The figure's bones (including skull and ribcage) and hands are sandy tan, the eye is bright red, the longcoat is various dark blues, the medallions/jewelry are blue, green, and purple, the various jewelry chains are silver, the shoes are grey, the scythe handle is brown, the scythe blade is silver, the blood on the scythe is red and the stream of magic/ghost faces are various shades of dark and light red. The figure is floating while it has its scythe slung over its shoulder and the other hand outstretched upward casting its spell. The background resembles old parchment and a signature is on the bottom right.
“𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠.”
Inktober 31: The Lich. (2021 vs 2025)
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