Sol'Kesh

Trikautrae

Once this guys starts turning that Halloween ghost vibe is instantly replaced by a little opera singer... and I'm okay with that.

Wayward Journey - Thoanhall

Hey Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone and thanks for the patience with last weeks WIP while I finished this environment sketch up.

For each location noted in the Bestiary PDF (all tier members get access) there's a paragraph of text and some (and maybe all if I'm really productive) will get some scenery sketches like this, so enjoy the first of many! Thoanhall in the Blac...

Crafting the Dullering Mace

Hey everyone!

Thanks to the very fun collaboration with The Fluffy Folio I was able to get a really nice idea on how this item numbs the enemy when a body part gets whacked, (my original 5e rules were much more boring until his help). Beyond that, this was just a fun weapon to draw with the transparent tentac...

Wayward Wandering - A work in progress

Hey Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone!

Usually every Wednesday I have a cheerful little creature or plant, but it's about time I start getting into some of the biome illustrations to show these ecosystems in action. This will enhance the world building quite a bit and showcase the interaction of creatures and plants much more than any single illustrations will. But I have...

Trikautrae STL files are ready for tricks

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to let all those wonderful Dweller folk know that the STL files for the Trikautrae mini are now available. You can find the link in the Dweller Content Tier post.

Thanks and have a great rest of the Halloween!

Traveler Tier Content

Welcome Traveler to the Sol’Kesh Speculative Evolution Bestiary!

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Happy Halloween from Sol'Kesh and The Fluffy Folio!

Tricks and Treats for today's day-early launch in celebration of both Halloween and the collaboration with the Fluffy Folio! We are so happy to present our symbiotic creature, the Trikautrae.

Alongside the talented Fluffy Folio, we have created this alluring creature to tempt an...

November Preview - Tricks & Fluffy Treats

Hey everyone!

We have a Halloween Special for you in a big collaboration with Fluffy Folio which will include our symbiotic creature, the Trikautrae, 2 items and a mini STL!

October 31st Release

A bit of an early release compared to the usual, the Trikautrae launches on Halloween to celebrate the spooky season and I don...

Fennfistle Turn Around

Hey hope you're all have a good weekend!

As an illustrator I'm so used to seeing my own work in that single pose, so when Worldshaper (come say hi to him on Discord) models my creatures, he really brings them to the next level of life. Now I just have to paint the minis for the next level after that..

2023-10-28 15:58:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Wayward 52 - Just slimin' along

Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone!

I shared a bit of a pencil sketch preview of this little guy a dew days back on the discord group (I share some work in progress images when new folks join, come in if you haven't already https://discord.gg/QsbsFzxD9S )

So for those that don't know, the bestiary b...

Crafting the Croak Stool Drum

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share a little showcase piece on this month's second item, crafted from 2 gulars (the neck skin flap) of the Fennfistle to play it's crazy rhythm.

This item was created from the suggestion by Assopopolis from when we did the creature voting, so thank you for idea, I hope I did it justice!

Patrons can grab the full card and creature stats here: 2023-10-23 14:20:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Welcome to Sol'Kesh

Hey everyone, recently Patreon has created a free subscription feature that allows people to follow a project with minimal content access.

The purpose of Sol'Kesh has always been to get people interested in it's creatures and world to build towards the eventual book release. In the spirit of that, I'm opening up access to all monster journal entries, some D&D 5e rules, a free 3D mini...

Wayward 51 - Luring in

Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone!

So Patreon set up this new "free" feature and now we have a lot of new people that came in which is awesome, so to all you new free people, welcome!

You may not have access to all tier content, but I do want to provide some free content to welcome you in, I'll be doing a big post about it later but for now, if you haven't already grabbed the free...

Fennfistle STL mini files ready!

Hey everyone, the fennfistle has left the swamp and is now ready for printing!

Dweller-Tier members can get their files in the dropbox links here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dweller-tier-91016888

Speaking of swamp, that tree trunk that the creature is curled around is actually taken from...

Traveler Tier Content

Welcome Traveler to the Sol’Kesh Speculative Evolution Bestiary!

Thank you for your subscription and here is your content!

Welcome Package:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2s7fttjvnak75dzblmor2/h?rlkey=r5ffdgvuag...

The Fennfistle stalks

Thanks to everyone who voted in last month's creature-release-poll, the Fennfistle stalks in from the marshes from the winning tie. This egg-stealing raptor-like amphibian is a terror in the wetlands of Sol'Kesh, whipping its long tail back and forth before gulping down prey into its toothy gular. And that gular comes in handy as this month's second craftable item, making it into a playable dru...

Wayward 50 - Going with the flow

Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone, and our 50th! that is a lot.

Getting back to some creature designs here to fill out the fishing feature with the flogall. I just honestly can't help but want to expand on sea slugs and nudibranches a lot, they're such amazing looking critters that are just begging to be explored with some new fun designs.

The high res version can...

Wayward 49 - That woodland stink

Happy Wayward Wednesday!

"If there is a Creator, he must have an inordinate fondness for beetles." - Charles Darwin, and with that I can't think of a better reason not to draw a bunch of them for Sol'Kesh.

So here's the fetaur beetle, I like the idea of this low lying nasty fog along the forest floor that blocks the view of these little guys as they forage.

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The Gorr has dug to the surface!

Hey everyone,  all Dweller Tier Members now have access to the Gorr's STL files on Dropbox.  You can find the link in the post I did yesterday for your tier.

Can't wait to see this little guy on some tabletop!

Traveler Tier Content

Welcome Traveler to the Sol’Kesh Speculative Evolution Bestiary!

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Welcome Package:

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In the midnight hour she cried Gorr, Gorr, Gorr!

The gorr finally get it's day! After a few months of close calls on the creature-voting he slides in with a tie and today launches! This guy definitely feels to me like a discord-fav as the group rallied behind voting for it, as well as it's armor being a request from one of the players in the Astral Adventures RPG group.

Also very happy to share it's journal entry, I actually drew this c...

Wayward 48 - Every Crystal Rose has it's Thorn

Hey Happy Wayward Wednesday!

Sometimes it's just relaxing to draw some alien-ish flowers and I was thinking it may be good for crafting purposes to have some slightly easy access to amber like materials. Now I just hope the reasoning behind this material naturally forming makes sense!

If you'd like the high res you can find it here: 2023-09-27 12:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post

October Preview - Scales and Tails

Hey everyone!

Thanks to wild power of creature-based-democracy, we'll be having the two creatures that won the tie to be featured for October!

October 1st Release

The first is the Gorr, the little scrapper that finally got it's spotlight. This lizard has converged on a few mole-like traits and now burrows under the wastes of western Sol'Kes...

Wayward Encounter 2 - Fell Floret

Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone! Today is a little bit different and a little bit more usable for the D&D players here, our second Wayward Encounter card.

Thanks to the devilish mind of Otachi, one of the players (Farren) in the Astral Adventures Sol'Kesh D&D campaign, he suggested on Discord (join here if you haven't already 2023-09-20 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Argustaur Ready for print!

Hey everyone, hope you're having a great Saturday.

All the Dweller Tier Patreons can now find the Supported and Unsupported STLs of this glorious lizard in your usual dropbox links. And since I'm so happy with how the rocky texture of the shell came out, here's more photos!

2023-09-16 13:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Traveler Tier Content

Welcome Traveler to the Sol’Kesh Speculative Evolution Bestiary!

Thank you for your subscription and here is your content!

Welcome Package:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/covts34xseppun09pwsdn/h?rlkey=vfdnqc8f4g...

The Argustaur - September's second creature release

Running in second place for September's creature release is the Argustaur, after millions of years chasing after prey on dry arid plains and from a wonderful case of island gigantism from eons of being on Sol'Kesh, the horned lizard has grown to a massive size. Complete with armored plates to deal with even larger creatures that frequent the area (that will be coming soon!) this creature can ra...

Wayward 47 - Big Gulp

Happy Wayward Wednesday everyone!

What started off as an evolved pitcher plant got more and more aggressive to the point that it was difficult to keep considering it a plant, and so it was time to raise it into the ranks of the animal kingdom! (if you believe in an evolutionary ranking system)

Now I'm trying to think how I can apply some D&D rules to this big ...

Patreon Creature Release Poll #5 A TIE!?!?

Well well well, democracy has now secured two creatures for October (now what will happen if there's ever a three way tie!?) thanks so much for everyone who voted and finally the Gorr will get it's time in the sun (which is a rare moment since it's an underground dwelling creature)

Now it's time for me to think of some item for the Fennfistle...and I'm very open to suggestions in the com...

Wayward 46 - Skimming Along

Thanks to a nice 3 day weekend I was able to catch up on some Wayward Sketches and today there's a new amphibious sort of creature, which is starting to converge on some hammerhead shark like features.

At this point Sol'Kesh has a lot of creatures crawling around in the mud...

For all you fancy Patrons looking for the high res you can find it here: 2023-09-06 13:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post