James’rpgart

Zorzulas Rest Night Animated

How did you hear about James' RPG Art?

Hi all, I have been thinking about asking this question of you all for a while because I know there are a lot of creators or streamers out there using my work and I wanted to reach out to some of them to see if I could support them more. I am also wanting to spread the word of James' RPG Art a bit further, because so far it has mostly been word of mouth, and I would like to know how most of my ...

Forest Clearing - Animated Image

Forest Clearing Night Animated

Forest Clearing - Still Image

I love blank canvases like these, because they are so useful for just about any scenario that could happen in a location like this. A party could meet just about anyone or anything in a secluded forest clearing, or it could just be a safe resting place for a bit of a roleplaying opportunity for the players. And throughout one campaign there are maybe half a dozen times where I could personally ...

Great Hall - Still Image

If the Ocean Fortress was the location where the BBEG dwells, then the Great Hall is the room in which they are waiting for the final confrontation to take place. Its a tried and true conclusion to a story when the villain is confronted on their throne and I think scenes like this one, that have a darker and more moo...

Great Hall - Animated Image

Ocean Fortress - Still Image

I was lucky to be invited to make the scene for the opening of my friend Trevor Devall's new season of his solo RPG show, Me, Myself, and Die. I'm a big fan of his show and Youtube channel in general, so I always jump at the opportunity to contribute, and this location made the perfect scene for a foreboding and ...

Ocean Fortress - Animated Version

River Town - Animated Image

River Town Animated Night

River Town - Still Image

The recent Valley Tower scene I made recently has a town in the distance that sits on the river, so the town needed a scene all of its own. I had someone suggest some of the famous towns on the Sword Coast that I could paint, and though this is not based on any of them exactly, I hope this can stand in for many differ...

Primordium - Animated Image

Primordium - Still Image

This was a collaboration with The Griffons Saddlebag for the island setting of Primordium. He has generously shared the entire setting PDF which includes:

• 18 pages of jungle island exploration, cults, and super-sized monsters!
• Face off against great beasts, including their devoted followers! Bring their reign ...
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Primordium Animated Night

Forest Fort - Animated Image

Forest Fort Night Animated

Forest Fort - Still Image

I've been back in some forests lately, and it has made me want to paint some giant trees again. Here is a new road that has been made, that has also been protected, or guarded by the newly built outpost. Are these soldiers keeping something out, or keeping something in? Hopefully locations like this make for some good roleplaying opportunities for a party that unexpectedly finds the road blocke...

Valley Tower - Animated Image

Valley Tower Night Animated

Valley Tower - Still Image

I got the opportunity to help out XP to Level 3 with their new upcoming adventure, and make the opening location for their campaign. I love making vast landscapes, it always feels quite relaxing and to include something like the ancient tower overlooking the small valley village in the distance made this one a unique location. I don't want to spoil what's in the tower, but be sure to keep an ey...

Mine - Animated Image

Mine - Still Image

After making the Logging Camp scene, I started to think what are some other common medieval resource locations I could make, and a mine was an obvious choice. I'm actually surprised I haven't done something like this sooner, but as usual I tried to visualize it like there are many different ways to explore within the ...

Mine Animated Night

Lake Village - Animated Image

Lake Village - Still Image

I made the Fishing Town location recently and when planning that I thought the structures were going to be built on wooden stilts over the water, but we decided on a stone canal location. But this location remained in my head, and so I had to make this one too. I think this location has a more makeshift vibe to it, an...

Lake Village Animated Night

Logging Camp Night Animated

Logging Camp - Still Image

I've seen a few map makers on patreon do a logging camp before, and so this is an idea I've had for a while. And someone on my discord mentioned a bunch of locations in Dragon of Icespire Peak that could still use a scene, one of which is a logging camp, so I feel like this one had to move up the list. There are so many reasons a party could seek out this place, but I ran a session a few years ...

Logging Camp - Animated Image