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A digitally-colored pencil sketch of Z'an Al'urin, an NPC companion from Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. She is an elf woman in a periwinkle mage coat, her face stern as she holds up a magickal staff.

[Sept. 16, 2025] Did I not post this Z'an doodle here? oops...
#Art #Arcanum #Arcanum:OfSteamworksandMagickObscura #ArcanumOfSteamworksandMagickObscura

one day my WIPs will return from war

-then just use my legit level-ups to buy new skills since those are level-gated anyway. I think that paces things out while cutting most of the tedium away so I can mainly enjoy the quests and the setting~
I also have UAP's QoL patches toggled too, such as a more traditional XP system + bug patches.

I totally understand that, and kudos to you for giving it a shot!
I'll admit: I do not play this game "fairly." My personal life is also just too busy to bother with "legitimately" leveling up. I play w/ the Unofficial Arcanum Patch's menu and just max my stats from the start by adding skill points-

this was my sad attempt at trying to get people to play Arcanum 😔 (but I'm still holding true to it gosh dang it!)

ty! And samesies! Lineart is so exhausting that I don’t really do it anymore. I feel like it never looks as good as my sketches. Nowadays, my “lineart” is kinda like traditional pencil sketching where I lightly sketch, then use more bolder strokes on the same layer, then erase til it’s clean enough~

A rough digital headshot sketch of Loghaire Thunder Stone from Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. He is an elderly dwarf man with wrinkled skin and downturned dark eyes. Loghaire has long, thick black hair and a lengthy braided beard, both heavily whitened near the roots.

Fast and loose Loghaire scribble from last night~ #art

THERE HE IS!! HANDSOME VAN CALOX 🥰💕💗💖💞💓💘💝❤️‍🔥💋☃️

illustration. Character sheet of Heinrix van Calox from the game Rogue Trader shown with an outfit inspired by his possible post-game romance slide. He wears the colours of an Iconoclast Rogue Trader (blues and golds). He is shown with a force sword with crystal-like colours.

Outfit design commission for @stellastra.bsky.social !
This time, a post-game outfit for our beloved Heinrix van Calox.

| #art #myart #roguetrader #commission |

i felt that in my soul 😔
i think i'm alright at drawing men's faces, but any fitted garments or whatever is an anatomical nightmare to draw 😭 i can never get anything to look right...

decided to separate this into three images because I keep forgetting how much images get crunched on this site

Azram's Star, the Throwing mastery weapon from Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. It is very much modeled after the Glaive from the movie, Krull.

Yup! In-game, it's Azram's Star, a weapon you can acquire in Arcanum's throwing mastery quest. It is very much an homage to the Glaive from Krull lol~

A digital illustration of Rí'an Mal'los, my Living One (custom protagonist) for Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, accompanied by Dog, an NPC companion from the same game. Rí'an is an elven woman dressed in 1890s outdoorwear, with the pink and purple outfit colors being based on her in-game Fancy Dress sprite. Her veiled tophat is based on Victorian riding attire while her overall outfit references an FIDM display of an 1890s Mountaineering outfit.

alternate, less cluttered layout~

A digital illustration of Rí'an Mal'los, my Living One (custom protagonist) for Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, accompanied by Dog, an NPC companion from the same game. Rí'an is an elven woman dressed in 1890s outdoorwear, with the pink and purple outfit colors being based on her in-game Fancy Dress sprite. Her veiled tophat is based on Victorian riding attire while her overall outfit references an FIDM display of an 1890s Mountaineering outfit.

I wanted to draw Rí'an in an outfit more closely based on her in-game equipment, mixed with Victorian sportswear because she's gotta be fit for adventure! 💪
#Art #Arcanum #Arcanum:OfSteamworksandMagickObscura #ArcanumOfSteamworksandMagickObscura

An image from Godey's Lady's Book (1863). It depicts the front and back view of coiffure for a woman. The drawing is titled "NEW COIFFURES," as it depicts a then-trendy hairstyle from the 1860s. The caption at the bottom of the image reads: "Fig. 2 - The front coiffure consists of a full roll and a plait of three strands. The fall at the back can be of false hair, pinned on, and the front plaits twisted round it, which gives it a perfectly natural appearance. When false hair is used for these styles of coiffure, they are arranged with but little trouble."

Aww, thank you, Peach! I'm glad I captured that old timey feel, because my reference was this hairstyle diagram from Godey's Lady's Book (1863). I've also been playing around with various LUTs to spice up my grayscale sketches, and this LUT gave me that old faded photo look, but more blue~

aww ty 🫶

I’ll be real, I’m semi-embarrassed to be one of the few (recent) fanartists for this rather niche game (as I don’t think I’m that great + I tend to draw the same toons), but thankfully, somehow my stuff doesn’t pop up as top hits on google image searches

A digital sketch of Lianna Pel Dar and Jayna Stiles, two women from the cRPG Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. They are riding on the back of a dragon, with Lianna leisurely taking the reigns. Jayna is sitting behind Lianna on the saddle, looking down in a bit of concern/panic as she also clings tightly to the reigns.

An art request from tumblr: Lianna Pel Dar and Jayna Stiles riding a dragon. (yes, I'm aware dragons are extinct in present-day Arcanum, but let's just have fun here)
#Art #Arcanum #Arcanum:OfSteamworksandMagickObscura #ArcanumOfSteamworksandMagickObscura

A collection of assorted characters in both color and black and white line art, drawn from the shoulders up.

A collection of assorted characters in both color and black and white line art, drawn from the shoulders up.

Headshots from the request stream on 11/11/25! Doesn’t this set have a lovely consistency to it in terms of color and saturation? Lovely chars as always~

#Art #HeadshotRequests

no 💔 (no hard feelings tho! perhaps at another time, i'll open things up to more general requests~)

Got the itch to draw more Arcanum nonsense again, and I don't wanna keep spamming y'all w/ my Living One, Rí'an lol

So I've opened requests to draw y'all's Living Ones, other Arcanum OCs, or NPCs! (plz note that I'm slow to draw things 💔)
More details on my tumblr:
www.tumblr.com/stellastra-s...

I wasn't thinking about the posing in the previous pic bc it was a warm-up sketch. I guess the logical answer is that Rí'an leaned over Virgil's shoulder as he sat, but that's boring. So here's the real answer~
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A digital sketch featuring my elven OC, Rí'an Mal'los, mischievously saying "Think of the possibilities, Virgil!" to Virgil Brummond, a human NPC companion from Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. Rí'an is actually a good influence on him throughout the game, she's just being silly here.

I ended up growing quite fond of this sketch throughout the day, so I adjusted some details and cleaned up some lines that were bothering me~
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A digital sketch featuring Lord Inquisitor Xavier Calcazar from Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Instead of his in-game attire, he is dressed to play golf (polo shirt and slacks). In his hands is a golf club, and he is saying "It's only par if I lose. And I will. Not. Lose." (a parody of one of Xavier's more iconic quotes) which is sourced from a Reddit comment.

#Art #RogueTrader #XavierCalcazar

A digital sketch featuring my elven OC, Rí'an Mal'los, mischievously saying "Think of the possibilities, Virgil!" to Virgil Brummond, a human NPC companion from Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. Rí'an is actually a good influence on him throughout the game, she's just being silly here.

late night warmup scribble #art

Letizia von Valancius will always be a winner in my book~

A monochrome digital illustration featuring my custom Lord Captain, Letizia Lutgardis von Valancius, having a stare-down with Lord Inquisitor Xavier Calcazar from Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Instead of their regular attire, they are dressed like they are going to play a round of golf. In the background are their respective caddies, Abelard Werserian and Heinrix van Calox, who are both holding gold clubs.

Rogue Golfer, a game where the Lord Captain must face off against the Lord Inquisitor (both having their loyal caddies in tow).
"Abelard, tee up my next shot!"
#Art #RogueTrader #vonValancius #AbelardWerserian #HeinrixvanCalox #XavierCalcazar

YESSSSS! If you're cool with it, I can send a proper inquiry email~

(TдT)

(just got hit with my second "Sexually Suggestive" flag in two days fml...)

"Someone Irresistible" by Adele Ashworth Artist: Max Ginsburg

"Primrose" by Deborah Camp Artist: Max Ginsburg

"Winds of Desire" by Pamela Pacotti Artist: Max Ginsburg

"Lady of Fire" by Janeen O’Kerry Artist: Max Ginsburg

Something like those cheesy 1980s romance novel book covers, such as these examples here: www.ginsburgillustration.com/romance
Not asking for anything beyond your comfort zone, but I have a soft spot for these over-the-top painted bodice ripper covers
(I'll respect if this ain't up your alley, tho!)