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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For #inktober this year I plan to do 1 drawing inspired by Tolkien’s Legendarium every 2 days. ✨ Days 1-2: Taniquetil ✨ #inktober2026 #tolkien

Photo of a small, playing card sized drawing done using black ink with a traditional dip ink pen. The drawing depicts a tall mountain peak with rays of light emitting from its summit. At the bottom is the word “Taniquetil” in red ink written in a gothic script.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

⚔️ The Battle of Ghor Dranas ⚔️ Final battle of the Calamity, where the armies of the Prime Deities achieve their victory, reducing the Betrayer Gods’ stronghold to rubble. @exandriaartists.bsky.social #CriticalRoleFanart #RoleInitiative #Illustration

Digital painting of a fantasy war scene from dungeons and dragons web series Critical Role. Central in the composition is a heroic figure with white wings clad in golden armour riding a white horse and holding a gleaming sword above their head.

In the foreground are various members of the Prime Deities’ army, wielding swords, shields, bows and casting magic. They are charging away from the viewer.

In the background are the defending Betrayer Gods’ army, made mostly of devils and a green dragon. They charge towards the viewer and some sword fighting occurs where the armies clash.

In the far distance is the city of Ghor Dranas, which is under siege by flaming trebuchet fire. Atop the mountains behind the city is Tiamat, an enormous 5 headed dragon goddess.

The sky is filled with dark clouds, except for occasional beams of light which break through and illuminate the hero and the distant spires of the city.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Quote with your four elements! Air💨 Earth🏞️ Water🌊 Fire🔥

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Showcase of work done for Spectre Divide! 💛 As lead of the art team on Airship's side, I was responsible for creating various hairstyles to serve as quality benchmarks, and directing the team to nail the unique style More renders: www.artstation.com/artwork/K3r4ny #gameart #characterart #gamedev

Rendered image of multiple 3D-modelled hairstyles that are highly stylised with bold flat colours and black outlines. The assets were created by 3D character artist Tristan McGuire for the video game Spectre Divide.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Elvenking of Alinôra | MTG style Illustration Created with mentorship of @paulscottcanavan.com #illustration #artist

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Just a silly one from me for the @exandriaartists.bsky.social #CriticalGlobes project. Snow globe of Keyfish decimated on rocks with blood as the snow 😌 #criticalrolefanart

Digital illustration of a snow globe with a sculpture of a dead goldfish inside that looks like it fell and got smashed against rocks. The fish has cartoonish ‘X’ shapes for eyes, indicating its deadness. Instead of snow in the globe, there are droplets of blood.
There is a plaque on the base of the globe that says “Keyfish”. This is a reference to a scene in critical role campaign 1 where Keyleth transformed into a goldfish and died falling from a cliff.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Thrilled to share the raptidons that I made for The Outer Worlds 2! As a fan of the franchise, it was a real honour to make these iconic creatures ❤️ More renders on ArtStation: www.artstation.com/artwork/qJyd5L www.artstation.com/artwork/dyXBqQ www.artstation.com/artwork/y4YmWR #TheOuterWorlds2

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

PCs I will be playing for a tabletop game weekend! 💖 Toni: Mafia boss. Literally a frog. Valorean: Heroic guy. WILL get in harms way. Tacitus: Evil guy. Is off to try and kill a god. Gher'kin: A "psi warrior"? Probably high on mould spores. #D&D #Daggerheart #Art

Digital illustration of 4 character portraits. From left to right: Toni Macaroni - an anthropomorphic desert rain frog rogue dressed like a mafia boss, Valorean - a white dragonborn fighter/warlock in a brown scarf, Tacitus - a red dragonborn sorcerer in a fancy blue robe, Gher'kin - a githyanki fighter with bloodshot eyes and sharpened teeth.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The Ziggurat | Critical Role Illustration / 3D model www.artstation.com/artwork/980AGO #CriticalRoleFanart #TLOVM #illustration #3Dmodel #TGTT @exandriaartists.bsky.social

The Whitestone Ziggurat is a location in the Dungeons and Dragons web series Critical Role and animated series The Legend of Vox Machina. This image shows a
digital illustration of a necromantic ritual taking place atop a tiered pyramid with a long staircase leading to a structure at the top. Some of the tiers also feature rows of stone arches with carved details. There are tall, thin pillars on each corner of the pyramid with hollow stone circles on top. Chains wrap around the circles and lead through the open windows of the upper structure. A green beam of magical energy erupts vertically from the structure and out of the windows. Behind the ziggurat are cave walls and ceiling with stalactites, in front are and tree roots and rocks close to the viewer that frame the image. There is a low-lying teal mist at the base. The colour palette of the image is bright green magic effects, mid-value teal mist and dark blue for the structure and environment. The artist's signature reads "Tristan McGuire @Draconic_Cowboy".

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My frame for the @criticalframes.bsky.social collaboration! Many artists collaborated to make a short animation in celebration of 10 years of Critical Role. Congrats to all who took part 😁 #criticalframes #criticalrolefanart

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🐉 Little Red Dragon 🐉 Modelled, textured, rigged, animated and rendered all within Blender. Breakdown on ArtStation: www.artstation.com/artwork/QKZEa3 #3DArt #Blender3D #Dragon

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🔴 Ludinus Da'leth x Predathos 🔴 Romance novel cover for the Critical Rolemance April Fools project hosted by @exandriaartists.bsky.social #CriticalRoleFanart #CriticalRolemance #LudinusDaleth #Predathos

A digital painting imitating the style of a stereotypical romance novel cover.

Two figures are posed as if they’re about to kiss. On the left is Predathos the God Eater, an alien humanoid with orange and red skin, green crystals and four arms. On the right is Ludinus Da’Leth, a pale elven man with long white hair and a blue robe. Predathos is using his four arms to caress Ludinus and also pull his robe down, exposing his chest.

The background is pink clouds of dust against a dark sky and a vertical line representing the Bloody Bridge.

Overlaid on the illustration is white text in a script font. The book title in the lower centre reads ‘Hungry for You’ with subtitle ‘Would you cross the Bloody Bridge for love?’. In the top right is the fake author name ‘Hugh Bris’ a play on words of ‘hubris’

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

✨ Celebrating 10 years of Critical Role! ✨ Illustrations for the @exandriaartists.bsky.social #CR10Party event. Cheers to @chacharae.bsky.social for the backgrounds🥂 #CriticalRoleFanart #ChromaConclave #TLoVM

A digital illustration featuring five anthropomorphic dragons attending a party. From left to right: Umbrasyl, Vorugal, Thordak, Brimscythe and Raishan. The five members of the Chroma Conclave from Dungeons and Dragons web series Critical Role.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

👁️ The Cloven Crystal 👁️ Illustration for @exandriaartists.bsky.social's Rewind project. #CriticalRoleFanart #AGERewind #FjordStone #Ukotoa #MightyNein

Fjord Stone, a green half-orc from Dungeons and Dragons web series Critical Role, is illustrated from the waist-up in this digital painting. The prominent colour in the painting is green, with emphasis on a yellow sphere in the foreground. The scene is set underwater, and some pieces of seaweed overlap Fjord's body. A spherical yellow crystal floats between Fjord's hands and he gazes at it. In the distant background, a large reptilian eye is looming, looking at Fjord. This is the eye of Uk'otoa, Fjord's warlock patron. There is some resemblance between the background eye and the foreground crystal, which is called the Cloven Crystal.

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Tristan McGuire @draconiccowboy.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

The Lawful Evil and Neutral Evil Deities of Exandria 🔥 Illustrations made for the @exandriaartists.bsky.social Calamity event. #AGEcalamity #CriticalRoleFanart

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