Charcoal Portraits

New pieces for my RPG character folder. All done with charcoal and chalk on A4 paper.
An Iktotchi jedi temple guard from Star Wars: Edge of the Empire.
A young Maraskanian pirate from the Dark Eye.
A stealthy assassin from the Dark Eye.
A world-class archer with a dark past from the Dark Eye.





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