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Sweet image. And yeah, nativity was the first thing that popped in my head when I saw it too.
So we've got what looks to be a cleric of Sarenrae(not certain who is holding the staff, gut says the lady). An overjoyed halfling fighter/paladin who looks like he had a rough trip on the way in, and a half-elf and half-orc watching over the scene, and that roof needs work.
Man I hope there's context for this in the book. ;)
The guy on the right is intended to be a gnome?
needs some colour in his hair!
Very fun.
Now I want to see the Cheliaxian nativity scene and the annual antichrist pageant.
An overjoyed halfling fighter/paladin who looks like he had a rough trip on the way in, and a half-elf and half-orc watching over the scene, and that roof needs work.
"So you are back from your 'adventuring' huh? You missed the birth. I will smite you for this! Now fix the damn roof!"
Happy holidays and may your family dinners be tolerable
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The guy on the right is intended to be a gnome?
needs some colour in his hair!
The guy on the right is a halfling, I believe. The old male in the robes is a gnome suffering from the bleaching (just a bit taller than the halflings, so not human). I'm sure he'd agree about needing color in his hair, but not for aesthetic reasons....
The staff appears to be his. I don't think the mother would be clumsily holding the staff while she holds her newborn, and the gnome does have his hand outstretched to where he could be holding it.
I read an interesting bit by a fantasy artist at one point about the notes he (or was it she?) got back on some art for a book... lots of "it's not clear whose arm that is," "change the cloak so that it's not obscuring the hordes in the background," kind of things. It was a real eye-opener with respect to the editorial process for art. Frankly, the staff confusion should have been caught in this piece, but it's a relatively minor point, and other more pressing art-related editorial issues may have obscured it.
Is there a button for regifting?
It looks like Jamus Hainard is a new father (I love that little guy!).
I like the hole in the roof, because it's clearly from the Half-Orc standing up too fast in the little halfling house.
Sweet image. And yeah, nativity was the first thing that popped in my head when I saw it too.
So we've got what looks to be a cleric of Sarenrae(not certain who is holding the staff, gut says the lady). An overjoyed halfling fighter/paladin who looks like he had a rough trip on the way in, and a half-elf and half-orc watching over the scene, and that roof needs work.
Now all we need is for the following lines of dialogue:
"Look, he has your husband's eyes."
"Yes, but he's got his father's nose -- woops."
An overjoyed halfling fighter/paladin who looks like he had a rough trip on the way in, and a half-elf and half-orc watching over the scene, and that roof needs work."So you are back from your 'adventuring' huh? You missed the birth. I will smite you for this! Now fix the damn roof!"
And now we know why married adventurers spend so much time wandering.
Huh. I totally was not thinking "nativity scene" when I did the art order for that piece, but it sure looks like one.
Great work of art! I like this style, and I to saw "Nativity Scene" first but then thought maybe a Baptismal, Christening, or if you prefer, a Naming Ceremony.
I showed this to my wife (a semi-gamer) and she thought nativity right away too. :) Maybe its just the season... ;)
It's the iconography of the composition.
You can have a barn with a broken roof and a beam of heavenly light slanting down onto a cabbage and it will look like a nativity.
Add in the small horde of adoring faces in shadow looking at the object of adoration?
There's also the fact that the elf, the half-orc, and the pointy-eared bald guy form the three patriarchal figures of different races needed to figure in as the wise men--and also, frankly, there's also the small racist detail that the white guy is in the center coming forth to admire the blessed child while the Asian guy (the elf) and the African guy (the half-orc) stand behind him somewhere between bodyguards and back-up singers. (The only time I've ever seen one of the non-white guys get closest to the kid is when it's the African guy kneeling down like a slave.)
Then you've got the two younger figures around the kid as the Joseph and Mary figures and the short guy running in the door takes the place of the little drummer boy.