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I have always been a voracious reader. One of the first fantasy series that had a huge impact on me was the Dragonlance chronicles. I remember diving into the library on a five minute time schedule, looking for any new Dragonlance books that had come in.Larry Elmore's paintings of the Heroes had a major impact on me... though I don't think I realized it for a long time. I remember copying his drawings of the main characters over and over. I still have sketchbooks with some of my early drawings of the Heroes of the Lance--from middle school.
Of all the heroes, Raistlin was my favorite. He was mysterious and sarcastic and complicated and I adored him. I cried so hard the night I finished the last of the Legends trilogy--I felt like my best friend had died.
I'm no longer such a Dragonlance fan... at least not of the new books. The original chronicles still hold a special place in my heart. And it's been many many years since I last drew any of the characters. But after Dragon*con last weekend, and getting a chance to talk to Larry Elmore, I was obsessed with drawing Raistlin again. It was all I could think about the whole way home.
So here you go, some Raistlin fan art. If you're a fan yourself, you may even recognize the scene. Bonus points if you can tell me what's happening in the background.
My only regret with this painting is that with his head tilted down and him looking at the book, it's hard to see his hourglass eyes. They are there, though.
Raistlin is ©Weis and Hickman, Wizards of the Coast
No I don't do prints of fan art.
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Burning of Solace. That's the scene. First of all, it happened before Raistlin took the Black Robes. Second of all, he's holding the book of that Lich that is inhabiting his body.
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"Look Raist, bunnies!" This one will go into my favorites for sure.
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Remarkable work and truly fitting to the series of books which i enjoyed immenisly!!!!!!!!!!!1
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I really like this one. I think you nailed the robes really good. the staff is to thin and tall LOl but hell that is all. His coloring is really good as well.
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This is beautiful. Larry Elmore has been one of my main inspirations as well (and he is so nice in person).
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My favorite mage ever! I am not ashamed to confess I shed some tears when he decides to die instead to destroy all in his quest to become a god. For me his sacrifice and Sturm's are the high points of the original six books. Great art and I celebrate your choice of depicting him doing what he loved best, the study of his art! As Solace burns, Raistlin's soul burns with the knowledge he adquires from Fistandantilus spellbook.
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Love it! I'm doing Raistlin cosplay for Halloween.
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This is stunning! I love the richness of the color and the realism in the clothing. The attention to detail of the figure is amazing. The composition of the piece is very nicely balanced. You can really feel the emotion and personality of the character. I tend to browse a lot, so it's not just any picture that makes me stop to admire it enough to want to add it to my favorites so I can share it with others. This is certainly one of those pieces for me. You should feel very proud of what you have accomplished with this.
(Raistlin is my favorite of all of the characters they have created)
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i think this when Solace is being destroyed yes?? amaxing pic
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We have so many DL things in common: The Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends were one of the first fantasy series I read, Raistlin was and is my favorite, and I cried after reading the last book.
This piece is beautiful. Great coloring.
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This is an amazing piece of art, and depicts him exactly how I imagined him!
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Ok, they are on a road. They are going to Tarsis I believe. They are close to the Darkin Woods. This is when Caramon bugged Raistlin by talking to him. In the background, Solace is being destroyed
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Atleast I got the background right
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Hello there, you've been featured in this.. hm.. thing 
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Is the book Raistlen holding Fistendautiless'?
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Great work! Well, it's been a while but I used to be a big Raistlin fan. So I guess he's just retrieved the magic book from the black dragon's lair, and the background is Solace burning.
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ohhh! I love this character, is one of my favourites of the dragonlance books :3 I love your work *w* great work!
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Wow. This is very good! Well done ^_^
Raistlin is my favorite character!
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oh yeah he's holding one of the Spellbooks of Fistendantalus.
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I'm a fan of the series as well, and the background is Raistlin's old hometown burning. I think he actually destroyed it with a meteor shower spell though...
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Raistlin is my favourite character and Hero of the Lance. You have drawn him exactly how I picture him <3. It has been a very long time since I read the older books but if it had been fresh in my mind, I'm sure I would have known this scene here. Again very well done!
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Not only is this my favorite character but you also submitted it on my birthday
I know you dont do prints BUT would you allow this to be used on a profile? with credit to you of course
its amazing
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This is one of the first fanmade pictures of Raistlin, that really looks like how I imagine him all the year.
absolutly fantastic, stunning work. Love it
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i loved those book. they got me "into" reading. and Raistlin was always my fav. and i stoped reading dragonlance once they locked him away. 
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RAIST!!! Haha, I forgotted you had done this. Wonderful colors and anaomy.
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I see you get comment after comment, and I admit that I love this piece, but i have onlyy 1 critique, his eyes. Though portraying the emotion came across well, with the white h and golden skin came the hourglass eyes, and i want to see those.
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Very Nicely done. Dragonlance was a series I liked, up to the 5th age stuff came out.
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=] Love the background info.
I myself first stumbled upon these books when I was in middle school, and I still have my old fan art (horrible as it may have been!).
Thank you for this wonderful piece!
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Oh my God, that' amazing. Raistlin is my favourite character from the DragonLance chronicles and I love him (I named my cat by Raistlin). He is just you wrote, mysterious, sarcastic and complicated. In my own country DragonLance Legends didn't work yet (old edition is sold out), just only the first, Time of the Twins (new edition). War of the Twins will released next week and I can't wait for it. I heard that Raistlin died and I cried all night after. Your paint of Raistlin is incredible, awesome and the best of all I've seen in my life. I applaud......
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Raistlin is so awesome, i like it too. Awesome picture!
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I just started reading DagonLance's Dragons of the Autumn twilight. Raistlin came my favorit caracter instently.
Must say you have Pictured him very nicely
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Can't tell whats going on in the background (been a long time since I read the original trilogies myself.) but that would be one of the books of.. Fistandatilus..? (Can't recall character names right now I'm afraid.)
But I agree, Raistlin always was my favorite, and I still do consider him a fairly decently developed character (especially compare to the others...), and jsut overall interesting to follow.
But well awesome piece of work here, finally a Raistlin piece that looks like I imagined him.
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I love Raistlin too. This picture is wonderful ^^
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