Ari Matthews
Lumiel Astor — Child of Stars — A cleric of the god of storms, designed and redesigned over a campaign, with outfit references for each chapter of his story.

Lumiel Astor — Child of Stars

Year
2025–2026
Type
Personal work
Discipline
character design, illustration
Tools
Procreate

Design and document a D&D character across a year of play — outfits, expressions, and a zine.

Lumiel is the Dungeons and Dragons character I created for a campaign I’m participating in with a group of friends I made in college.

He’s a monotone cleric who comes from an underground religious sect known as the Church of Talos, worshipping the god of storms and destruction. He uses his magical abilities to heal the party, though his personality and wayward morals cause tension between him and those he travels with.

He has naturally evolved since his creation over the countless times I’ve depicted him, which is included in the mini zine I made around him for a class assignment.

Outfit references

I made a proper reference for each of his outfits so far — his religious garments, his outfit during the first month of the campaign’s story, and his current outfit following a month-long time skip.

Outfit reference sheet — Lumiel in red religious garments, blue medical scrubs, and dark field gear, with a portrait and a star-shaped scar detail

Expressions

Expression sheet — nine labelled expressions including neutral, content, scared, smug, frustrated and excited

The zine

The mini zine is where the year of drawing him actually lives — thirteen pages of character notes, spell studies and gear, in the blue and gold pencil I kept coming back to. These three spreads are my favourites.

Zine spread — left, Lumiel sitting with his knees drawn up and a wary look, gold halo rings and blue constellation lines around him, a lightning bolt pendant at his throat; the text notes his medical knowledge matches a human doctorate. Right, he stands with his arms folded against a gold hatched background, thinking "Such fools..." and correcting himself with "Be nice.", while below a second drawing shows him kneeling with one hand on the ground

Zine spread — left, Lumiel holds a glowing orb against his chest with his eyes closed, haloed, a constellation traced beside him. Right, he braces low over rippling ground while a large hand above throws off a burst of light

Zine spread — left, a full figure of Lumiel in his current field outfit, blue jacket and belt rig over cuffed trousers and sneakers, with prop studies of a crystal, a patterned ring and a spiral shell. Right, close studies of the belt rig and satchel, a roll of bandage tape, and a pill bottle marked with a medical cross

Read the whole zine (PDF, 5 MB)

See also Lumiel Cover and Cleric’s Choice.