About

Chrys, also known as Roselysium on social media is an LGBT+ freelance illustrator and designer. They primarily do artwork on commission basis and specialise in the field of colourful character illustrations, and character designs.Their favourite part of creating illustrations is the process of character creation and coming up with new and interesting concepts.

TraitsSkilled atProgram Proficiences
Goal-OrientedPainted Character ArtClip Studio Paint EX
Quick LearnerItem IllustrationAdobe Suite
AdaptableTTRPG Book LayoutWord/Excel
CreativeFantasy Creature IllustrationSony Vegas 14+
Education and ExperienceYears
Print Intern (Germany)April 2012
College for Arts (Germany)2014
Online University for Arts (Online-Schule für Gestaltung; Germany)2015 - 2017
Freelance Illustrator, Layout Artist2014 - Ongoing

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Recent Artwork

Older Artwork

Layout Design

Graphics Design

Personal Projects

Below you will find a small selection of books Chrys has actively contributed to via writing, layout, or art.
In addition you will find a slideshow displaying spreads of his layout work!

Stock Art

Chrys periodically releases Stock Art on DriveThruRPG (and soon also Ko-Fi).
His stock artwork includes a wide variety of subjects such as -but not limited to- character .pngs, environmental backgrounds, full scenes, and potential cover artworks.

Adventure Sidekicks

Adventure Sidekicks is a series of books for DnD 5e focused on supplementing WotC's official adventures with better sidekick NPC characters. This project got released on DMsGuild, and was lead by Adam Hancock.Roselysium was brought onto the project to create cover artworks featuring prominent NPCs from each book.

Magnificent Mythologies

Magnificent Mythologies was a 2022 initiative by the Foundation for Inclusivity in Gaming (FIG) in cooperation with PlayNerdAllies and Realmwarp Media.Magnificent Mythologies aimed at giving a voice to people of colour and their culture's mythologies by bringing them on to the project where they would work together with project lead Cyle to create a 5e Adventure.Chrys was brought onto the project as one of the main cover and interior artists for approx. half of the final released supplements.Whilst they did do the art for the covers, they did not create the layout for the covers.

Commission Prices

TypePrice (EUR)Commercial Fee(*)Completion Time
Items/Weapons€ 50+25%1-3 Business days
Quick Illustration€ 100+33%1-3 Business days
Complex Illustration€ 200+50%5-7 Business days
+ Extra Characters+ 50%-+ 1 day / Character
Cover Art (Stylistic)€ 225included3-5 Business days
Cover Art (Illustration)€ 300included5-7 Business days
Character Design€ 250++50%7-9 Business days

Examples

Terms of Service (Commercial)

By purchasing an Artwork with a Commercial License you are granted a lifelong (royalty-free) license to use the image(s) in unlimited personal and commercial products. You may NOT place these images in any other art production, stock art collection, or resell them individually, unless otherwise discussed.The artist reserves the right to re-sell any artwork they create as stock art, unless an exclusivity fee is paid (price depends on scope of project), or otherwise discussed.You are allowed to crop, rotate, flip, reduce, enlarge, or otherwise modify these images as needed. Though if any of the images are to be resized, the original proportions must be maintained. You may compile several images into a larger assortment with the restriction that all stock art in the compilation must be by Roselysium, though exceptions may be made. Contact to discuss details!The image(s) do not have to be individually credited, however you MUST include the following statement (or a variation of the following statements) in the credits of any product where these image(s) are used:For commissioned Cover art: "Cover Art done by Roselysium - https://twitter.com/roselysium"For any reuse: "Some artwork copyright by Roselysium - https://twitter.com/roselysium - used with permission."If your product is to be sold via DMsGuild, or any of its sister sites, credit "Roselysium" in the Artists section on the product page of whichever products you use the image(s) for.Not necessary but appreciated: If you have commissioned custom cover art and you promote your product(s) via twitter include "Cover by @Roselysium" somewhere in the tweet.You are PROHIBITED from associating any of my work with NFTs or Cryptocurrencies.For further questions contact me via Twitter, or Email.Date: November 23rd 2022

Terms of Service (General)

  • Prices are minimum. Depending on complexity and scope of the project there may be additional fees. These Prices are for individuals and small publishers. Bigger publishers and companies please negotiate a custom rate.

  • Backgrounds are included. (Gradients or Patterns for All, Detailed backgrounds will cost extra)

  • Additional Characters in the same illustration are an additional fee of 50% of the original price.

  • Fanart (Licensed Characters) require a 15% fee.

  • Ask about upgrading your sketches with backgrounds, or other small changes!

  • Artworks may only be reposted with proper credit or linkback. (ROSELYSIUM on Carrd or Twitter)

  • (*) The Commercial Fee for illustrations depends on the project. Generally expect a 50% additional fee ontop of the minimum price.

  • Message via the contact form, or Twitter DMs for business inquiries.

  • Please allow up to 5 business days for me to get back to you. Once I sent an invoice, your drawing should be completed within 10 business days.

  • I respond to messages Mon-Fri, 2pm - 10pm Central European Time.

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