Undiscovered Artist

You have spent your formative years engaged in a number of artistic pursuits. Maybe you are self taught, or maybe you were tutored; but all can see you have a way with a brush, chisel, pen or song. Despite your skill, you have not yet had the stroke of fortune that allowed others to see the genius of your craft. Although you have some ways to go before the public eye perceives your work, the promise of your artistic talents would eventually lead to your discovery.

Skill Proficiencies: Your experience in honing your craft and perceiving the minute details of everyday subjects grants you the precise control and perception to capture what you see with your physical and inner eyes. You are proficient in Perception and choose 1 skill from this list: Insight, Sleight of Hand, History, Religion, or Performance.

Tool Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in two artisan tools of your choice. Choose from the available tools.

Suggested Characteristics

Personality traits: d8
1 I love watching people.
2 I want for people to see or read my work, and I'm shameless in promoting it.
3 I hate to leave a project unfinished.
4 My work is unorthodox and often misunderstood.
5 I want to render the world accurately.
6 Emotion and feeling are more important than facts.
7 I follow one of the masters of my specialty with fanatic devotion.
8 I hate some or all of my work.

Ideal: d6
1 Beauty: I seek all forms of beauty.
2 Freedom: All subjects should be depicted in art.
3 History: Art is meant to document the present world for posterity.
4 Communication: All activities should communicate an idea.
5 Shock: Art should include the grotesque, to show the rough side of life.
6 Unfettered: Nothing is off limits to me, not blood, not death.

Bond: d6
1 I make art to provide for a lover/child/parent/sibling.
2 I'm attached to a patron, and I love making them happy with my art.
3 My art is everything to me, and I try to protect my works whenever I can.
4 I want to show the true life of the poor, and help them in the world.
5 I fell in love with a museum or library as a child and will protect it with my life.
6 My home is where my art began, and should be protected at all costs.

Flaw: d6
1 I really cannot take criticism.
2 I look down on forms of art that are not my specialty as not true art.
3 I spend all my money on expensive materials, even when I can't afford to.
4 I take on commissions but do a half-hearted job.
5 I am enraged when someone doesn't get my work.
6 I'm extremely jealous of other artists, thinking they are better than me for no reason.