Monthly Archives: October 2007

Snowy Fuend Night with Aiwëlos

It's nice in here with the fire - it makes my pale hair shiny

It’s nice in here with the fire – it makes my pale hair shiny

This is Aiwëlos, one of my bolt thrower crew and also my elf/human diplomat. Right now he’s serving Lord Lorou of Fuend Island, a Brettonian chap, for kicks. Fuend has a pretty cold winter, but in the castle with a good fire it’s pretty warm. I don’t know why he’s posing in the window, though.

Flairé

Dum da dah, dum da di da da dah, da dum da dah, dah, dum...

Dum da dah, dum da di da da dah, da dum da dah, dah, dum…

I just have to say that the slow middle section of Jupiter is WONDERFUL. The music, silly. At least, it inspired me to draw this picture, which is of Flairé with a wierd nose. His clothing is okay, though. And his hair is good. My art style is starting to get positively modern (as in, like my present day style)!

Drum Dance I

Try the French-Canadian group Norouet - that'll get your blood dancing

Try the French-Canadian group Norouet – that’ll get your blood dancing

My brother never ceases to make fun of this, but it’s actually a part of the kalma’eiric culture to dance on drums, occasionally throwing one’s primary instrument in the air. And her dress came out well, too.

Flar

Ancient sadness, and rumpled clothes

Ancient sadness, and rumpled clothes

Flar, the king. He looks kind and wise. Perfect. He also looks kind of… off – his hair is good but his face shading is not – but oh well. And I was still experimenting with cloth. Not too good here, but improving slightly.

Zela and hair and stuff

I can see you, and Link can hear you... O_O7

I can see you, and Link can hear you… O_O7

I was thinking about drawing in the middle of the night, and I imagined drawing this hair. So I got up and drew it. I don’t do that often. Didn’t turn out too well scanned. Then I drew Zela, using shading to see her profile in a 3/4 view. Then I drew Link’s ear because I felt like it. Yay for randomness!

Klo Tark

Enigmatic, he waits patiently, practicing his meditation, which is on... delivering the next lame pun.

Enigmatic, he waits patiently, practicing his meditation, which is on… delivering the next lame pun.

This is a blue-skinned, white-haired, yellow-eyed elf-like alien being from the webcomic Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, which is definitely not for under-13s. A lot of naughty stuff in it, and some really bad puns… but I like Klo Tark.

Mahad, Dahlia, and Janaff

Mahad: (air guitar) Dahlia: He is so clownish...

Mahad: (air guitar) Dahlia: He is so clownish…

Mahad? Dahlia? Janaff? What? Um, I guess I was thinking of Skyland again, and this is what came out! I like the chibi-Mahad. He seems like an electric-guitar guy. I have no idea what Janaff is doing there. Come to think of it, I have no idea what Janaff is doing! Someone want to tell me?

Zela’s Family

The whole pile at once

The whole pile at once

This is Zela and Flaer’s complete family. From L-R, T-B (top to bottom), Flaer, the hero of the story, who has since had a slight makeover, Zela, the heroine of the story, Flairé, looking wierd and the narrator of at least part of it, Flaria, the token gracious female, Menad, who’s looking quite a beauty here despite the fact that he goes evil at some point, Marteth, who we met yesterday and who still has stupid hair and this time a stupid face as well, Bayn, wearing Griffin-land style clothes and looking a bit odd (jaw too straight), Gullac, winking roguishly at the viewer because that’s what he does, and finally, Mathaning, the naive innocente. This is the best picture of him.

So, finally, the whole of Zela’s family has been represented graphically at least once. Good!

Marteth

grumpy in winter

grumpy in winter

This is Zela and Flaer’s fourth child and third son (counting Menad), Marteth. I now disagree violently with his hair. On the other hand, it’s well shaded (for me), and his character design on all other points looks pretty good. And that’s a dragon head on his sword hilt, not a dragon skull. And his expression is pretty good, although his chin is too sharp and/or protruding. Or something. It doesn’t look realistic somehow. Anyway, it’s a brand new (to you) character! How intriguing!