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Griffonland Kallei

In one country, at least, they have scantily-clad women just like all the stereotypes... :P

In one country, at least, they have scantily-clad women just like all the stereotypes… 😛

This is my attempt to put down the general fashion of the Griffonlands of the Adhemlenei, especially for women, which I had in my head for a pretty long time. Men wear much the same thing but I draw enough pretty guys already. So, as you can see, there are three basic styles – loose robe, loose robe with sleeves, and half-naked-ness. All are (apparently) suitable for agricultural work in their warm climate (hence the tans/dark skin), and that’s why the girl on the left is holding some grassy bits of stuff. The girl in the middle is more of a noblewoman, as you can tell from the way her hair is done up and the jewelled necklace in her hand. The girl on the right is very mobile all day long and so wears clothes that are even less restricting than loose robes. Her top is pinned in place. Her skirt has underwear built into it for modesty (v. important, you know!). The vague resemblance to Disney’s Pocahontas is unintentional. I also accidentally made her much bigger closer than the other two. That’s why it says ‘scale fail’ underneath.

My eraser was acting up really badly that day but I couldn’t find another one. Sorry.

North Wall of Moon City Palace

Pillars of trees

Pillars of trees

Another Zela picture! This time, I went for setting rather than character, and this picture is much better than I expected.

This picture was inspired, as began to happen more and more frequently, by music: La cathedral engloutie, par Debussy. Someone I knew played it at a masterclass, and I was enthralled… so pretty……..

Anyway, so, as well as imagining a weed-draped stone structure with light filtering down from above, and water gushing out as it rises, I also imagined a great hall of glass and stone trees for pillars, and as the sun sets, it falls full on two thrones at one end (in this picture, out of sight on the right), illuminating two figures sitting there: Flar and Stria! Stria is one incarnation, at least, of Flair’s mother.

The little words and the arrow pointing to the girl say ‘scale figure’. My brother says he thinks it’s a good picture!