Monthly Archives: June 2011

Queen Yoia

Hmph. Have just finished this picture and already I’m not too happy with it. Oh well. Hey, it’s a dark-skinned kalla! She’s rather pretty, isn’t she? She is Yoia, the Queen of the elves who live in the Griffonland. She’s very strong, both physically and in temperament, and is the matriarch of her people. Together with her partner, Swiftgold (not shown), she makes sure that everyone more or less gets along peaceably. Even if she has to crack some heads. She’s married to the long-suffering Nu, and they have a bunch of children. I’m not sure how many. And those children have children, and some of those have children too. Griffonland kalmaei marry and have kids a lot.

Yes, I am aware that there is something funny about her right leg. : P

Note: If you don’t know, my elves have an odd quality to their skin – it is not a fixed colour. It is a fixed tone, certainly, so some are pinkish and some are more yellowish. But Yoia is darkskinned because she spends her whole life in the steady southern sun. If she lived in the north, like Zela, she would have pale skin too. And if Zela lived in the south, she would have dark skin. Interesting, huh? I have no idea how realistic this is, but with my people, it happens. : )

More stuff: The Griffonlanders primarily wear white. It doesn’t absorb heat. I’m not sure whether the jewellery works, though. The armband might be a bit much. I mean, it does kind of restrict her bicep…

Aiden KluYa

Hey! It’s an Aiden! I got the urge to draw Zemi, too, so there’ll be a bit more Wayrift art from me in the near future… Heck, I’ll probably end up drawing Tsu and Kip and Leona too. But at the moment, Aiden.

Tried out something a bit different with colouring. And sketching, too… do you like these lines better? It’s sketchier and not so bold and outline-y. Maybe leaves a bit more up to the viewer’s imagination. Or maybe I’m just spouting nonsense. : P

Menad

Menad. His hair is nice and shiny, but that’s about it… his shoulders are much much too narrow. : P Or else his head is much too swelled, which is also entirely possible…

Oh well. Drew this last night when I was rather tired. Maybe I’ll try again today, because Menad is somewhat important as a character. Also he’s pretty. In fact, if you mistook him for a girl, I won’t blame you. But he will. Although he’s terribly vain. Whatever.

Bayn

Um. Really wanting to draw tonight, but everything is coming out not so good. Must have exhausted my creativity for a bit… or maybe I’m not pushing myself hard enough. Either or. : P

Anyway, this is supposed to be Bayn, but he’s pretty elusive and it’s probably not actually a very good picture of him.

Oh wow. Cyclists are INSANE. An article about Ryder Hesjedal – and pain. (grabbed from his Twitter)

10 Character Meme

Click for insanity. Yeah, I kinda ran out of inspiration at the end… and one of the words is maybe not wholly PG, but some of them are not too bad. I like the one of Math defending me from EbilTam. Also the one where Flairé has to marry someone came out pretty much how I wanted it too, but the one of Flairé and Marteth camping I wish I’d been able to do better. Maybe I’ll just do it as a picture sometime.

So that’s what I’ve been doing instead of writing or anything useful.

If any of the panels aren’t clear, let me know so I can make it clear. : P

Bit of clarification anyway… Layalin isn’t joking when she says she’s going to die too – kalmaeirin elves have a heart condition that means they can literally break their hearts when they lose someone particularly dear to them. Of course, it would not be the fault of a car crash. : P

10 characters for a meme

Working on the hilarious 10 character meme. You can probably guess at the answers if you know it already… but they might not be what you expect! I thought some of these turned out rather well. Probably stolen from Colby, but it’s been so long I’ve forgotten. I only just got around to it. : P

Also editting Chapter 2 of the novel. Split it into two chapters, so Tam’s moment of glory is now in Chapter 3. Chapter 2 is still veeeery rough. Not happy with most of it. I may need to chop it out and rewrite it by itself a few times. Wondering how Chapter 3 will go, since I’ve never written it before. Flaer made a long internal monologue about how useless anger is… and then flips out at a dragon for being stupid. What a silly boy.

What else? Um, not much. Obsessing unhealthily over my DevArt. Added like five bazillion pictures to my favourites. Guess I should add more of my own stuff. I think I will stick to colour stuff, because the pencil stuff is not so impressive. More or less. If there’s something on Adhemlenei you think I should post on DevArt, tell me. : P

Also dug up my Tour links again in preparation for a couple weeks from now… Go Andy! And Cadel! And Ryder! Okay, I guess I can wait until it actually gets going. It’s gonna be amazing on the new TV.

Tatamkanai commission

Tam commission

painted by Sarah Ellerton (of The Phoenix Requiem and Inverloch)

I always have trouble painting Tam. He is so eclectic, hard to pin down, both in physical space and in imagery… so I got someone else to do it! And Sarah is amaaaazing. (also, fast. She did this in like three days, omg) She got every detail that I specified, and added more!! (omg sexy belt)

One problem – Tam’s a male elf, thank you very much. I see a few people are confused about this. He’s built, for an elf, that’s all. XD

EDIT: They’re still not convinced. Oh well. Can’t please everyone. But I should probably thank them because replying to them led to me joining DevArt. : P

P.S. This art is now on his profile page.

Flaria

Flaria! The next one on the painting list I made a while ago… Not my best, but not too bad either. I mean, it resembles Flaria. I am starting to see small problems with it; I may tweak it later and re-upload it.

My dragon CD is in today! I shall go and pick it up. I shall also play some Ocarina, and visit the university, and practice Gershwin. And maybe paint another painting. Next on the list is Bayn. He’s always a tricky one, because he looks a lot like his uncle. I should upload the Lunaii dolls I’ve made recently, too.

Teitnl

Teitnl! The Evil Illusionist That Nobody Likes, an elf and illusionist and wacky philosopher from LinT. He appears here!

He’s a pretty monochrome kind of guy, so I added the searingly bright rainbow to balance. : P

I really do envy Colby’s ability to draw gorgeous bishounen. It’s pretty amazing. Such wispy hair!

Now, Teitnl is very bishie. But you should see his red-headed assistant/apprentice, Henry. Henry is exceedingly cute. And so long-suffering! (I guess you could say Teitnl is also long-suffering. But Henry is the sane one.)

Sexy Gullac!

The first one on the painting list two posts ago, this is Gullac with the face that makes all his fangirls fall over. : P

And that’s about all I have to report…

I don’t like the new Caspian movie. But it looks nice on our new TV.

I am trying to cut down on my computer time. But it’s hard. Yesterday I did reread the entire The Robe, a historical fiction novel that’s about 600 pages long. It’s pretty good, in my opinion. Today I got through two chapters in my Sweet Anticipation (music psychology) book. Only two more to go! Then I think it’s high time I reread LotR because it’s been a while. A long while.