Click for larger. Decided it was high time to turn the temporary header into a slightly more detailed header. I tweaked the anatomy a little bit but Esgalwen’s nose is still blurp. I mostly did this to procrastinate on the last Transistor fanart which is the most ambitious one. I may tweak this further but it’s a lot shinier than it was before.
This week I found out that front break-falls in karate have been messing up my neck so not going to do those anymore.
The heck is this shit
Just uploaded a new header for the site; I’m reasonably happy with the lineart (except Flairé – what’s going on with your face, buddy?) but I’ll probably completely redo the colour later. Still, there’s enough here to update the banner with something a little more indicative of my current art and most important characters. : P
As for the characters, they’re pretty evenly mixed, I think… two kalmaei, one elf, one Hylian, two humans, a dragon, and an angel… and five males to three females isn’t bad. What is a little more odd is that there are four brunettes and three with black hair; not a lot of diversity there, and four with brown eyes, three with green, and one with grey.
If anyone doesn’t know who these people are, from L-R it’s: Zela and her son Flairé from the Adhemlenei, Esgalwen/Illinia from Mirkwood (Middle Earth), Ceniro of Santaruz from Elibe (FF7), Rana from Hyrule (LoZ), Hrulash and Garekhen from Rifted Riders, and Angel from my head. These people are the ones most fundamental to the development of my inner worlds.
Just wait: in a year or two, Liz will be on the header too. : P
Full-size art!
Hrulash and Petrus, wearing the same armour (though Hrulash updated it) and wielding the same spear, with their dragon partners Stormback Maruldarn and Garekhen.
Spiritual brothers across time…
Title has nothing to do with Corpse Party, sorry CP fans. Nothing at all, only the human in the picture really likes Artery Vein. Have a listen to the song, it’s fantastic.
Hrulash: I’ve been waiting my whole life for this song, let me have it!
…yeah, he’s been like that for a few days.
Anyway, looky, looky, I painted a dragon that I can be reasonably happy with! It still needs a few tweaks – more straps on the saddle (how is Hrulash staying in his seat?) – maybe Hru should have a sword, maybe a cloak or a pack, maybe Gary could use a lot more work especially around the wings, and the sky is a bit rough.
However, I’m impatient, so here’s a pretty mostly-finished picture of Hrulash and Gary charging into… battle? Pandora no Yoru sounds pretty badass. It’s probably a battle. Continue reading
Hrulash and Garekhen soaring over his hometown.
A group picture of the Rifted Riders that I drew as a Christmas card for my fellow writers of Mintaka: Yllamse, Jenna, Gaby, and Miles.
Lavinia and Nieves the Red belong to Gaby.
Hrulash and Garekhen the Gold belong to me.
Jayce and Aeraganon the green-grey-brown-swampy-i-dun-even-know and Tiarc’rie the Mistress of Mischief belong to Yllamse.
Xanda and Nightwing the supposed-to-be-black and Midnight the mini-wyvern belong to Jenna.
Kali and Centriel the Purple belong to Miles.
THE RIFTED RIDERS (TM) (ORIGINAL) ARE READY FOR ACTION
A lot of hours (8? 10?) in Corel Painter 12. Making of video here! youtu.be/AV9sCEXtK5o
It’s only a slight bond, compared to the others; Hrulash is a plain, straight human, and doesn’t have the kind of intuition required to have more of a mental bond with his partner. They can sense great emotional distress from each other; extremely strong emotions make it through. But in spite of its limits, the bond is still there. And in spite of their differences of opinion and demeanour, they greatly enjoy spending time together. Like here.
Hrulash and Garekhen facing down some bad guy. Attempted to draw a saddle; did not go so well yet. Oh well. It’s a start. Hrulash is weilding Grandpa’s Lance, which I described recently thus: “Red steel in a teardrop shape for the head, with wings just below it, and a long black haft… And a staticky feeling around it that told him it was enchanted somehow.” I wonder who made it, and why? I think the dwarves must have made it, which means we won’t find out about it until Book 3.
Continued from Part 1 and Part 2
No, Hrulash doesn’t get a break for now. But he doesn’t mind this way so much ifyouknowwhatimean. I think this would need toning down if it were part of the main story… It’s too developed. But it’s not part of the main story, so nyah.
Also this was scanned after I installed the proper software to scan things on my new computer, and… eh, it’s not very good quality. I will have to tweak a few things next time. Continue reading