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The Rifted Riders

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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

Wait, it’s not Fanservice Day yet

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An excuse to draw hot shirtless men is not one to be missed. : D

Then followed twenty minutes of shirtless, leanly-muscled, sweaty, long-haired men grunting and punching each other and eventually wrestling in the dirt. Lavinia got a massive nosebleed, and Xanda got Midnight to tell Kali to bring popcorn. Everyone enjoyed themselves except the ones who were male.
And then Jayce showed up and was horrified and cleaned everything up and scolded them. Everyone agreed that was probably for the best.
[This entire thing never happened in canon.]

Continued from Part 1 and Part 2

Friends

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My crappy illustration of Jayce and Hrulash’s totally platonic heterosexual manly friendship. And Xanda laughing at the fact that any way you look at it, it looks totally not. Oh, boys. (No, really, they’re both heterosexual, and Hrulash would really appreciate it if you would “get off his case about his failings with girls or he will hunt you down and bend your ear on statistics until you stab yourself in the eye out of boredom”.)
And yes, Hrulash is saying to Jayce that he’s glad they’re friends with the very angriest face he can manage. He’s weird like that. Fortunately, Jayce understands. A little too well for Hrulash’s comfort.
Hrulash swears he didn’t use to use such obscene gestures until Xanda drove him to it. He is a nobleman, after all, and they’re above such stupidity. I think he’s actually pretty mad about her seeing this, though, and might even go after Xan (fear of getting his butt kicked aside) except for the fact that Jayce is still hugging him.
I’m not very good with Jayce’s hair.
Now I have to go finish this DMC fanfic. Ugh, figments. Continue reading

X and Y

So this is what happens when Xanda and Yoia run into each other at the bar… Instant friendship? Yoia hasn’t gotten her alcohol yet, but that was the first thing she was going to do.She just got distracted by this young lady with great fashion sense. (…and yes, Yoia really is that ripped. This is her drinking outfit. Easier to flip tables in this than her court robes, which are still made for buttkicking, really. …I wonder what her war armour looks like? Probably more fur.)

Laekna, Xanda’s potential romantic interest, is in the background on the left, doing some reading, but she can sense her healing services may be of use later in the evening when tables start flying. And she is not impressed by the idea. Nu, Yoia’s husband, is on the right, himself resigned to the inevitable.

This picture was a nice break from reality. I may not have a lot to do, but my brain is offering me energy ultimatums and holding my self-esteem hostage. So I draw and write.

Ill Wind is Blowing

Ill Wind is Blowing by Yllamse

Where it’s blowing from or to, no one knows yet. But Our Heroes look pretty determined to deal with it. : D Doesn’t Hrulash look spiffy in his new yellow jacket? But everyone looks fantastic. I’d love to have Xanda’s gauntlets. Or Jayce’s shirt! Or Kali’s belt. Seriously, these dragonriders are well-dressed. *hugs Jayce*

Also Yllamse is a wonderful person and a great artist and I love her. : D

RR Night Out, colour

This is a colour version of this lovely sketch by Yllamse; I asked her if I could colour it, and she said yes, so I did finally. : ) The scene is from the Wayrift forum roleplay The Rifted Riders, in which a bunch of us decided to roleplay our characters which we had submitted to the Wayrift Dragonrider contest. Here, the recruits have the evening off. So they go drinking, as one does. Xanda and Kali, of course, get dressed to the nines and get ready to go wild; Jayce is shyly curious; Tiarc’rie the fairy dragon is excited (and technically invisible to all but Jayce); Midnight the minidragon is wondering how to keep her friend Xanda from partying too hard; and Hrulash is grimly bringing up the rear, hoping that no one will embarrass them all.

It was a good roleplay. Too bad I got too lethargic to continue. (as far as I know, Hrulash took an injury in a battle against acidic swamp witches, was laid up in bed, and then prolly someone made him stay in bed until he actually recovered properly. I don’t even know. I haven’t checked the thread since then, except to get colour references for this picture. It doesn’t seem to have gone too far in page length, at least. Maybe we can pick it up again next September?) : D