Sketch-A-Day 2013: Days 17-22 and 23

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I'm home from OhayoCon (returned home Monday night after a few unexpected delays, which had me arriving much later than originally anticipated) and was immediately walloped by a mutant head/chest cold thing... Con Crud has definitely taken up residence. Today is the first day I've been mostly conscious enough to go ahead and post the Sketch-A-Day drawings I finished while I was out of town.

I'm going to go ahead and post them as a batch, and include the Day 23 post for today. Hope you enjoy! :)

Day 17: It's a bit difficult to portray a deep space nebula with just a pencil and a white conte crayon, but that's what I was going for here... It would probably be a lot more effective image in full color, maybe with a smaller figure, too, to portray that sense of being so tiny.

Day 18: At the suggestion of my friend Amy, I did a water-woman to pair off with the fire-man I did earlier in the month.

 

Day 19: ... Uhm... just working through something...

Day 20: I'm hoping the idea that the crown is floating around his head is conveyed here, as that's what I was going for in the sketch.

 

Day 21: A'kahenna: a race of desert-dwelling djinn-like beings, usually swathed in layers of scarves and robes, but topless here, to get a view of the the glowing tattoos that wind their way around his body as his magic gets more powerful with age. His body also changes with his magic use, more magic manipulation results in more anthropomorphic traits. The body morphing reaches it's evolutionary conclusion when the mage displays horns, a tail, talons, and animal legs. They are then at the full strength of their powers.

In color, their eyes are glowing blue pupils and iris on blue sclera and the tattoos glow gold against their pure black skin.

Day 22: The captive demon concubine. He lives trapped in this form by the collar around his neck. The runes inscribed on it's surface keep him locked away from his true form, his magic, his kin, and his world on the other side of the Mirror.

 

Day 23:

Just something lighter and more of a snapshot. I rather like the domesticated creature-thing on the reins... dunno what it is, but I like it. :)

Whew... I am now caught up on the Sketch-A-Day posting I missed while I was at OhayoCon. Please let me know what you think of the new sketches, and I should now be back to regular posting through the end of the month, right on original schedule.

 

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