This is Barquiel. He’s a character in Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy books. He’s a snarky bastard. I’m not sure blue is really his color, but the magic of ~digital coloring~ is that I can always go back, I guess. Stupid Courcel Blue.
Sidonie from Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel Series. Ehh, I got bored tonight and wanted to experiment with coloring again. I can never quite pick the colors I want. Yeah, not funny.
Click for bigger, and I warn you now: it’s huge. This is for the Press, obviously. Header done in Illustrator, linework in Photoshop, coloring with Painter. 124% accuracy. Umm and for the hell of it I’ll throw these guys in here (Mavros and Imriel from the book Kushiel’s Scion):
(Click it for the bigger version) “The blood beat in my ears, with a sound like bronze wings clashing. A red haze veiled my vision. Kushiel’s face swam before my eyes, cruel and compassionate.” – Kushiel’s Avatar Ooh, a proper colored version. It’s part of an illustration I sent a friend depicting a confrontation scene [...]
Phèdre no Delaunay! Gosh I love her character! I have to get her right one day. There needs to be a hint of playfulness, a hint of cleverness, a hint of desire and a deep layer of submission and soul-bearing involved. Sounds pretty easy, eh? Yeah.. For those who aren’t familiar; in the books, she [...]
Hello! I used to have a sketchblog on Netherworld.nu, but the Underworld has been replaced by the summery goodness of Aestival! And so the sketch blog had to move. But knowing how clumsy I can be, I didn’t archive the old one properly. So you get this most excellent gallery of precious little sketchoodles. ESQUISSE [...]