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Original Trace and Flora

Trace the dragon rider and Kaylia (proto-Flora) the aspiring mage, both original concepts for the character before Twokinds, suggested by Combak! I ultimately didn't have Trace being a dragon rider as an official thing simply because... drawing dragons was too hard lol I did eventually bring it back a few years later with the introduction of Nora and her relationship with Trace.

   

Original Trace and Flora Original Trace and Flora

Comments

anyone else feel like these two could easily be Trace and Flora's kids after a timeskip in the story?

Mark Temple

We need more scenes of this. X3

Grae the Hawkatoo

Personally a little sad that this got less votes than the revealing trio, but I guess that's the way the internet is

Joe

oh so that's why Nora was a good friend of trace

Netari Icefyng

Creating characters can be quite a journey. I wrote a pair of Sci-Fi novels (published in 2013) that involved humans and an alien race. The main alien character was from a race of felines who were similar to highly-evolved house cats. She, along with rest of her kind, ended up completely different than when I started the original short story that proceeded to take on a life of its own!

feralcat52

Trace ended up the other kind of dragon rider.

Crimson Dragon

nice masterpiece! ;)

Wolfdog Fan86

This might be a good story for an alt world or later in the universe.

Lord Shackleford

I have always had that feeling about Trace... So delightful to learn that Trace originally was supposed to have connection with dragons, just as I imagine our Trace to develop it in the future.

Drazgon

Classic!

Jonathan

"Dragon Rider" so Nora gets her wish in this alternate universe, eh? XD

AetherSprite224

Somehow gives me Ruin Explorers vibes.

Coyote

Honestly, it is sometimes fascinating to see how characters started, and where they have ended up

Aralan Stradivari

They were always a pair. And a lot of fun.

eddi_TBH

Ah, that time-honored tradition, "drawing on your homework" ;)

nothingsp

I’m not sure Saphira would go for it… she’s strictly a one Rider dragon…

SophieTRat-Skunk

Hmm.... Eragon would be intrigued by these new riders. Perhaps I should suggest a crossover...

Brad Sampson

Trace: Rule #1: Life does not give you seatbelts!

Xhan

TOM LORE we eatin good today omfg

Joe

Kaylia could appear more often.

FOX GAMER

I like how Trace holds onto Nora like Jane holds onto Dragon in "Jane and the Dragon." Horns make great handles.

Lester D. Crawford

Awesome! Thanks for the bonus old sketches Tom!

Combak

Cool

MR, ABYSS

Trace: Is this fun or what? Flora: AAAHHHH!!!

SCD

And then Trace will have to rack his brains to figure out who he wants, Kaylia or Flora.

1 week ago

I love looking at concept art. Seeing a concept be in the womb, and all the potential it could have had. Oh a slight difference could mean we would have ended up with an entirely different character. And of course trying to see if you could fit a concept in the modern iteration and make it work.

Spillthefire6

Kaylia: "w-Wait TRACE! My Staff! I dropped my Staff! Stop! Go Back!" Trace: "There are no brakes on the Dragan ride Kay."

Spillthefire6

*Kaylia screws up a teleportation Spell into a dimensional one and appear right before Flora...naked of course*

Spillthefire6

(Red Travels back in time and Moves a chair) *The Timeline shifts to Current Twokinds*

Spillthefire6

Kind of reminds me of the 2020 movie 'Dragon Rider' https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/DragonRider (which is based on the book of the same name by Cornelia Funke)

SophieTRat-Skunk

Love seeing where it all began

Jackal hellsing

Those old sketches are so fun to see!

Ezekiel S. Miles

I'm picturing that's Nora at the bottom of the pic, thinking "Oh yes, I remember this timeline..."

Rook Prime

Seeing how far your art has come is always a treat.

Rhawkas

Noice

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The roles seem to be reversed when I look at it. Trace became the mage and Flora’s personality could’ve fit the dragon rider role in some ways.

Colonel Runesun

Looks like a fun story

JIngle

Kaylia: " I was promised a seatbelt; where's the seatbelt?!? STOP THE RIDE, I WANNA GET OFF!!!"

Anonymous1988

I do enjoy looking at concept art. Always interesting to see what the comic would've been like.

Ninjakat8

This deserves to be coloured in!

Video Card Gamer

We need more Kaylia now

1 week ago

🥰🥰🥰🥰

Bonkers Boas

They look great! :)

RemyHindle


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