The Swapmeet (rough sketch)
Added 2019-10-18 00:46:30 +0000 UTCSome sketches don't quite seem to work out. It can come down to all sorts of factors, sometimes it will be stress, other times it's due to a bad sleep schedule. In the case of this one, I just wasn't able to 'see' it in my head. I could see the concept, but couldn't quite get the characters to look even reasonably like they should.
Except for the goblin. For some reason the goblin caravan guard was nailed the first try at him :p
I managed to get this, I hope, to a reasonable enough state that in the next day or so my brain can fill in all the 'wrong bits' that it can't quite figure out, and I can maybe get this one painted for October as well.
I realize many of the previous images were actually reworks or finished colours of previously done drawings from years past. So I wanted to get a brand new one of these sketched out and done for the continuing harvest/October/autumn theme. I don't have many weeks of the 'atmosphere' left, and even now every night is starting to threaten snow.
The picture itself is the first time I've ever drawn Keelahi (or Kee/Keeah for short). A Khavijassi seer for her pack, and a holder of one of the shards of the world's heart. She's one of those rare characters who reached out from the ether to me in a dream, and I distinctly remember not only her eyes, but the name, repeated over and over until I woke up.
She's a complex character. Smaller in height for most of her kind (Standing at a whopping 5'1"), and she's getting to pick the first couple pumpkins to learn to make pumpkin pie from. She's become fast friends with Cinders, and her family, and its turned into a bit of a cultural exchange between them.
Cinders, of course, is happy to give away rare silks for these few choice pumpkins. The trader sure won't complain.
Where have all the leefs gone.
-T.J.
Comments
There are a few things in the world that play music, akin to a phonograph. Though they tend to be something the nobility own. The up-side is there is usually a minstrel or travelling musician of some sorts at these trade-meets.
Tim J.
2019-10-25 19:45:40 +0000 UTCI like it. This is a fun scene and so typical of the season. (How do you capture it so well?) Thank you as always for sharing your awesome art. I hope you're able to get it completed by when you want. Also, cool way for Keelahi to reveal herself to you. That's really awesome.
Tygepc
2019-10-19 19:56:38 +0000 UTCI do enjoy swapmeets in Autumn. Tho I buy more records than pumpkins. ;-) Great scene.
David J.
2019-10-19 14:08:20 +0000 UTCI think Keelahi came out very well! I'm rather partial to Canids, anyway so I might be biased, but her smile is a treat. Cinders makes friends quickly and well, although we haven't seen her <i>chok'lit</i> quaffing, mostly-functional broom-making Bear BFF lately.
Perfesser Bear
2019-10-18 04:05:55 +0000 UTCCinders knows what's up. I sometimes have that struggle, realizing an idea that's crystal clear in my head but just doesn't come out without a fight. This scene still looks great, even if you feel they're a bit off-model. And nice to see a character debut!
Kalahari
2019-10-18 03:22:41 +0000 UTC
