Jenny Dolfen

To care

The boys that care. 💙

I also made an alternative version of Kaladin with blue eyes. The uniform he wears is the Highmarshal kit from the later books, so he'd be blue-eyed more often than n...

To care - sketch

(Mildest of spoilers for Oathbringer/Wind and Truth)

Caring is a huge topic in the Stormlight Archive. In Rhythm of war, I loved a line Hesina, Kaladin’s mother, says to his father:

All six: Szeth finished!

… and for all I based him on a German actor, he ended up looking just a little bit like my brother-in-law. 😳 So, apparently, very German? The voice actor on Graphic Audio also employs a slight...

Six fanarts: Rysn and Navani

I can finally proclaim that my iPad no longer turns Rysn into Ryan. 😂

I'm not too happy with her; I totally have no image in my head for Rysn, and don’t care much for her, so it was hard...

Six fanarts: Rock

Funnily, I had no image in my head for Rock. Intellectually, I knew it was a combination of Māori, red hair, and a weird shave, but it took this artwork to solidify that in my head - but now, he c...

Six fanarts: Teft

Here's Teft, our favourite gruff sergeant-turned-bridgeman-turned-sergeant! Next up is Rock. Is it weird that I see him similar to a Māori? Something about the way the Unkalaki language works some...

Portrait - the Lopen

"Oh. Oh. Question for you! What did the one-armed Herdazian do to the man who stuck him to the wall? - Nothing. The Herdazian was 'armless."

Lopen is one of my absolute favourite sup...

I know you were expecting something refined…

… sorry. 😂

I've gone crosseyed over the most recent piece and needed to unwind a little… so I thought to make good on that threat about drawing Shallan and Kaladin in the style of Hele...

"I accept this journey" - BIG Wind and Truth Spoilers!! (Sketch is somewhat safe)

So, I’m finally processing the last book of the Stormlight Archive series. Do not read on if you want to avoid spoilers!! And beware, they're massive. I got that one halfway through WaT.

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Chasm journey

"Have you ever asked yourself if there’s a simpler explanation? Could it be that people don’t like you, not because you’re darkeyed, but because you’re just a huge pain in the neck...

Kaladin and Shallan - chasm trip sketches

The second book, Words of Radiance, holds a very special place in my heart. Especially the "chasm trip" chapters, where Kaladin and Shallan go from driving each other up the chasm walls to saving e...

Bridge run

Arrows zipped past Kaladin, killing the other two men in the front line with him. Several other arrows smacked into the wood around him, one slicing open the skin of his cheek.

&n...

2025-03-03 07:28:50 +0000 UTC View Post

A bridge run, and a wound in an inappropriate place

Yup, I’m down to drawing two scenes at the same time. 😅

1: Kaladin’s first bridge run, from The Way of Kings. I spent two days on the underlying Clip Studio Paint file, but this was a ...

"Fashion?!”

Those two boys. 😁

It's funny how different fandoms bring out different looks in me. Tolkien is pastelly. Critical Role is comicky. And Stormlight Archive is high contrast with realistic li...

Mini brushset: Crisp and Watery for Procreate

Here's a little mini set to create both crisp and watery watercolour effects in Procreate! It contains everything to do the effects as in the image above. No paper background or lineart brushes includ...

"Fashion?"

“Fashion?” Kaladin asked. He hadn’t intended to speak, but it came out anyway. “You’re spending the highstorm looking for new clothing?”

Adolin snapped the book close...

2025-02-24 18:10:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Four lifetimes (finished)

I'm totally in love with the contradictions here. The highly-decorated, uniformed (if scruffy) war hero crying in his mother's arms. And of course the COMPLETELY oblivious Syl celebrating a moment ...

Lineart request: Orym Nouveau

For Catherine! If you have any lineart of mine you'd like to give a shot, let me know. :) We'll just do it like this!

2025-02-10 13:13:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Four lifetimes (very minor spoiler book 3)

She raised her gloved safehand to her lips, gaping, and the tray slipped down in her other hand, tumbling bandages to the floor. Shockspren, like pale yellow triangles breaking and re-f...

2025-02-10 09:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Shallan's … tabletop carvings

As Kaladin settled into the seat, he noted some of the scratched-in sketches Shallan had done with a knife on the tabletop. One was a rather unflattering picture of him in oversized boo...

2025-02-08 20:07:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Shallan's sketchbook

Minor spoiler for books 2 and on: Shallan develops multiple personalities for multiple situations, and their taste in men differs, making matters a little complicated sometimes. 😂 They sometimes...

A fine depiction of the young captain

Shallan paused, looking at the doodle she’d been doing. Actually, it was a bit more complex than a doodle. It was … kind of a full sketch of Kaladin’s face, with passionate e...

2025-02-07 18:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post

The trial - finished

Very happy with how this turned out, especially the audience in the back - that really was a quick way of doing a crowd! If only all crowds were blue-glowing honourspren. 😁

Adolin is such ...

The trial (major plot spoilers for books 3 and 4)

Don't read on if you’re reading the series and want to preserve a moment of absolute jaw-drop. The picture doesn’t spoil anything by itself, so you’re safe there.

Adolin pul...

2025-02-04 08:19:38 +0000 UTC View Post

The Dog and the Dragon

First off, a HUGE thank you to all your kind words and support yesterday - that helped a world, meant the day, made my ton. Or the other way round. <3

"It won't be like that f...

2025-02-01 07:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post

This has been coming... (Patreon dial-back)

Hey my wonderful people, I've told you that I'm going through a difficult time right now, and that there's a whole lot of mess in my life I have to take care of. It won't be done in a week, or a mo...

Mental health (The Dog and the Dragon)

So, one of the reasons why Stormlight Archive hit such a huge nerve with me is the way it treats mental health and illness. For some very personal reasons.

The year is 27 days old, and out of...

"I will protect even those I hate" - finished

This took WAY too long, wow. Most of it was fiddling with the king on the ground, and chickening out with the colouring stage. Funnily, once I did the Shardplate last night, it tied everything toge...

"I will protect even those I hate" - wip

The first time I drew Shardplate, I swore myself never to draw it again. Of course I broke that vow. Shardplate is a pain*, but boy, does it look cool.

*(as Kaladin can attest, especially if ...

"I will protect even those I hate"

“I’m sorry, Kal,” Moash said, stepping forward. “I should have made it quick at the start.”

The Words, Kaladin. That was Syl’s voice. You have to speak the Words!

I FORBID...