daran gedacht

ochratoxin

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:16:00 +0000

Aiieeee.

Your purpose - A CHIMERA.

Axel hates you. Also animal people doodles.

Something I am hoping Felix will ink so I can color <3

Old characters, Elaine and Nadine.

Nedyenka and a possible younger brother Pavel.

New design for Roxy?

Volk.

OCing with Felix!~

Been uploaded to DA already.

Self portrait, oh shit!

She-Laudon D:

Chibis.

ZHIZN' DRUGIKH!

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:52:00 +0000

Commish~

Commish~

COmmish~

Commish~

Commish~

Setsy again <3

For atomicficiton/Felix.

Mondfische <3

Scrapped.

Critters!

nobody's home

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:43:00 +0000

Sketch for a prom dress for Derek~

Mizzen - sketch commish.

Cleo - sketch commish.

Anya. Old character I sorta resurrected (literally, she's undead) but I dunno what to do with her.

lolSetsuna~

~

Silly sketch is silly. Misha is such a momma's boy.

fuckery for some random person on DA i don't even know XD~ but it was fun.

merdraginz

Clothingfail XD Ummmm the Solais one didn't turn out so well... well I mean, I like how the drawing is but the clothes didn't happen the way I wanted. However I like young!Ivan though. You can tell he's younger cos his hair is only ridiculously long, and not absurdly long yet 8D

on the way down

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:08:00 +0000

I've been cross-posting to my eljay and it makes me want to upload more cos... it's nice to get a comment or two once in awhile :CCCC

Elca the angry pirate queen commish for Dana c:

Ceras the lockjaw commish for Allison

Rohit the... thing commish, for Iiyabites on da :3

And a Sinoap for Dana XD

Axel's parents, Abrinn and Vhyren. DED.

Smudged ink-drawing then attacked with spit and ink and markers to salvage it 8D

Leaves from my trip to Phipps. I did a good few pages of drawings but none of them are exceptionally interesting, but I felt like showing one.

Menz. Thesmodius needs a last name.

Oh man you gaiz I was totally inspired last night to do a boring headshot of Ivan WOW !

nuggets of joy

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:40:00 +0000

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!
(for ~SHARK-ARMY on deeay~)

I seem to have forgotten how to draw feet. forgive me yvonel ;A;

I have no excuse.

If all else fails, draw crazy fish.

Silliness for someone on deeaye~ Rhys is such a DORK.

I got this manila drawing paper and wanted to try it out.. yeah. Atmospherically I like it, however I need to learn anatomy.

Just some silliness XD Rhys, Solais and Stevfan are all from Eydna, so ummm I think Stevfan is making a comment on Rhys's kilt or something.

inspired by hedwig~~

crumbs

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:53:00 +0000

Ezzie Izzard, quoted for truth by Derek.

Fucking creepy Chimera from a dream I had. :c

I fail at ArtRage. So badly.

NNSHAHDSAKJ!

er du kvinna eller räv?

This was a lot to fun to do.

Oh god it's like Drawing 101 again D8 I dunno, I found this plastic cube at work and wanted to draw it, the reflections and shit seemed cool.

there are times when you realize something has happened between two people, and it seems monumentous. yet the next day there are no traces of what happened and you realize it was just words, only fleeting emotions and temporary disturbances. there was nothing otherworldly or intense about it. where you once inferred ground-breaking changes of heart, of seas emptying in the space between two, drowning them in a truth and understanding and bringing a closeness rarely seem in this shivering, empty world full of people, you realize it's a sham. you thought the experience was genuine, until tomorrow's dawn caresses you with it's sharpened yellow blade and it's as if nothing happened.

Goddamn I keep forgetting I can't write >8|

simulacrum

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:37:00 +0000

OC session stuff:

Laudon as a young man. Blue pencil + sienna pen on brown paper is trippy.

Only one person will find the lazored hole in Nedya funny.

Characters from A Song of Ice and Fire. Wanted to draw my versions of them.

There was an idea behind this but... it.. I.. fuck. =_=

brrdz

moar brrdz and a direbeaver

leave your mark in the land of mine

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:19:00 +0000

Kid!Laudon being ~~insolent~~ a brat.

I absolutely don't watch preschooler shows.

Nope.

--

Trying out markers & ink on brown sketchbook paper. lol i forgot her freckles

Axel I liked.

Ivae for Lissbeastface.

This is what I did at work Tuesday morning. WHAT DID YOU DO?
spase mareen lol

i need to see you smile

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:26:00 +0000

Hullo!

:X

More artcraps. Long time no update. Sorry. I just... bleh! Whatever.

God, I shouldn't find this stuff so funny, but dammit! I lol'd!

A gift for my beloved Liss, in which I haven't given it to her yet because she is not within my vicinity right now! Isa and Memento.

Farsha as she first appears in my story - very pregnant with Eianeyo and not very fucking happy at all.

I forgot how much I like digital speedpainting. I figured it would be good practice since I seem to fail at color and such lately.
disclaimer: some done from photos, not my photos, not real art, only practice, i make no claims to the originals, etc.

From a pic my friend Lev Khessin took. Hope you don't mind Leovushka~

Dobbles for Phim's b-day. She is gonna fuck some betches up.

Treez. Photo by Q.T Long.

Moar treez and waters~ photo by Q.T Long.

until next time~

the kelp bed

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Ha ha ha me, passive-aggressive? Surely you JEST, good sir.

I forgot I had these. Old, from like January. Watercolor experiments that... sorta failed and other stuff. Used a ref, so this isn't real art, not my photo, etc etc etc only my paint. Waterfall.

Nuther experiment. Trees with blossoms. Hahahaa Clayton said I should loosen up the watercolor bidniz, so this is what I get.

I have no idea. FEET. Proportions are odd.

Jormei and Stevfan are characters I do not pay attention to enough. They're actually VERY old, some of my oldest characters but they've changed to be almost unrecognizable. Anyway Stevfan is Jormei's support cos he has ISSUES. Also: I fucking hate birds. (ie sitting outside drawing and getting shit on >:|)

Nedyenka is Patriarchy-approved sexxxay and pritty and also fucking messed up.

Stuff. Old idea~

Misha. Just because.

the man with a thousand nostrils

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:26:00 +0000

Hows it going, y'all?

Big update, because I've been obsessively drawing.

Dana convinced me to draw a seahorse c8 though this is a sea dragon. Reffed from a picture I took at the local zoo/aquarium.

Possible Alexy.

Menz for trade-practice, and Laudon in drag. He is not satisfied with the amount of tiara.

HAHA. I shouldn't find this so funny. Axel does not like Rhys at all for a long time.

Yvonel is tired of your bullshit excuses. Also, mini design sketch for her older sister, who isn't really important. Lolmullets.

Possible Alexy again as well as Yenshisa's 3 youngest brothers; Yutke, Machef and Tahmas.

Hurr.

What he's saying is just nonsense, I was only drawing in my Statistics class and wrote down what the professor said. Also: parasauralopholus.

Young Laudon and luuuuuv addict.

Lundral, my new favorite story-orphaned chud.

LOL Nedyenka, I love her. Speaking my terrible Russian. Also: Yenshisa's oldest brother, Yusek.

Go one and guess what's she's talking about. Really. Haha.

Nice mix of srs bsns and silliness.

Hahah I was selling at an an anime convention. I'm just making fun of the genre and some of the artists there. Yvonel is not impressed by standard anime-warrior-girl attire :'D

Laudon cosplaying as a catgirl XD Hahaha making fun of animu again. And I don't know.

It's been a long time.

I figured that if catgirls are anything like actual cats, they probably hate you. No simpering, cutesy google-eyed kittehs, more like "Feed me and fuck off."

i lost myself in shapeless oceans

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:10:00 +0000

OMG digital stuff!

crazy boys:

Some doodles from tonight. Jared - of whom I have no drawn in a long time - and a possible new character I may name Alexy. I wanted to create him to fill my lack of psychotic characters.

I feel like I need to redesign Jared so he doesn't remind me of my dumbass angsty past and takes on a form more of his own. The more I think about him lately the creepier he gets. Like how he was -supposed- to be in my mind, not like how he somehow evolved to be ._.

Alexy to me seems like he's going to end up a younger version of this fellow:

Of whom I drew over a year ago >_> oop. He was meant for an RP that never really got anywhere. Just as well, I suppose, I suck at RPs.

Did this awhile ago as part of a watercolor experiment. Just a Chekhele woman. Showing that their wings can be all sorts of colors! This things is about two inches high.

PREVIEW of coming attractions!

just lookin for something

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:10:00 +0000

Hey y'all.

Mostly sketchbook stuff because I've been spending most of my time painting >3<
Hahaha, me and MC Hammer were jamming in the Sokos Hotel Viru in Estonia! Also, ghey stuff.

Me+ a cupcake, biiiiirdman, oh god who is THAT, fishballerina

--

Indeed.

Ramona and Nadine

My statistics teacher <3

also: gaiz, i think i'm going insane. WHY?

doubleplusungood

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:50:00 +0000

Sup folks.

Must... draw... more... oh god. 8C must improve, must DRAW MOAR SLKJDLKSJD LS !!!! I will never. give it up. Ever, for anything. Or anyone. Bite me.

Foxy thing, just a little doodle while I was working on independent study stuff.

Purya!

Epic fail of Laudon, who I tried to draw older on some new paper I got. Doesn't look much older. :|

I sat at a cafe today and was a snob drinking coffee and drawing. HAHAHAHA! Cassandrah being like "i own u betchez" and some random girl.

8D

y helo thar Hadrian 8D *noselove*

Manolo says, Ayyyyyy!

morning of the partially living non-dead

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:38:00 +0000

Yet again I let a month go by without much of an update. Oh well. It happens. School starts again and suddenly I have little time to draw. Well, for those who still browse this, like me, here's some new scratches and my usual bloviating concerning them:

This is actually the newest but I like it a lot so I put it on top. The two versions of Axel - Future and Fantasy. I guess it's a pretty boring drawing overall but I wanted to show their minor differences in look. Their personalities are slightly different too, but both have a similar history. I love my Axel so much. ;___;

I guess you can ask me if you actually are interested in their differences.

So I haven't kept up with this thing but meh. It was just to keep me entertained for awhile :| Here's number LXI (61) : Fairy Tale. It made me think of Misha and fairies. I know he's missing his wings but... sometimes they're inconvenient to draw. I like this anyway.

And here's number LXXVIII (78) : Drink. Solais enjoying some hot tea from some traditional Kunhvpanen-style wares. Solais drinks her tea sickeningly sweet, as well.

This was just a little gift to my darlings Liss and Memento because they wanted a icon to use of Memento making the >:3 face.

An Eydnan female hunter (although gender roles are sort of... a given in Eydna there is still plenty of room for transgression of boundaries.) and a small headsketch of Yvonel I liked. Trying to get the right look for her face.

I watched "The Black Cauldron" and was just... taken by the portrayal of Taran. Now, I love me some Lloyd Alexander, but the movie is cute too. I can see much of young Rhys in Taran. So here is my dear young Rhys, wielding a stick like a sword and in too-big boots acting all brave and cool. I like this much better than a previous pic of young Rhys I did. God I can just imagine him getting his real sword for his majority birthday and just... losing it. (in a good way) 8C I'm such a sap.

So I have buttloads and buttloads of homework to do по-русски, so I guess I better start.

first post of the new year!

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:12:00 +0000

Yay!

I've had this blog for almost a year and a half! Woo! Let's celebrate with lots of new arts. All one of us that visits here :D That's ok, I sorta like posting crap just for myself.

I've been trying to sketch a lot.

God I love drawing. When I can get into that groove I feel awesome.

Yeah this is a lot for only a few days. Well, it's called being on winter break and having insomnia. Oh insomnia, I know thee too well.

More cultural story stuff. Rahapurdan, I think I called them. Peoples living in the deep south of Ensanctyse.

I am, indeed, a shark.

Because I just love drawing fishes and weird shit so much. Also, mola-mola fish are the coolest fish in the universe. That is a very sad representation of one.

It's an Rmassssss (also Рмас) XD Я люблю Рмас!

A small sketch of Axel I really, really liked. I think it's one of the few times I've mangaed to make him look feminine but not girly.

Because I just can't get enough fish. Practice, etc

So I'm doing yet another late meme - 100 Themes Challenge. You know, for the lulz and all, because it gets me sketching more I guess? No biggie, I'm not gonna kill myself over it. Anyway, number LXXV (75) Mirror. Awwww Rhys has body issues. He can't grow facial hair to save his life.

Number XXXIV (35): Stars. (billions and billions of them!) It's supposed to be Carl Sagan But I don't know how much it looks like him :/

Number XXXVII (38): Eyes.

Possibly Number II (2): Love? Axel and Rhys, again~

Number LXII (62): Magic. Jormei and his fire magic. He's blowing smoke out his mouth and nose too :O

Have I ever mentioned how much I love penguins? I do. Have some emperor penguins and a young Laudon with his frizzy hair XD

More Cassandrah - face study plus EVIL PSYCHOTIC GRIN

Solais in Ensanctyse, trying to study but she keeps getting distracted because the winter weather outside reminds her of her homeland Eydna.

Phew.

woosh

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:57:00 +0000

Sorry for the long time no updates, I totally got caught up in the woosh.

I've been doing more finished stuff you can see in my Deviantart gallery and such.

A few scratches:

Bahmani androgynous thing..

Little tiny sketches of Cassandrah's 4 daughters *no one cares about her 6 sons* Ellena, Ylva, Soshanah and Rivka. A larger portrait of Rivka and a cute pic of Rhys.

Drawing of Cassandrah (old elvish war hero and founder of Ensanctyse)

Solais in Ensanctyse-style clothing. I think she looks a little too childish here, and it sorta looks more like she's wearing a bustle than just having large hips??

Rhys at about 11-12 years old. HE IS SO CUTE X_X

he who shall, then so shall he who...!!

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:57:00 +0000

WOAH I didn't realize I haven't posted in like two months. I'm sorry about that. I'm sure everyone gave up on this place by now. Harhar. It's ok - I've just been busy, and I haven't been drawing so much. I guess I'm kind of in an art block. I'll post some stuff I did anyway. Than I have to do homework. This semester is going to kill me.

Early concept thing for Brahnle, Emperor-Matron of Ensanctyse.

Doodles. Rhys looking upset (because he has a frail ego!) A sorta Eydnan winterwear thing, and a very sloppily done huldra.

A very blah sketch I inked because I was desperate. Trying to get the look of a Bahmani girl down. Why nude? I don't know, I guess I wanted to play with body-shape too.

So here we start with some small little watercolors I did for practice - testing myself, I guess, and trying to figure some stuff out I was having problems with. Here's a.. uh... girl.

THE POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUUUUUUULS!!!

This one didn't turn out quite so well... but meh.

Because I have an obsession with sharks.

An experiment with hair, which didn't turn out quite like I wanted, but I like it anyway.

Shaman. I forget what the inspirator for this was.

Too complicated an association-idea to explain, but Roxy in a dress.

Shrouded.

And... a chicken?????

Was an ok sketch, but the ink didn't happen so well. Meh. Was just because I was desperate to draw.

Rough sketch for a piece of a tattoo I may be designing for a friend. Satyrs are love.

Solais doodles. LOOK! SHe can have expression beyond the blank contemplative look I usually give her! >:F

And a girl modeled after the famous photo by Steve McCurry. I was thinking of appropriating the general look (brown hair, dark mocha skin with ruddiness, hazel eyes) for a people of my world, but I can't remember what I was gonna call them. Meh. Markers scan horribly!!

a thin film of life

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:20:00 +0000

Some days it doesn't seem worth it to stand up for things. I keep wondering if I'm picking the wrong battles (speaking out against a book that makes enslavement of women sexy, debating the politics of fantasy, etc) and if I may be wrong in my convictions.

It just doesn't matter. I need to learn to keep my big mouth fucking shut. No wonder I'm such a goddamn introvert. I hate everything.

Six more speedpaintings, with related extreme texture abuse.

Being filled with furious anger sucks.

No clue.

Misha, standing around, with more texture abuse

Rainforest. I kinda like this. No ref...

From ref, supposedly grasslands but it looks more like tundra or something to me.

Wise woman. Based on this woman I see often on the bus who looks like she's come out of a Brian Froud painting.

ashes to ashes

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:30:00 +0000

Eight more speedpaintings. Again - same stuff applies. Some from ref, some not, I claim no right to the original images I reffed from, etc. Mostly practicing atmosphere and landscape.

Earth. This is my home. Inspired by listening to the late Carl Sagan's introduction to his book "Pale Blue Dot". Purposefully abstract.

Possibly tundra, or something. No ref. Experimenting with the new brushes I downloaded, to add texture.

From a ref. Another boreal forest - again, playing with brushes and textures, trying out some speedpainting techniques I've seen on Sijun.

Mangrove roots. From a ref - I really like this one, for some reason.

I had a really fucked up dream a few nights ago, that ended totally differently, with meeting what I thought would be Cassandrah, the gynecratic conquerer of Ensanctyse, as a young teenager. It creeped me out, but gave me some good ideas on her origins. I just love inspirational dreams! I love dreaming about my characters :3

Nacreous clouds. Another atmospheric optic phenomena.

Fussing with perspective & lighting. I kinda like this a lot.

I think I overworked this, but I still kinda like it. Crooked perspective FTW!

For Jessay: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

speedpaintings + extra

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:20:00 +0000

Nine speedpaintings plus a sketch.

I've been in such an art depression for some time now, and I just don't know what to do about it! Been spending a lot of time on ConceptArt.org and so I figured I'd give the speedpaintings thing a whirl.

Yes some of these are done from photo ref. I make no claims to the original. If problems arise I'll remove them immediately. These are just PRACTICE. Not real art.

- Glory

- enchanted beard meadow

- contortion sketch

- japanese yuki-onna ghost...

- mountains + boreal forest region (ref used)

- cute redhead (ref used)

- sky halos of icey air (yes... these are actual phenomena...)

- the shadow of the earth on the atmosphere...

-sargent copy, "girl from capri", only really fucked up

- last but not least, another ensanctyse woman.

groove responsibly

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:49:00 +0000

sup y'all.

Heehee. This is an older image, from like, 2002, but I still like it. Jeremy's old character Pandi Brown, a panda-girl with a thing for 60s/70s retro. She's really cute.

Moar culture stuff. I drew a Kunhvpa dancer girl, so here's a quick sketch of a dancer male. Dance for the Kunhvpanen is a MASSIVELY big deal.

Ahhh, more Axel and Rhys awkwardness. There is no sex here, just Rhys laying on top of Axel, fast asleep and unaware of Axel's discomfort being up late and wondering what the hell happened to put him in this position. Inspired by a picture, but loosely.

Moar Kunhvpa people. Yes a part of Kunhvpa is temperate forest and mountainous so there will be cool/cold winters. Here's a northerner with some more snuggly clothes on. I like his hair too :B

Yup, another Kunhvpa woman. I was all jazzed to just draw some patterns and some alternate type outfits for people. Because not everyone is gonna wear the same thing, but I like to keep a certain style that fits with their entire society as opposed to slapping things together for different people with no consciousness of what their clothes mean to them.

Oh dear, Rhys in another predicament. While I may seem like some kind of usual weirdo sadist for this, it's a lot more meaningful to me than that. See my other galleries for other references for the binding of Rhys.

Ensanctyse noblewoman. Long coat, high tight belt, etc etc

Cute Ensanctyse house-husband. I love his shy look! And the clothes.

Lilitu / Lilith. Enough said.

arrrrrr

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:39:00 +0000

i have like nothing intelligent to say, so onto some art

a rare moment of intense and focused desire....

AMINALS! random designs for unique creatures of my world???

eydnan woman from the more arctic part of the country - near the treeline

kunhvpanen man because i wanted to draw one with a handlebar mustache!

rhys: "omg! look how much i've built up since i came here!"
axel : "::unimpressed::"

axel & rhys have relationship problems... second part to a previous picture i uploaded here of axel slapping rhys ~

purya pouncing on something interesting!

oodelally!

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:48:00 +0000

More sketches. Jessie noted that I don't upload anything really "sketchy" here, everything is sort of polished enough to stand on it's own. *snorts* As if I'm going to publicly upload some of the awful other crap I draw. I try to draw a LOT and of course it doesn't always turn out good enough to show. I have SOME decency :|

I wonder if there is something on these last couple posts I should finish or whatever. I haven't done anything finished in awhile, and since I have so many of these drawings....

Laudon comforting Rhys, somewhat. Laudon takes on a sort of older-brother role for Rhys after a time. I don't know what Rhys is upset about but it's probably something to do with Axel, or his own insecurities.

Moar clothes! A royal Bahmani (the people of Bahmnen) girl. She was fun to draw. They are a somewhat more conservative people. I imagine them shaving the fronts of their heads to look better in those elaborate head-dresses.

lol i should be ashamed of drawing this. it was a size comparison, and also trying to work out how to draw bigger boobs on an older woman >_< Solais is more pear-shaped and Yvonel is more houglass.

lol I remember I said I wasn't going to do anything with that tiger-girl I drew... well I lied. I figured she'd make an awesome character so I named her Purya. She's a sort of spirit-deity of sorts, and very wise and playful. Also a sketch of Amal. I was getting excited over many have a fantasy story about them!! Like India, only with magic and animal people.

Another India-inspired character. Bandhura, a hijra sexworker. She is very very shy and wary, but confident in her decision and tried to help others in her situation. She and Amal might get along, since Amal considers nothing to be profane, and thus a hijra prostitute is just as holy as a Brahmin girl.

etc etc

vehine charvu pney ha'adama...

noreply@blogger.com (Kitteh) — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:52:00 +0000

[mood - allergies suck]
[music - antonin dvořák - symphony #8]

Long time no post :| This will be a MASSIVE HUEG SKETCHDUMP POST so if you HAVE EYES LOOK AWAY NOW.

warning: contains nudity and PENIS and oh god suckyness

Axel & Rhys snuggly plus a sketch of a country Bahmnen woman I did before a larger pic.

o lawd more clothes this time dear god - Eydna, Kunhvpa and Bahmnen

She-wolf, practicing what animal-people look like in my work. Not full furry, but more humanish, with different features. She looks badass :'D like the alpha female...

SO Jessie said I never draw Ivan with his kids SO HERE IS Ivan and baby Misha. Odd, I used to draw them together more often.

o lawd LOOK AWAY PENIS!!! Well I only consider this sorta erotic - sue me. I was experimenting with the ideas of Solais as Earth-Mother and Ivan as Sky-Father... crap!

A cute Renn-faire song is "The Scotsman" about a drunk Scotsman in a kilt who passes out on the street and two girls peek under his kilt and tie a bow on his penis. OK it's sillier in the song, but there was no way I could resist drawing Rhys in this situation.. it fits him so perfectly!!!
his speechbubble says "o lad i don't know where ye been but it see ye won first prize!" - lyrics of the song.

Axel doodle i liked~

Solais in sexy undies for no reason, just because I like drawing her curvy body.

~~Shota~~ Young Axel :O

Hmmm Theresa said I should make this a full illustration, I just have to figure out what to put in the BG. Rhys, vulnerable and nude, wanting to protect his little sister at all costs.

SO I own a big book of Steve McCurry portrait photography and I was sketching some of the people in it. I was NOT directly copying, just re-drawing the people I saw differently; diff poses, style, etc Just for ethnic and face practice.
This girl is from Gao, Mali. I just loved her hair XD

Same as above - this girl is from Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Again - same as above. This woman is from Jodhpur, India.

HEADZ - Belan, my dream-warrior badass lady, and a random girl with an awesome hairstyle - I might make her a character.

Yvonel practicing sword in a training outfit. Just for lulz.

OH GOD MOAR CLOTHES CEAZE DIS MADNES
(kunhvpa clothes + a sketch of Hmong clothes from ref)

MAOR PEOPLE oh god I can't stop drawing all these different people. Ronatios fem and a Chekhele fem. Oh god Chekhele women are SCARY. There is very little different between genders in Chekhele people besides the assumed genitalia.

Based off of some ifo I got on warrior queen Boudica, a queen of the Iceni people in first century England who bravely fought the Romans (but lost :C) I imagined something similar for maybe my countries, with a fox-queen-warrior. DON'T ASK ME TO EXPLAIN THESE THINGS I HAVE WEIRD ASSOCIATIONS

Solais after a bath and little Misha, about 5 years old. I just wanted to draw Solais post-child with a bit of a different, older body.

Random crap - Ivan trying to brush the tangles out of his hair after sleeping :P lawlz