Early on in the development of Dark and Silent Waters, I'd made a few dodgy sketches of Zahtia (my villain, the Ruler of the Underworld), but I'd never got around to doing a proper drawing, even in my usual Anime style. I had defined her personality (cold, uncaring, evil), but what she looked like was only ever a vague notion to me. When I had the idea for the drawing today, I started sketching in the Anime style, but three attepts later, I was unhappy with the look of it. So I decided that I would try a 'real-life' style illustration instead. This was the result:
It was the first 'real-life' drawing I have done for years, and I think my first ever attempt at a human(ish) portrait. It's not perfect, but I think it at least shows her personality. It took most of the day to draw and I did make some mistakes (luckily none that I couldn't erase or at least hide), and some of my poor coloured pencils are about half as long as they were, but it felt good to be drawing again. At some point I will draw Zahtia again, and I will have to remember to make her features more slender, elongated and feminine (she looks a bit too human in this version).
Speaking of drawing: I have updated my folio on PhotoBucket, which contains a selection of my illustrations (as well as some 3D work I did for uni). You can view it here, or click on the "My Artwork" link in my blog sidebar.
Ooh, nice! It looks like you captured a lot of the characteristics you've described in her, anyway!
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