Valley of the Silk Sky - Hali and Razi doing a science

Portraits: Hali and Razi Doing a Science

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This piece started out life as a character design sketch. Later on I went back and redrew parts of it to make it consistent with the final designs for Hali and Razi, and then added color to finish it out. This was colored with marker, watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic paint.

Valley of the Silk Sky - Halvanylila

Portraits: Halvanylila

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Another piece that started out as a concept sketch, trying to figure out what Harcos look like from behind. A black & white version of this drawing was featured in the 2015 Queers & Comics Conference playing card deck fundraiser. This particular version is ink lines printed out onto blue charcoal paper, and then hand-colored… Continue reading Portraits: Halvanylila

Valley of the Silk Sky - Chadsen portrait

Portraits: Chadsen

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This particular portrait started out as a concept sketch for what a typical runner’s outfit might look like, using Chadsen as a model, even though xer character design hadn’t been totally finalized at that point. I went back later to ink and color the sketch, and made some corrections to Chadsen’s appearance to match xer… Continue reading Portraits: Chadsen