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King's Own )

I'm so pleased I made them all seated :D This is what I had in my head when I started. I love how they all came out, my boys! I love the character in their poses, which was the main reason I drew them sitting (final reason being it fits best in the top right corner of the page where they go in the Big Book of Stuff). I love how their clothing came out and the contrasts between the showffs and those who'd rather just sit on the sidelines; between Kaen and Rumal, especially. Both are absolutely 100% flaunting their wealth, but Kaen's SO much classier about it. The archers scrubbing themselves up under their royal new recruit's influence. Anganur, Ulkar and Kaen, my brick shithouses, toll-u and lanky Gylepi and Yoryl Noodlearm... I'm just so happy with all these boys.

Particular shoutouts to Cassie, who's been so long since she posted I completely forget her username on DW, for helping me so much with these boys. From help on how to specifically improve faces or poses, to redlining Kaen's face to make him less freshfaced 20-year-old and more maaaaan, to general 'y'know you can totally do feet better, stop cheating on them' pushes. She makes me so much better :<

King's Own Makakis )

This'd work better if they were in a scene but that'd mean drawing a scene annnnnd I can't be bothered. They're starting to look like a real species now, though, pleased about that! When I get all the character art done I'll be moving onto kingdom art, which will include wildlife, and I plan to do a full, detailed set on drawing them. How their heads work, feet, exactly where the angles on the back go. Like some of these guys are pretty flat-footed on the front feet while others are more up on their toes, be good to standardise that kind of thing. Working through them like this before doing that makaki design sheet works for me, tho, because this is how I've been figuring out how I want to draw them. Some of their necks are too short. Big beefy destrier chests are fun, too, especially compared with their boney little butts.

King's Own Swords )

Lefties represent XD I've also added Nimay's and Nol's to this one, Nimay's entirely unchanged except to give it the curved blade, Nol the same plus I've given him a more detailed guard, which was the obvious place to put some royal swirlies.

YAY THEY'RE DONE!
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Assili Redraw )

Decided it was about time I gave my Kazinians some of the fabulous makeup I've been wanting to do, so here's Assili :D She's also got a more filigreed circlet than before because I enjoy torturing myself with overly detailed jewellery. Assili also prefers workmanship in the form of delicate gold rather than showstopping feathers, a character preference I'm seriously recinsidering but gosh she does look pretty with it all.

Comparisons, both with the old and with no makeup:

comparisons )
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just like the subject line says! )

Just for a bit of tidying up, I'd like a smaller black feather to redo the SH covers and make the yrae feathers more prominent. I've got a smaller seagull feather for Yamin and keep scouring the ground for a crow/magpie feather to match it in size.
Obviously I want a better blue feather for Desert Sapphire. You can see by comparing the red sand to all the other Raykinian covers how much I had to Photoshop that bastard to get it as bright as it is and it's still pretty washed out. It's a step up from the original feather, but not much of a step. Does that thing look like it came from a mythical bird with untold magic powers in its tail feather? Hell no.
Finally, better bouquet for Bouquet. I started on these early in summer, by which point most of the wildflowers were finished, so I was only left with what's there, and it's a bit of a ragged bunch.
All minor stuff that'd just be nice to tidy up. For now though, I'm happy :D
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FINALLY )
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More book covers! )
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So about, what, three years after I decided the yrae stones are now feathers, I've finally designed the said feathers.

These are them )

Actual size for all of them is about 2.5cm tall. Next step is to find someone who can carve these for me. Wish me luck 8D;;;
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Redesigning yrae stuff )

Finally, after I decided YEARS ago that the yrae stone is boring and turned it into a feather made of shell, I've gotten around to designing what the thing looks like. Inspired in part by these and in part by, well, everything Raykin. Also~ they have to be relatively easily reproduced because I don't want to have to look up reference every time I draw the damn things.

1-3 and 5 are sort of very loosely based on what the royal insignia currently stands as, but of course that's highly likely to change depending on the yrae feather, so whatever works. I just needed a starting point. Not really sure what I think of these. They might be a bit fiddly and they'll never come out the same unless I check my reference, which I don't want to do for my most drawn characters.

Thennnn moved onto more deserty inspirations. 4 and 9 come from spinifex and yakka plants, spiky desert plants that populate Raykin (they don't really do cacti). I like these! They still look like feathers but with that spiky everything-will-kill-you look that the Aussie--and hence Raykinian--desert has for all its everything. 8, similar idea but with a palm sort of motif as well, only I don't really think that'd be practical to draw time and again. Sketching was easy, but to actually DRAW it would likely be hellish.

6 and 7 are like the wiiinnnnnd and probably 7 is the best of those. They were fun 8D

10 to 12 based sort of on sand dunes. Idk. It was working in my head and I couldn't get it to come out in sketches.

13 to 15 from sand on the beach looks when the tide washes back, leaving the little rivulets in the sand. Desert. Sand. Yep. Also came out kinda like fire on 13 and 15. I love these ones.

So, being as I have three yrae feathers (Yan, Yamin and Nimay) and that the thing is ~*MAGIC*~ I can do whatever the crap I want with it. So I like the spinifex/yakka ones, the wiiiinnnnd and the sand rivulets best. Work with them. The rivulets ones would be easiest to turn into royal iconography and such so that'll be Yan's.
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picture! )
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So Kayani have colour now! Finally. Sort of. colour! )

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