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Published: 2017-09-05 12:29:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1538; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 10
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A sketch of my Dungeons and Dragons character Hervor. She is a soldier and the longbow is her favoured weapon.Related content
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She looks somewhat like a spearwoman in my current comic project, with the long nose and lean face. It's always interesting to see a similar archetype done in a different style by a different artist!
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I drew a lot of sketches before I got her look just right. Finding good reference is easier if you are drawing your run of the mill modelesque beauty.
When could I see your spearwoman?
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Yes, it's very easy to find reference of conventionally beautiful faces. But it's so much more interesting to draw and to look at characters with unconventional features!
I'm hoping to start posting my comic early in the new year, so I'll send a link when she shows up in the comic or when I post her chapter heading here.
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O lovely! The rare gaming art that doesn't assume women only need to armor their naughty-bits and spend half their time on their makeup and hair--why, I bet Hervor doesn't even wear higher-heeled boots than any other rider!
I can enjoy lovely fantasy art as well as anybody, and I understand why the ol' brass-bra art sells well, but I have a special place in my heart for realists.
--Nonie
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Thank you NonieR. You do seem to have a soft spot for the no-nonsense type of female character. I do as wel,l I like to draw my characters as if they could be a real person.
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She looks a bit heavy armored for a bow(wo)men.
And she looks a bit sour...
...mayby thats the reason I don't like this picture as much as your other works.
(She is probably a great character though)
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Yup she is the very definition of sour, and definately not a nice person to be around, not much of a looker either. That reminds me I forgot to add some scars.
The armour is a bit heavy, But Hervor gets in to hand to hand combats pretty much all the time and thinks that a little restriction to her movements is worth it for the extra protection.
She is actually wearing a magical breastplate that weighs about half as much as a standard one.
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Ahhh - thanks for explaining - much appreciated!
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