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So, as a side project, influenced by me wanting to read a lot more lately, I've been wanting to draw famous (or semi-famous) characters that appear in fantasy or fantasy-adjacent novels/stories, etc. The catch is that if the character has appeared in works that have been adapted into other media (games, film, etc) I'll take no influence from those depictions, but rather straight from the book's pages, as close as I can possibly get them. Obviously some artistic liberties will be taken if said characters' descriptions are more ambiguous, hard to decipher or if details aren't apparent. This project will likely take some time, as though I do not plan on reading every single book associated with the characters, finding their descriptions and designing them in my free time will be fairly intensive.
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Severian:

Severian is the main character from Gene Wolfe's genre-bending Book of the New Sun tetralogy. Donning a cloak and mask made of a material so black that it appears flat and graphic, Severian was born into the Torturer's Guild, an ancient guild that carries out torture and execution for the Autarch. The Autarch is the supreme ruler of Urth, a world in which the sun is rapidly burning out, threatening to end all life. The story uses elements of meta-fiction, as it's told in first person as Severian (who claims to have a perfect memory) recollects his life story- this story being translated by Wolfe from a language that has yet to be developed. Due to these layers of possible deception, the reader's trust in Severian as he narrates the story is consistently compromised.

Being part of the "Dying Earth" sub-genre pioneered by author Jack Vance, The Book of the New Sun brilliantly melds science fiction and fantasy, and contains some of the most inventive prose in a work of fiction I've ever read. Two books into the series and I'm already hooked.

Description
So, as a side project, influenced by me wanting to read a lot more lately, I've been wanting to draw famous (or semi-famous) characters that appear in fantasy or fantasy-adjacent novels/stories, etc. The catch is that if the character has appeared in works that have been adapted into other media (games, film, etc) I'll take no influence from those depictions, but rather straight from the book's pages, as close as I can possibly get them. Obviously some artistic liberties will be taken if said characters' descriptions are more ambiguous, hard to decipher or if details aren't apparent. This project will likely take some time, as though I do not plan on reading every single book associated with the characters, finding their descriptions and designing them in my free time will be fairly intensive.
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Severian:

Severian is the main character from Gene Wolfe's genre-bending Book of the New Sun tetralogy. Donning a cloak and mask made of a material so black that it appears flat and graphic, Severian was born into the Torturer's Guild, an ancient guild that carries out torture and execution for the Autarch. The Autarch is the supreme ruler of Urth, a world in which the sun is rapidly burning out, threatening to end all life. The story uses elements of meta-fiction, as it's told in first person as Severian (who claims to have a perfect memory) recollects his life story- this story being translated by Wolfe from a language that has yet to be developed. Due to these layers of possible deception, the reader's trust in Severian as he narrates the story is consistently compromised.

Being part of the "Dying Earth" sub-genre pioneered by author Jack Vance, The Book of the New Sun brilliantly melds science fiction and fantasy, and contains some of the most inventive prose in a work of fiction I've ever read. Two books into the series and I'm already hooked.