HOME | DD

Inkthinker — Thief

Published: 2004-12-07 12:20:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 4056; Favourites: 76; Downloads: 406
Redirect to original
Description Buxom elven thief and the tools of her trade. She should probably travel a little lighter, but there's a lot of things that come in useful for a character like her... a small journal with ink and pen for notes, scroll case, utensils (hey, you wouldn't eat off of just any old silverware, considering the usual hygenic quality of most medieval fantasy worlds), potions, poisons, acids (for eating through locks and so forth), lockpicks, small tools, and a selection of sharp objects. Her belt is supposed to loop twice around, to hold more pouches and so forth.

The outfit's a little plain, but I like it nonetheless.

Once again I totally screwed the pooch on layout. I didn't think out the whole thing ahead of time, but rather just added ideas as they came...

The pose came first, because I find drawing people in a crosslegged position to be a pain in the ass, and lately it's been a tendency of mine to attack things I can't draw until I get 'em right... It seems to me that if I can't draw the human form in any position I can think of, then I obviously am not ready to take my work up closer to where I'd like it to be. Still don't know if I got it right here, either... the foreshortening on her leg seems wonky.

The ring of tools and objects came last, and there wasn't room enough for them on the page (also the reason the arc they describe is a bit off-plane, I think). 'Course, I could fix that on the ink stage, if I was to take it there. Can't say if I will, though... This might just stay a sketch.
Related content
Comments: 12

SCARY-WIZARD [2022-06-07 18:10:26 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

CaseyPalmer [2004-12-12 19:53:56 +0000 UTC]

The ring of tools just keeps drawing my attention to the piece. I love it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Ameba [2004-12-08 03:22:10 +0000 UTC]

I remember a ilustration of Hyung Tae-Kim... great Job

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Inkthinker In reply to Ameba [2004-12-08 03:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Also one by Shirow, depicting Deunan and Bri surrounded by equipment. Both had a bit of influence on this drawing.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Ameba In reply to Inkthinker [2004-12-08 03:44:07 +0000 UTC]

all we have or we take something of other sketchers... but I like much yours art...

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Dualmask [2004-12-07 13:40:30 +0000 UTC]

I wish she were prettier, but I like the pose, her form and the equipment. This was an ambitious piece, I too have some trouble putting the figure in common yet complex poses like sitting.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

shadowssurroundme [2004-12-07 13:01:08 +0000 UTC]

i love how you layed her weapons out.....but she looks a little too buff and short for my liking.....that just my prefrence tho'

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Syphron [2004-12-07 12:46:03 +0000 UTC]

Great design and concept, one thing that disturbs me about this pic is probably her pose i looks like she's kinda squashed (that could be just me and my darn eyes today) i like the "tools of the trade" rotating around her, great anatomy too by the way

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Mr-KaMiKaZe [2004-12-07 12:44:18 +0000 UTC]

WOW So CooL!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

zaratus [2004-12-07 12:36:37 +0000 UTC]

luv it

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

theCHAMBA [2004-12-07 12:31:08 +0000 UTC]

lovin her eyes..
yep.. her eyes

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Disturbedartchick [2004-12-07 12:25:23 +0000 UTC]

thats alot of tools 0_o cool tho i love the anatomy u got going

👍: 0 ⏩: 0