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Kadira7211 — Aravin Dreysel - Mandalorian Character Sketchpaint

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Published: 2017-06-16 20:44:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1735; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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Description Since I've been hitting a massive wall in terms of stories, characters, etc lately thanks to a number of reasons, I decided to sit down and sketch out a character who I've had bouncing around in my head for a little bit now. Hoping this helps me to start breaking through on other ideas, as well as allowing me to go further in developing this lady. And look, short hair finally! Likely going to make the helmet a bit easier for her to manage, and I wanted to try something new with her.

This is Aravin Dreysel, who is alive during the time of the Clone Wars. I'm hoping to use her to flesh out a bit of the legacy following Sihna and leading to Laniff, as well as allowing me to just sit down and write a brand new character to try to get the wheels turning.
I'll likely be making changes to her as time goes on to try to get her to fit with the final character rather than staying as a sketch, but this was where I got to for now

Done in Photoshop CC with a Wacom Intuos Pro.
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Comments: 17

Firiel-Archer [2017-07-29 22:14:51 +0000 UTC]

I like her hair and her - poise - she seems extremely self-assured without being cocky, and with maybe an edge of sad underneath...

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Kadira7211 In reply to Firiel-Archer [2017-08-04 19:39:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Her backstory is still in the works, but both of those things fit the idea I have of her. I'm glad they carried through in the sketch

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RishabhS [2017-07-24 05:12:54 +0000 UTC]

one line-she looks beautiful!

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Kadira7211 In reply to RishabhS [2017-07-27 03:53:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Shadow35581 [2017-06-19 16:21:36 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Was she a member of Death Watch?

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Kadira7211 In reply to Shadow35581 [2017-06-20 17:01:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And no, she's pretty solid set in the True Mandalorians camp of things

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Shadow35581 In reply to Kadira7211 [2017-06-20 19:36:28 +0000 UTC]

Ah. I RPed a Mando'a in Star Wars Fantasy Flight who was part of Death Watch.

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Kadira7211 In reply to Shadow35581 [2017-06-23 16:48:19 +0000 UTC]

Ah, very nice.

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DC-26 [2017-06-17 12:19:24 +0000 UTC]

I particularly appreciate that her chest armor is reasonable.  Good choice to set the center diamond up high on the sternum, instead of between the pecs like on men's armor.

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Kadira7211 In reply to DC-26 [2017-06-20 17:03:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! That's something I try to stay conscious of - its not too useful if it's uncomfortable or so revealing that it doesn't protect anything The diamond placement was one of the trickier pieces, so I ended up settling with moving it higher up so as not to have it digging into her - glad it looks plausible!

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DC-26 In reply to Kadira7211 [2017-06-21 10:48:53 +0000 UTC]

I had ambitions to make myself some armor a while ago, and that solution for the diamond is exactly what I settled on.  

There's way too much impractical-looking chest armor for women; Mandos would definitely know better, so I always love seeing when someone's put the right thought into it, as you have here.

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Kadira7211 In reply to DC-26 [2017-06-23 16:48:54 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that's great to know it works IRL! Phew!

I agree - and if they didn't know better, I have a feeling they'd learn very quickly

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DC-26 In reply to Kadira7211 [2017-06-24 02:13:53 +0000 UTC]

Yes... that's not a good place for things to be poking!

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JaroKrieg [2017-06-16 23:55:05 +0000 UTC]

i like her look.  

The sharp chinline and the baroque Hairstyle do fit really well into the TCW style era.

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Kadira7211 In reply to JaroKrieg [2017-06-20 17:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The family 'look' I'm going with for specific lines of the Dreysel clan has pretty sharp/defined features, so I'm glad that translated well into the era. The hair is me attempting something new, as I usually go with long-haired characters.

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JaroKrieg In reply to Kadira7211 [2017-06-20 20:58:59 +0000 UTC]

jeah,  but long hairs  are a pain in the Ass when wearing Fully closed helmets. - trust me on that issue. ^^

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Kadira7211 In reply to JaroKrieg [2017-06-23 16:48:10 +0000 UTC]

-laughs- Yeah, but the nice thing about characters is they can get creative with solutions

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