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Description He was tough enough to make most monsters cry for their mommies.
~ "The Sea of Monsters"....forgot the page. Maybe I'll look it up later xD

SPOILER from here on!

Ah, Beckendorf x'D. I loved him, really. One of my favourite key characters in the series. I wouldn't even call him and Silena "minor" characters since their actions were pretty important for the storyline and all. And their deaths! T_T So dramatic xP

I enjoyed doing this. It's my first time to properly draw an African American and I don't know if I succeeded or if I failed...you tell me The green glowing things on his belt are Greek fire explosives. They explode if you drop them and the glass breaks. The colour/black stuff on his jeans is oil. And the Greek letter on his sword belt is an "eta"= H, the letter of his father . Btw, I imagine him to have a long, two handed blade for a sword. Would be fitting for him somehow. And yes, I'm well aware that the Greek didn't have longswords. But he's a blacksmith and he's from America, not Greece, I'm sure he could manage something like that .

In my opinion, he's drawn far too gentle and weak looking in most fanarts. Don't know if that's always part of the style or something. But when I imagine Beckendorf, I remember the above quote Percy once did. He looks tough. Very. So the scar, the muscles, the torn shirt and jeans are supposed to picture that. On the other hand, his character is rather friendly and caring. You get that by looking into his eyes- hopefully. So yes, he is gentle. But he doesn't look like it. Okay, end of rant here .

Hope you enjoy it!!
Love ya ~


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Reference © what-i-do-is-secretwhat-i-do-is-secret.deviantart…
Texture © RavenStocks → fav.me/d372vrr
Charles Beckendorf © Rick Riordan
Time: Around 5 hours
Medium: PS CS 5 | Wacom Intuos 4
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Comments: 177

AliasArtworks [2014-03-08 07:02:34 +0000 UTC]

wow?

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Kat-Anni In reply to AliasArtworks [2014-06-18 11:46:06 +0000 UTC]

thanks? I guess xD

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wyvern97 [2013-11-09 01:24:31 +0000 UTC]

Really love the pic. Beckendorf is and always will be one of my all time favorite characters in the series. I also agree with you. Most pics of him I have seen don't portray him all too well but you managed to capture and portray him really well. Great job!

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Kat-Anni In reply to wyvern97 [2014-06-18 12:07:53 +0000 UTC]

Awww, thank you very much!

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kittykat532 [2013-08-10 11:21:17 +0000 UTC]

BECKENDORF!!!! I HATED WHAT WHEN THEY MADE HIM DIE!!!!!  

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Emeraldwillow9867 In reply to kittykat532 [2014-08-09 21:00:53 +0000 UTC]

IKR

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Kat-Anni In reply to kittykat532 [2014-06-18 12:26:28 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, me too, friend, me too..... *sigh*

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ssaffr01 [2013-07-15 05:51:16 +0000 UTC]

I have to ask, what's up with the shoulder? Is it a birthmark?

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Kat-Anni In reply to ssaffr01 [2013-07-15 11:03:08 +0000 UTC]

That's alright ^^. It's actually supposed to be a scar x'D. I figured it would look lighter since the pigments don't colour back the way they were when the wound was big enough. I may have overdone it a bit though xP.

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ssaffr01 In reply to Kat-Anni [2013-07-15 19:30:37 +0000 UTC]

So, like if he burned himself?

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Kat-Anni In reply to ssaffr01 [2013-07-15 21:53:20 +0000 UTC]

For example . I didn't think up a story behind the scar, you could make one

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ssaffr01 In reply to Kat-Anni [2013-07-16 04:46:09 +0000 UTC]

I was thinking he was born with it because remember, his father was lame when his was born. So like a birth defect?



Lame= weakened at birth.

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Kat-Anni In reply to ssaffr01 [2013-10-23 22:16:08 +0000 UTC]

Mh.....yeah. Actually not that bad an idea

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campHBHogwartsfan [2013-06-24 03:13:26 +0000 UTC]

BECKENDORF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LEO VALDEZ AND JAKE MASON AND NYSSA'S BROTHER!!!!!

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Kat-Anni In reply to campHBHogwartsfan [2014-06-18 13:33:53 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, he is I miss him :/

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FurDenAnd1 [2013-05-29 19:36:54 +0000 UTC]

Why did he have to die!!

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Kat-Anni In reply to FurDenAnd1 [2013-06-04 15:25:15 +0000 UTC]

I don't know, it was so sad! D:

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Makdragon8 [2013-04-22 02:57:55 +0000 UTC]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kat-Anni In reply to Makdragon8 [2013-05-25 22:25:21 +0000 UTC]

Er..thanks?

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Makdragon8 In reply to Kat-Anni [2013-05-25 22:26:53 +0000 UTC]

Sorry...fangirling I do love it though

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Kat-Anni In reply to Makdragon8 [2013-05-25 23:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Haha okay
Thank you!

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Makdragon8 In reply to Kat-Anni [2013-05-25 23:38:46 +0000 UTC]

yeah
no prob

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AliasArtworks [2013-04-13 00:55:20 +0000 UTC]

greek fire!

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Kat-Anni In reply to AliasArtworks [2013-05-25 22:23:10 +0000 UTC]

Yeah!

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ShinyForests [2012-12-22 13:30:12 +0000 UTC]

if he was real and I called him that he would probaly kill me

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Kat-Anni In reply to ShinyForests [2013-01-18 14:53:28 +0000 UTC]

Lol, Probably

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ShinyForests In reply to Kat-Anni [2013-01-19 02:52:35 +0000 UTC]

lol

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ShinyForests [2012-12-22 13:29:55 +0000 UTC]

I just call this dude Charlie

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warrior-prince [2012-12-13 22:32:14 +0000 UTC]

May I use your Beckendorf drawing as my avatar?

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Kat-Anni In reply to warrior-prince [2012-12-14 02:04:11 +0000 UTC]

Of course you may

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warrior-prince In reply to Kat-Anni [2012-12-14 06:21:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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Kat-Anni In reply to warrior-prince [2013-01-03 01:55:40 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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warrior-prince [2012-12-13 22:30:47 +0000 UTC]

As an African American guy I really appreciate seeing realistic depictions of black guys in literature and art. I agree completely with your comment that most of the Beckendorf drawings on this site are inaccurate in portraying him as effeminate and docile-looking. The other problem I have with many of the Beckendorf drawings is how some artists infuse so much anime into their depictions that he looks more Indian (as in Hindu, not Native American Indian) than African American. Nice touch with the dreads. I also wear dreads btw and see a lot of myself in the way Beckendorf is described.

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Kat-Anni In reply to warrior-prince [2012-12-14 02:03:55 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you very much, I'm glad I made him look decent and that you like it!

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warrior-prince In reply to Kat-Anni [2012-12-14 06:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Very much so. I think you should be confident that you can draw black characters very well. Extra props for making the dreads look realistic. They're not easy to draw.

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Kat-Anni In reply to warrior-prince [2013-01-18 15:25:24 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I got that feeling while doing those
And thank you very much, I'll try even more in the future!

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PandoraTemptest [2012-11-12 00:12:37 +0000 UTC]

He was my favorite character in the first series! I was SO mad when he died! (I hate cruise ships now)
I like the ponytail in the back, very macho I thought he would be a little less fighter, more of a blacksmith. I always pictured a hammer in his hand. But a sword works nicely too

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Kat-Anni In reply to PandoraTemptest [2012-11-13 15:30:42 +0000 UTC]

I was mad/sad too D:. Still miss him ;_;
Yeah, hammer would be fitting but that was so clichee so I thought..oh well, two hand sword

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PandoraTemptest In reply to Kat-Anni [2012-11-13 20:27:44 +0000 UTC]

Well a hammer is a fitting weapon for him. It cad be a tool to build or weapon to destroy. (See what I did there? ) and it shows that's he isn't mindless muscle, he is creative builder.

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Kat-Anni In reply to PandoraTemptest [2013-01-18 15:29:53 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you're right ^^. I just thought it would be weird, since Leo already has one (probably for the same reasons).

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PandoraTemptest In reply to Kat-Anni [2013-01-18 20:05:55 +0000 UTC]

Well he has the tool bag, and he can take out any kind of tool/weapon/both, and he just prefers the hammer for fighting. He isn't a big fighter though, he's the kick@$$ mechanic/Supreme Commander

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TTh1rt3en [2012-08-29 11:01:23 +0000 UTC]

Damn i miss that guy. He was one of the few minor characters with a real story and stuff.
And i love your work. most of your drawings are just as i imagined them ;3;

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Kat-Anni In reply to TTh1rt3en [2012-09-26 11:51:21 +0000 UTC]

Aww, you're really too nice to me
Thank you very much!
And yeah, I miss him too ._.

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TTh1rt3en In reply to Kat-Anni [2012-09-26 14:48:37 +0000 UTC]

And again, you're welcome. I think everybody misses him.

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Kat-Anni In reply to TTh1rt3en [2012-11-09 17:15:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, probably D:

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phoenixking2012 [2012-08-27 13:26:27 +0000 UTC]

died a heros death....i just feel bad for his girlfreind

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Kat-Anni In reply to phoenixking2012 [2012-09-26 11:48:25 +0000 UTC]

yeah, me too :/ They had such a terrible fate...

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babyelove [2012-08-05 16:17:48 +0000 UTC]

I miss that guy

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Kat-Anni In reply to babyelove [2012-08-23 16:02:24 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, me too ^^

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babyelove In reply to Kat-Anni [2012-09-05 01:23:58 +0000 UTC]

yep

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