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FULL VIEW IS ***NOT*** DIAL-UP FRIENDLY!! ... but it has more details!

This is Icarus Faermownt, a character from the book I'm working on. He's an aeviahn of the Fiinex clan. Fiinexes are made when an unwanted egg is dropped into a volcano -- the aeviahn within retains the basic appreance of its parent clan, but not its colouring. Fiinexes have a higher normal body temperature as well, and when aroused, that temp goes up, high enough to potentially burn most other homonids. This makes them highly-sought-after bed-servants for the likes of rheptillians and other hominids with attributes that allow them to withstand a Feenix's Heat. Raised in an orphanage, it has become customary for them to be trained as massuess-concubines. Icarus, though, wants something else for his life: he wants to be a bard. He fights for the right to attend the Aveh Lohn University, where he meets Hestia Frijia, a Wulphaeran girl -- as in, "not a rheptillian" -- whom he falls for. But how can he get close to her without hurting her?...

Of course, he has a friends-with-benefits tryst with a roomate or three in the meantime. Ho-Yay!

I plan on doing pin-ups of all the characters. The first one was of Drokkan Un'Sealy, and you can see it here: www.deviantart.com/deviation/2…

I had originally started this piece with a different pose -- was using an assortment of photo refs because I couldn't find one that was quite what I wanted -- but it was crap. So I sketched this one out, sans the use of any ref, while watching TV, and realised that, while it wasn't the view I'd intended and I wasn't a hundered percet sure of the anatomy, it was much better looking than the one I was originally doing (and hey, he's an alien, so who says the anatomy has to be just like a human's? ^_~). Sooo I scrapped the other and scanned this in. I used a photoref of an osprey for the wings. I'm not as pleased with the background (the perspective just doesn't seem right, and it's a bit sloppy) but it's as good as it's gonna get, methinks (it was much worse earlier! )... As for the lighting, well, he's in an enclosed space with a lot of reflected light (my excuse for not wanting to spoil his colours with a lot of shadowing -- although he should have ripple-lights on him too, then, like on the walls. I tried it, and it just didn't look right ...) Oh, and before you ask, Ickie's hair is feathery (but strong), so that's why it be stringy an' blowin' all over de place, nes pas? There should have been people around him, like in the book, but I was lazy, and I didn't want to detract from him. I'm very pleased with how Icarus himself turned out, at least. Let me enjoy it for a while, cause I'll probably hate it tomorrow ...

Aside from the initial skecth, everything done in Photoshop Elements with a Wacom Graphire 3 drawing tablet. About 20-25 hours of work, altogether.

Description
FULL VIEW IS ***NOT*** DIAL-UP FRIENDLY!! ... but it has more details!

This is Icarus Faermownt, a character from the book I'm working on. He's an aeviahn of the Fiinex clan. Fiinexes are made when an unwanted egg is dropped into a volcano -- the aeviahn within retains the basic appreance of its parent clan, but not its colouring. Fiinexes have a higher normal body temperature as well, and when aroused, that temp goes up, high enough to potentially burn most other homonids. This makes them highly-sought-after bed-servants for the likes of rheptillians and other hominids with attributes that allow them to withstand a Feenix's Heat. Raised in an orphanage, it has become customary for them to be trained as massuess-concubines. Icarus, though, wants something else for his life: he wants to be a bard. He fights for the right to attend the Aveh Lohn University, where he meets Hestia Frijia, a Wulphaeran girl -- as in, "not a rheptillian" -- whom he falls for. But how can he get close to her without hurting her?...

Of course, he has a friends-with-benefits tryst with a roomate or three in the meantime. Ho-Yay!

I plan on doing pin-ups of all the characters. The first one was of Drokkan Un'Sealy, and you can see it here: www.deviantart.com/deviation/2…

I had originally started this piece with a different pose -- was using an assortment of photo refs because I couldn't find one that was quite what I wanted -- but it was crap. So I sketched this one out, sans the use of any ref, while watching TV, and realised that, while it wasn't the view I'd intended and I wasn't a hundered percet sure of the anatomy, it was much better looking than the one I was originally doing (and hey, he's an alien, so who says the anatomy has to be just like a human's? ^_~). Sooo I scrapped the other and scanned this in. I used a photoref of an osprey for the wings. I'm not as pleased with the background (the perspective just doesn't seem right, and it's a bit sloppy) but it's as good as it's gonna get, methinks (it was much worse earlier! )... As for the lighting, well, he's in an enclosed space with a lot of reflected light (my excuse for not wanting to spoil his colours with a lot of shadowing -- although he should have ripple-lights on him too, then, like on the walls. I tried it, and it just didn't look right ...) Oh, and before you ask, Ickie's hair is feathery (but strong), so that's why it be stringy an' blowin' all over de place, nes pas? There should have been people around him, like in the book, but I was lazy, and I didn't want to detract from him. I'm very pleased with how Icarus himself turned out, at least. Let me enjoy it for a while, cause I'll probably hate it tomorrow ...

Aside from the initial skecth, everything done in Photoshop Elements with a Wacom Graphire 3 drawing tablet. About 20-25 hours of work, altogether.