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The exact method of travel is only so important, as far as military histories are concerned- being able to drop a castle wherever is strategically necessary is still a bit of a game changer. Baroness Juliette abuses it whenever she can, much to the distress of her chatelaine.

That's amazing!!! =oD

I'm sort of flailing around because yes, she would have a smaller flag, just as a proof-of-concept/artisan's-mark thingy. You know, to prove that she can do it and so forth. Plus, given her connection to Spelin Tam-Ara and how she got the job as Warden in the first place, it's make sense for that to form a large part of her attire. Almost a secondary symbol of the faith - I feel like the Temple of Spelin now has quite a few weavers of broadcloth and silks in it now, the better to capitalize on the Warden's unique skillset (and also, y'know, give alms of blankets and good winter clothing to the poor and needy of the Union).

I also love the very traditional crosier that she has - it actually looks quite a lot like the one from the Shepherd Neame logo, which is super fitting for the real ale nerd. It looks like it could do some serious damage to any Marizu fool enough to come charging in at her... which is all of them, so that's handy. I get the feeling that the actual crosier-y bit at the top is just a huge lump of carbon steel bent into shape and then brazed, giving it an approximate weight (after some quick and dirty calcs) of about 18.5kg. That's a hair under 41lb, for anyone watching in black and white or from the US.

That's the thing about Ye Scape-Grace - her weapon of choice is hiding in plain sight. =]

[Checks] I didn't specify, did I? My assumption was that it flew, or at least floated; hence how it could get caught up in the woods at Kar'eer and stuck in place. But teleporting is also fine. ;)

Thank you for the picture! Assuming I don't wear myself out, I will in all likelihood do another Baron Juliette image once I've worked through the others I can actually draw.

hS

As a reward for your labours, you get a full-colour image (with preemptive apologies for being too colour-blind to actually know your hair colour for sure, and thus having to estimate).



Fun fact #1: The costume here is drawn directly from Ye Scape-Grace's clerical robes. It's not going to be a perfect match (I still don't fully understand what you were aiming for at the collar), but it's close.

Fun fact #2: The apparel on her left cuff shows the early history of Plort, by way of the sigils of the Protectors and Triumvirs. It's the best I could do at this scale for the elaborate embroidery she should have.

Fun fact #3: If anyone else asks for filigree'd anything, I will not be responsible for my actions. :( I'm worn out on that now.

Fun fact #4: As a non-baron, Ye Scape-Grace gets a tiny little flag. This has nothing to do with the fact that the photo I was working from had the hand at such an angle that I couldn't fit a big flagpole in. Pfffft, as if.

hS

Definitely an improvement. There's a dark dot on her stomach that keeps distracting me by looking like a very misplaced belly-button, but I don't think that was intentional?

Next step: invest in a blending stump or two. These are basically tightly rolled sticks of paper that let you smear the graphite into smooth gradients. In the meantime, though, a bit of tissue on the end of your finger works, too. {= )

I think Remnant covered the hands well enough, so I'll mention that the jaw looks a bit misaligned. It might be the way the neck connects with a straight line to the hinge just at the junction of the ear on the left. It shouldn't quite do that; there's a muscle that runs from the pit of the collarbones up behind the ear (the sternocleidomastoid) that should carry that neck line back a little. You kinda have that shaded in at the throat, but it looks like it goes straight up to her chin rather than back.

~Neshomeh

Is that the English bowmen "come and get 'em" gesture she's making, or something else?

I think her chest came out really well. It looks three-dimensional and well proportioned to her torso, and the top looks like something that would actually stay on. ^_^

Her shoulders could use a bit more development, especially if she's meant to be a strong character. The raised arm in particular, with the small, round joint, looks a bit doll-like.

~Neshomeh, trying to spread the concrit around.

Because who needs three sketches when you can obsess over one! {= D



While this is definitely more readable, I feel like the first one had more energy somehow? Eh, oh well. I like being able to show off her musculature in this costume, anyway. Gall is buff.

~Neshomeh

Have some popcorn to eat while you read the important stuff on the homepage, and a pack of cat-shaped sticky notes because why not. Hope you enjoy your stay!

Here is my protagonist. I know she is not wearing very much, there is a reason for it other than "it's sexy" and has to do with how a certain type of magic works in universe. I'll be happy to explain if anyone asks (long story). Coincidentally, it is the same reason as to why Kaede and Yue aren't wearing much either.



She's strong, crazy strong. There is no one else I would rather fight beside. Unfortunately, she's impulsive; if there is something no one is stupid enough to do, Azusa is going to do it.
-Shinonome Kaede

She is always so cheerful and energetic, even on bad days. It seems like life is just one big party when she is around, if there is something interesting happening near by, she is definitely going to charge head first into whatever is going on. Maybe she should try and be more careful so she doesn't get in trouble as often as she does.
-Shinonome Tsuaki

I am entirely okay with Fun Fact Two being canonized! In fact, it's a plot point in last year's NaNo project. (Which I really need to shape up and get into beta- writing the history of the Ypur Wars, in Plortish form.) (Speaking of which, why, dear Bast, did you give me a teleporting castle? Keeping that thing from being ridiculously overpowered was a chore.)

As far as Fun Fact One goes, well...



Yours truly!

-Juliette

"Sometimes I wrestle with my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle."

I don't have any "fardoms" lol, but I am a fan of anime, particularly Madoka Magica & Kuroshisuji, as well as certain video games, like Yandere Simulator, Five Nights at Freddy's, Undertale, and recently, Overwatch.

I just heard about you guys and wanted to be a part of it! I do riffs and MSTs, so this'll be something new.

You want cute stuff? I got a whole collection of cute pictures off the internet! Question is, are we doing one per post?

In the meantime, have a bunch of baby bats!

Welcome aboard! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay!

So, what brings you to the PPC?

THE BABIES.

(That is, cats.)

https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/15/emmacorngold/baldkitten.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/he7CB0Np7Cs/hqdefault.jpg

The hands actually look decent enough. However, on closer inspection, it does look like the fingers are directly connected to the wrist. Also the fingers look like there are no bones. A good way to fix this is to draw the structure of the hand before actually drawing the hand. This applies for the body as well if you draw it free hand. Everything can be broken down into component shapes, so you first construct the hands from their components, which are the palm, the fingers, and the thumb. The fingers and thumb can be further broken down into a series of cylinders, and the palm can be represented as a trapezoid or pentagon. To construct the hand simply place the components in the correct orientation and position, foreshorten if necessary. Then outline. I just realized I sound like Lego instructions.

The body looks well shaded and the shadows are correctly oriented for the most part. Everything else seems fine, though the lineart can use some cleaning up. The facial expression looks pretty good.

(As you can see, I'm not really good at concrit.)

I do agree it is necessary to know anatomy. As for hands, those are a b*tch to draw, but I will practice more, I really want to improve.

It's for Supernatural. I don't have a strict time when it happens, but it's before they meet Castiel.

I'm basing the story off of https://www.e-reading.club/chapter.php/80526/12/McCaffrey-Getoffthe_Unicorn.html

It's not done, but I have a feeling that what I have is garbage and needs serious re-working before I continue.

Also, the research I'm doing kinda makes me thing that Anne didn't spend much time researching that short story. I'm hoping no one notices the mistakes.

Andromeda ("Anda") Ethrax has the distinction of never being written in her original incarnation - she was supposed to be a descendent of the protagonists from The Future^TM, but I never wrote that story.

She then had a revival for some stories with a bunch of my characters meeting up, which is when I modelled her on Kaitlyn. At that point she ended up in a sort of '50s retrofuture style, with an honest-to-Asimov silver bodysuit (which deploys from her bracelet, because scifi).

Given how simple that description is, I decided to use this picture to try out some of Neshomeh's shading advice. Reversing which pencils I was using for which really helped! I also got to try out highlights, since the bodysuit has a base of light grey which could be left out for that. How well it worked... well, I'll leave that for you to judge!

(I'd also appreciate some comments on her hands; I had to sketch them both freehand, as the picture I was working from featured a pair of small children...)

I also now need to think about how to redesign Anda. Since she's both a resident of the far future and a powerful psychic, I feel like I should be able to do something exciting, but... I'm still not sure what.

hS