Linus Smallprint

@ellette-giselle

Ah. No, I don’t tend to do that.

Okay. It did take some time to get used to, but it has helped me improve my drawing a bit.

I can send a few sketches I started last night. Some are finished while some are still in the outline stage.

Sure!

@ellette-giselle

Thanks! I will start posting things on here probably on Monday, Febuary 3. My goal is to get through all of this in a month so I can start writing the first draft in March.

@whalekeeper

Do you have a plan for the front cover? (Ignore this question if you’re swamped with thoughts for the illustrations XD)

Still trying to figure that out. This is what I am currently using, and I may do something similar to this in the end (with a background, coloured, and fully developed of course. I still need to learn and practice d…[Read more]

@keilah-h

Hold on. I have it saved somewhere. It’s the same as in the document I sent you a while back:

Ah, found it:

Africa (Sahvahnah)
Lions (Lyens)
Arctic
Slot open
Asia
Slot open
Australia (Zimbwania)
Australian Water Dragons (Gorbs)
Central America
Slot open
Europe
Slot open
Slot open
Oceans
Slot open
North America (New Sahvahnah)
Deer…

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@ellette-giselle

This is the manikin I mention. He is helpful for posing, but not as flexible as I would prefer him to be:

@ellette-giselle

I’m not sure what you mean by outline. I do young sketches, see if I like the drawing, and then move from there.

Basically a simple form of the drawing I use to decide where things will all go and to help me get the proportions right. It’s useful because if I make a mistake here, for example, make the arms to long, or draw the h…[Read more]

@keilah-h

have you thought of a chameleon race or are you gonna stick to the lizards all being Australian water dragons?

I don’t know. I still haven’t thought of any more races other than the ones that are already in there, except possibly a horse-like one. So I still have seven out of thirteen slots open.

@theducktator

Forgot your tag in the previous post

@whalekeeper

Bro, the art is super good. You’re dedicated and it clearly shows; well done.

Thank you!

Ooh, nice! His cowl is cool!

Thanks! After I drew the first two full-body references, I looked at him and thought ‘he really needs something around his neck’. His cowl is the only part of his clothing that I’m settled on.

@loopylin

That piece of artwork you have there looks cool. Is that a sheep in wolf’s clothing? Do you have the finished version?

@keilah-h

Your art does look good. I’m a little thrown off because the picture you took of it is a little tilted, but they do look balanced when I tilt my head to match.

Iskyagus (how do you pronounce that anyway?? lol)

Here is my expertly made pronunciation guide:

Why’s he have antlers on his shoulders and not his head? Was that part of w…

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@ellette-giselle

I do not like full body illustrations. They are so difficult! Legs are awful! At least I can normally hide them on girls because of skirts and dresses. But Guys….. ugh. So hard to do.

Fair point. I struggle with legs often as well. I’ve been getting better recently.

Do you outline your drawings first? This has helped me improve m…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

Have a few minutes to give some brief comments in a break in my class. I may have more to say later.

I tend to like illustrations that show the full body. Many of yours are close-ups of the upper torso. But that is a preference, so don’t worry about that. Overall these are fine!

I like the horse. He’s chillin.

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@ellette-giselle

(I’m watermarking them just because I’m paranoid. Sorry)

Understandable. That’s why I created links to the artwork I shared yesterday instead of uploading them to Kingdom Pen directly, so I can revoke them later if I want to.

Oh, do you want to see the ones from LTBL or TVON?

Tough choice. Hmm… what about… both!

@ellette-giselle

Thank you again!

You’re welcome!

I have a good deal of the illustrations done. Would you be interested in looking them over once I scan them in to the laptop? If you don’t have the time then that’s totally fine. I can ask my editor her thoughts. I would just be interested in the opinion of another artist.

Sure thing! Would lov…[Read more]

@stephie

We’re the Canadian lefties…

Nice!

@ellette-giselle

I use gloves.

Interesting. I feel like I would have to get used to that first before I could use it effectively. Another strategy I have heard it put a clean piece of paper between your hand and the drawing.

My dad has some thick plastic ones he uses when dealing with drug evidence. (He’s a Detective.)

That’s cool! (Though I bet h…[Read more]

@keilah-h

He looks great! What kinda creature is he? I see he’s kinda like a kentor, but more elk-ish and less man.

Thank you!

Iskyagus was at one point a kentor. However, he know longer is. More on this soon when I start working on Book II.

The way you did his legs is very cool–digitigrade/unguligrade bipeds are hard (you can ask me, I have fou…

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@stephie

The socks one is so true. It applies to musicians as well.