Wynd the Wise Woman here was drawn back in 2016 for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign I ran.
I drew her with Copic markers, fine line brush pens, and Strathmore sketchbook paper.
Wynd the Wise Woman
Throwback Thursday – Phoenix
Today’s Throwback Thursday is going to reveal how much of an absolute hipster I am. Because here’s why I drew Phoenix from X-Men:
I’ve never read the comics that featured Phoenix. I only ever saw X-Men 3 for context for who Phoenix is. (And looking back on it, X-Men 3 wasn’t that good).
I drew Phoenix because of the aesthetic.
I wanted to play around with shadows and light on a superhero figure, and this sketch was the result. This was drawn back in 2013, so I’ve improved since then.
But yep – I’m a freakin’ hipster. Only hipsters would draw a character because they looked cool, not because of anything actually pertaining to the character.
So please forgive 2013 me.
Still, I wanted to share this so a) you could learn from my mistake, and b) because I’m actually pretty pleased with how this sketch came out.
If I ever do a redraw of this, I would change the character to someone whom I actually know and like.
Claire and Tracy – A Sketch
Today’s Throwback Thursday features Claire and Tracy.
These two starred in a story called Traveler’s Road. Unfortunately, the project has been shelved, and probably indefinitely, by the looks of it.
Why? Well, no matter how many chapter I wrote for the thing, they never came out right. So, the project is shelved.
Still, some good art came from it. Like this piece.
And now this is available as a hi-res download on Patreon and Ko-Fi.
This will likely be the last hi-res download on Ko-Fi, because it will be for written works only moving forward.
Charlie in Action: A Sketch
I promised more Charlie sketches a while ago. And I found one in the old sketchbook bin.
Honestly, I loved drawing Charlie in action poses. I haven’t drawn things like this for a long while. I should get back into it.
I drew her in this outfit because I wanted something that looked sleek yet unobtrusive for martial arts moves. She’s a Tae Kwon Do practitioner, after all.
And now she’s available as a digital download! Check it out on Patreon or Ko-Fi. The original sketch will be listed on Storenvy soon.
Apprentice Wise Woman: A Sketch
Way back in 2014, I drew this Apprentice Wise Woman.
…Mostly to play with the aesthetic. But also to practice drawing with some new pens I had acquired at the time.
In retrospect, I consider her a prototype for The Woman of the Woods. The face paint patterns are also proto-Nafrit, Nafrits being the nomadic women warrior peoples in The Legend of Jamie Roberts. The gang hasn’t met them yet.
Actually, I may draw more ladies like this one…
Oh! And she’s available as a hi-res download for Ko-Fi and Patreon.