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I went through a phase about six months ago where I reread all of the early Redwall books (also known as the non-sucky ones; seriously, Pearls of Lutra? What was up with that?) and then had to draw my two favorites (Mariel and Dandin, from Mariel of Redwall and The Bellmaker). I never liked the illustrations in the books; the artists always tried to make the characters look like real mice and badgers and hares and whatever, which is stupid, because have you ever actually seen a mouse? They've got these little teeny tiny front legs, they could never pick up a sword! And they could never do battle with, say, a wildcat; the proportions are entirely too ridiculous. I always saw the characters as being far more anthropomorphized, so I drew Dandin as such. With little outfits! He's so hot. You know, for a mouse. Although I still can't figure out how to do any view except profile for animals. This is a problem that has plagued me since...oh, the development of the ability to hold a crayon. There's some Mariel sketches in my sketchbook too. Someday when I stop being lazy (ha!) I'll scan 'em. Please ignore the stupid J in the bottom righthand corner; I got this idiotic journal for Christmas that was obviously purchased at Claire's and intended for thirteen-year-olds to write about how much they love Aaron Carter. It's, like, purple with lavender pages and a J on every page and on the cover. With rhinestones. It's so heinous, but it's useful for sketching on the go because the pages are unlined. Medium: Ballpoint pen, idiot Claire's journal |
