Mostly Gift Sketches

I'm gonna start here by saying that I'm no longer going to be posting EVERYTHING that I make for the river-
From here on out, that'll all be put on http://river.thedesertwinds.com
:3 Seeing as that's the project site and all.

BUT, you do still get the stuff that I think is "the best"- and here's the most recent one.

I'm not sure if I like how this one turned out, when compared with the previous. I didn't do any shading with the watercolors (except on the dirt/rocks/water in the BG a bit)- but I DID try out the charcoal on top of it.. i dunno. I might try the pitt pastel over the watercolros next, then do the same thing that I did with those watercolor pics awhile back- charcoal (probably pastel, now) undershading and then watering down the colors as much as I can and applying them over.
I dunno. it's storybook-y and I like the way this style is coming out overall, but it's still not as soft as I was going for.
As for what's in the background- the river is based loosely off of the Sacramento River (given I live closer to it than I thought I did.) and also kinda those BADASS mountains in china.
you know.
the awesome ones.


A doodle of Krizzle. it is adorable AND DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME OTHERWISE.


A the sketch wip for a doodle I am making for someone who gave me some good input about Porta Custodis.


Another sketch gift, this time for Starling from Inkbunny.net ... he commented about liking the style of the river and hoping to see a storybook out of it, and was excited when i said that that was what the style was for.
SO I DREW HIM.


This is... um. Sheppero. He's for Sageon, who also gave me good input on porta custodis


Asher, for the same reasons


I forget this handsome fella's name, but he's for SeHT also for giving me some awesome input =3


this is FEN BECAUSE HE IS FENNYLISCIOUS. I like what happened with the head but I'm not so hot on the body. Want to finish it, though.


Oh, remember this? Yeha. It's about halfway colored now, but here are some lines for you.
The inks are that way on purpose >>


OLD picture of something called a valerien.


newer picture


Newest picture, including some rough sketches of a harness used on it. . . . Yeah. these guys are for one of those worlds that i'm always building but might not ever use.