I'm a Shadow Man

(Moria) Ugh, what just landed in my tea?! This is why I hate dining in plein air!

((Thank you! I’m glad that you’ve enjoyed my blog; I feel bad about slowing down on how often I post, but juggling work, domestic obligations and my own waxing and waning inspiration has always been a challenge.

Moria has a simple cartoony look that’s really hard to get consistent, as evidenced by how amorphous he is in the manga. I try to start by outlining the curve of his head and neck using a simple fleshy shape,

...then work out his features in more detail. I often have to resize his facial features because I tend to draw his nose and ears too big.

I try to position his brow and nose within the bounds of his mouth and use his sideburns to outline his face.

His body is eggplant-shaped, with thin shoulders. I try to show his body stretching or hunching up expressively when I draw him.

((Your guesses were all correct, though I’m sad that the bony extremities and basically-human appearance of Moria did not make it obvious that he is forsaken. 

Just for fun, my Shichibukai/WoW lineup is as follows:

Crocodile: Orc enhancement shaman (refuses to play resto)

Kuma: Tauren protection paladin

Doflamingo: Darkspear troll fire mage (prefers arcane, but it’s underpowered)

Mihawk: Blood elf arms warrior (has always played arms, even when it wasn’t cool)

Hancock: Zandalari troll beastmaster hunter

Jinbe: Pandaren brewmaster monk (was probably an orc resto shaman before Mists of Pandaria)

Moria: Forsaken discipline priest (wants to play shadow but is forced to heal)

Buggy: Blood elf havoc demon hunter (formerly a goblin outlaw rogue, but he’s the sort of basic idiot who would’ve gone DH when Legion dropped)

Law: Forsaken blood death knight