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Byleth drawing hours - i have read Chapter 17 of 'Call Them Brothers' by @wutheringmights and one of the conversations later on in the chapter regarding the Teachings of Din inspired this little piece. i've used a comic style along with stick drawings most of the time to try and make it feel more like a fable, something that somebody's telling you and you can only conjure up simple images in the mind.

Byleth drawing hours - this time, the focus is the present section of Chapter 16 of @wutheringmights ' 'Call Them Brothers'. I'm probably just going to compile a masterpost for the art I draw because of this fanfiction because I foresee that there is more to come 🤣

This drawing is definitely a test of my skills and the stuff I am not confident on - side profiles, noses, perspective and light, horses, and teeth. It's given me a lot to chew on artistically, and I am pleased with how I've done things.

First! My thoughts on Chapter 16 - this chapter was really really good. Chapter 15 ended on a wild cliff-hanger and drew upon one of the past chapters that I did not expect, but when it came together, it was so so good. Chapter 16 followed on nicely. Something about the waiting of it all, the single focus on Warriors in the wagon, the lead-up to the Bottom of the Well built up a dread in me in such a good way. And then to have Four there, the rush to escape, a small break from the dread only for it to set back in when Warriors realises that the escape was a trap? 😱 I had to think about this chapter for a couple of days before even trying to draw anything because it landed so well.

Now, onto my artistic commentary + rambles!

The first thing I'm really glad that I could put to paper was the open mouth drawing of panel 2 -> as I read this section, I could almost imagine this mouth kind of mid-speech, revealing lots of teeth and being kind of unsettling. I can't picture things very well in my head, so to have a very clear idea on a picture a piece of writing is giving me is a very surreal feeling (in a positive way).

One thing I'm surprised with how it turned out was the horse. I have not dealt with horses much at all -> the only artistic piece regarding horses that I've done is assemble this wooden toy about ten years ago, and I put all of its legs on the wrong way round. To me, it looks like a funny dog on stilts, but I've also stared at it for too long 😭😭. I did pull up a reference of a horse, which helped a bit, so that's always good.