Lair of the Crazy Ghost

Clan Vau.

Or at least Delta Squad (and Mird). It’s a shame we don’t know more about Vau's other squads.

Extra stuff under the cut.

I just found out about the groove-billed ani. It's my new favorite bird.

I'd planned a nice RepComm drawing for May the 4th, but as usual, I draw slowly… So, in the meantime, I hope you'll enjoy these concept sketches of gdans! They're based on the one I drew here.

And if you want a little teaser, it's below the cut. 👀

I wanted to draw something with a fish for April 1st… and things got out of hand. 🐟

Sketches and more under the cut.

Happy Lunar New Year! 2025 is the year of the Wood Snake. 🐍

Initial traditional drawing under the cut. I didn’t feel I could get a good result with colored pencils.

Your art is badass

Thank you! 😁

I don't really have any headcanons, for anything. I just try to work with what exists and go with it. So, to answer your question, I've never really thought about it. Overall, their abilities seem overkill, based on what little we know about Qiilura.

Here is a gdan running for its life!

Some birdie speedpaint to start the year. That would be my boy Taegan. He's been on my mind for years, but it's the first proper drawing I've done of him. Very random, too.

Sketch under the cut.

Spar, from chapter 30 of Restless. In this scene, he is what I'd call “un gros lourd” in French, but I've read someone who gave an English equivalent as “an annoying pest”, and I think it fits ah ah. I love this chapter.

I know it will sound like a poor excuse, but I bought myself a very good book on anatomy a few months ago, and I though this scene in the fic would be perfect to practice. I was a little worried about the angle at which I could draw this without giving the impression that it's meant to be explicit. Eventually I found a reference photo which I think looked good and started from here.

“I opted to take on Vau. He had a real Mando iron saber, and I was unarmed. I just went at him. I never wanted to kill so badly in my life and he just cut me up. [...]” ― Atin to Fi, Republic Commando: Triple Zero

It was about time I drew the man. I designed his armor using various references and my imagination, I just didn't want it to look like Jango's armor in black. I've got a soft spot for scarves, so I gave him one. For Mird I tried the stay close to my original concepts of it, but with more skin and color on its coat. And I added a collar too, because it's mentioned it has one in True Colors (and also in Triple Zero, indirectly). I'm still not sure about the size of a strill, but since Vau keeps scooping Mird up in his arms, I don't think it can be bigger than that. Also, I think a beskad is supposed to be shorter, but I liked it like this so... artistic liberty, I guess.

References for the pose below the cut.