Chibi China Sorrows!

Special thanks to our local China expert @skullandsorrows !

She has to endure me pestering her every time I have questions about China and helped me with the outfit. Without her I wouldn't have tried the green outfit which ended up being the final one.

I'm not gonna lie this was born out of pure spite bc Landy said the reason China got replaced with Scapegrace in the Skulduggery merch is bc she isn't as much fun which is such BS. I had SO much fun drawing her, I mean, look at her. What's not to love about our perfect Miss Sorrows?

Bc it's kinda not worth its own post, here is a glimpse into a better timeline where we got a China pin instead of a Scapegrace one.

Skulduggery and val were baseball players but china doesn’t seem the type, so dancers it is! Though I’m sure both refs are ice skaters there wasn’t credit on Pinterest so it’s a guess

Skulduggery Pleasant was one of the first characters I ever created art for. It was also the first time I posted my art online, shamelessly tagging the author on Twitter because I was so proud of it.

In short, it’s partly thanks to this book series that I am posting my art online nowadays, so it seemed fair to do a little something to say thank you!

Since I now work full-time as a concept artist for video games, the character concept art format seemed fitting. :D

Flower for Anthony - series: Pray for us Icarus

Writen by @seaskystone

Comic by me

Chap 2

Flower for Anthony - chap 2

Chap 1

Series: Pray for us Icarus by @seaskystone

I present you the all texan yee-haw-i’ll-cut-you-with-my-razor-and-might-steal-your-girlfriend-cowboy-with-daddy-issues Billy-Ray Sanguineeeeeee

I’ve seen theories before that her first name is synonymous with porcelain, for her paleness and fragile, delicate features. My preferred etymology for her taken name, though, comes from a slightly more obscure, archaic definition of the word.

From the early 16th century onward, china was sometimes used to mean a colour, rather than a place.

The word china, in an historic context, referred to several different shades of pale blue; these colours were given that name because they were originally associated with the light-blue glazing found on imported Chinese ceramics.

That ice-blue, china-blue, is the colour of her striking, unusual eyes. I love the idea that this definition is why she chose it as her name.

The other part of her name also carries a second, hidden meaning. Rather than just a synonym for sadness or grief, the use of Sorrows seems to be a deliberate Irish literary reference. Deirdre of the Sorrows is one of the most famous characters in ancient, pre-Christian Irish mythology.

In the Ulster Cycle of stories, Deirdre is fated from birth to become the most beautiful woman Ireland has ever seen. But that same prophecy curses her to a life of tragedy, predicting that she will eventually lead her lover to his death, and drag Ireland into war, bloodshed, and chaos.

This is where her epithet comes from; her name is forever linked with loss and destruction.

(The story was probably first written down around 600AD; the earliest extant written copies date to the 12th century, so it’s entirely possible for China to have been familiar with the story while taking her own name, as a teenager, in the late 16th century. )

This took me FOREVER but hella happy with it

Scapegrace: What?

Skulduggery: What is a skeleton's favorite snack?

Scapegrace: ...I don't know?

Skulduggery: Go on, guess!

Scapegrace: Death?

Skulduggery: No!

Skulduggery: Go on! Guess!

Scapegrace (shakily): I don't know.

Skulduggery: Come on!

Skulduggery: Guess!!

Scapegrace: *nervous laughter*

Skulduggery: WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? I HAVEN'T TOLD THE PUNCHLINE YET!

Skulduggery: WHAT IS A SKELETON'S! FAVORITE! SNACK??

Skulduggery: GUESS!!

Scapegrace (on the verge of tears): You're putting me under a lot of pressure-

Skulduggery: GUESS!! FUCK!!

Skulduggery: *slams his head against the table twice* GUESS!! GUESS, GODDAMN YOU!!

Scapegrace: ???

Skulduggery: WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME??

Skulduggery: WHAT IS MY FAVORITE SNACK??

Scapegrace (desperately): BONES?

Skulduggery: NO!! *slams his head against the table again* NO!!

Skulduggery: NO!! WHAT IS IT??

Skulduggery: WHY MUST YOU FAIL ME SO OFTEN??

Scapegrace (shaking):

Skulduggery: RIBS!!!!!!!!

Guess who finished LSODM

Guess who also has a lot of drawing ideas now