#brisha

My progen, Brisha, gened and dressed at last.

Before I say anything else: Go here! Go, and read @thisgirlhastales‘ series “Trouble’s making everything all right”. Warning: klance

I’m really happy you people liked that Yathir fanart. Like, smiling “I'm all giddy inside” face making it’s public appearance happy. Saying hello to strangers just to spread more positive vibes happy. Thank you.

Having said that, I’m a bit unsure about Brisha. Don’t get me wrong - after drawing this I don’t think I will ever see her differently. “What has been seen...” and all that. But in a good way.

While reading the series I always pictured Brisha as blue human with these kinda fuzzy hands, because my brain didn’t know how to make seven fingers work. So this whole “design” started with my sitting down and trying to make Brisha’s palms look like palms and not like hand fans attached to her wrists.  I came up with what you can see in the picture. She has two thumbs on opposite sides of her palms, which lets the palms look less wide and floppy and kinda tricks the eye into thinking “yes, that’s a hand”. To take it even further away from the territory of dusfigured human hands and more into the territory of interesting alien hands I kept goofing around and settled on those gecko/toad fingers. I liked them, so I kept them. Fun fact: the outer, “pinky thumb” is a bit shorter than the “thumb thumb” and set at a bit of a different angle, so they don’t get in each other’s way when Brisha grabs something. Also the five fingers in between thumbs create enough space to safely make a fist. Here was another problem. I always imagined Brisha as more or less blue human. Human face did not fit the hands though, so I thought “ok, she’s an alien. Let’s make her look like an alien”. Finally I doodled a face. I looked at the face and thought “That looks like a Brisha!”. I can see her introducing herself, her mouth forming around the name “Brisha” and everyone believing her, because that’s who she is. And that’s how this kinda fishy Brisha became the only Brisha I will ever see while reading TMEAR. Onto the rest of her appearance.  Brisha’s the big sister and the gossip buddy you always wanted to have. She helps not because she’s getting something out of it, but because she’s kind and want’s to be your friend. She’s also killed before and has gotten out of working for the worst of the worst bosses the planet has to offer. She might have lost two fingers because of where her past led her, but she did not lose her kindness.  At the time the story takes place she’s working at Jorlack’s as a waitress/runner. 

Keith and Lance first see her as a waitress, and they can’t tell she can be deadly if she wants to be. In the drawing she’s wearing her “best shirt”, the one she wears when she’s serving customers and should not look dirty. She’s a working girl though and sometimes she has to make a run for Jorlack, or put someone in their place if required, so she’s still wearing her working pants and shoes. Brisha needs to be ready for action, so her pants are the best mix of comfortable and practical she could find. Those pants have six pockets, two in the front, two on the back, one on the thigh and one on the calf. Add to that a satchel, because sometimes you just need that extra storage space. She’s holding a small metal tray to carry glasses of whatever Jorlack’s customers decide to poison themselves with and a notepad and pen combo of never forgetting orders again.

Also I like to think Zan hates that shirt of her’s and tried to get rid of it three times before giving up because the shirt somehow kept reappearing in Brisha’s closet. That won’t stop him from giving Brisha “minus ten style fashion points” every time he sees her wearing it.   

ive been pretty sick but heres something at least