#eclissan

Testing out stuff in my drawings. Quick sketch, maybe about 15 or so minutes spent.

Was a real fun experiment to then dissect what made her look so young in the sketch, and turn that around to show her as being a lot older in the second sketch.

Done in Paint Tool SAI.

"Graves are a simple matter here. There is no real structure to where the dead must be buried, and so while for the most part graves tend to cluster in one spot, it is not uncommon to one or two completely on their own. It is the living relatives that decide where their dead are to be put to rest. There they are marked with a plain stone, leaving the family as the only one who knows the identity of the body below. With this anonymity, no one dead soul is treated as either greater or less than another. In her later years, Eclissan would visit one such cluster of graves as often as she could. It was the one place she could find peace while on the run. The closest town kept to the old beliefs, so they would even help to hide her amongst them when a group of patrolling soldiers would come through. There she would spend days at a time meditating between two specific stones, or wandering through the graves. Other visitors would often speak with her, telling stories of those they had lost, seeking consultation, or even asking if they may sit in silence with her as she meditates. The wolf would would always listen and tell stories of her own, doing her best to help these visitors. To the last request, she would never say no, and she’d even teach them how to meditate themselves so that they may too find solace after the passing of those close to them. After the town learned of her passing, they erected a statue of Eclissan meditating between the two stones. It is to represent the peace she brought to those who had lost someone, and creatures still come to sit in silence beside it, while others even leave notes about those they had lost at the base. If the note disappears, it is said that Eclissan has read it, allowing their story to be remembered for all of time." Once again my original character. I really adore her, and you can expect a loooot of art concerning her.

Third: Last art piece for today! My own original character Eclissan, where the situation is inspired by the song "I See Fire". Practically listened to it on repeat while drawing this.

I may stream some more as I continue to work through this piece! It really helps to motivate me, and I love hanging out with my peeps.

And for more information on the drawing itself: http://darkwing2743.deviantart.com/art/It-Echoes-When-I-Breathe-546850627?ga_submit_new=10%253A1437085980

Programs used were Maya 2015 for modeling, Mudbox for painting on some of the textures and sculpting, then Xgen for creating the fur and whiskers.