#eldrigar

I had this design completed a few weeks ago, but then life got in the way immediately after (see my “Ascend” piece for that), so I waited until now to post it. This is Queen Demona! Lorelei’s mother and ruler of Eldrigar alongside her wife, Queen Manticora, who I will post when I finish her design. I thought about waiting to post them together, but it’ll be a while before Cora is done and I wanted to post something today amongst all of my WIPs. I might shift Mona’s colour scheme more to the purple side once I figure out everyone else’s colours, but for now I wanted to make sure she at least matched with the palette I made for Eldrigar itself, which is primarily red. Her colours are really similar to someone else I’ve made, but that just happens sometimes, lol. As long as the scheme works for the character I don't mind so much.

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I wanted to keep more oranges and yellows in the design in order to sell the feeling of a lion, even if those are not as congruent with Eldrigar’s other colours. Both are equally malleable palettes at this point in development, so I will see how I want to approach this balance with other designs in the future. The last thing I want is to make designs that do not read clearly, and I think the animal part of the design should ring clearest throughout, if nothing else. Cora has a helmet in the shape of a lion’s head that I think will complete the idea of a manticore once I’m finished it, but it was good to get this far with the first pass anyway. Hope you like! :)

Loralei finally has a full body design! I might tweak her colours a bit later on, but otherwise I like how the design came out. :) Have I mentioned I love pencil brushes? *v*