Rival Hearts Prompt 7 - #100 Writing
This prompt gave me a perfect excuse to draw Erik, a character who has been through several incarnations, but always came back to the same concept: historian - specifically a small, meek and mostly untalented boy, except his knack for language and knowledge retention.
He’s always enjoyed reading old book, as well as writing things down.
Erik hasn't yet made an appearance in the comic yet, but he is due to show up later in the current chapter. He works for - and has been adopted by - one of the primary advisors of the Stormwind family. Erik prefers to remain more in the background, usually seen at least carrying some book or another - if not writing in it. He records everything he can.
He does actually have some of his own secrets as well, but I’m not revealing those. :) ------------- Art notes: I hate hands! The final results aren’t as bad as I’d feared, but I kept redoing them. Particularly the front hand. adjusting the lines of the fingers and the back and trying to get the right balance of size and proportion and feeling like I’ve completely failed.
On the other hand, I learned a new use for brush options and I’m quite happy with the shading and background. And the book, I think this is the first time, I’ve really pulled off book and it looks pretty proper. And maybe all of the rest except the hands.
