#rilan

Another piece of early art. I was trying to figure out how to handle Steen’s fur.

Our first day of shooting was at a turn of the century mansion in Pasadena they used as Dalton Academy, the Warblers’ school. Our scenes were two performance numbers with Lea Michele and Darren. He greeted us with big hugs and smiles and said, “My Warblers are back.” It was a little surreal to see him in person after watching him on TV every Wednesday night growing up, but he was so personable and genuine. Instead of eating in his trailer for lunch, he sat with us in our holding room the whole time getting to know us. It was such a great experience to see someone so talented and so successful be so kind and humble after so much success. It was truly inspiring.

Combining expression practice and a general feel for relative size. I can’t decided if I like Steen quite this small or if I want to size him up juust a lil’.

Of all my older art of the main trio, this sketch is my favorite ♥

A very early drawing of the boys inspired by this song. Early versions of Rilan and Steen had a lot of ska as a musical theme.  I’ve moved away from that but I still like “Hate You” as a mood for them.

The original concept sketches of Rilan and Steen!  I had to cut the bottom of the picture off because their mini bios had too many spoilers, but the date at the very bottom says I first drew them 8/20/14.  Five years ago.  Wild.