#syrl

And finally, the fourth gift I’ve created for Christmas of 2023. This one is for @malamiteltd and @treevis121.

Just a simple night at Copper’s house. Copper’s Syrlian friend, Broom stopped by with one of the old video games that the Intent Group is importing from Earth. It also seems that Broom stopped by on a day when Dravite and Lead happened to stop by as well. They all seemed to have gathered around Copper’s bed to sit down and play this new/old game. I’m not sure if Copper has managed to really figure out the game or not, but I think part of him here is just happy to be around his friends, having a good time.

This drawing ended up being quite tricky for me to pull off. As I mentioned in my other drawings, this year I made a switch to drawing my holiday art using raster graphics. And a lot of that doesn’t seem to work with some of the Teijru’s more angular facial features. At least in the style that I’ve drawn them in the past. So, this was a lot of having to rethink a few things. I’m not sure if it turned out for the better. But I feel it can’t hurt to try changing a few things with my style up. Especially with adding in the new shading effects.

"C'mon, Copper! Check out what's over here!"

Just a friendly piece of gift art for @malamiteltd, featuring Broom and Copper from The Last Soldier.

Actually, there's another story that's been in the works by the name "The Blocks" that feature these two, and a handful of Malamite's other characters in a sort of alternate reality. None of the story has been posted publicly, but Malamite has shared the story he's worked on so far privately. This story dives more into both of these characters' backstories, and how they became friends. So, I just wanted to just draw a picture of these two just being friends. I imagine that Broom's either got one of his new games setup, or one of those old games he's imported from Earth. And he's super excited to show it off to Copper. Even if Copper doesn't always understand how this technology stuff works.