travellers welcome

I recently fell across the blog @incorrectredwallquotes, and fell in love with its humor! I laughed so much going through the posts, I decided to illustrate one of them. I hope they don’t mind!

Alright, doodles keep working pretty well, so have the complete sketch collection so far!

We’ve got Martin, Gonff, Mariel, Rose, and Matthias!

Make more fanart of well known thing??

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I love Mossflower so much, but definitely I liked Legend of Luke, because the characters just got to be normal, y'know? Like old friends, family, and really fleshed a lot of characters out. (I also really liked The Bellmaker for this reason too.)

I really like how there are actually just GOOD RELATIONSHIPS between characters (not every relationship needs drama).

I also adore how Gonff is just like Best Dad Ever. He is so excited about his son just existing, and I imagined he was there helping 100% of the time (when not pulling mischief elsewhere).

Finally, the whole reason I started feverently drawing Redwall fanart. My precious lad, Blaggut, from The Bellmaker.

This is probably one of my favorite illustrations I have done in a good while. Now that I have a better feel on how I want to draw my woodland characters, I absolutely 100% had to draw them camping on their travels in Mossflower.

Also, I really wanted to play with the firelight and try a more shaded "storybook" kind of feel.

Image done in Clip Studio Paint.

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I remembered this meme exists and IMMEDIATELY had to draw it.

Honestly, it felt like a discussion the two of them would have. 🤣 my best regards to @incorrectredwallquotes, I hope you don’t mind me occasionally drawing these!

(There’s so many that I like it’s hard to choose what to draw)

Since Redwall is in the public consciousness again, I thought I'd share some art! Ublaz Mad Eyes and Grath Longfletch from the book The Pearls of Lutra drawn about 9 years apart. I've actually started rereading the series recently and really want to draw more characters, likely leaning closer to how they appear in the books than my usual style.

He was the first character where I actually had to put the book down to process. He died with a smile on his face, a broken javelin in each paw, and surrounded by a score of corpses. He was my favourite character in Martin the Warrior, and to go out like that, so close to killing Badrang, felt like a knife in the stomach.

But then I remember how angry he was. How he went out, against the wishes of his friends, to settle this himself. How he didn’t want to leave Marshank until everyone was free. How he attacked Badrang once he was within grabbing range. How he took out a bunch of the soldiers Badrang set out to kill him if the tyrant started to lose. How he was still smiling after he was already gone.

Felldoh never would have been happy in the world his friends strove to achieve. He was far too blinded by anger and hatred. It was all he really knew. His death, surrounded by enemies, fighting on his own, was the only way he would have wanted to go out. He showed his weapons with the intention of using them. He forced Badrang to see what he’d created. He died enacting the wrath he had contained for so long. If he had killed Badrang and his soldiers, even cleared out the whole fortress, he wouldn’t have been satisfied.

Martin’s remark at the end of the book stuck with me for that very reason. There was too much suffering, pain, and hatred, that he decided it was best to never tell of what happened at Marshank. Felldoh was driven by pure fury. He loathed to think that Badrang was still breathing, no matter where he was. Martin knew that. He had seen it firsthand, and knew that pain like this was something no goodbeast should have to hear. It wasn’t denying what happened, it was for everyone who died. Badrang doesn’t deserve to be remembered. That’s what Felldoh was working to achieve.

I think that’s what really made Martin the Warrior worth it. The depth of Brian Jacques’ characters, especially here, is what made me love the series so much. These aren’t the typical heroes you find in most other fantasy or adventure books. These are people in a world that really feels alive. Each book has its own unique charm, so many characters, conflicts, dynamics, and stories, all of which mix together beautifully. The food descriptions weren’t the only thing Jacques was good at.