With things reoriented, i did a full drawing, focusing on mailing down a composition that reads well, and a story worth reading from said composition! I've been trying to create new characters for every card for Swords -- these three are all princesses who've gone rogue, in my mind.
shel kahn
ok so the first thing i wanted to do once i got this onto my computer was flip the orientation of the creature so the head and the pearl were a surprise in the distance, and the second thing was add some people to be surprised, so here's my glamorous digital sketch of all that:
shel kahn
Alright, for my last piece for Swords, let's do a process thread! Here's the thumbnail that @epidiah.bsky.social and @ndpdesign.com and i picked! This is probably about a 1 x 2" sketch.
I've been calling this one the Pearl Axolotl to keep track of it, hopefully that clarifies some things.
