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"I am a little world made cunningly of elements, and an angelic sprite." - John Donne

This is Farael, for whom I thought the above quote was appropriate since he's of mixed celestial/demonic/elven/human heritage. He's one of my Astral Arcana characters (Trean and Zarael's son, in fact; they're the characters in the "Flight" drawing on my front page). Not important to the appreciation of the piece, but it's a side note for anyone interested in the Arcana continuity (a tiny minority of you, I'd imagine).

Originally I had just wanted this to be the lineart with a texture behind it, but then as I did it I rediscovered that old art school trick of subtractive shading(!). As when I was drawing the actual picture on paper, I got obsessive and started coloring it as well. I might do an actual full-color version of this, but for now I'm pleased with it as is.

Pencil and Photoshop.

Description
"I am a little world made cunningly of elements, and an angelic sprite." - John Donne

This is Farael, for whom I thought the above quote was appropriate since he's of mixed celestial/demonic/elven/human heritage. He's one of my Astral Arcana characters (Trean and Zarael's son, in fact; they're the characters in the "Flight" drawing on my front page). Not important to the appreciation of the piece, but it's a side note for anyone interested in the Arcana continuity (a tiny minority of you, I'd imagine).

Originally I had just wanted this to be the lineart with a texture behind it, but then as I did it I rediscovered that old art school trick of subtractive shading(!). As when I was drawing the actual picture on paper, I got obsessive and started coloring it as well. I might do an actual full-color version of this, but for now I'm pleased with it as is.

Pencil and Photoshop.