Finn is a half-Indian, half-English boy who Maia meets and befriends. Unfortunately I missed yesterday - I'm away from home at the moment, and yesterday proved too busy! I may do a double update tomorrow to catch up.
Illustration
Inktober 2018 #17 – Maia
Maia is an orphan, sent out to Brazil to distant relatives in the care of Miss Minton.
Inktober 2018 #16 – Miss Minton
Miss Minton is a severe but wonderful woman in Eva Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea, a beautiful book set in the early twentieth century about a young girl discovering the Amazon and the people who live there. I'll be drawing a couple more of the characters over...
Inktober 2018 #15 – Richard
In this Cinderella-style story, Sarah is asked to dance by Prince Richard. I took inspiration for Richard's costume from John Peacock's book Costume: 1066 to the Present.
Inktober 2018 #14 – Sarah
Back in 2009 I wrote The Dance for NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which takes place every November. Sarah is a maidservant in the court of the king when a magnificent ball takes place. Though she is cleaning, Sarah is asked to dance ... For Sarah's...
Inktober 2018 #13 – Manaus
Manaus is Rudy's son and as such has been through many of the trials she has. There is something very interesting about the 'relationship' between a writer or artist and their characters. It's possible to be very cruel to them to serve a story. I don't remember...
Inktober 2018 #12 – Rudy
Rudy is a very old character of mine, but this is the first time I've draw her. In her world centaurs are considered like animals and are hunted for sport (though not to be eaten). As such the stories I've made up about her are often quite grim. I've heard that many...
Inktober 2018 #11 – Esther
For today's character design I've drawn Esther from the Book of Esther in the Old Testament and Tanakh. A Jewish orphan, she became queen of Persia. I enjoyed researching Persian clothing and hairstyles around 500 BC, though I haven't had time to research in great...
Inktober 2018 #10 – Bree
Bree (or Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah, to give his full name) is the titular horse of The Horse and His Boy. Shasta is the boy. I had wondered about drawing Aravis and Hwin, the other main characters, but there are so many other characters I want to draw I initially...