Elvenboi

June 2003

 

I really don't know if this was some subconscious thing on my part, or if it was wholly coincidental, but it's been pointed out to me that this fellow looks a lot like my former friend and current debtor, Jason. Some people say it's in the grin. Some say it's in the general posture. I figure it's a bit of both and some other stuff as well. So be it, I say. It's not like the guy's completely without a sense of style or anything; thus, I named this character for him, in a way, using the bizarre spelling of the word "boy" that he always insisted be applied to him.

Anyways, all this aside, this is the second draft of this picture; the first one used his glaive's blade as a light source, but came off a little bit off; I couldn't bring myself to make the shadows deep enough to really accentuate this feature to make it look realistic without obliterating a lot of the detail which went into the drawing. I'm quite proud of the way this draft turned out. It's the third in a series, following The Bruiser and The Meatmaker, and preceding Natasha.