2024..............

"Nice try? Mister, where I come from there is no try!" -Waldo Butters, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Your art is amazing and you should treat yourself. Artists deserve a long and prosperous life

Isn’t this the sweetest thing? 🌷

did you intentionally make Lash and whatever Marcone's Denarian opposite colors or was that just a convenient/cool coincidence???

(lash being white, gold, and pink/red, Marcone"s being black, gray and purple)

They turned out so pretty, right???😱🌷 I can’t take credit for the colors and vibes: that was all Butcher. It might’ve been intentional on his part, though!!

Edit: Probably, definitely- though I do remember reading Namshiel was green at some point.

ive never seen your art in the dresden files tag before and i LOVE the way you draw all fo them. they look so.... <333

You!!! You are so sweet, thank you!!! 😚💖 It’s sooo much fun to draw Butcher’s characters. I can’t help but wonder if I’m at all close to how he pictured them or like, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. 🤣 Thank you, thank you! Have an awesome week ahead, man, you totally made my day.

2/12/2024

Yo, you are so good at this and I really like what you’ve posted so far especially the last Maggie one have you considered having her and Bonnie in one or have the archive meet her for presumably the first time?

That was such a fun idea, thank you!

I don't use tumblr a lot, but i check your blog all the time now and I wanted to ask what your process is for desiging Butcher's characters?

Aw, thank you for your question! I have way too much to say about this, here we go.

I started drawing them just based on how I imagined them while listening to the audio series, but lately I've tried putting more effort into actually reading Butcher's descriptions. It's his series, man, it's important to me that the characters look like the characters. ♥ Also, putting in that extra effort gives you a better chance at achieving a design other readers might've imagined too. ♥

After reading the descriptions, I'll try to incorporate more personal stuff into each character based on their personality, actions, and/or whatever, like, team they're associated with. For example, Lasciel's a Fallen Angel, right, so I've been giving her a pretty, albeit shattered, halo lately. Namshiel, too, has a broken halo in the form of some curved horns and floaty, magical gemstones. This part's really, really fun and an awesome creative exercise.

Next thing is to not settle on a design until it feels right. It's an amazing feeling and you'll know it when it hits you. I can't tell you how long I thought about Kincaid's design and how hard it was for me to see him as a blonde. I don't know why! Kincaid took a super long time and I also ended up looking for outside inspiration- I've been playing the Witcher 3 a lot lately and you can totally see that guy in the Kincaid drawings I made recently. Always keep playing around with stuff. It's so fun. Dresden Files is the first book series I've actually gotten really into- seriously, I'm not much of a reader at all, but Butcher's descriptions of characters and scenes give you so much to work with. Aaaand, while I have you... If you're looking for some art-related advice-- studying anatomy/photo books and redrawing the pictures in them have helped me out a whole bunch. I spent hours and hours studying/sketching the shape of the collar bone back when I was in middle school. Really look into proportions too. An oil painting class I took in community college has REALLY helped me appreciate colors and shapes- I've never oil painted before and maybe the supplies can be expensive, but God, it's so worth it, man. My teacher was, and continues to be, a master. OH- and a color theory class too! It was kind of tedious, but I can see color in a totally different way than I used to before. These classes are your tools, man, whether you do traditional or digital art. Did any of that make any sense?? Thank you for your question! I love talking about art- I think it may be difficult for a lot of people, especially nowadays with the introduction of AI, but nothing beats creating something all by yourself, whether it's writing or drawing, etc. Putting in the work and getting that good feeling- it's super cool.

Finally going to answer some questions! Thanks, you guys, you are so sweet! I love drawing. I promise I do draw stuff other than Dresden Files all the time, it's just nice to take a break with some incredibly detailed story that I didn't come up with.

2/5/2024

2/5/2024

Whilst you have drawn them I would love to see more Nicodemus, he is probably my favourite Dresden villain and his introduction is great.

Oooo, yeah, he's pretty wicked. Or like, is he? What did his daughter say to Harry that one time? "We're saving the world-" or whatever? What do you think she meant by that? Oooo, but favorite Dresden villains...

You know what? I get the book isn't even out yet, but I already know evil Harry is going to be my absolute favorite villain. Going to another dimension to freaking do what Jim Butcher says he's going to do is so Looney Tunes. I just can't wait to meet him. Anyway, yeah, I'll draw Nicodemus. <3

"I haven't seen any of the Council's people carrying a gun. Good for you."

-Jared Kincaid, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Shoutout to @today-is-not-over for requesting some Lash!

What Dresden Files character have I not doodled yet that you really wanna see?? Or maybe one you want to see more of? Thomas is definitely on the list.

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