I redrew the sketch and coloured it! maybe I'll make a fully rendered drawing out of this sometime, maybe not :¹
the colours took quite a bit to decide on, but I'm really happy with them at the moment! I also started the design process with looking at a bunch of references but scrapped all of it and just made some stuff up lol
those pants definitely shouldn't fit the aesthetic the other stuff has going on but oh well, somehow it does! I also absolutely love the triple-parted-cloak in the front as well, I'll definitely reuse that element sometime in the future :>
dark skin with glowing bright hair inspired by @kingspacebar!
- after the initial fright of a wizard losing one's magic, i imagine it could feel like respite similar to how flying to a new country and being unknown and a complete blank slate is... among the sussur blossoms he is just gale dekarios
- lyrics from good riddance by Darren Korb (play hades/supergiant games and change your life forever)
- his embroidery has roses in it, apparently it's a term of endearment in waterdeep :') cute
A reminder to all my lovely fellow writers: progress is progress, even when it isn't. Writing four thousand words in a session is progress. Writing a hundred words in a session is progress. Removing an entire scene because it doesn't flow well is progress. Rethinking your plan for the plot in order to get unstuck is progress. Development looks different for every writer and every story.