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Published: 2009-05-29 10:43:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1293; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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Another character portrait - a Celt who looks nothing like a Celt
Pencil drawing with added texture/background in Photoshop. I wanted to give it that old photograph feel. Lledrith came out of the Other World at the end of the 1900s, and got stuck due to unforseen circumstances involving thieving mortals and flowers. The bastards. You'd think gods could go where they wanted.
He's a god of magic, illusion and trickery, so I wanted to give a slight homage to old magicians with the top hat etc. The coat is an almost complete fabrication (no pun intended) because I couldn't find a good enough reference to a garret or coachman-style coat. There are a million Victorian coats out there - long, short, tailed etc - but none were right for him!
He wears gloves because in our world he is constantly in danger of coming into contact with iron and other lethal metals, which would cause him owies. Also the cane head is an allusion to his origins. If you can guess what it is
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I like pencil drawing and I think that this one is very nice!!!
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Thank you - pencil drawing may be simple, but I like using it!
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Heyyy! Long time no see! Wow, this guy is awesome! He can take me on a long walk any time
And of course, beautiful job on the illustration, as usual!
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He is rather a rakish character, yes
I wanted to have someone who wasn't the traditional "wise old mentor" who guides the protagonist (Evan, in my case). I wanted someone different, who you were never sure if they'd dump you in the middle of a crisis or save you in a recklessly heroic manner at the last minute ... Lledrith would probably do a bit of both actually!
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Haha! I like the idea! Best of luck with your writing!
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Thank you - it's a long struggle!
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Oh, he is. Definitely
Got your drawing well under way. Read through the 2nd chapter of your story in your gallery (out of curiosity, where's chapter 1?) and got some ideas ... all I can say is stay tuned
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Thank you
I look forward to it. I hope you have fun doing it - thats the main thing!I hope you don,t mind me plying you with questions.
Out of interest -
1.What did you think of the story?
2. Were there any scenes you particulary liked ?
3.Do you think the warriors should have been made to be more technological and less earthy?
4. Do you think the big flared trousers of the soldiers worked or not ?
Anyway, thanks for taking the time.
Regards
David
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Hey, sorry for the late reply to this. I was hoping to wait until I had some art to upload for you, but it turns out I'm more lazy than I thought! 
So just to reassure you, the drawing is coming. Actually, there are a few, so ...
Anyway, in answer to your questions:
1 - I did like the story - the premise is really interesting seeing the difference between men and women if separated. Though I have to ask, how are any babies made? I get that the soldiers are clones, but are the Amazon women as well? (PS - Should I be a little offended that the women reverted to a primitive iron-age race whilst the men get all civilised? Hah! 
2 - I liked the scene where Taima nabbed her first soldier, mainly because of her reaction to seeing a man for the first time. It was so innocently curious - because really, she had no frame of reference
3 - As for making the warriors more techno ... well, that's really writer's choice. It depends where YOU want the story to go. I can see that both sides are complete opposites, and therefore have to represent almost extreme versions of themselves (technology versus earth-bound - almost like Science vs Religion) in order for the point to be made that both sides can't exist without the other. What I gathered from the hints of Taima's dream, it seems she realises that men and women once worked together, and should again - except during PMT!
4 - Flared trousers - a very good visual narrative. Though I have to wonder that the soldiers could fight anyone at all - on any surface - if their trousers were indeed so long. I sense mucho tripping along the way
Hope you're not fuming too much over the wait
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Enjoy the creative flow! Thanks for the feedback - yes male vs female when separated but complementary when together. No the warriors are not clones - The babies? well they come from the slaves the warriors have captured, but the women have enough gene technology to breed only females (In 1st Chapter which Im still doing).
Yes Yaimas first close look of a male - the sailor she shot is an interesting image - thanks.
No dont be offended the men were more technologically advanced - they were also more stupid and clumsy!
yes its a shame about PMT and as for the flared pants they symbolise the mens clumsiness - plus I modelled the idea on some big flared jeans I made (In the photos on my galler) and while they can drag about I really like them.
Anyway - until next time
Regards
David
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The creative flow has been hindered by sudden employment! So expect your drawings to be here by Tuesday, before I start working life again
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Fun! I hope you enjoy yourself doing them too, thats the main thing. I look forward to seeing them. What ideas do you have ?
David
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After the first drawaing of one of the women, I'm thinking of doing the same for one of the men. Then the other is (gasp) a scene! I wanted to show the "Ambush" itself, with the soldiers strewn everywhere and the warriors posing over them
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Cool! It would be great to see a soldier! They probably arnt quite as colourful as the warriors but I guess if emphasis is placed on their wide and long bellbottoms and big hats it will add interest. Look forward to it and have fun.
David
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His origins you say, hmmm, I am going to guess his dad was a stag, yeah that's it
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In a way, you're almost right
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hmmmm is it a stag??
celtic gaurdian of knowledge?
lovely picture by the way ^_^ beautifull detail.
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Thanks 
(I would never put Lledrith in charge of anything, unless I wanted it stolen
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I like his face, he has that look of a man of the world that at first seems young but has really seen a lot of the world. Sort of like you'd expect from an old god. I like the detail of the gloves. I can't guess what the cane symbolizes
I like his trench coat Maybe you could have put a little more rough texture in it, but that is literally nitpicking
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Good - I was trying to portray him as both a young-ish man, but with heavy experience
The cane is a stag's head ... but I'm not saying why.
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Because he is a bachelor?
Because he likes to hunt in the great outdoors?
Because he went to the Starbucks and wanted to buy a dancing Elvis doll cane head, but they were all out so he had to settle for a horned deer head?
Why? 
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Sure. Why not?
But in truth, think of a celtc god you DO know who is often associated with stags ...
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Aw, you overestimate my knowledge of Celtic lore. The only character I know by name is Cucholain, and he's not even a god.
If it was Greek or Roman mythology it would be Diana or Artemis, but it is probably different with celts.. They were so much more into ature and wildlife, probably a lot of gods have symbolized animals.. So, in conclusion, I don't know
But I'm sure people who know the setting you're writtihg about will get the reference without a problem...
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I hope so. But when I write it I want to make it understandable for everyone as a story, so all will be revealed. I won't expect people to know it all unless I tell them
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of course.
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