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Sajore, as a blacksmith

... I graduated as a blacksmith exactly one year ago. I would have loved to have done that as a profession, but my arm couldn't take it anymore and I could not smith... I would still love to continue it as a hobby if I only could find a blace for a forge somewhere ^_^

I am really missing smithing, the smell of the forge, the feeling of really accomplishing to make something from the steel... the fire... the pretty fire... (I'm not a pyromaniac, really )
Anyways, this is why I had to draw this picture. ^_^ And doesn't Sajore look just absolutely delicious as a smith

the anvil is a bit too low, but I couldn't change it because then we could not see Sajore's legs

..... a bit of a rant: anyone seen "Kingdom of heaven"?... or well, any movie with smithing:
They are forging cold steel! ARGH! first they heat up the steel in the forge, then lift it to the anvil and start smithing the cold steel next to the hot one!! (how can you tell? the soft, well heated steels voice sounds something like "tosss" when smithing, not "bling"!)
I just had to point that out... because I'm about to rip my hair every time that happens in movies

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the picture was painted with ink, scanned and shaded and coloured at photoshop. ^^

sidenote: very healthy for a vampire to be a blacksmith: fire...

EDIT: changed the frame colour from white to black... much better ^^

EDIT2: sorry for bringing this back up again, I changed the lighting a bit and smudged blaces... it was way too tidy.
I hope you like this version... if you liked the other one better, it can still be found here: [link]

Description
Sajore, as a blacksmith

... I graduated as a blacksmith exactly one year ago. I would have loved to have done that as a profession, but my arm couldn't take it anymore and I could not smith... I would still love to continue it as a hobby if I only could find a blace for a forge somewhere ^_^

I am really missing smithing, the smell of the forge, the feeling of really accomplishing to make something from the steel... the fire... the pretty fire... (I'm not a pyromaniac, really )
Anyways, this is why I had to draw this picture. ^_^ And doesn't Sajore look just absolutely delicious as a smith

the anvil is a bit too low, but I couldn't change it because then we could not see Sajore's legs

..... a bit of a rant: anyone seen "Kingdom of heaven"?... or well, any movie with smithing:
They are forging cold steel! ARGH! first they heat up the steel in the forge, then lift it to the anvil and start smithing the cold steel next to the hot one!! (how can you tell? the soft, well heated steels voice sounds something like "tosss" when smithing, not "bling"!)
I just had to point that out... because I'm about to rip my hair every time that happens in movies

***

the picture was painted with ink, scanned and shaded and coloured at photoshop. ^^

sidenote: very healthy for a vampire to be a blacksmith: fire...

EDIT: changed the frame colour from white to black... much better ^^

EDIT2: sorry for bringing this back up again, I changed the lighting a bit and smudged blaces... it was way too tidy.
I hope you like this version... if you liked the other one better, it can still be found here: [link]