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Raistlin, the uber-cool-super-evil Archmage from the book series Dragonlance. I hadn't drawn him in a very, very long time, so this is just a rough idea of what I was thinking. The hourglass pupils don't show up because my scanner is a p.o.s., but they are there, I promise.
I could rant about this from an artistic perspective forever, honestly, because he's always portrayed in art as some wrinkly guy, but he's in his twenties. (Or was, I guess.. I'm not spoiling anything.) I'm tired of people making him look old. There is a huge difference between lines from frowning and lines from age, and it bugs me when it's drawn incorrectly. He's not frowning in this picture, therefore the lines that would be present are not. I'm probably going to do an entire page of facial expressions to get it down right, and post those later on.
Don't get me wrong, there are some decent artists who have done cool drawings of him. The newer art for the book covers is far superior, and there are a few people here on DA I have looked at (you know who you are ).
I could rant about this from an artistic perspective forever, honestly, because he's always portrayed in art as some wrinkly guy, but he's in his twenties. (Or was, I guess.. I'm not spoiling anything.) I'm tired of people making him look old. There is a huge difference between lines from frowning and lines from age, and it bugs me when it's drawn incorrectly. He's not frowning in this picture, therefore the lines that would be present are not. I'm probably going to do an entire page of facial expressions to get it down right, and post those later on.
Don't get me wrong, there are some decent artists who have done cool drawings of him. The newer art for the book covers is far superior, and there are a few people here on DA I have looked at (you know who you are ).
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I really like the hair...