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Kathleen Duey, a friend of mine, recently requested a drawing of Sadima, the heroine of her excellent fantasy novel, "A Resurrection of Magic: Skin Hunger." I obliged her, and had lots of fun doing it. I highly recommend this book, it's just awesome! [link]
Kathleen has also posted this sketch on her blog: [link]
Sadima is a farm girl turned magician's housekeeper and secretary, struggling with day to day life under an oppressive monarchy, so it was an interesting challenge coming up with a costume that was appopriate, fit the culture of the book, and was a believable mish-mash of periods. The bodice and skirt has a roughly Tudor/Stuart working class look, with a neckline that combines elements of the Queen Anne and mandarin designs. Her belt and purse are 14th century, and her shoes are roughly late 1600s.
As for the sketch, I wanted something painterly, but didn't feel like breaking out my paints. So I used Prismacolor colored pencils, with Prismacolor alcohol markers. I'm not crazy about Prismacolor markers, but it turned out pretty well, all things considering.
Kathleen has also posted this sketch on her blog: [link]
Sadima is a farm girl turned magician's housekeeper and secretary, struggling with day to day life under an oppressive monarchy, so it was an interesting challenge coming up with a costume that was appopriate, fit the culture of the book, and was a believable mish-mash of periods. The bodice and skirt has a roughly Tudor/Stuart working class look, with a neckline that combines elements of the Queen Anne and mandarin designs. Her belt and purse are 14th century, and her shoes are roughly late 1600s.
As for the sketch, I wanted something painterly, but didn't feel like breaking out my paints. So I used Prismacolor colored pencils, with Prismacolor alcohol markers. I'm not crazy about Prismacolor markers, but it turned out pretty well, all things considering.
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This is amazing. I love it.