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Sad Nova is sad. Just a very quick sketch thingy. Been awhile...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:43:52 +0200

Sad Nova is sad.

Just a very quick sketch thingy. Been awhile since I drew anything from Pandanzeia :p

We went to the breeder again today to pick out a puppy, and so...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:52:41 +0200

We went to the breeder again today to pick out a puppy, and so here he is, my adorable little Eclipse :D

Is he the cutest thing ever or is he the cutest thing ever x3

More character anatomy studies/sketches. This time for Jovan and...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:07:13 +0200

More character anatomy studies/sketches. This time for Jovan and Maya :3

Melodia map v.2! I decided that instead of a valley in a...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:15:18 +0200

Melodia map v.2!

I decided that instead of a valley in a mountain range, Melodia would be a faraway isolated island. It gave me a little more freedom, but mostly I made the decision because I’ve been wanting the nature and wildlife on Melodia to be inspired mainly by various bigger islands, and the climate on an island in the middle of the ocean versus a valley surrounded by huge mountains in the middle of a huge continent just aren’t the same.

The main inspirations for Melodia were Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the British Isles, norwegian fjords and swedish archipelago. So a pretty varied mix :p The general climate in Melodia is very mild, and eohrosa of all subspecies have little trouble living here - which is why it was so quickly inhabited once eohrosa started to settle down here.

Parti-color, Brindle, Masked and Pointed by ~Natheyecea Another...

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:48:53 +0200

Parti-color, Brindle, Masked and Pointed by ~Natheyecea

Another one of those color illustrations. By now I think I’m really getting the hang of my new “comic style”, although it took reshading the first bull about three times :[

From left to right: Brown and red particolor bull, black and red brindle doe, black and yellow masked doe and brown and yellow pointed bull.

These eohrosa are melodians, probably from the Howling Wolf Steppe because they look like they have a little more aideenian influence. I choose melodians specifically for this picture because there’s no other subspecie that come in all these four variants. Aideenians can be brindle, but none of the others. Guldehedians can be masked and pointed although neither are very common in them, namayans and everbluan can actually come in all but brindle (but certain variants are uncommon or even rare), pelorcovans and agysanians can both be brindle (but it’s very uncommon), and agysanians can also be pointed. Aurorans can’t have either of these colors, but they don’t really come in a lot of colors to begin with =p

So yeah. All these colors are caused by genes all on the same locus. The genes affects only black-based coats (black or brown), and the red-based pigment can be either normal red or yellow if they also have genes for that. Parti-color, brindle, masked and pointed can also be combined, although only two at once (since they’re on the same locus). So an eohrosa can for example be masked brindle, or pointed parti-color, or brindle parti-color and so on.

And completely unrelated; we went and looked at the puppies last thursday finally. So adorable :D My...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:03:46 +0200

And completely unrelated; we went and looked at the puppies last thursday finally. So adorable :D

My mum took some pictures so if I can get her to send them over I’ll post them C:

That was just a quick first sketch btw, I’ll probably work more on refining the character :9

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:59:35 +0200

That was just a quick first sketch btw, I’ll probably work more on refining the character :9

So I’m experimenting with making Shiye more muscular and...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:58:20 +0200

So I’m experimenting with making Shiye more muscular and sturdy. It’s been bugging me to no end that Shiye’s body type has been way too similar to two other female characters, and while the doe characters all have their unique body types - except Shiye really - most were on the slim side.

The bull characters on the other hand have two light-weight (one very androgynous and the other tall and muscular), and two heavy types (one more compact and square, the other more long-lenged and front-heavy).

So after some thought I felt Shiye would actually fit really well in a heftier body. She has a pretty tomboyish personality and I can totally imagine her hanging with and playfighting with the guys :p

So, I think I’m pretty satisfied with the lady cast now as well. We’ve got Kek and Aela who’s very feminine, though the former is much curvier and the latter slimmer. Zeph has that superthin, grey-hound-ish bodytype while Maya is small/short, chubby and big hindquarters.

And Shiye is somewhere in between the male and female characters. My main inspiration was actually draft horse crosses; light and athletic but still strong and thick-boned.

I just did something that I don’t think I’ve ever really done before. I made the tough...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:57 +0200

I just did something that I don’t think I’ve ever really done before.

I made the tough decision to cut out a very big and good scene ;n;

But I also realized this scene can easily be reused in a later book in the series, so It actually feel good to have done this, and I think the current book will get so much better thanks to it.

Actually, I came to the realization earlier this week that I’ve made my scene list too long. I totally didn’t think about the fact that not only am I writing a comic book - which takes much much longer to make than the equivalent length text novel - and I’m also planning to have 8 more books of similar size after this one. So yeah.

I’ve been forced to do the incredibly hard thing of being a bit realistic and cutting down the scene list. It sounds so silly writing it now but goddamnit as a writer, cutting out scenes from your book it’s like stabbing your baby D:

Even worse is I know this is for the better, I did add a lot of unnecessary fluff and stuff, and like I can’t take 10 fucking years to make each book with a series of 9.

And I’ve only gone through one chapter so far. I’m just gonna cry forever after I’m done slashing and tearing apart the rest ;n; My poor little baby ;n;

Congratulations denmark! :D I’ve gotta say, this year’s eurovision had an unusual amount...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:50:00 +0200

Congratulations denmark! :D

I’ve gotta say, this year’s eurovision had an unusual amount of good songs (looks like the europop and schlager is finally dying out :p). My favourite was Netherlands by far, so-so amazing. Also liked norway and iceland a lot, and denmark was pretty neat too C:

(About died laughing at their intermissions, and Petra’s singing number oh my god. That, folks, is a complete guide to understanding swedish culture :’D)

Four eohrosa cubs of different colors. I made this for the PE...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:36 +0200

Four eohrosa cubs of different colors.

I made this for the PE website I’ve been working on, although it turned out to be great practice for trying out a sketchier lineart style and cell-shading.

I’m so unused to this haha, but I really wanna find a style that’s a little faster and looser to do for the comic, without it looking unfinished :p

Teehee :D

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:04:32 +0200

Teehee :D

Also just so you know, I own a special friesian plush that I ordered all the way from USA. One of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:55:39 +0200

Also just so you know, I own a special friesian plush that I ordered all the way from USA.

One of these: http://www.customdesignart.com/freddy_the_friesian.html

That’s how big of a friesian fan I am.

But you know something that’s so fucking awesome!? There’s some people not too far away...

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:54:24 +0200

But you know something that’s so fucking awesome!?

There’s some people not too far away from me that owns a couple of friesians. Real live friesians you guys.

My mum and I drove past their pasture once and stopped and looked at them and they came over to us and I even got to pet one a little on the nose. Sweetest horses ever. And so beautiful oh my god ;n; So-so beautiful.

I was totally starstruck C:

There’s a whole documentary all about friesians horses oh...

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:49:59 +0200

There’s a whole documentary all about friesians horses oh god.

Look! http://www.friesians-themovie.com/

I need this so badly, friesians are like my one biggest weakness ;n;

Y’know thinking about it… hair in general sucks to draw. I should have made a comic...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:22:33 +0200

Y’know thinking about it… hair in general sucks to draw.

I should have made a comic about lizards.

And for something completely unrelated… We’re gonna go and see the puppies next weekend...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:19:41 +0200

And for something completely unrelated… We’re gonna go and see the puppies next weekend FINALLY! :DDDDDD

It’s really all his fluff that gives me problems, fucking hair, all over the place, also his...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:16:34 +0200

It’s really all his fluff that gives me problems, fucking hair, all over the place, also his antlers…

Actually I struggle so much with the antlers of like all the male characters I sometimes just want to crawl up in a corner and cry whenever I have to draw them.

Why do I create all these characters I struggle to draw ;n;

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:12:37 +0200

Why do I create all these characters I struggle to draw ;n;

Woo, Jovan is now inked! That makes it 4 inked characters and 5...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:11:12 +0200

Woo, Jovan is now inked! That makes it 4 inked characters and 5 left to go. Almost halfway through :p

…I feel like I should probably tackle Pollux next, he’s definitely the worst character to ink by far so it’d be so great to have him done.

Or y’know I could just put up inking him and then cry when I only have him left… .__.