story sketch: tin man [update: 05-15-2011]

[meeks]

This scene is from the first chapter of Tin Man. Necromancer Robling Tremare considers hiring mercenary archer Liane Sharpshaft as a bodyguard to compensate for the deficiencies of his current travel companion, the plate mail golem, as he continues on his quest to avenge the vanished Tremare Guild.

cleaned-up sketch:


rough sketch:

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Comments

[wyld_dandelyon]

OK, so there's a plate with a butter knife and a...tuning wrench?

I like the flowers on the mail.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I love the golem. He is perfect. Robling looks sweet too.

The background may be a bit too dark, though. The heavy outlines help the characters stand out, but there's little contrast. How much lighting is supposed to be in this scene? If it's not explicitly dim, lightening the background slightly would pop out the characters more.

[aldersprig]

I like the details on the golem, and the braids on the blonde, as well as the clothing details on both of them.

[heavenscalyx]

It's amazing how much detail you work into the rough sketches! The golem is a handsome beast; I hope you get enough feedback to post the cleaned-up sketch, because I'd like to see more of the details on it.

[rix_scaedu]

Thanks to this I went and read the book...

[robling-t.livejournal.com]

I can just hear the golem thinking, "...Bowties are cool." :)

[robling-t.livejournal.com]

(Yay, LJ has finally loaded it for me!) Oo, I like the darker background, and the bit where it's more visible that the shadow the golem is casting is lighter where it's coming through the empty visor is cool!