So this is my interpretation of a fellow artist character.  The guy who created her goes by Lord Santiago over on DA.  He posted up this lovely character along with a 2 others during the holidays and I wanted to do something with her since.  I’d been working on her off and on since this past holiday season and finally decided to throw in the towel and post up what I had.  This is as far as I am taking this piece, and feel it’s not bad - but also not great.   Enjoy.

There are certain things that come to mind when some of us think about essential tools for illustration or creating any kind of art.  Something to create that art on like canvas and something to create it with like pens or and instrument in terms of music.

And then there are other things that while we think are essential for us to create with, really have no business being included in a list of essentials.  Things like coffee or cigarettes.  Necessary for art?  Not unless you dip your cigarettes in coffee and use them as ink “pens”.  And then there are headphones.

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