Finally got around to shading this piece I was working on a couple weeks ago, not 100% satisfied with it, but I’m still extremely proud.
She’s my current character for a pathfinder campaign I’m in. We’re using a home brewed world my dm/partner made collaboratively with us, and in it we gave the orcs a lot of Mongolian influences. In fantasy a lot of the time orcs aren’t given much culture outside of being violent.
We rolled for attributes for a nation to create, and since I got martial related classes, orcs/goblins, and scattered disconnected settlements, I decided to do something different to avoid the typical stereotypical orcs. I thought Mongolian culture would be fun to draw from since historically they were nomadic and well known for their military success. This isn’t the only drawing I’ve made for the concept, but drawing while taking inspiration from traditional Mongolian clothing has been soooo fun. Obviously I took some creative liberties with this character in particular, but it’s been so fun and I’ve looked at a ton of really gorgeous examples.