This is a day where the sketch just didn't turn out - for a character I've always had a much harder time drawing than writing. I'm not happy with the anatomy and drawing itself, and I'm not settled on the redesign yet either. I have a different eye than I did during their original design process 7 years ago (the time flies!), and a much deeper understanding of the material that inspires their concept - but that doesn't always mean the art or decisions come easily.
I've been wanting to move my inspiration period for Rhyann (they/them) earlier in real-world history. As I've studied cultural, martial, and clothing history more, I've focused more around 1350-1500. I originally set Rhyann's inspiration in the early 1600s, but my interest just hasn't held as strongly there.
Here I've sketched them slightly more in an early renaissance/late medieval fashion, bringing in a fancy voluminous houppeland, winged spear/partisan, and a significantly earlier complex-hilted sword. There are so many in-period options, though, so I've done a few other studies and included more of my reference material.
OC-tober 2023 by bweirdart (prompt list)
Fave OC
New OC
Old OC
References:
Model: Andreja Pejic (image source unknown, way back in my files)
Houppelands (sources unknown, way back in my files)
