#kajout

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Sketches of Kajout, Kabossa and Tani, and Kajout looking annoyed because Kabossa is teaching Tani it’s ok for her to perch on him.  Kajout doesn’t want her to get used to that since the bigger she gets the heavier she’ll be.

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I have this habit of thinking I’m going to find painting fun.  I do for a while then I get stressed out.

Still figuring out the best way to go from flats to painting/shading.  Going to have to teach myself a way to color and not stress out.  I want to learn, I just want to also not hate the process.

I really like how Tani came out in this even though she didn’t get any shading.  I’m not sure if I’ll poke at this anymore but I thought I’d upload the rough of what I have.

It’s got all the white space that would be cut out, just left it in.  This was also a short background practice.

These gals are mine

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Final for my painting class.  Class ends today so aaah.  Two more classes to go.

I’m glad this time when drawing Mititango and Kajout together I didn’t make the background busy and crazy.  But I’m still trying to learn what’s busy/noisy and what works.  I’d have like to spent more time with the background but I was constantly fixing and figuring out parts of everything else aaand it’s due today.

Also colors woo.  Kajout is so tiny compared to him.  I’m still trying to figure out the best way to handle huge size differences.  Kajout does live by an ocean and in a jungle so it was nice to show something close to her home.

The picture is way big and of course tumblr is going to eat it so have a close up.

Mititango and Kajout are my babes

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Sketch practice of Mititango’s head and more practice on what I’m trying to do with Kabossa.  Also slight back of Kajout’s head.

And then me derping.

The little fey/flower will water your plants if you’re nice to them.

These guys are my babes

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Not dead just being a recluse online.  I do the recluse thing way to easily online and at home.

Working on some stuff along side school work.  My painting class has mostly been us doing traditional stuff, bust, still life, etc, so nothing super fun.  We are just now doing game icons and then our final is something more exciting.  But hey I’m getting a painting done every two weeks I guess.

Here are some sketches of the gang and a ram lady and a mount I haven’t fully introduced yet.

The last one are sketches for enemies in a game we’re making in class.  I need to finalize them/figure out what we need for the game.  Cockatrice is my favorite.  I’ll upload them once those are done.

These guys are all my babes

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Time to upload some sketches.

Kabossa and Kajout headshot practice.  Kajout is more sleek because of the type of Kasaeda she is.  I’m thinking she has aquatic Kasaeda in her blood line.  Still working on making Kabossa look like an old man and the thickness of his muzzle, etc.

I uploaded that front shot of him before but now with added Kajout not approving of him wanting to keep an animal they just passed by.

And more Rock Chick practice who now has a name.  Kabossa seems to enjoy human names and wanted to name her Britany.  Kajout didn’t approve.  They settled on Tani though.

More Trevini, Labrum, Kabune, Seika and Gwen.  But now also with Perrie and the Walking Lanturn.  Labrum like Kobossa loves animals so the two of them would get along.  Walking Lanturns are pretty huffy but of course Labrum would make friends with them.

These are mah babes

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Sketch I had of Kajout in a tree with her Rock Chick.  Been sitting on it, may or may not come back to it.

Female Rock Bird’s tend to perch in trees and flutter down onto people.  Rock chicks don’t start going up into trees until they can confidently get down.  Considering Kajout is either on the ground or in trees her Rock chick started tree coming early.  Kajout keeps her eye on the chick though or just straight up holds her while walking on limbs.

These are mah gals.  Kajout’s grabbing fruit or something.

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I decided it was time to upload this.  The reason Kajout’s side view isn’t uploaded in color was because I wasn’t spending enough time to make it all nice.  But I liked how the grays looked so why not.  Also redone chick that goes with her side view in color but I liked both versions of the chick for different reasons.

This project actually started with me being amused how I drew Kajout from the side with a lazy sort of slouch.  To hey lets do a front and back view.  I needed to figure out something for her front view so I can expand and figure it out better going forward.

Along the way I was also figuring out the Rock birds, the Male Kassaeda friend of hers and a couple other things.  The rock chick staring at the camera is my favorite.  Also I decided to show the heigh comparison between Kajout who I usually think is in the 6ftish range, to her chick and a full grown female rock bird.

Kajout’s jacket and shorts are something she wears when she’s outside of her home jungle.  In her home she wears clothes more traditional to her area.  She’s mostly hanging out in trees as the jungle Kasaeda make their homes in them, taking care of her rock chick (name pending), with Mititango or listening to her soldier friend tell her stories while she idly listens.

I ended up really liking her home clothes more then I thought.  While female Kasaeda don’t have anything to cover for on their chest some females and males wear chest wraps, etc, as a decorative piece.

Kajout is the jungle’s vet and doesn’t charge anyone who needs her help.  Kasaeda usually bring her gifts, items, food, etc, in thanks but she always tells them to take it back though most insist she keep it.  The most she’ll make you do is get ingredients but she’ll tell you exactly where or who to buy them from and to say she sent you.  She’ll have you do an ingredient run while she does what she can with what she has.  Kids will bring her toys in payment and refuse to take them back.  She’ll return the toy to the parents when she’s in the busy part of the jungle where most everyone lives.

Kajout’s pretty much almost hermit like in that she lives away from everyone, prefers her animals and says very little.  She comes off as grumpy or off putting because she’ll just stare at you if you say something stupid or annoy her until you leave.  Her soldier friend becomes more like her interpreter when he gets to know her signs better just so things don’t feel awkward.  Not that she cares if people are off put.  Give her nature and she’s happy.

Once Kajout ends up becoming a mom to her rock chick she simply ask if Kasaeda and others have to give her something to just bring a rock for her rock chick.  But reminds them only do it if no other Rock Birds are around since if they see you pick up a rock,even one they don’t want, they’ll chase you.  The kids particularly love to give the female chick rocks or toys themselves in hopes they’ll see her with their gift in her tail bag.  She’s been seen walking around with toys in her bag mixed in with the rocks and the kids always get excited.

Kajout gave her chick the tail bag for her rocks because she got tired of her chick handing her all the rocks to hold while she traveled throughout the day.  She finds out Rock Birds are pretty smart despite her earlier feelings about them since the chick starts to keep only the prettiest/best rocks..and her favorite toys in the bag.  She gets rid of rocks she picks out and replaces them with better rocks, but never rocks or toys she was given always knowing the difference.

Still figuring out a few more things about the full grown rock bird male and female difference.  One I like is that while neither female or male can fly the females have big enough wings to allow them to get high in the jungle trees.  Then they flutter down to pounce.  Male’s may still have the claws on their wings more like raptor arms but I’m not to sure yet.  I’m also thinking about the main colors of the rock birds.  I went for red as a place holder for the female chick.

Also Kajout’s markings are a pain in the butt.  I took out the ones from her hair/dreads.  I think I’ll keep them out and just keep the simple line going down them.  So her side view shows them since it was done before everything else.  I’m trying to simplify her markings enough that they’re easy to do over and over but also are at least interesting to look at as well.

Kajout, the Kasaeda and the rock birds are my babes.