So I just discovered “Beyond the Western Deep” (drawn by @kobbers ) and OMGoodness I love this webcomic! It’s like Game of Thrones with talking animals, rated PG-13. It has great characters with complex motivations, great worldbuilding and character design, an art style I love, and a gripping series of interlocking plot lines. It’s a rare treat to find a story that I have to read compulsively, but this story was one of them.
One of my favorite characters is Hardin, an ermehn warlord whose morally questionable decisions kick off the events of the story. He’s a mysterious character, with an undisclosed plan to help his people take back their land and dignity from the warlike canid, who can really rock the cape and kilt look. I decided to draw him as he appears in Chapter 2, overlooking the pass guarded by Deltrada Garrison as he plans his assault on the fortress—an assault which marks a major turning point for the other main characters.
I drew Hardin freehand, and used a screenshot of the comic to get the right colors.
This sketch is.. not the best but I just wanted to get it out
Anyway, this is Gear! He’s part of the Canid military and he’s pretty skillful on fixing weapons/creating them. I’m still working on what his actual position would be (might turn him into a guard idk).
He’s a pretty laid-backed fellow and can almost come off as impassive most of the time, especially for someone in his position.
This is a belated birthday gift for @kobbers! They did a wonderful birthday gift back for me in November, and I was sadly unable to return the favor after being so burned out with a freelance gig. But now that I’m more rested I finally changed that, and at last I got a chance to draw Quinlan too! :3
Surprisingly I haven’t drawn that many squirrels. This is the first one since June 2019, and one out of maybe a dozen total.
