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Published: 2017-02-06 14:58:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1110; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 5
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Description All of those books are covered in crumbs.

This is less a planned out drawing and more like a sketch that ran away with me.  When I was younger I used to do a lot of drawing like this, starting with a basic character design and building a setting around it with little more than a grudging acceptance of the limits of available space.  Some of my ancient sketchbooks still have examples in them, although nowadays it is rare that I doodle something like this, since I have alternate ways to distract myself.  This time, however, I made it far enough into the work to bother inking it, since I decided it was nice to show that I can, occasionally, figure out what a background is.  The character is the gnome mage from our Pathfinder campaign, Fizzle Thornblossom, who we established (due to a mistake in calculating how much a gnome should weigh) was very fat as a young gnomeling.  Nowadays she keeps herself trim by running away from giants and long treks through the wilderness, but her prestige class as a loremaster suggests that a sedentary life is sure to manifest again if she lives long enough...

I can only assume that she is looking up more cookie recipes.
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Comments: 19

Daidoji-Gisei [2017-02-13 12:23:07 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful!  I love all the little details, like the textures of the rocks and the spider hanging down from the horn.

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Koshindou In reply to Daidoji-Gisei [2017-02-14 23:10:08 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad to hear it - the texture of the rocks was something that I went back and forth on 'til the very end.  This is my issue with backgrounds - I have very little ability to determine what is "enough" vs. "too much".

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Foji [2017-02-08 02:09:01 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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Koshindou In reply to Foji [2017-02-08 22:30:03 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you approve.  It is a snapshot of what she's going to turn your sanitarium into, you know...

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ShirouZhiwu [2017-02-07 02:51:34 +0000 UTC]

Great googly moogly that's a lot of detail to color!

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Koshindou In reply to ShirouZhiwu [2017-02-07 07:30:58 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that's my concern.  I think I'll save any attempt to color this one myself for when I'm feeling particularly masochistic.

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SkyPotatoFire [2017-02-07 00:02:41 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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Koshindou In reply to SkyPotatoFire [2017-02-07 07:29:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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BalloonPrincess [2017-02-06 17:57:43 +0000 UTC]

**Giggles!**

That was something I remember my mother doing for me when I had research papers to be done in High School: bake some chocolate cookies!  

Awesome work!  

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Koshindou In reply to BalloonPrincess [2017-02-07 07:29:39 +0000 UTC]

That's the kind of thing that would definitely keep me motivated. I do have fond memories of care packages filled with cookies that tended to make their appearance around large projects and finals, and they never seemed to last for very long...

Glad you like how this came out.  Thanks for the kind words.

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BalloonPrincess In reply to Koshindou [2017-02-07 12:23:31 +0000 UTC]

**Giggles!**

My pleasure, darling.  Keep up the excellent work.  

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CanRay [2017-02-06 17:22:46 +0000 UTC]

Hey, researching is hard work, gotta keep that blood sugar up!

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Koshindou In reply to CanRay [2017-02-07 07:26:48 +0000 UTC]

That is true, but it's also a vicious cycle, since it's just as likely that is a cookbook as a book of eldritch lore...

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CanRay In reply to Koshindou [2017-02-07 17:08:09 +0000 UTC]

Just don't mix up the two, unless you want some really weird meals, and company for them.

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Koshindou In reply to CanRay [2017-02-07 21:41:42 +0000 UTC]

Sadly that sounds like just the idea Fizzle would grab hold of.  For the sake of my own character I'm going to avoid bringing the idea up.

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CanRay In reply to Koshindou [2017-02-08 01:14:23 +0000 UTC]

"This is, well, his name can't be pronounced, but he brought snickerdoodles for our potluck!"

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Koshindou In reply to CanRay [2017-02-10 14:20:01 +0000 UTC]

I can only assume that there are few demons of note assigned to the 'Trade Souls for Cooking Recipes' division.

Although she could change that single-handed...

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CanRay In reply to Koshindou [2017-02-10 15:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Never dealt with chefs before, have you?

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Koshindou In reply to CanRay [2017-02-11 14:39:32 +0000 UTC]

None that I thought demons would dare approach.

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