The Bear King -- Lene's Family

I found a name for the daughter in The Bear King, Lene, and here is her fanily
Dalla -- The practical and frugal eldest sister
Fastny -- The Mother, who only worries about what other people think about her
Valdis -- The second eldest sister, obsessed with marrying richly. Biggest complaint: The shape of her nose
Fredrick -- The Father, who loves his family, and tries his hardest to please, but he's not a very capable person
Aesa -- The baby of the family, at 4 years old, she has been mostly cared for by Lene
Lene -- Our Heroine, the 3rd daughter, who tries her best to please everyone and see past their faults. She has everyones best intentions at heart

The Bear King -- Buildings

Suddenly realized I hadn't put these guys up yet! Some building studies, and a bridge, for The Beak King's world. The girl's family is poor, so they have a small house. I particularly like the look of Norwegian store houses (laugh) But the Bear Kind lives in something much grander. Plus there have to be houses for the village! Which one do you like?

Edit: As per request, they now have numbers! :D

Condor's Wife -- A Doodle of Naiya

A quick doodle! But finally a more visible introduction of the main character of my third fairy tale from South America, Condor's Wife. She doesn't have a specific name in the story, but I think I will call her Naiya

No Naiya! Don't leave the forest! Stay hidden and out of sight, stay as you are, innocent and pure! But if that were the way of things, we wouldn't have a story to tell.

If he were a pony....

He would look like this. Special Request, and it was kinda fun

Not Dead, I promise, here's a doodle

Things have been crazy, with finals, then pre-graduation madness, graduation, post-graduation madness, moving, angst, and then to top it off I came down with Strep Throat, and was out of commission for a week while I waited stressfully for my computer to come in the mail, hoping nothing had happened to my poor baby. Nothing happened, came to me all intact, yay! Celebration doodle! Nothing about nothing at all, just glad to be able to do it again.

In regards to my fairytales, I DO have a nearly complete image for The Bear King story. I will be getting to that next, and with any luck that should be up shortly. Also, I have some preliminaries for my third (and for now final) fairytale. Its a story from South America, called Condor's Wife. The main character will be the oldest, and her story is much more serious than the other two. I hope you will like her!

Ahuizotl

Sitting here with Will, posting my piece

Aztec creature, it eats eyeballs and toenails after drowning its victims with its tail-hand.


PS: Will is so cool

The Bear King -- Landscape-Travel

A landscape for the Bear King. Here he is taking her away to his castle. Lots of textures! Perfect!

The Bear King -- Daughter's Outfits

Some outfits fot the Bear King Story. I was doing a lot of research for traditional Norwegian clothing, which was 1) Really fun and 2) a good thing, because my original assumption of what her outfit should be was totally wrong.

I think of her body as thin without a lot of curve, but she wears big shaped clothing. I want the realization of how thin she is to be more surprising. Which is an unusual thing for me, as I love tight outfits

Talking Bird, Singing Tree, Golden Water -- Buildings

Sorry updates have been slow, something is wrong with my knuckle and I can't hold a pen *sob* Some last little sketches before chaos hit me. Supposedly I just have to rest it for a few days, but its so hard not to draw.

Princess Parizade's foster father was the sultans gardener, as I mentioned before, so here I drew a few ideas for what that house looked like.

On another note, I'm looking for a third 'Princess'. I really want one from South America, but it is hard to find native stories to the region. This is because of the European invasion and systematic attempt to destroy much of the cultures that existed there. Since I can't draw, I'm spending more time researching

Talking Bird, Singing Tree, Golden Water -- Flowers

My first pass at some flowers in Princess Parizade's world. These feel like a first pass, so I hope to do more, although I enjoyed the later designs. Princess Parizade's Foster father was the sultan's chief gardener, or something of the like. As a result, he had beautiful gardens. That may be the thing to design next

The Bear King -- Daughter's Expression Sheet

Here is the Heroine for the Bear King. She doesn't have a name in the traditional tales, just called "Princess" or the poor woodcutters youngest daughter.

The Bear King -- Trees

Here are trees for another story I like called the Bear King. It's a Norwegian story, with a number or variations (Such as if the girl is a princess or a poor girl, if she has children with the bear, if the bear is a Prince or a King, ect.) Right now I'm working on an expression sheet for the girl. She isn't coming to me quite as readily as Princess Parizade, but I think we are growing on one another

Talking Bird, Singing Tree, Golden Water -- Trees

Trees for the world of The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and The Golden Water

None of these are the actual singing tree, just background foliage. But I had a lot of fun with these, and unlike the birdcages, I can have more than one! Hooray!

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