queen rowan of ferelden from dragon age.
(prompted by rhodamined, click for bigger size.)
ugHH this is a sketch but i had fun making up armor, even if it’s completely illogical (should really have bigger pauldrons for a warrior and it should be significantly more beaten up and scrappy, with bits of leather and fur and stuff, but siGH i’m going to call this a rough concept sketch.)
i tried to be fair with the blood - she is a warrior queen, and the rebellion against orlais was not a nice clean affair, but i also didn’t want to over do it because she’s fighting for freedom, not just to kill. the thing on her cheek was originally blood smear, but that reminded me too much of hawke, so it ended up being a thin scar.
i’m pretty happy with the pose, i’m still kind of “eh” about the colors (and her hair, which came out longer than i’d meant it to be)…i’d really like to come back to this when i have some time.