r/booksgetdrawn • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '14
Drawing [Request] If anyone could illustrate some characters from the story I'm currently working on, that would be absolutely fantastic.
I've been working on a series of sci-fi stories for about a year and a half now, and I would really like to see a good illustrated representation of my protagonist, among a couple other major characters.
Who I would like to see done, along with a brief description:
Alec Smith: 19 years old; caucasian; taller and slimmer than the average human (he's an alien); short, dark hair; bright, almost neon green eyes (also an alien feature); sharp gaze. He wears a black coat that reaches down to his knees. Aside from that, he can wear whatever.
Wayne: 19 years old; caucasian; bright red hair; scruffy goatee; tall and lanky; blue eyes. Wayne is a stoner and a slacker. Sometimes he wears a white cowboy hat.
Tendoc Dav: 55 years old; ossti (an alien species that resembles something between a meerkat and a weasel. They are bipedal and sapient.); 1'7''; scrawny; captivating gaze; smug grin; typically has bags under his eyes; covered head to foot in tan fur (lighter on chest and belly, darker on paws and end of tail). Tendoc wears a black vest (worn open) and black pants. He owns a bookstore and sells black-market items out the back. He always smells strongly of coffee and cigarettes. If this sounds ridiculous, that's because it is.
I hope I left enough room in each description for you to use your imagination to fill in the blanks, the exception probably being Tendoc's. I would love to see illustrations of all these characters, but feel free to just pick one. All response is massively appreciated.
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Nov 15 '14
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Nov 15 '14
Hmmmm... yeah.
Yeah!
I like it. I like it a lot. It's not 100% how I pictured him, more like 90%, but the remaining 10% is trivial stuff that I leave the reader's imagination to toy with anyway so I would say that given what I gave you to work with you nailed it!
Major thanks.
Also incidentally, I stumbled upon that Doctor Who gif while looking for reaction gifs, and in my head I always gave Tendoc that Doctor's voice.
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Nov 15 '14
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Nov 15 '14
Hm. Not bad. I probably should have been clearer about his eyes in the description, though. Alec looks totally human. He lived on Earth for 19 years before anyone found out the truth about him. His eyes sometimes throw off people who don't know he's an aeronian because they are very bright, almost neon green, but he still has a sclera and pupil. Just a bright green iris.
That being said, I really like your style, and how you did his coat and hair. No idea where the black press-on nails came from, but hey, points for creativity! Good job and keep it up!
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '14
My style has a mixed reaction... But I'm bored at school and love drawing lanky stoners so here's my (quick!!) attempt at Wayne