There must be some kind of way out of here...
There must be some kind of way out of here...
There must be some kind of way out of here... by Ceres_de_Rehka
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I've gotten a few requests to draw Zaknafein, but I was hesitant, because it has been a while since I've drawn his type of character. So, while I was on the thirteen hour plane ride to Japan, I thought I would try. My first sketches were horrid. I tried to draw him standing in a fighting pose with his two swords, I tried to draw him just standing, and I finally moved on to other things.
During this process however, I was listening to my beloved ipod. I came across one of my favorite songs, All Along the Watchtower, sung by Middlebury's all male a capella group: Dissipated Eight. For some reason it struck me as it could possibly been about Jarlaxle and Zaknafein. At one point there's this conversation between "a joker" and "a thief." While I don't think Zaknafein is "a joker," what the joker says reminds me of him. Below is the conversation in the song:
"There must be some kind of way out of here..." said the Joker to the thief. "There's too much confusion. I can't get no relief."
"There's no reason to get excited," the thief he kindly spoke. "Because there are many here among us who think that life is but a joke. But you and I we've been through life, and such is not our fate. So let us not talk falsely now; the hour's getting late."
I really don't know why this strikes me as a conversation between Zak and Jarlaxle, but it just did. And this drawing stemmed from the inspiration of the song. I hope y'all like my first attempt at drawing the mighty Zaknafein.
This was drawn in my sketchbook, which I bought in Japan after realizing that I couldn't not draw for two weeks. The background sucks, I know, I'm really back at backgrounds. The rocks look really flat. Arg, I really need to take some classes.
During this process however, I was listening to my beloved ipod. I came across one of my favorite songs, All Along the Watchtower, sung by Middlebury's all male a capella group: Dissipated Eight. For some reason it struck me as it could possibly been about Jarlaxle and Zaknafein. At one point there's this conversation between "a joker" and "a thief." While I don't think Zaknafein is "a joker," what the joker says reminds me of him. Below is the conversation in the song:
"There must be some kind of way out of here..." said the Joker to the thief. "There's too much confusion. I can't get no relief."
"There's no reason to get excited," the thief he kindly spoke. "Because there are many here among us who think that life is but a joke. But you and I we've been through life, and such is not our fate. So let us not talk falsely now; the hour's getting late."
I really don't know why this strikes me as a conversation between Zak and Jarlaxle, but it just did. And this drawing stemmed from the inspiration of the song. I hope y'all like my first attempt at drawing the mighty Zaknafein.
This was drawn in my sketchbook, which I bought in Japan after realizing that I couldn't not draw for two weeks. The background sucks, I know, I'm really back at backgrounds. The rocks look really flat. Arg, I really need to take some classes.
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Media Graphite pencil
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