承 認 せ よ 我 が 名 は . . .

ア
ル
バ
ス
!　
(Shounin se yo waga na wa... Arubasu!) (Grant me power for my name is Arubasu ~ as it's translated in the anime.)
(2018)
I may not be doing Inktober, but it doesn't stop me from doing ink works. Just don't expect daily submissions, or only ink/markers. :shrug:

Yeh, I just found another great anime! (What I've been doing lately...^^;):
ゼロから始める魔法の書 (Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho, lit. Starting the Magical Book from Zero). Too bad it's only 12 episodes long. (And why is almost every good anime based on a manga...?)

I just love Arubasu, and especially how he says でも (demo = but, even, however) or けど (kedo = but, however) and his 'rebellious' spirit, as well as the particular scene. Because, who wouldn't want to ride a 獣堕ち (kemonoochi) while being chased, wearing a fluttering cape and shooting magical spell arrows at other sorcerers who're chasing you? :D

Maybe it was the 'poison' theme of Inktober or why my inbox was suddenly filled with so many archery drawings by different deviants but it kind of inspired me too. Or encouraged whatsoever. Been a while from my last archery piece, anyhow.

The main focus was perspective. I want to seriously practise it to achieve more depth and variety to my works. Though I don't want to do it the classic boring(?) way of here's a train railway, see how it gets smaller in the distance? - way. I also had a great struggle with the placement of the text before realising it doesn't have to read straight from left to right. What if I step it, instead? And so the struggle was solved, on the 'placement' part. Also, realised I rarely include texts in my works.
However the background, especially behind アルバス almost gave me a sleepless night, specifically the low right corner... lol Another hard thing about this was that again, it was going to be a night scene, and I can count the previous experiments of a night scene with five fingers. ^^ The pose itself took several sketches.
The bow shape in the anime reminds me of a horse bow, so I thought to make it that, not sure what it's supposed to be if anything. But those are just so cool-looking I couldn't resist drawing one! :la: A bit unusual colour scheme as well, though may be because of night colours.

All in all though, it didn't turn out quite what I expected but can't say I plainly hate it either. Kind of a love-hate relationship with this piece as was the process, well... doesn't surprise me. xD

Tools:
A5 semi 'Copic proof' paper (it bled on the second paper but not through that and the texture is pretty smooth)
a pencil for sketching, Copic Gasefunde [Nylon Brush] (my love! :love:) ink pen, Copic Ciao and Copic Markers, white gel pen.
Refs:
www.deviantart.com/thestarligh…
i.pinimg.com/originals/38/ae/c… (for the bow shape)

The characters, setting, story © ゼロから始める魔法の書