Another New Drawing: Escape from the Phoobs

So today I had two interviews, did quite a bit of writing, answered a handful of important emails, read two chapters of Wangerin’s The Book of the Dun Cow with my family, and harvested the first tomato of the year. That called for some brain-time in Aerwiar with my sketch pad.

I started this sketch without knowing what it would be. I just drew a wing, then the rough outline of the body attached to it, which made me think of Artham, which made me think of the scene where he rescues Kalmar from the dungeon at the Phoob Islands. If you haven’t read North! Or Be Eaten, this may spoil things for you a bit.

Now that I’ve uploaded the picture I realize I should have drawn a few Fang arrows whizzing past, and maybe some cool clouds in the background. I should also point out that I cropped out Artham’s right hand because, well, it was pretty terrible. Need to work on hands–strike that–talons.