Random character design

Hey, Jess here!

A little while ago I did a character design. I got the idea from Draw with Jazza (you can find him on Youtube and he's great!). But instead of using an app or other people's suggestions like he does... and is able to, I made a lot and I mean a LOT of small pieces of paper on which I wrote random words. After I wrote a word on the paper, I folded it and marked it with a color. The color indicated what kind of word it was. For example: yellow was the setting (fantasy, sience-fiction, etc.) and blue was the atribute (sword, book, etc.). After I had done that, I put them all together in a box and randomly picked a few together without having pieces of the same color. This way I got something I thought I was really fun to draw and I know I wouldn't ever have come up with it myself.

So the words I had were: "Egyptian", "Unicorn" and "Scars". So what I was going to draw was an Egyptian unicorn with scars. Then I started out with some sketches (which I don't have anymore, sorry), because I already had an idea in my head. But I wasn't easily satisfied, so the sketches changed a lot before I started on the actual drawing. But when I was satisfied, I started with the outlines. I made sure that everyting was placed where I wanted it and that the proportions were to my liking. After that I colored it with colored pencils. This was actually really awesome, because I had just bought new (and expensive) pencils and they were so great to work with =)
Well, you can see the result here -->

I chose a sand color for it's fur to represent the Egyptian desert. The gold and blue hair represent the headpieces the faraos wore and the horn has a snake on it for the same reason. Around the eyes you can see a symbol. Well this symbol is the Eye of Horus and I just thought it would give some depth to the subject.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. And while I was drawing I came up with a short story for the character, so as a conclusion, I wanted to share that too:

After serving his master for so long, it is finally time to rest. The last battle was the hardest he ever fought, but he knows it was not in vain. After defeating the enemy, it was clear he could not continue this life and so it is time to pass on to the next world. While searching for a peaceful place to lie down his body for the last time, he hears a distant voice calling out his name. When he turns his head towards the sound, he sees his master standing afar. Slowly they walk towards each other. They both know what will follow and they both know it is alright. When they reach each other, his master gently places his hand on his head without losing eye contact. While listening to the kind words softly spoken, he lies down on the ground. He closes his eyes, it is fine, he found the perfect place.

To be continued....