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My online art and story journal. I also like commenting on stuff I'm interested in, from stories and tropes to matters of faith and philosophy. Anyway, feel free to take a look around, and I hope you find something interesting!//30 y.o. nerd who never outgrew cartoons and swashbucklers//Scientist, Aspiring Theologian, Fencer, Writer, Cartoonist, Literature Enthusiast, Musician, Poet
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He's existed since 2015 and I've drawn him about 37 times, but I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever drawn Markus shirtless! This is based off of a photo ref I found for practice. I followed the photo ref somewhat closely, and gave Markus a thinner version of the physique that Nes and Tem have, with slimmer arms and torso, and a flatter chest.

A version of notes I made on this, and progress shots of the sketch, are on my Patreon! 🦦✨ To find where else I am: https://linktr.ee/temiree

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Always love a good anatomy study! Also, we need more Markus--he seems like a cool character! Also, thanks to the progress notes, I now need to work on adding in folds on their stomachs (either their own muscles/skin or their shirts) when they're sitting down.

#Markus#sword#other people's art#temiree#fox
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Felt like drawing some fanart of @temiree ‘s characters Temiree and Markus. Tem has been drawing Markus with a falchion lately, so I decided to redesign Markus’s sword slightly to make it a messer, a German single-edged sword constructed like a giant knife (hence the name). Messers were extremely popular weapons with all social classes in late medieval/Renaissance Germany (1400’s-1500’s) and were an important weapon in the period fencing traditions, so naturally I had to draw Tem and Markus sparring in the style of medieval fencing master Hans Talhoffer, who includes several beautiful (and some gruesome) pictures of messer fencing techniques in his manuscript.

I traced one of Talhoffer’s plates to ensure that the poses were accurate, even keeping the spacing as close as I could. Since many period fencing books were illustrated, it’s always fun for me as both a character artist and a HEMA fencer to use tracings of fencing plates to construct my scenes, so I know that they’re more accurate to the reality of a sword fight.

Also, since Temiree and Markus both live in the Redwall universe (last I heard), I decided to draw them in a castle courtyard with, well, red walls! I’ve never read the Redwall books, so I have no idea what Redwall Abby looks like, but I imagine that this is one of the corners of that famous bastion of goodness and care.

Also, @temiree I hope you enjoy seeing your characters as much as I enjoyed drawing them—keep inspiring other artists!

Here’s the original picture from Talhoffer:

#cartoon#cartoon characters#character art#other people's ocs#temiree#tem#Markus#otter#fox#messer#arming sword#HEMA#Hans talhoffer#historical fencing#castle#redwall#medieval#medievalfantasy#my art

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