This is the first big bit of drawing I've done in ages, an attempt to take some of the stylistic elements of iconography and manuscript illumination and use it on a topic a bit more in line with me. So here you have it, a dash of iconography, a pinch of illumination, a dollop of fantasy and some otter in for the mix.

Overall, was both a amusing and educational experiment which I'd gladly repeat. Well, except for the gold ink. I badly need to find a way of either making that go down in a nice consistent opaque layer or find an alternative source of gold.

Drawn in blue mechanical pencil,
inked using a mix of dip pen and micon
Coloured using caligraphic ink