I've been plugging away at that aforementioned project but damn I wanted at least something polished and finished for the month of January, so this happened because bats are always relevant. I'll be opening ballpoint illustration commissions just like this piece! Stay tuned for a journal tomorrow regarding them...

Not technically a new character as her concept has been in my head for some time now, just the first depiction of her. A newly reincarnated Tenebra when she eventually must pass on, her end expedited with the tragic help of her Bloodbonded partner. This version of her (named Ounalara) is much bigger and more aggressive than what she was in her previous life. This is from a specific scenario in her story after she emerges fully-formed from the Xibalban River of Blood, her ire directed at just about anything she thinks is a threat, which is everything. She's just a little crazed, frightened and confused is all, honest.

Been drawing Xibalban bat monsters for some years now but this is the first time I've drawn one of the vampire variety. Much fun! Can't get enough of how amazing their teeth look and how complex those noseleaves are. And to think, there are so many artists that never draw them "right." Such a shame. This was also somewhat of an experimental piece in seeing just how well my felt pens and pigment liners interact with ballpoints; I'd say it was a success, it just needs some fine tuning. My old scanner would not have picked up the different ink properly, but my new one once again has performed amazingly.

Done entirely in colored ballpoints with accents of black felt pen and pigment liners on heavyweight sketch paper. Cropped slightly smaller than 9x12. This took about oh....12 hours all told off and on over the course of several days. Character belongs to me, her race the Xibalbans are a creation of