And here we have the actual leader of the tribe making his first appearance. As I mentioned in a previous post, I had a hard time coming up with differentiating features for the major Ulon Dosi characters. I wanted them to be visually different, but not in a hokey way. The most logical thing to me was that they’d have different braid patterns and, in some cases, different horn dimensions. So as the village elder, this guy has the largest horns, as well as the longest braids. He’s also the only one with a full beard, since I thought that would give him that older look. He doesn’t have war-beards though, since he’s not a designated warrior, although his two flanking guards do.
The original costume designs for him were much fancier, but they seemed wrong for the character and the tribe’s earthy look. So I toned it way down. As it is now, the only real ornamentation is the yellow color on his tunic and matching yellow bands in his braids.
I think the elder looks different enough to distinguish himself from the rest.
The woolen/furry(?) collar and belt give him a royal look. What was the idea behind those additions?
I see a tiny spelling mistake in the second last panel.
Slight typo spotted: “they’re” should be “they’ve”, Panel 3.
Nice catch. Thanks for pointing that out! I’ll see about fixing that. If not here, definitely for the graphic novel print version.
Ooooo, Velvet rope for the Demon Yaks, Classy.
Heh heh. Velvet ropes. Actually I just meant for them to be regular ropes used as gates, but I wanted to give them a little color to make them stand out a bit. They do look like velvet ropes though. I guess this would be the VIP pen.
As for the short fur collar and belt on the village leader, I just wanted to give him a little something that none of the other Ulon Dosi villagers have on their clothing to make him stand out a bit. I thought the fur would add a slight regal look to him without being too fancy. I admit it’s a bit weird for him to be wearing fur when he’s actually naturally COVERED with fur, but oh well.
It’s the fur of another clan’s leader, thus establishing that this guy is inordinately badass and not to be taken lightly.
Well, they have stone, and lettuce, and fur. I would go with the fur as dress too!
… and so I guess that we will see some nice fur-niture and fur-nishing as well? Like fur tapestry and rugs.