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Bones the Bardby ~MatesLaurentiu

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Here goes another D&D character, the companion of one of my previous works, Breena. And yes, he's pretty much dead and decomposed ('tho he likes to dress fancy nobility clothing and prance around streets with bells on his boots). The story goes that when Breena got exiled into the swamps, found the head of this guy and nested in it. I don't really know how he got alive (well, undead) or how she managed to put him together but they are buddies now and she still likes in his head (now that's a woman you can't get out of your mind).
You can see the trap door in the side of Bone's hat through where Breena gets inside her "house". And the glow in his eyes comes from some weird stone she keeps around.

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~Eveqi Apr 12, 2012

LOL I've never notice this gentleman in your gallery before. He reminds me Morte from Planescape Tourment, but your Bones the Bard seems to be more gallant

I like him a lot 'though I don't fully understand the sickle he wears.. I'm sorry for my lack of education, but shouldn't it be a scythe? Maybe he is more modest and cuts off heads just one by one

~MatesLaurentiu Apr 13, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

The sickle he wears its both a weapon and a ritual artifact. Mainly used by druids. And the character seems more gallant because he's a bard (and because of the fancy hat).

~Eveqi Apr 14, 2012

...and perhaps because of his pose and smiling ..emm.. face bones

Do you remember why he has the fishing pole? And what he holds in his hand? Some kind of flute or pergamen?

lol imagine what happens when a skull/skeleton decides to play the flute

~MatesLaurentiu Apr 14, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

In one hand he has a fork and I honestly don't know what the fork is for. Its some kind of magic one 'tho if I remember well. In the other hand he has a flute made out of one of his forearm bones. He pops it out every time he wants to play (he's a bard after all). Don't ask me how he can blow into a flute with no lungs, its all magic to me.

As for the fishing pole, he simply likes to fish. He catches fishes and then let them go. He was sitting for about 100 years in a marsh until the fairy living in his head now found him and resurrected him.

~Eveqi Apr 14, 2012

Well, even if he has lungs or magic to create breath, it would probably sound more like organ

Oh, I really hope my dictionary is correct here ..because of all the other apertures.
Thank you for the explanation. It's always very interesting to hear the story behing yourdrawings

~MatesLaurentiu Apr 14, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Believe it or not I used to write a short story every time I post one of my drawings. It was fun. But back then all the characters I was drawing were mine, so I knew the background story well. Nowadays I draw other people stories.

And a bone flute sounds like a flute really: [link] (skip to second 40 for the music).

~Eveqi Apr 14, 2012

Oh, really like a real flute, just a bit higher seated than the classic flute

It's a big pity, the story brings the character into life ..although, you make such details which urges the viewer to think of it, imagine it.. it has a charm of it's own.
Anyway - your clients should write the story.. set it down as your condition

~MatesLaurentiu Apr 15, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

As good as it may sound, if I were to read all the stories I wouldn't have time to work. Believe it or not, some clients do send me stories and I do read them because they help me with the image or the character.

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~Ole-Ingvar Dec 7, 2011 Hobbyist Writer

I would like to see his audience

~MatesLaurentiu Dec 7, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Indeed

I asked that myself but it seems that his mannerism saves the appearance. Being nonchalant and polite he puts people fears aside fast. The fairy in his hat helps

And he never enters a settlement at night

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