{"id":6506,"date":"2025-03-07T00:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=6506"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:18:40","slug":"trahearne-sketches-march-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/03\/trahearne-sketches-march-7-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trahearne Sketches | March 7, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Trahearne<\/a>
Trahearne line sketch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rough colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trahearne <\/strong>sketch ideas (character from Guild Wars 2).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea was, I wanted to see how Trahearne looked if he held Caladbolg in the “modern fantasy” greatsword style, where the weapon is slung (probably impractically) over the shoulder. I suspect (though could easily be mistaken) this pose was once popularized by FF7’s Cloud Strife player character, and has since become a standard fantasy pose. I think GW2’s in-game male humans and norn also take inspiration from that pose, instead of the more practical carried to the side, as GW2’s in-game male sylvari characters wield them. Incidentally, this was one of the early things which endeared me to my male sylvari character – and eventual new main – over my original female charr main.<\/p>\n

While I cannot help but think the pose is impractical whenever I see it, there’s no denying it looks slick, in an anime sort of way, haha. It admittedly also probably looks more practical in this case, as I made Caladbolg smaller than I would have otherwise, to fit in the composition. If I take this further, I’d need to push Caladbolg’s perspective more, to appear its proper size.<\/p>\n