{"id":7582,"date":"2025-09-25T19:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=7582"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:14:29","slug":"fly-oxidecimus-sketch-september-25-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/09\/fly-oxidecimus-sketch-september-25-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Fly, Oxidecimus!&#8221; Sketch | September 25, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gw-fly-oxidecimus.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gw-fly-oxidecimus.001-web.png\" alt=\"Digital drawing of a sylvari reaper sending off his &quot;carrier raven,&quot; Oxidecimus the Shadow Raven, from Guild Wars 2. A tiny roll of parchment is tied to Oxideciumus's leg with a red ribbon. \" width=\"828\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gw-fly-oxidecimus.001-web.png 828w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gw-fly-oxidecimus.001-web-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gw-fly-oxidecimus.001-web-768x371.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been meaning to send out a mailing list email this week for this upcoming chapter (planning to sometime today), and I also had the random idea last night (or this morning?) to try drawing a small graphic for the mailing list, in general. This would need a lot of refinement, but jotted down the quick concept &#8211; it&#8217;s my sylvari reaper, Landis, sending off his &#8220;Mini Oxidecimus the Shadow Raven&#8221; with a tiny letter affixed to its leg, carrier-pigeon style. Maybe I will try to finish this sketch for Halloween &#8211; this is my favorite mini from the game, and it&#8217;s part of the annual Halloween festival starting next month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also feel like sending a few work-in-progress images for chapter 3 of the comic to the mailing list today &#8211; these will just be for the mailing list for now. And, like Landis sending out Oxidecimus, this email to the mailing list will go out later today!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to send out a mailing list email this week for this upcoming chapter (planning to sometime today), and I also had the random idea last night (or this morning?) to try drawing a small graphic for the mailing list, in general. This would need a lot of refinement, but jotted down the<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/09\/fly-oxidecimus-sketch-september-25-2025\/\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,422,10],"tags":[736,761,762,388],"class_list":["post-7582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-guild-wars-2","category-work-in-progress","tag-landis","tag-oxidecimus","tag-oxidecimus-the-shadow-raven","tag-sylvari"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/guild-wars-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guild Wars 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/work-in-progress\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work-In-Progress<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"I&#8217;ve been meaning to send out a mailing list email this week for this upcoming chapter (planning to sometime today), and I also had the random idea last night (or this morning?) to try drawing a small graphic for the mailing list, in general. 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