{"id":9704,"date":"2026-06-07T21:43:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:21:18","slug":"trahearne-sketch-wip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/06\/trahearne-sketch-wip\/","title":{"rendered":"Trahearne Sketch (WIP) | June 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9706 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web.png\" alt=\"Cropped painting of the sylvari Trahearne from Guild Wars 2. He wears a stern expression. \" width=\"950\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web.png 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web-768x496.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9705 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web.png\" alt=\"Wider crop of the previous Trahearne sketch. He's sitting and slightly reclined. \" width=\"802\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web.png 802w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web-768x910.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trahearne sketch from today to try some things out. Think I&#8217;d like to finish one sometime!<\/p>\n<p>A few more versions I started fiddling with in the full post:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.003-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9707\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.003-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.003-web.png 723w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.003-web-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have an idea for this one other than wanting to sketch Trahearne and practice using this brush I made a while ago (it&#8217;s a similar brush I&#8217;ve been using for my lines recently). My first thought was having the background with a greenery scene of some kind, probably Caledon somewhere (this seems to be what i default to).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.004-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9708\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.004-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.004-web.png 723w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.004-web-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t really feeling the forest feel in the first one, and I tried doing a more Orr-inspired background here. With some vaguely more coral-like shapes, though they might look too much like tree branches here, haha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still undecided about which I&#8217;d move forward with, but it was relaxing to sketch without purpose for a bit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9706 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web.png\" alt=\"Cropped painting of the sylvari Trahearne from Guild Wars 2. He wears a stern expression. \" width=\"950\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web.png 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.001-web-768x496.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9705 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web.png\" alt=\"Wider crop of the previous Trahearne sketch. He's sitting and slightly reclined. \" width=\"802\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web.png 802w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.07_trahaerne_sketch-wip.002-web-768x910.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trahearne sketch from today to try some things out. Think I&#8217;d like to finish one sometime!<\/p>\n<p>A few more versions I started fiddling with in the full post:<\/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":[5,423,422,6,10],"tags":[386,387,230,388,458,277],"class_list":["post-9704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-digital-painting","category-guild-wars-2","category-sketches-and-studies","category-work-in-progress","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-gw2","tag-sketch","tag-sylvari","tag-trahearne","tag-wip"],"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\/digital-art\/digital-painting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Painting<\/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\/sketches-and-studies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sketches &amp; Studies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/work-in-progress\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work-In-Progress<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Trahearne sketch from today to try some things out. Think I'd like to finish one sometime! A few more versions I started fiddling with in the full post:","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9715,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions\/9715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}