Elyzabeth Di Serpentis

Elyzabeth is a snake witch, the daughter of a noble woman and a sorcerer. Her father trained her to use magic and after he passed she became the leader of a small group of other adventurers. Her main focus is organizing research trips to acquire magical artifacts.

I was directed to compose the image from the Pov of the desk which was an interesting challenge. I say a challenge because I'm constantly trying to add more drama and perspective to the work that I do. Initially I had the desk level but part way through the sketch I though a nice tilt to the horizon line would do the trick. While she is still more-or-less straight up and down the horizon is very tilted which adds a sense of drama and movement. Additionally I wanted to play around with unexpected light sources and having a bright window-lit scene from behind seemed like a fun challenge. I tried several iterations with adding magic coming from the quill but ultimately they chose a more simple approach with just hints of magical energy coming from the marks recently made.

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I enjoyed creating it!

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