ElfQuest Fan Art

Mender using a healing spell

I have no idea if this is how he does it since it’s been a long while since reading EQ

This idea came to me while I was working on all the other Songjoy sketches and I had to do it before I wimped out. I just had the image of Songjoy innocently enjoying a night on a rocky outcrop in the Vast Deep, playing and singing to the moons when Lilypad happens on him. And hey, since Mom seems to bring home strange lander males, she thought she'd grab herself a pet as well. Not that I thought she'd snag him because he's ever so attractive, it's that Mom does it, why not her? A new pet (what's the equivalent of newspaper and a chewtoy?)! Poor Songjoy felt her long before she snagged him, but as an empath, he can only detect the minds and the moods, not the thoughts. And after being dragged under, he's not sure what to do since he adores cubs and is afraid he might hurt her in the struggle to escape. And when he senses Mom's mind...this can't possibly end well. Good news is that his empathy has a tendency to attract animals that might help rescue him before he drowns. Good thing he is a great swimmer. I may need to recolor Yeee; I noticed the way I have her hair, it looks like her face is distorted, but it isn't. Damn it. Looked great before coloring. Well, enjoy the humor. Hope I did your gang justice, Yeee! And yes, a lot of the reds, oranges, and yellows were demolished when scanned. May post the photo I took with my camera later.

Songjoy, probably at his blonde-ist, just as the colors in his hair start to come back. Will try and return to this to add background at some point. Uh-huh. I just wish my scanner could really capture the colors more accurately. Oh well. The colors on all of these are so vibrant, but not when scanned.

Thought I'd post this so May doesn't languish like the rest of this year so far. And he's not happy with me since I had to put aside coloring this to work on the calendar. Such a prima dona. Anyway, here's Songjoy when his hair was dark. Long story, but I'll be posting his CIS soon. His hair was very dark before he instinctively used his empathy to tragic effect on a human about to kill him, and it turned stark white from the stress. Slowly, his hair has been regaining color. I haven't decided if he returns to his dark colors or not, but so far the color of this is making me consider it very strongly. Maybe this is once the color returns, haven't decided that either. Anyway, Songjoy preparing for a performance and in a moment where he's not drenched in loose silks.

Was thinking about some of the friendships that formed during the timeskip in KOTBW, like how Cutter kind of ended up being Tyleet and Venka’s surrogate dad. This took me about two and a half hours on Procreate. 

Happy 46th birthday, Elfquest!
I didn't quite make it in time, but close. So, here's the next entry in my portrait series, Rayek. What a complex character without whom Elfquest would not be what it is. His journey from being rather self-centered, arrogant and needing the confirmation of his worth from others to becoming the caring, often selfless officially certified hero that he is now. And his journey is not over! Will we see it's conclusion one day? Again, I tried to incorporate all the elements that shaped Rayek on his life's journey in this portrait.
Next will be the sketch for the calendar entry!

I like Venka and Tyleet's friendship as the only two their age in KotBW. Also, I'm not super great at lineless digital painting yet but I like how the light came out. I was going for late afternoon golden hour vibes and I think I got it.

A while ago Wendy Pini asked something like "what do you think would've been different if Elfquest was first published today?" Only thing I could think of was modernizing some outfits a little bit. Ember gets a crop top (gotta show off those abs) and an undercut!

The text:
-Shaves 1/2 her head as a young teen
-Full undercut once she starts wearing the Chief's Lock

Songjoy on his way to a musical performance in his holt. He loves to don fancier outfits, even snazzy ornamentation. This guy would wear makeup and/or roll in glitter if he felt like it. Anyway, he's put some thin silver coils in his hair, and he's bringing his beloved sistrum to the party. I should be posting the color versions of these soon, since it looks like I'm headed to my mother's next week. More to follow...

This took a long time to make and so many reworks, it's not even funny. I am pretty happy with the result, even though I do feel the single parts look better than the complete picture. I am pretty proud of the eyes and put a looooot of details into them, so I recommend to have a look at them in full size. 
I hope this will really become a series and I'm going to start the next one soon.

Sadly, I was ready to color the sketches of Songjoy (man, I need to get rid of that name) when I realized I had accidentally left all of my good color pencils at my mother's house from the holidays. Damn it! So, I thought I'd just go ahead and ink them in and go back and color when I visit Mom at the end of this month. So, this is Songjoy as a cub, about the time of his first major story. I plan on adding a bit more to the color version, but I thought I'd go ahead and post this.

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Well isn't this odd! I was sure that I have posted this here already, but apparently, I did not!... this is one of my "Find the flaw" drawing, I did a BIG mistake here for I was thinking of lots of things when I was drawing, and surprisingly, people don't seem to notice the flaw!... let's see if someone here notices it!...

Colored version of This -> http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=3557