Jenny Dolfen

A sufficiently sincere smile

Have you made your dour idiot smile today? Syl has. =D

It's weird how little I can see the final image in the lineart stage. I thought Kaladin was way off here, but as soon as I've got his skin and hair colour, there he is. Even with brilliantly blue eyes. (They change. Sometimes. Which he...

A sufficiently sincere smile

“You almost killed me, you realize.”

“I realize. I thought I had.”

“And?”

“And . . . um . . . you are intelligent and articulate?”

“You forgot the compliment.”

“But I just said—”

“Those were simple statements of fact.”

“You...

Broken and unbroken

He shifted to move to climb down, but realized that Shallan, curled up against him, had fallen asleep. She snored softly.

“You must be the only person,” he whispered, “to ever fall asleep while outside in a highstorm.”

Uncomfortable though he was, he realized he really didn�...

Boots - coloured

I am really happy with the colours here! And boy, I knew Kaladin would end up clean-shaven and in a dapper blue uniform by the second book, and I'm not disappointed. 😇 I had a lot of fun with researching 19th century uniforms (and cavalry equipment). Any mistakes are clearly because it’s Fan...

Boots (not much of a spoiler)

Sorry for not posting sooner! The year started off rotten, health-wise. But I’ve now finished the first two books. 2200 pages in two weeks. Thanks to kindle. ;)

I've accumulated a hundred scenes that scream to be drawn, lol. And there is last week's CR episo...

The Princeling and the Bridgeboy

When I started drawing this, I didn’t know just how much Adolin hated being commanded around by a bridgeman darkeyes, and how much Kaladin resents princes he perceives as pampered, but now that I’m almost a third through Words of Radiance, their relationship and mutual d...

"You are going to retreat!"

Not very spoilery, but explanation and quote follows below, so be advised. =)

Kaladin and Adolin (woolly lamb, TM) meet on the battlefield, and Adolin, prince of house Kholin, finds himself commanded by a dark-eyed bridgeman in very idiosyncratic dress. Yes, we'll be ignoring they both shou...

A Sword Made of Light *spoiler book1*

CW: Blood

Boy, it’s been a while since I put a character through the mill like that, artistically - likely Maedhros.

Syl stands guard over Kaladin, guarding him against deathspren.

I actually finished reading a 1125-page-book. Within a week or so. On my Kindle, which was clu...

A sword made of light *spoiler book 1 ch 38*

“Standing before the deathspren was a tiny figure of light. Not translucent, as she had always appeared before, but of pure white light. That soft, feminine face had a nobler, more angular cast to it now, like a warrior from a forgotten time. Not childlike at all. She stood guard on his chest, ...

A lurg for Tien

Kaladin finds a little creature called lurg for his little brother, and they watch it spin a cocoon for itself on a piece of rock, so that Tien can take it with him (and maybe put it in Father's bathwater later).

AND NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENED TO EITHER OF THEM. THE END.

(I still don...

"Why? Why do you care?"

"Because I do," she said, cocking her head. "I watched you, you know. Back in that army. You'd always find the young, untrained men and protect them, even though it put you into danger. I can remember. Just barely, but I do."
Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

Even though I'm barely a...

To save lives

"Some people take lives. Other people save lives. He wasn’t done yet."
(Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings)

I just said that the first art in a new fandom is always a little meh, and I usually tell myself I'm just getting started so there's room to improve, but I'd say I may...

"To save lives" - Stormlight Archive

"Some people take lives. Other people save lives. He wasn’t done yet."

(Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings)

Look! Jenny draws stuff from something completely new! 🥳

I'm readlistening to a Fantasy novel for the first time in seven years, since losing enough of my eyesight t...

(still minor-y spoiler-y, ep 117) - coloured

Dorian (calling his spectal, ancestral, awesome, bonded mount): "Do you want to be a... mounted fighter?"
Orym (looking absolutely smitten): "It's hard to pass up." And gives him a kiss as he's helped up into the saddle, even though he's got a 6-foot vertical leap and totally doesn't need it,...

*minor spoiler episode 117*

Dorian lifts Orym up on Coriolis to fight on horseback, and Orym steals a little kiss. Does that make him Le beau semi-homme sans merci? Absolutely pardon my French. XD

Commission: Vienna

Last of the recent commission batch: Dax' dachshund Vienna, my first ever pet portrait (and probably only the eighth or so dog I’ve drawn in my life, whoops). I’m really happy with this. 💜

A melancholy mouse from out of nowhere

I started doodling around with new brushes yesterday, did the background wash and the patch of grass, and then felt it needed a mouse. It looked really depressing until I added the little paper boat. It still feels a little morbid, but I like it.

Possibly inspired by the fact there is so. M...

"Oh, I want."

Braius comes around a corner with a painting of Orym to declare his ?love, finding Dorian got there first. 😅

Finally finished this! I also managed to mark a hundred exams over the last two weeks, plus got two commissions done, and I‘m very proud of myself!

Commission for Jim: Gil...

"I'm gonna kiss you now, can I kiss you?"

"Oooooh sh*t, yes!"

Again, I’ve seen this scene drawn half a dozen time all over the net, but I think this is the first where Orym is a halfling. 😂 Guys. How can that be so hard?

This time, it is a spoiler! =D

I could have just pretended I was drawing another Dorym kiss, but this is actually their first, canon, actual kiss.
Orym (hastily): "I don't know if we have twelve hours, or 24 hours, or no hours. I'm gonna kiss you now, can I kiss you?"
Dorian (slightly alarmed): "Oooh shit, yes!"

Baby halfling

Okay, so after yesterday, I wondered, just how small would baby Orym be? The answer shocked even me.

I also can’t get over how he already totally looks like Orym here, including the trademark creased forehead 😭

Dad - coloured

Very happy with the finished version - I (barely) cleaned up the Lineart, slapped on a 60 minute colouring job and yay!

Orym and Derrig. Now Orym does look like a ten-year-old. 🥰

Info box for those not following Critical Role: Orym never knew his biological father, but he never rea...

Dad

Orym never says "my father-in-law". Derrig was just Dad.

Orym is supposed to be ten-ish here, but boy, that is HARD to pull off. Less nose, maybe.

*still a spoiler* Just one night

Just a quickie little colouring job that I still like a lot! =D

And of COURSE, while I drew it, I watched the 4SidedDive where Marisha talked about the design choices that went into her updated design that I had completely ignored (and I hadn't been able to see it in the episode art anyway...

*spoilers episode 114* Just one night

These two can’t get a break. 😭😭😭 Or rather, they get a break that is even worse than continued separation. I remember thinking that Will Turner and Elizabeth's fate in Pirates of the Caribbean was terrible, and here Matt Mercer does it to his wife and friend…

So Vax is free of...

Two or three commission slots!

I'm caaaaautiously opening commissions again for two or three slots, and I'm trying out my new fillable commission form!

Two changes to what the form says:
- pencil bust is just 150€. The 250 € price tag will give you a coloured piece.
- no prints at this time - I can no longer ...

Jax - light and darkness

I'm so freaking happy with how this turned out! The campaign in which I play my sweet little Tiefling Jax is slowly wrapping up in a cataclysmic way, probably culminating in a confrontation with the Storm King, a Balor demon. (Does he have wings? I don’t know!)

I love the moment when an ...

Livestream now!

Head over to Discord, hang out and watch me paint! =D

What art slumps are good for

Usually, at the end of an art slump, I go into a phase of crazy creativity. And sometimes, every couple of years, an art slump ends with a resounding "so THIS is how this works".

This is just my regular techniques and watercolour brushes again, but look at the oomph!!

The road to hell…

… is paved with waaay too many natural ones. 😂 I still love my hopeless little rogue/ranger/sorcerer Jax.

Definitely the most elaborate piece I‘ve attempted in a very long time! I'm pretty happy with every single element here, but I‘m most in love with Aru, Jax' succubus mother, b...