Here it is. Renee, or should I say, Wren ;-) Well, Katya's Wren is in fact such a beloved, strong and well developed character that she "migrates" from story to story, along with John, taking her (and his) fans along from book world to book world!
You may relate Renee's physic appearance from Wren, on my older posts's. Also ginger, cat's like eyes, Thorin's lover, but instead, this time she's John's....huum XD, please find out more in her blog:
Or buy her book:
And you will be delighted to know more about this young woman (apparently gloomy ginger), Renee <3
Below I show you two of my final steps to create this illustration. Watercolors on watercolor paper.
This time I would have to create a more realistic OC, less "funny". Always keeping in mind Katya's notes and pointers about Renee's mental and physical traits for this "moment" in the illustration. The fact is, Renee started to take shape on paper without great difficulty. I sort of understood what the feeling was about and tried to captured it on her face, using blues, grays and faded colors.
And the it came to mind using the cover's image to complement her gloomy and lost feeling. The cup of warm tea, (some sort of dim but warm hope?) that she holds in her hands, are also Katya's hands, holding our hearts whenever she writes these beautiful stories with these amazing characters <3 <3
