It's been a looong road...

 

Raleigh Samson

... getting from there to here.

As they sing in the theme song from Star Trek Enterprise. And boy has it been a long time.

It has been been over two years since I finished a personal piece. I actually started this one in order to test a Xencelabs Pen Display 24 for work. It's a wonderful piece of kit, and so not my thing. What can I say, drawing on screens just doesn't do it for me. So I returned to my tablet and pen to finish it.

For your consideration... My take on Raleigh Samson from the Dragon Age games. Oddly topical since the next Dragon Age game is coming out soon.

I do love taking tragic characters who have had all the worst luck and give them redemption and a happy ending. Which is exactly what is happening here. Look at him all smiling and recovering from Lyrium addiction after having joined the Inquisition. Boy gone done good after all.

When you see my face...

 

Raleigh Samson

Raleigh Samson

... hope it gives you hell! (Samson to Cullen at some point, probably.)

Hokay.... so between a wisdom tooth on the move, commissions and day job, I'm also doing the 29 Faces challenge for September. Of which I will post more faces later. but for now, here's my take on Dragon Age character Raleigh Samson, looking dishevelled and suffering from Lyrium withdrawal. His tale is a sad one indeed. It all happened because I came across the actor Jared Bankens and thought he kinda had a Samson vibe to him and because my wisdom tooth was driving me crazy.