June, 2006 -- The Commission -- Most lukoi resemble wolves in their facial features, with a pronounced muzzle, sharp teeth, erect ears, and bright eyes. Their fur usually comes in a mixture of steel gray, white, black, and brown and comes in all manner of lengths. Some lukoi are downright shaggy and must spend a good deal of their time grooming their fur unless they are willing to go around matted. Many lukoi, though, resemble dogs in appearance, and nearly every breed of dog is represented in their lukoi counterpart. All lukoi have longer hair on the top of their heads. For some, the hair is merely a longer extension of their fur, but others have a full head of humanoid hair. "

Here are some images of lukoi. The main figure will be a swashbuckler type, with his adventuring companions' portraits in the background behind him. One of his friends will be a big, heavily armoured warrior (I call him Bruiser).
Starting to work on the final copy. I've begun with a basic colour and light study to try and get a feel for the main character. The portraits in the background will be a faded blue colour.
Working on the shadows and highlights of the main figure.
Doing basic rendering of the clothing (left).

Working on basic rendering for the face now (right).

Mostly detail work left to be done on the main figure, so I've started to block in the shadows and highlights of the heads. Added a bit to the background as well.


Click to see the final version