Drawing Challenge #12 - People on a Chair My Entry

This post is an entry in the drawing challenge #12 by @helene. The rules are open enough. You can draw whatever you want in the theme, which is people on a chair. It worked perfectly for me as a writing/drawing prompt tie in to the project I've been posting. This image is my initial idea of a character called Rakllaptah, Lady of the Sky, Keeper of the Wings of Pizhe, Overseer of the city, Khamuku. Rakllaptah had to leave her city but before going she had her best stone carvers create her likeness on the throne. The city of Khamuku continue to pay homage and await her return.

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I started with google to find reference photos and sketched a number of possible options. I picked one option and continued with it. For the drapery I wanted to save time so I took a photo of my wife with a blanket to make it easy on myself. Never be afraid to use reference or even photobash your way through an image. I filled it in with a little tone and worked on values until I had what I needed. I'd like to do a 3d sculpt of this sometime soon.