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Time Taken:

* Drawing: Beats Me (a very, very long time)
Listening To: "Personal Jesus," by Marilyn Manson

The Kamei'Sin Clan and the Jyraneth Clan have been mortal enemies for millennia, something which started off as a mere rivalry revolving around the competition for prey and territory, but which degenerated into a bloodthirsty quarrel after a battle between Jyraneth and the second clan founder of Kamei'Sin Clan. This legendary skirmish ended with tragic results: Jyraneth mercilessly tore the soul of the unfortunate clan sovereign out of his body and imprisoned it within an enchanted gemstone. Devastated by the loss of her lover, Qaisyne declared full warfare on the Jyraneth Clan, and swore to hunt down every clan member and eliminate Jyraneth's legacy.

Her time came. While she did not successfully terminate Jyraneth Clan entirely, Qaisyne did invade the Jyraneth haven of Harla'keth and had almost all of its inhabitants either massacred or brought back to the Kamei'Sin Capital and tortured. Out of the more than 200 residents, 58 of which were Jyraneth clan Cubi, an indeterminate number survived - estimated to be around 15. Today, no one's really sure how many survivors there are, as Jyraneth Clan participants in SAIA are basically unheard of, with the exception of a student who enrolled for the purpose of finding survivors of her clan. She was expelled after the combined factors of poor performance rate and attacking another student.

Jyraneth herself is still alive, but no one knows where she is. Qaisyne still reigns over the Kamei'Sin Capital, supposedly living contentedly after she liberated her lover's soul from its crystalline prison at long last.

Copying and pasting from the Clockwork Mansion forums because I'm a little exhausted after typing up that big explanation of the Jyraneth-Kamei'Sin feud: Oh dear GOD I... this took so fucking long, and I'm overjoyed with the results of my hard work. I couldn't be more proud, and I hope you guys enjoy this piece of work. I don't know if this picture will be colored in the future, but it will be a very long time before I tackle that project, considering the immense detail applied to this image. Inking this thing would kill me. For this picture I decided to try something a bit new with my style which will hopefully improve the way I draw furries: particularly, I'm going to research what the actual animals look like and adopt their distinctive characteristics to help differentiate them in my pictures. I tried doing that with Qaisyne. She's a lioness, and in order to draw her I had to look up real animals, while completely abstaining from popular depictions such as the Lion King and et cetera. The reason behind this is because I don't want any other styles to influence my work, since I've been unconsciously adopting methods of drawing from other people. This is largely a trial and error process, but hopefully I'll benefit from it in the end.

Jyraneth doesn't look like a jackal, much, because her ears are folded back.

Depicted in this picture are Jyraneth and Qaisyne Kamei'Sin, the clan leaders of their respective clans. Jyraneth has a bit of a fashion change, as you can see. She's a bit into gothic lolita dresses.

Much praise goes to Mel Dragonkitty for helping me out with the front of the gown. <3 The wing-tentacles were very improvised, especially since I had never drawn them before. Ultimately, I'm happy with how Jyraneth's turned out, but Qaisyne's are a little wonky. That's all I don't like about the picture. Mostly everything here was a test of my skills, from the details in Jyraneth's lace to Qaisyne's armor design.

By the way, critique is pretty much optional for this picture. I don't mind if you critique it.

~Keaton the Black Jackal
Art, Jyraneth, and Qaisyne Kamei'Sin ©
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