#leiaandcannolisart

[leia-and-cannolis]

one of my all-time favorite webcomics, @goldenshrikecomic, has been on my mind recently and after seeing many people create their own fan characters/ocs i knew i just had to hop on the bandwagon!! took main body + antler inspo from caribou but honestly i just went ham with the design so Ikiaq is just whatever fictional species there is in the GS world haha. as the written notes in the ref say, i'd imagine her to be quite hefty and tall but not as big as a wanderer or the northerners i best believe. some more fun facts below!

her left antler is broken (drawn to the best of my ability) and i imagined that it was definitely wider. and probably had some weird lookin' tines lol. Ikiaq's a mother figure of sorts, though never having any fawns of her own, or lovers for that matter. a wandering soul who just happens to quite hearty. and has a torn ear that i just remembered giving her last minute???

her Halv is a small northern wheater who i imagine is very flighty and can often seen perching on Ikiaq's back or antler. when i drew her out in my sketchbook i had the idea that she also homed a half-blind lynx?? i think i meant it for funsies lmfao but it was fun to draw + see the changes made from her original traditional design. sorry for the infodump its always fun to get inspired by my favorite artists and their works, so very special thanks and applaud to Doeprince!! (: