Branderson really plays on the human yearning for a crossover. "What's the plan, tight-butt?" I love Lift, but even more I love Dalinar being confused at this character that I already know about. Worlds colliding. Hoid shows up everywhere. Diverging narratives cross paths. Slop that in my trough, I'm gobbling it up and licking the bowl clean
After working on Lift's design for the miniature last year, I made a sketch that I really liked and now I finally decided that it deserved get a painted rendering.
Here are some more sketches I did back then. The poses for Lift being awesome are taken from an ice skating race on a natural downhill track . I thought that got closest to gliding on uneven terrain.
Stormlight Characters As Stuff the Toddlers At My Job Have Done, Part 3
(part 1, part 2, part 4)
Syl:
Him: *walks over to me while I'm changing a kid's diaper*
Me: "Hey, can you take a step back and give him some privacy?"
Syl, plaintively: "I wanna see the tushie!"
Elhokar:
Her: *sees one of the other kids crying, starts crying in a very obviously fake way*
Me: "Aww, are you sad because no one's paying attention to you?"
Her: *sniffles* "Yeah."
Lift: took a running jump onto the table, slid across on her stomach, and started hoovering up another kid's Cheerios with her mouth
The Mink: the new playground fence was specifically built to be her-proof; she escaped four times before it had been up for two days
Gavilar: Asked another kid "[name], can I hit you please?" in the sweetest most polite voice and then hit them before they could answer
Renarin: *extremely matter of fact and adult voice* "I'm going to bring my blankie to shul so I don't get scared by the loud noises."
Wyndle: Pointed at a wooden rocking chair, gasped, and said "whoa, that chair is beautiful!"
Gavinor: His mom came in to pick him up and he ran away, climbed on the table, and yelled "NO MOMMY! GRANDMA GRANDPA UP!"
Cryptics: Dragged some chairs over to the rug, sat down, and went "MMMMMMMM" for several minutes for no discernible reason
You know I would love if the back five version of Lift has an entire found family of bound entities like she has her bird she has Wyndle and a bunch of other things maybe like a dead eye some Aether you know let the girl be weird
Marasi: Wayne...is that another new hat?
Wayne: Why yes, dearie. I'm now Egrid Sternsberger, a little old lady who simply must try one of those mini hamburgers!
Marasi: ...I think they'll give you multiple samples if you just ask. You don't have to keep switching hats.
Wayne: Now, where would be the fun in that?
2. Shallan, Veil, Radiant
Radiant: Now, remember--it requires a majority vote before we make any big impulse purchases.
Shallan: This vodka bottle is the size of my torso and will therefore last a long time.
Veil: That's a good reason.
Radiant: ...I'll just get another cart.
3. Ham and Dockson
Ham: Hey, do you know where Kelsier went off to? For that matter, where's Vin?
Dockson: [Points silently upwards, to where Vin & Kelsier crouch on top of those big, metal, Costco warehouse shelves, mistcloaks rippling]
Dockson: They like to be high.
Ham: W-We're inside! How is there a breeze?!
4. Lift & Wyndle
Lift: Man, that was great!
Lift: I stole food from every one of those little stands and nobody caught me!
Wyndle: Mistress, like I keep telling you, those stands are giving away the free samples! There was no need to--
Lift: I am the greatest thief of all time!
5. Painter and Yumi
Painter: Please let me get another cart.
Yumi: I said we don't need another cart!
Painter: Y-You've stacked the cart so high that people are afraid to come within six feet of us!
Yumi: Who do you think you're talking to? I can go way higher than this!
Painter: Yumi please
6. Adolin & Kaladin
Adolin: Ta-da! What do you think?
Kaladin: About your...clothes?
Adolin: Yeah! It's all from here!
Adolin: I got shorts with lots of pockets, this colorful buttoned shirt, this big hat, these sunglasses--even these cool plastic shoes with holes for airflow AND these socks!
Adolin: I am going to revolutionize fashion.
Kaladin: ...
Adolin: What? Even Wit liked it!
Kaladin: I'll be going now.
Adolin: Wait! I got a matching outfit for you too! Kaladin come baaaack!
7. Tress & Charlie
Tress: Wow, this one is amazing too!
Tress: It's a bit bent and a bit stained, but you can really see that it's been on a journey.
Tress: Oooh! This one's an interesting shape! I think it was for strawberries!
Charlie: Man, and to think they just give all of these cardboard boxes away for free!
8. Navani & Rushu
Navani: That is...quite the tower of toilet paper.
Rushu: How do you suppose they get the top ones down? Some kind of machine, presumably? Do you think it's stacked for space efficiency or is it meant to inspire awe, as well?
Rushu: ...Should I take one from the bottom to see what happens?
Navani: ...Just grab one of the ones with the bear on it, for now.
Rushu: Later then?
9. Rock & Skar
Rock: I love this place! All the food is sized for a while squad!
Rock: Look at this! It's a cooked chicken the size of my HEAD!
Skar: I found a rack of ribs that would take two men to carry!
Rock: Tonight's stew will be a true wonder.
10. Nale and Szeth
Nale: And here is what I wanted to show you--this icon of justice.
Szeth: ...A hotdog the size of my forearm?
Nale: Yes.
Nale: Do you understand what I am trying to teach you?
Szeth: Hotdogs are...justice?
Nale: This one is.
Nale: The owner declared that the price would remain in stone, and that no change would be permitted while he yet lived.
Nale: Lack of change? An enduring ruling? A man willing to stake his life on it?
Nale: It is a hotdog of justice indeed, Szeth.