This is my own personal take on Raven Branwen from RWBY.

As you’ve probably noticed it isn’t exactly like her. I made her outfit a little more simple and traditional, and I put her hair into a ponytail similar to how Yang has hers in volume 4.

Her mask was kind of large and complicated to draw so I simplified that as well, and also made it a bit bird-like. You might also notice the T + R etched on her mask. In this alternate universe I imagine that she is still with Taiyang, she actually cares for Yang, and is also getting revenge on Adam.

I also changed her bulky weapon into something more simple. Originally her weapon changes the blade that is stored in the scabbard.

My idea was inspired by Weiss’s weapon. Dust is stored in tubes/cartridges inside the hilt. When the sword is in the scabbard, you twist the sword and it turns the dial on the guard. Whichever color is lit up is what the blade is being infused with.





I also want to say that I'm a total novice when it comes to drawing things in perspective. I wanted to attempt this to go out of my comfort zone.

I've also tried out a different shading method. Before I've always just placed a color then tried to eyeball the right color swatch for the shadows and highlights. It's not only time consuming but I'm also not that great at it. So for this drawing I decided to just try out the overlay/color dodge approach which speeds things up.

With this drawing I'm also focusing less on cleaning the lines and shading. Before I would just try to clean little thing as much as I could, which again is extremely time consuming.