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Rivers of London sketchdump (Ben Aaronovitch)

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There definitely isn't enough fanart of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series out there. I'm not sure if it's because the series hasn't reached the popularity threshold to induce fanart, or if it's just that the type of people who tend to draw fanart haven't discovered it yet.

If you like Doctor Who, Terry Pratchett's Discworld, and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, then please give Rivers of London a try! You'll love it!

Anyway, here's my sketchdump.
--The girl with the damaged face and/or mask is Lesley, a policewoman whose face was basically melted off. I really applaud Aaronovitch for letting her remain damaged, but it made her really hard to draw. I based the design of her mask on the masks used by burn victims.
--The guy is Peter Grant, policeman, trainee wizard, and narrator.
--The woman on the top left is Sgt. Guleed, and yes, the hijab with earmuffs is canon. She's an awesome character.
--The bottom right contains a bunch of thumbnails for when I was trying to figure out what the characters look like. The older guy is Nightingale, Peter's boss and professional wizard. The woman is Molly, live-in help and (I think) a vampire.
--The top right contains a canon chase scene, in which Peter, dressed only in a hospital gown (yes, THAT type of hospital gown) chases down a perp who Leslie subsequently trips while holding a bunch of groceries. Awesomest chase scene ever.

As usual, I put a background on it because it means I do less work removing smudges...as usual, I'm not sure if it's tacky/obnoxious/distracting. It's an old map of London (don't worry, in the public domain.) It's blue to go with the "river" theme of the books.
As always, comments, criticisms, and suggestions (esp on my facial anatomy attempts) are much appreciated.
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Duchesse2's avatar
Oh, I LOVE these books! I am going to get the forth one today :)
I really want to draw them too, but Sherlock is occupying my mind too much right now XD

Very nice sketches, fellow reader :)