Early Bird - Juksusdi (Patreon)

What is this? A commission?! We still do these?!

Made for gmRader of the character Juksusdi from the cartoon Inage'i, a children's animated show in cherokee language and about their culture and all that.
He's one of the three main characters in it, though of course younger in the show, and much more stylized. So we wanted to give basically a young adult interpretation in my style and here we are!

Overall a very fun commission. I always love it when a commission leaves some room for me to learn something even if it's just a small thing. So much of being an artist is just absorbing little bits and pieces about the topics you enjoy painting so that you can portray them with a more nuanced and skillful effort. When a commission leads you down a path where some obvious blind spots can be filled in it usually ends up being a pretty fun one. And this was that exactly. Learning a little bit about native american sports (stickball in this case), some about the clothing like the turban and so on.
So yes, hope you'll enjoy this one as much as i did when making it!