Ancient Taylitha Sketch (Patreon)

This is one of the first sketches (ink drawings) of Taylitha I can find, from 1990 (that makes it 23 years old, good lord). Even back then she was the put-upon everywoman of the crew.

For those of you interested in such things... this would have been inked with technical pen (not the disposable kind, but the metal-tipped kind). You can tell becasue of the precision of the lines--no bleeding even on the poor printer paper I was using. Look at the tiny dots around her eyes, and the shading under the stool legs (don't ask me why she has wooden chairs).

Note also (bemusingly) that the uniform at this date had a collar that open in the front, and the tunic wasn't split. And apparently you folded back the sleeves and they were white on the underside. (This part, at least, survived into the modern dress uniform, which has white cuffs and boots). Apparently there's also a belt for the pants, on the floor there. Funny thought...!