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This is my half of a trade with . She just wanted a couple of our characters interacting, but as usual I decided to turn the project into a tour de force in order to challenge myself. She's been very, VERY patiently waiting for me to get the stuff out of my head and down on paper.

Wanna know who's making all that noise...? I mean besides the guys on percussion instruments. They get going and they just kind of take over for a while. Once they tire themselves out, the rest of the musicians can chime back in.

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Foreground left with the long, thin instrument is my character Chaunn'tne-di.

Behind Chaunn on the mandolin is Khan'nai, her dad (with especial thanks (again) to Fiji-Fujii for Khan's new design).

Behind those two on the left, playing the sticks and the two long horns are just some random guys.

Center foreground on the harp is Madam-Sparkz 's character Sar'idikk.

Directly behind Sari on the double-drum is her big, tough buddy Kiit'du.

On the tambourine is my scholarly character Bak'udrin-de.

Behind the guys on the maracas is an old friend, yen-ta .

Behind Baku, seated with the cowbell is another random guy. Honestly, I needed more cowbell.

On the right with the wrap-around horn is peanutchan 's matriarch, Tituga. I hope P-chan forgives me for not drawing Tituga in a bikini... I like drawing armor!

The flautist behind Tituga is another random lady.

Oh, and the fuzzball at Sari's feet is a pfaukal called Yikyik. It's the Predator equivalent of a housecat, and Baku belongs to it. Naturally.

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...Yes, I did think about the mouthpieces for the various wind-powered instruments. The tissues within the inner jaws of a Predator form a sphincter similar to the way human lips do. With a little bit of adjustment to the mouthpieces, I think a Predator could play instruments like flutes, trumpets, and tubas. Reed instruments like clarinets and saxophones would require some considerably different engineering, and I haven't actually featured any of them here. That long, thin thing that Chaunn plays is more like a recorder or Flute-o-Phone with a "trumpet" mouthpiece.

I am proud to say that I survived the linework process, so now we get to see if I can manage to get this beast colored. It's going to take some time; at 12x18 inches, this is not a small drawing.

Color work-in-progress:

Finished image:

Description
This is my half of a trade with . She just wanted a couple of our characters interacting, but as usual I decided to turn the project into a tour de force in order to challenge myself. She's been very, VERY patiently waiting for me to get the stuff out of my head and down on paper.

Wanna know who's making all that noise...? I mean besides the guys on percussion instruments. They get going and they just kind of take over for a while. Once they tire themselves out, the rest of the musicians can chime back in.

........................

Foreground left with the long, thin instrument is my character Chaunn'tne-di.

Behind Chaunn on the mandolin is Khan'nai, her dad (with especial thanks (again) to Fiji-Fujii for Khan's new design).

Behind those two on the left, playing the sticks and the two long horns are just some random guys.

Center foreground on the harp is Madam-Sparkz 's character Sar'idikk.

Directly behind Sari on the double-drum is her big, tough buddy Kiit'du.

On the tambourine is my scholarly character Bak'udrin-de.

Behind the guys on the maracas is an old friend, yen-ta .

Behind Baku, seated with the cowbell is another random guy. Honestly, I needed more cowbell.

On the right with the wrap-around horn is peanutchan 's matriarch, Tituga. I hope P-chan forgives me for not drawing Tituga in a bikini... I like drawing armor!

The flautist behind Tituga is another random lady.

Oh, and the fuzzball at Sari's feet is a pfaukal called Yikyik. It's the Predator equivalent of a housecat, and Baku belongs to it. Naturally.

.................................

...Yes, I did think about the mouthpieces for the various wind-powered instruments. The tissues within the inner jaws of a Predator form a sphincter similar to the way human lips do. With a little bit of adjustment to the mouthpieces, I think a Predator could play instruments like flutes, trumpets, and tubas. Reed instruments like clarinets and saxophones would require some considerably different engineering, and I haven't actually featured any of them here. That long, thin thing that Chaunn plays is more like a recorder or Flute-o-Phone with a "trumpet" mouthpiece.

I am proud to say that I survived the linework process, so now we get to see if I can manage to get this beast colored. It's going to take some time; at 12x18 inches, this is not a small drawing.

Color work-in-progress:

Finished image: