Ramol character sheet + sketches and process (Patreon)

Now that you've seen her face in yesterday's page, here's Ramol's character sheet! The last character of the first chapter of Yint. This time i decided to put the sketches and creation explanation all together because it was just a couple of sketches left.First thing you're going to notice is that her initial name was Marol, which i still believe is kind of a "better" name for a fantasy lady, i don't know why exactly but the sound of it just sounds more familiar. The reason behind the change are mostly 2: the first one is that i thought that this name was too close to the actual word that it was an anagram of, if you remember i used teeth for the Revos, given their focus on the mouth. The second reason is simply that i actually liked the idea of her having her name start with an R, since it sounds more aggressive and fierce to me! Also, i like that my characters don't have to fit a standard fantasy sound but can have slightly weirder names!Now, the first sketch you see wasn't actually Ramol yet, that's the first sketch i did of a random Revo guard, i knew i wanted to show soldiers and i knew i wanted their design to be in a certain way so i had to sketch it! Their armor has the same style of other revos but it's much heavier (their abdomen is fully covered), also i gave them many more spikes to look more threatening.The concept was still the same, i wanted the focus on mouth-like shapes, so i made the helmet into a bit open mouth with pointy teeth, and i have to say, i'm really glad with how it came out! Just like in my head, i think the helmet is easy to understand, makes them look "angrier" and it resembles a bit rhe ones worn by gladiators. Revos in general have roman gladiators among their inspirations, together with some mayans influences and other stuff.As you can see, anyway, the missing eye and braid were already there, so i used this design for the guards (only made their ears covered inside the helmet, and changed some decorations on the body to better fit the mouth concept) but also kept these elements i randomly put in to make Ramol.

Obviously, the biggest and most noticeable thing about Ramol is her missing right eye, but it's not the only wound she carries! Ramol also misses her right ear and canine, plus all the scars on her arms and hands, she must have been seriously hurt in a battle she fought!!As the guard's general i knew she had to show the sign of the wars she fought and this is my first time really making a character with such scars so i was a bit anxious about being able to make a good design for her, but now i have to say i really like my little warrior lady!You would think her hairstyle should be covering the lost eye, but as a revo she actually likes to show her scar to convey her experience in battle.

There's another final little detail that i believe to be very important for her characterization, though i don't think it will ever have the space to be explained in the comic so i'll do it here:i already established that revos wear a belt with an opening for a mouth if they do not have offspring yet, in Ramol's case it's a bit different. Even though she is older than other characters, she still have her "womb mouth" not because she hasn't had a daugther, but because she lost her. After all, in such a belligerent society, something like this is not so unusual, this event has only consolidated Ramol's ferocity and devotion to war, other than taking away liveliness outside of it.As a loyal servant of her people, she still intends to generate new warriors for it.That's all for now! I hope you liked these insights i gave you and appreciate Ramol as a character! Chapter 2 will bring in many new totally different characters!