The Aptorian demon is a creature from the Shadow Realm described in the Malazan Empire series of books by Steven Erikson. It is a three legged demon, with a massive fasceted eye, and this is my take on it. Kalam is also a central character that features in many of the books, and notably has a story arc with the Aptorian demon.
This is a tiny pencil sketch, when I say tiny, it's about 2 inches across, which I made in the margin of a notebook sometime in 2013. For once it scanned better than the sketch actually looks, it has not been modified in any way other than a slight contrast increase.
This is a tiny pencil sketch, when I say tiny, it's about 2 inches across, which I made in the margin of a notebook sometime in 2013. For once it scanned better than the sketch actually looks, it has not been modified in any way other than a slight contrast increase.
Malazan Empire Related Art:
I just created an account here specifically to tell you how badass this image is. I struggled to envision what Apt looked like, and most of the initial results I found on Google felt like they didn't capture how sharp or dangerous i imagined he would be. This one instantly clicked though!
ReplyDeleteThank you, you're actually the first real comment on this site. I assume most people have Google accounts, before I changed it this site was getting spammed with bot comments so it is what it is.
DeleteThanks for the kind words on the drawing, you're actually not the first as I think this image got a lot of similar comments on other platforms. Maybe I need to revisit it. Cheers