It's typical for me to do sketches while writing, a sort of mental doodling as I work out events and character arcs. These sketches are not intended to be the final word on what the characters look like! In fact, I usually have trouble pinning down people's looks. I just keep at it anyway.
I did a lot of art for this series, more than I could put in the back of a book... I picked five (with difficulty!) just to keep this section from getting too long. Completionists will find the rest of it on Patreon, along with a bunch of cartoons of Sediryl being grumpy at me.
1. Sediryl: Not a great picture of her face, but I mostly wanted to mess with her outfit. And her attitude. So much boot. Hyera was crazy.
2. Kamaney: You really wanted a picture of her! On the furs! Didn't you?
3. Oviin: This one, though, a lot of people asked for. It was rewarding to put a name to some of the invisible people from Wingless and investigate how that subculture worked.
4. The Queen and Her First Shapes: I had fun trying to make her shapes look like her despite being completely different species. It was mostly in the eyes. Anyway, the Queen and the shapes she knew initially, during Wingless.
5. The Emperor and His First Shapes: And then I needed the matched set. The Emperor's were much harder because he's supposed to look delicate in those other shapes. Plus, the first one (Eldritch) is supposed to be "off" and the second isn't too good either, so they both have to have odd eyes. But I liked how it came out.