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"Grolm with Seanchan trainer" by Mark Bray

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Subject: Grolm with Seanchan trainer. Seanchan soldier atop lizard-cat creature in background.

Thoughts: One of the few truly bizzare creatures in Randland, I was first planning to draw a pack of grolm. Then I thought, why not throw in a trainer? I was going to leave it at that, but I had too much white space at the top. I then inserted one of those lizard-cat animals the size of a horse that are mentioned every now and again. The main problem with drawing the grolm is that Jordan describes them as a cross between a bear and frog. For the life of me, I have no idea exactly what such a thing would look like. So I cheated by placing the grolm in the position it is. Before you say, 'Hey, the grolm has only two eyes,' have another look. The third eye is partially blocked by the orientation of the head. Also note that this was drawn before the illustrated guide came out, which may account for some discrepancies you might notice. Postuma's index was helpful for drawing Seanchan garb.




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25 Dec 2001:-) Karin Holmström
Those creatures aren´t too cute, are they? Good drawing.
26 Jan 2002:-) Ruth E Frasur
This is great!!..lol. I haven't read the "Wheel of Time" books (no throwing things at me), and I dunno where these creatures fit in. They're terribly fun tho. And that's a good cross between a frog and bear, although ya got wonder what it was like to watch one move.
3 Jan 200345 Alley
Good job! i can tell that would be hard to cross a bear and a frog but i can see both in your picture. keep on!
6 Apr 200345 The bad guy
the cat thing only has two eyes. I just finished the great hunt for the third time, and it mentioned that the cat things have three eyes too. other than that, great. I like the grolm better than either human or the cat, tho.
7 Nov 2007:-) Julia W. Harme
I never really can picture how a Grolm looks like.. but now i do xD
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'Grolm with Seanchan trainer':
 • Created by: :-) Mark Bray
 • Copyright: ©Mark Bray. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Grolm, Seanchan, Wot
 • Categories: Fan art
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
 • Inspirations: Robert Jordan
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 • Resolution: 546x683

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