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Michelle Tolo

"WoT: Mat, Rand and Perrin" by Michelle Tolo

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If you have read the amazing books by Robert Jordan, the Wheel of Time series, you should be able to recognize these three guys (I hope... XD). This is my interpretation of the main heroes of the story: Matrim Cauthon with his extraordinary luck, Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, and Perrin Aybara, whose connection with wolves is a special ability he's got.

I didn't get them 100 % the way I see them when I read the books, but it's close enough. This picture is made with average pencils, 3H - B, and then I just fixed a few things in the GIMP. I also added a simple frame to make it look more  portrait-ish :). I'm not sure whether I prefer this pencil version, or the coloured one...

Completed December 31th, 2008 (OK, I wasn't completely finished until 00.25 AM, so literally is wasn't finished until January 1th, 2009... But it's still my last picture of 2008!)




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2 Jul 2009:-) Cristy Ann Ballard
That’s great, Mat looks EXACTLY like I pictured him. Perrin looks a bit older than I would have thought and Rand younger but it is still the best version I’ve seen. Great job!

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "Wow, thank you!

I keep getting amazed by the fact that some people share my mental images 2. And it’s kinda hard to make a bearded man look young, hehe!"
2 Jul 2009:-) Sherry Jo Cote
First off The wheel of Time series is AWESOME.I have read them all except for the last chapter of the next to the last book,Waiting for the last one.These are almost exactly the way I see these guys.Rand is perfect.Mat and Perrin are so close it is scary.Please keep up the great work.

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "You are so right about the books, they keep me reading for hours whenever I have time. I’m currently almost finished with book nine, and I know I will get the 10th for my birthday this summer. It’s so exiting!

And you think Rand is perfect? Wow, what are chances for that?! 3"
5 Jun 201045 Moriaine Sedai
Perfect! Exactly as I pictured Mat and Perrin (both my favs). I have never really had a set impression of Rand, but yours is really good! LOVE IT!!

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "Yay, thanks! Perhaps it is easier for you to make up a clear vision of how Rand should look now 2"
20 Jul 201045 Jade
wow! this is awsome! I really want to read that seiries now!

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "Thanks! You really should read the books, they are truly great 2"
21 Jul 201045 Elise
I love this picture. =] The only problem I see is that I thought the wolves were bears. My bad. LoL.

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "Hehe, no, I think it’s my bad: I was in a hurry finishing the picture before 12 O’ clock on New Years Eve, and the wolves were the last thing I drew. The last 30 seconds were a pain! I didn’t manage to finish it before the new year anyway, and I was too tired of drawing to fix anything in the end ! 1 Hehe, glad you like the picture anyway!"
12 Jan 201145 Ellion Orindale
Oh wow. Just wow. I always loved these guys, and especially Mat ^^ I think you did an amazing job on this one too 1

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:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "Thank you! I love Mat as well: every time he shows up, I end up smiling sooner or later 1"
13 Feb 2011:-) Tabitha Blackwolf
That should be on the cover of his books. I like the dragon curling around the guy’s wrist.

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "Great to hear that you think so! 2 But if I ever were to draw a cover for any of the WoT-books, I would make sure to create something better than this 6"
14 Feb 2011:-) Tabitha Blackwolf
How could something get better than this!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "By fixing lots of stuff that doesn’t match the character descriptions 1"
16 Feb 2011:-) Tabitha Blackwolf
Oh.

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "12"
7 Mar 2011:-) Elina matikka
how did you get the colored version’s colors so clean after drafting this so dark? I always have problem with that. ;P I love the drawing!! both the one with colors and one without XD

:-) Michelle Tolo replies: "I just used the GIMP to create a layer on top of the original drawing, set the layer to "overlay" and started colouring. It wasn’t harder than that 12 Glad you like it!"
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'WoT: Mat, Rand and Perrin':
 • Created by: :-) Michelle Tolo
 • Copyright: ©Michelle Tolo. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Al'thor, Axe, Aybara, Cauthon, Dice, Dragon, Jordan, Luck, Mat, Matrim, Of, Pencil, Perrin, Rand, Reborn, Robert, Spear, Staff, Ta'veren, The, Time, Weapons, Wheel, Wolf, Wolves, Wot
 • Categories: Man, Men, Weapons, Bows, Swords, Blades, Rapiers...
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Computer Program
 • Inspirations: Robert Jordan
 • Submitted: 2009-01-01 19:55:03
 • Views: 6148
 • Resolution: 979x819

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