Khun

It finally gave me some time to draw this character that I haven't drawn in a long time.

Khun, or The cartographer is the character of one of some stories that I came up with during college. and one funny thing is that even though I haven't drawn stuff from it in a while I think about it pretty often.

Another thing about this piece is that here I'm sort of making a mash up of two versions I have of the character and his story.

The original The cartographer is the story of a man that has been traveling for years and has seen a lot, and now wanders through the desert while making a map on an unknown part of his world.

And the more recent one, on which I focus more on his early years. A young man that got his heart broken and ran away from home into a world of adventures that he wasn't really ready for.

I actually have two theme songs for these two. For the first one I always pictured him with Pink Floyd's Shine on you crazy diamond. and it works as his story is more abstract and contemplative As for the second one I tend to use Joan Manuel Serrat's Vagabundear as it is more about the adventure. A nice detail about this is that since I chose this song as his theme I often draw him carrying a guitar because I love that line in Serrat's song

"To not forget who I was, I carry my nation and my guitar with me.

One is strong and loyal, the other one is a paper"

It really described how I imagine the world these characters live in, going around the world having adventures fighting with soldiers and pirates and writing songs about those adventures.

I'd like to talk a bit more about his story but before that I'd like to at least have more art with him.

But I have been thinking how funny it is that most of my ocs and stories used to be about adventures and wanderers and when the pandemic began I started doing more slice of life type stuff.

I've been thinking about this character a lot cause I been wanting to update my storyboard portfolio and I want to start by making a scene with him I have had in mind since college