The big one

2025-07

The big one, 2025 — picture by Ray Patrick

B&W, Kitty City, Concept art

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Subject

A character concept for something very large: a maned, snarling brute filling the sheet with one clawed hand reaching toward the viewer, and a small caped cat above and behind it holding a blade.

Composition

Extreme scale contrast on one sheet — the brute's hand is drawn larger than the whole figure above it, and the small swordsman is placed at the top left where he is most outnumbered. The drawing is cropped on all four sides.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Bold even contour with almost no interior modelling beyond the mane, which is drawn as individual strokes. Left deliberately open so the design can be read, which is what a character sheet needs.

Medium and support

Ink over pencil on paper.

Signature

No signature visible.

From the artist:

Day 29 sketchbook!!! Kitty City story concept work