Bar Buddies

The evolution of a drawing is often as random as drops of rain and this one is no different. I'd originally started a pen and ink drawing of this burly, pointy eared fellow and put it aside after being distracted by something else, only to return to it much later on with a the sudden impression that he seemed to be arguing a point in a tavern. I thought the doily argument contrasted nicely with his harsh demeanor and then added the cat to keep him out of trouble should violence erupt from any inebriated debate. In short, I chose to make it a thing of odd contradictions.
Those who play Morrowind will undoubtedly realize Francis is a dark elf which makes his fascination with doilies, a subject far afield from sorcery or swordplay even more bizarre.