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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tiornys" data-source="post: 5697967" data-attributes="member: 17633">Sketch looks generally good to me, although I agree that Velani is not quite as female as I'd imagined her. edit: although, now that I've reread it, larryfinnjr's description definitely minimizes her femininity, so the sketch may have her right.Ah-shahran really is quite tall, as are most Deva.  At 6' 3", he's just under average for the race.  Without coloring, he should look human; Deva are very similar to humans aside from "an unearthly beauty and an uncanny stillness" and their coloration.  Ah-shahran deliberately neglects certain aspects of his grooming and adopts mannerisms to make his unearthliness less apparent.  The most telling part of his appearance is his pale gray skin (the dark gray markings on his palms and wrist bottoms are not very obvious).Deva don't have wings, although many favor wing-like shoulder ornaments (and halo or crown-like headwear).  Ah-shahran, being a bit odd by Deva standards, does not go in for wings (or halos).All of which is to say, I think the artist pretty much nailed Ah-shahran.t~</blockquote>