#unfortunately this drawing really did require some colour. it's alan breck stewart after all!

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a sketch of alan breck as I imagined him while reading the book. hopefully I'll get around to polishing it some day.

some design notes:

book-accurate alan would, of course, have dark hair & bound in a queue, too. however, have you considered how great iain glen looked as alan?

if I were to follow the book's description he would be wearing an appropriate french uniform, which one day I might actually research

the feathers in My alan's iconic feathered hat are ostrich and pheasant - this is not inaccurate strictly speaking, but if I were to do a serious illustration for the book, I'd give him an eagle's feather for some nice scottish flavouring

the book - as far as I can tell - does not indicate alan's eye colour. since david describes his eyes as 'bright', I decided to make them light in colour, but intense enough so that they may have that shining quality to them. not a die-able hill and frankly I'm still on the fence about the blue