Tarsin Chief
November 2006 - HB Mechanical Pencil and Photoshop CS

The first of a set of three designs for the tikedi religious leaders in my novel trilogy, The Prophecy of the Circle. Each one incorporates some piece of the anatomy of the tekk - the race they uneasily share the world with - into their traditional dress. There are reasons, but I'd rather explain them in the books where they belong.

This is a Tarsin Clan Chief, with the skull of a very young tekk as a mask and some of its various spines as ornaments on a necklace.

Tikedi, tekk, The Prophecy of the Circle, and art © Meghan Taylor