Blessings, colleagues! Your faithful companion from Rising Star Dharma is back. Today I'm going to show you my new drawing, inspired by one of the cards in the game. For this drawing, I chose card E180, Garklein. As you can see on the post's cover, it's a very unique flute, and you'll see why in a moment. The most striking feature is the arrangement of the holes all over its body. At first glance, someone looking at my drawing might think I've made a mistake and painted those holes out of place, or that I made some bigger than others.
But that's precisely what makes the Garklein special; its holes for controlling the notes are arranged that way. They were designed that way intentionally. I just tried to do something similar, and I think I've succeeded to some extent. The holes are arranged that way because back when the flute was created and designed, it was thought to be more comfortable for finger and hand placement.
These days, it's very rare to see modern flutes with that kind of design. That already tells you a bit about its age. It's a precursor to the traditional recorders we all know. I'm going to show you an example of what the Garklein sounds like in the following video, so you can get an idea of its sound. It's very beautiful, I'd even say relaxing.
Did you see how cute it is? The one in the video is a small Garklein, but there are bigger ones. They're all very relaxing to listen to. So, I'm going to show you very quickly how I made the drawing. First, I drew the inner frame of the card.
Then I designed the central part of the flute and its upper part. The body, as in almost all flutes, is cylindrical.
In the details section I added the opening through which the air blows, and also several lines to give volume to the drawing and prevent it from looking flat.
We moved on to the next step, which was painting the sketch. As you'll see in the following screenshots, I started by drawing the inner frame and then the background surrounding Garklein. And finally, Garklein himself with his curious holes.
I'm signing off for today, colleagues, by showing you the finished drawing. See you in the next drawing. Blessings.
