The City at Night
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.
If I don’t have to get up and go to work my sleep cycle starts to go nocturnal on me; it might be my normal setting. This is especially true during the Winter — when the sunlight gets weaker, my sleep cycle tends even later. I’ve found that my least favorite thing about being awake at night is how most of the other people in my city are asleep. It gets lonely.
Back Alley Swordstress
Alex Hinders, 2012.
Colored pencil and pen.
The figure whose profile is hidden in the bricks is either the greatest nemesis of the Back Alley Swordstress, or her current enemy. She’s a sort of urban super-heroine that runs about the city at night with a sword meting out her idea of justice. The city she lives in has classified her as an Urban legend, but the police are aware of her existence — they think it’s better to keep her existance a secret than to encourage copy-cat acts. They view her as a rogue vigilante; the police would like to catch her as much as they would other criminals but are also afraid of getting on her bad-side.
Though it might seem like that’s a pile of blood coming from the Swordstress I’m pretty certain that it’s just supposed to be her shadow, as red seems to be her color. I suppose it could also represent a hidden pain that she carries with her.