Bartimaeus versus Nathaniel

Extract from The Amulet of Samarkand chapter 14 - BARTIMAEUS :
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He was seconds away from another attack, I could tell - he had the stance and everything.
I adopted a similar, but defensive pose, like a sumo wrestler. Ptolemy had been exactly this boy's height,
dark hair and everything,* so it was nice and symmetrical.

_{* Better-looking by far, of course.}
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Bartimaeus stripping his loincloth_{(but such a suspicious hand??)}) taking similar pose as Nathaniel, getting ready like his opponent. WILL THERE BE A BATTLE?! *adds Pokemon/Final Fantasy Battle music*

This is a scene from The Amulet of Samarkand when Nathaniel's name gets revealed to Bart. I loved imagining the poses when reading, and now then just got to draw it somehow. xD

This sketch took me about 3 hours. (Just finished it, ahaha.) I sorta like it very much♥ Got lazy on the pentacle's Rune part, and as people remembers Bart was in The "Adelbrand's pentacle", so it's a bit more complicated than the basic pentacle. ....or so I least tried to make it. DAHH just drew something seemingly-like-a-pentacle.
_{Oh my GOD, now I've already submitted 2 works/day, I'm totally flooding DA! XD}

Bart, Nat - Bartimaeus Trilogy © Jonathan Stroud
Fan Art © Massew
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