Elderscrollers Sketchy Stuff

[Elderscroller]

I like seeing the trial and error process of the sketch.  (And the final sketch is cool.) Do you often start with a pose and decide who the character is after?

That happens a lot. I would say that in 6 out of 10 drawings, I don´t know what I want to draw. In starting with a pose, you get rid of the blank canvas and ideas are starting to form of what this figure could be. Developing a slight background story when drawing a character helps to get inspired.
Sometimes I literally just do random scribbles on a blank page until I see something (usually resulting in a stiff pose, because I skipped the structure phase :D )