Oryx symbol

An emblem that appears in one of the short stories for Wayside Tales. The animal pictured is an oryx, done in a somewhat calligraphic style.

Denlupis

So I decided the other day that I wanted a new bookmark. Here is the result.

This is a villain named Denlupis who appears in Eternity's Edge. He is an unusual, very powerful beast who I was thrilled to work with. By far he is one of my favorites.

Here is the original drawing of him from 2010, badly fixed up as a digital piece by yours truly:

Cover redo concept sketch

Just a sketch for an idea I'm toying with. I've been wanting to redo the cover for one of my novelettes, Taloner: Reima, for a little while now.

Old Art - Launch

Here's an old piece of art I dug up the other day while checking the files I have backed up. I think this one was done in 2009, but it could have been 2010. I can't remember. It was when I first got my tablet and was learning how to draw on the computer.

The image is of the three main characters in one of my short books, Taloner: Reima. I remember leaving it looking sketchy and spotty because I liked it at the time. Now I think I'd like it better clean, but oh well.

Pied and Pure

Here's the second half of art for today.

This features a character that shows up in a future project I'm toying with. I inadvertently found that trying to color ice is a fun challenge while doing this!

Wayside Tales collage

It's time for more art! Today's offerings include a collage I have been working on of recent times. I got the initial inspiration for this piece from this picture. Mine still needs some tweaking on the line art, but I feel like it turned out pretty good.

This features characters or important things that show up in the anthologies I've been working on. I did end up with a little bit of dead space, and I ran out of room at the bottom of the page, which I wasn't thrilled with, but oh well. It's all a learning experience.

Art dump

Time for an art update! I don't have internet at home right now, and it's really hit and miss as to when I can get a good connection that lets me create blog posts. So, here are a few pieces of my recent artwork:

This first piece is a character portrait of a Laiuna (dragon man) named L'ubax. L'ubax features in my current writing project, Wayside Tales. I was very pleased with how well this turned out. Done in Micron pen, brush pen, and colored pencil.

This second picture is a sketch I did of one of the gods from the Legends of Destiny series. I'm hoping to update my art programs so that I can go in and add some color to this in the future. Done in ballpoint pen.

The third image is a piece of fanart I did of two characters from fellow author S. A. Thorup's Legend of Draconite series. This was more of a warm-up piece for me to get back into the swing of things with colored pencils, and it's not my best work, but I still enjoyed drawing it. This is my take on the emotion that one of the characters must have felt when dealing with a very difficult choice. The character on the right, who is holding her, is quite possibly my favorite character in Thorup's entire Chronicles of Libera series.

I do not own these characters - only the artwork. Characters and Legend of Draconite are copyright Sarah Bailey.