Inktober - Cursed Light

Had a lot of fun with lighting on this one. Done in micron and Prismacolor brush pen.

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I need to get an orange brush pen.

Inktober - Dragonskull Emblem

It was time to create a new emblem. Not sure what to do with it yet, but I have a couple of ideas.

Inktober - Lady In Red

Good exercise in hand-eye coordination. Done in micron and brush pens.

Inktober - Widow Ssiadagama

It's Inktober!! .......... And I'll be honest, I feel like my art skills are regressing. Bleh.

So, big news - As of Thursday night, the first major revision of Wings of Fate is complete! I've been taking a bit of a break from writing the last couple of days in order to recharge a bit and prepare myself before I dive back in and read through it for further refining purposes. It has officially clocked in at roughly 203,000 words, which means it should be about 600 pages in print format. I'm very pleased, and very surprised. I had no idea when I began revising the book that I had THAT much more to add!

And, yesterday was the last day of September. I totally forgot to put up anything to wish readers a Happy Rebirth Day. Go me.

Here's another character from Wings of Fate. I'll admit that through revising the story and it's characters, I've grown closer to some of them. One of those characters is Widow, an important side character who appears in the story. I always imagined him with a leather keltho, which is the article of clothing he wears draped over his legs, but I didn't have a brown marker to color it. This piece was done in micron pens and brush pens of both the Prismacolor and Copic calibers.

Here's a little more trivia: Widow is an expert knife marksman and a skilled fighter in close quarters. The majority of his armor is made up of chainmail in favor of lighter weight and increased motion. He is a native of the Laiuna city Prosperous Gate in Genkai, but due to family conflict, he left at a young age and has lived and worked in Cardmov ever since. He typically carries at least nine knives and daggers on his person at any given time.

Inktober - Another angel

Inktober - Asenath

I like machines.

Inktober - Phantomfire

For your viewing pleasure, I decided to do a before and after of the coloring so that the line art details are visible. He is very shiny because I didn't want to cover up ALL of the details. The woes of black creatures.....

This is a dragon who appears in Legends of Destiny. I may still change his look a little, but it's been fun to flesh him out.

Inktober - Fellbeast

I don't think I made him creepy enough. Sure was fun to draw, though.

Inktober - Helmet Concept

A little concept art from a future project I'd like to pursue........at some point. I have more than one series that I'd like to be working on right now. This concept is from a series entirely separate from Legends of Destiny. I can already see things I'd like to change, but hey, that's what concepts are for, right? You work out the details on paper.

My work over the last two months has been almost entirely focused on the revision of Wings of Fate. I knew it was going to be a hefty project, but the amount of work I've already put into it has been staggering. I'm about 38% of the way through it, as the manuscript has a habit of growing longer the further I get into it. It's been an exhausting endeavor, and I find myself hoping (without much enthusiasm) that the second and third books in the trilogy won't need quite as much work. I hadn't planned on dedicating another three years to this trilogy, but I think in the end, it will all be worth it. And then when I'm done with that ........... oh my. There are so many things I'd like to be working on.

I desire to add to the subseries Taloner Chronicles. I want to expand the world of Gaia through other books, as well, and not all of them books written mainly from the Laiuna perspective. Sovereign Soul is still waiting patiently for it's turn, and there are others beginning to surface in my mind. It's all a journey.

Inktober - Meditative Angel

Alright, now granted that this is not a tall, leggy blonde babe of an angel. So what? I would like to see more armored angels that are short. Or plain. Or maybe even a little overweight. And I'm tired of fantasy angel art where the woman is flashing way too much skin. I say angels can be beautiful without revealing half (or more) of what the good Lord gave them. I am determined to do more of these!

Inktober - On Yon Fell Horse...

....sits a hurdy gurdy man.

Inktober - Autumn King

I'm enjoying working on my inking this month. Alas, my dearest hubby is away hunting without me because of work. But hey, look! I got an elk, anyway!

Inktober - Release

Happy Inktober!

A few friends of mine are participating in Inktober, a kind of art challenge where artists try to ink something for every day of October. I won't be able to do quite that much, but I wanted to try and draw a few different things, anyway.