List Some time ago a friend on discord approached me with a prompt for a Szeth moment from Way of Kings. Mainly him getting the list with all the kings and head of states to assassinate. Image Description: Loose digital painting in a fairly monochrome set of blues, greys and violets with black as the dark colours for the shadows and a pale violet blue as the highlights, We see Szeth standing alone in a room in front of a table. His form is silhouetted by the Nomon's light falling through a window near the ceiling. He stands straight and very still, Jezrien's blade in one hand a piece of paper in the other, which he gazes down towards, although his profile is so shadowed that it is hard to read his expression. On the table before him the moonlight reflects off a plate and the bulky and gruesome form of a decapitated head. Soft wisps of stormlight waft from Szeth's hands and head. Leaving him a forlorn figure in the moonlight and its shadows.(edited)
Looking for a stormy or colorful summer beach read? @priscellie and Ihad way too much fun creating some romance novel versions of Rhythm of War and Warbreaker. I made the illustrations and Priscillie made them look like actual books – beautifully ridiculous, curly typography, mock-up and all. I hope that there will be more :D
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Image description: (by Priscillie) Photomanipulation of two battered paperback pulp romance novels that look straight out of a thrift store bargain bin in the 1980s. The books are RHYTHM OF WAR and WARBREAKER by Sandra Branderson. RHYTHM OF WAR features an illustration of Navani and Raboniel experimenting with light, Raboniel looming behind Navani and leaning in, their faces almost touching. Raboniel streams voidlight from her image-left hand, which travels like lightning through Navani's tuning fork and into the sphere in Navani's gloved safehand. It's the primary source of light in the scene, and the background is nothing but murky darkness. Raboniel focuses intently, her red eyes alien and unknowable, as she focuses on her work. One of Navani's unkempt locks of hair just brushes the corner of Raboniel's mouth, and I'm not normal about it. Navani looks like she's gone three days without changing clothes and that she's slept in her hairstyle a similar number of nights. The collar of her havah is open, revealing her collarbones. Her expression is a mix of amazement, fear, and exhaustion, her mouth slightly open and her head tilted back slightly. Her face is lit from below by their experiment. The title and author's name are angled at a sharp diagonal, with strong capital letters and the occasional flourish. At the top is the tagline "In the Heart of War... Passion and Honor are Fused!" In one corner is some publication information, with a little logo of a seal and the words "A 'Sealed With a Kiss' Paperback," the fake ISBN 17S-631-1123-1210 (the last two sets of numbers being our birthdays), and prices in America and Canada. The other book is Warbreaker, also by Sandra Branderson. The illustration depicts Susebron and Siri in a ridiculously overblown, windswept Fabio-style cover, with a shirtless Susebron holding Siri so she's half sitting on his chest, one knee up with her thigh along his chest, her legs off to one side, and with her body twisted so she's facing him with her upper body, leaning down to him, a breath away from kissing him. She's wearing a teal dress with a Mesoamerican vibe that reveals her midriff and leaves her shoulders bare, but with a long train that blows off to the side. Her arms are painted in looping gold shapes. Her hair is blonde for most of its length, but it's beginning to change to a vivid red at the scalp. It's wrapped in teal ribbon to match her dress. Susebron has long, sleek black hair caught by the wind, chunky gold earrings and a slim gold cuff at his upper arm, and is wrapped in long white strips of awakened cloth that snake through the image in an energetic explosion of fabric. He gazes at her in handsome adoration and abandon, and she gazes back in love tempered by concern. The title has the same diagonal and italicized design with the same typeface and flourishes, but the title is jazzed up with shimmery, iridescent type. At the top is the tagling "She was forced to marry a god... Then she took his breath away!"
@viridializard made this wonderful Raboniel and Navani piece and offered the line art for a-color-in-your-style thing. Playing with these lovely lines was exactly what I needed. Thank you ❤️
The id was copied from @cosmereplay with slight alterations to fit my colouration.
Storyboards inspired by Brandon Sanderson’s THE WAY OF KINGS. Do you like spears? Sadness? Sparkles? Flip through the FULL scene at the link! (then READ THE BOOK) https://speakerdeck.com/mclloyd/kata
This! Because it is one of the best things and if you haven’t seen it yet you definitely should.
Canon Lift and Wyndle Designs!
Finally today she was revealed. Looook at her. They did such a great job at 3D sculpting her 🤩
Unity part 2 Work in progress 🙃 I love those two together.
showing a bit of my process here, taking that panel of Venli as example: rough scribble / proper sketch with rough shading / clean lines / gray scale colouration / colours per radiant map / extra colours, lights and shadows on top.
Alright, to all you radiants, cremlings, fansingers, cosmere-nerds and worldhoppers out there – I have managed to finally make some prints available.
You can order some of my stormlight art via redbubble or inprnt. The former allows faster orders and cheaper postage, especially for everyone not living in the US. The latter one is more likely to provide a more reliable standard of print quality.
So far there are twelve illustrations you can order. Other designs might pop up in the nearer future. (And who knows… maybe even some stickers…).
Half of the money earned on each print I want to donate to the Lightweaver foundation. The other half will be invested in more physical copies of cosmere books (I have read more than I actually own) and with a high probability in ice cream or / and cake to sooth my frazzled artist’s nerves. 🙃
So knock yourselves out. @r1kjames, @ncmagic97, @theonewhotripsinthenight, @lesserdreams, @danatooine
Pain, part two
waaaaaait for it... I needed to do something bit more rough and sloppy. Should I have taken more care with this? Maybe. Maybe not. It is what it is. Onward!
The next thing will take a bit longer so here's a small teaser from it. What book would you bring to a face-off with your enemy? (I mean the hardcover edition of Oathbringer would at least be heavy...)
Highmarshal Azure
It makes one curious what Vivenna has been up to in the last 310 years...
“You’re wonderful. Truly, Syl. You are.” “Also a fact. But I’ll let it slide so long as you’re willing to present me with a sufficient smile.”
warm welcome
More scribbles :D The last one gave me the opportunity to work out Peet and Bisig. (there are so many bridge four faces). I think I may have a few more ideas for the end of WoR. We’ll see. And then, finally, Book Three.
Radiant
... did someone mention Kaladin to be a bit melodramatic at times? *looks at all of you and Shallan* It only now came to me, that he an Syl are very well matched in this.
This scene though – I did sketches for it after my last reread two years ago and tried again this spring. I was never happy with the results. But this time it is finally closer to what I imagined the scene to be. Not perfect. But close enough ;)
Happy holidays to y’all and a healthy and happy new year! edit: I redid some bits of the second page, because I wasn’t satisfied with Dalinar’s face and Kaladin’s pose and the Sylblade and ect.. Kal apparently had a beard here, since he was too depressed during the weeping to properly shave...?
and another sketch. (as it is the fourth advent...😉 )
calm among the chaos
HOW could have I not illustrated that scene?! :D
I will never cease to chuckle at that awkward soldier with that bowl of fruit. He has no idea how he got there.
morning person
something seems out of character... but I guess as long the balance is the same....