Lore of the Silver Hand Drawing

 

Alright, I think I've got enough drawings, now let's move to Inking..

Lore of the Silver Hand Prime Color

 Lore is to be in Black and White, ink illustrations with some Red highlights. I like the combination, for impact and design.

Lore of the Silver Hand Ink Wash

 Lore of the Silver Hand classic look, done a few years ago.  This is one of my favorite images.

Lore of the Silver Hand Draw Over part 3

 Working through the thumbnails, as I figure this character out.

See ya next week

Lore of the Silver Hand Draw Over part 2

 Drawing over enlarged thumbnails to flesh out the character.  As I try to get up to speed before starting on inks.

Lore of the Silver Hand Draw over Sketches

 Drawing over the enlarged thumbnail sketches is a fun way to explore the character.  I'm still trying to find his look, but that will come with time.  I'm feeling impatient but, I gotta trust the process.

Keep Shining

Lore of the Silver Hand Influences

 

So, for the creative touchstones for this Lore Ink Project are my favorite wandering warriors in Conan, The Witcher Geralt of Rivia, and Vampire Hunter D.  There is something about each that I like and want to channel into Lore of the Silverhand.

Let's go!

Lore of the Silver Hand Project Thumbnail Sketches

 

The Project for this year, is Lore of the Silver Hand ink illustrations.  

My ultimate goal is to make a storybook with this character; so to start I will take this thumb sketch page above and flesh out the character.

Next week, I'll post about the influences for the character and style

Then in February, I will start posting early ink tests.

Keep Shining

Lore of the Silver Hand

 Hello Again Shining Stars,

This year I want to try something different.. I think this year will be the year of Lore of the Silver Hand.

See ya next week

Illustrator Project No.2 BBC and Friends Color

 Colors! So, this concludes the illustrator project number 2.  Whew, that was fun.  I have some clean up and tweaks but.. I'm please with how it turned out.  Yay~

So this is the last post of the year.  I think it has been a good one.  I would like to thank all of the viewers that stopped by to check out my work.  Thank You very much!

I'm going on holiday break; but I will return on Friday, January 12th.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Take Care and  Keep Shining

Illustrator Project No. 2 BBK and Friends Lines

 Using the sketch as a template to put the lines down in Illustrator.  The bolder lines for the outlines and various line weights for inner and details.  I use the grey to overlay above the sketch layer, to check the overall forms. So far, so good. 

See ya next week!

Illustrator Project No. 2 BBK and Friends

 So, Illustrator project 2, Beautiful Beast Kiss and Friends Chibi. Hopeful I can get this done before Christmas break.  Let's Go!

Beautiful Beast Kiss Illustrator Project Color

 

Mission Complete!  Beautiful Beast Kiss illustrator with details and colors.

I wasn't sure I would be able to do something so complex in illustrator.  So I have learned somethings from this.  I still have more things to try, and that is always exciting.. but that will wait for later.  Hope you like this project.

For those in the States, Happy Thanksgiving! 

I'm off for the holiday, so I will see you in December.

Beautiful Beast Kiss Illustrator Part 1

 Blocking in phase done.. now, for detailing.

See ya next week, keep shining.

Beautiful Beast Kiss Illustrator Tight Pencils

 BBK tight pencils and some colors, plus the original digital sketch on the bottom.  Now we're ready for the illustrator import...

Beautiful Beast Kiss Illustrator Project

As the year winds down I like to experiment, this year I want to get better at Adobe Illustrator, and the 3d program, Blender.  Most won't be seen... , but let's see if I can do this BBK image in Illustrator.  First I'm taking an older digital image and redevelop it.  

See ya and Keep Shining

Beautiful Beast Kiss watercolor sketches (part 2)

Studies in watercolor

Hm, I'm going to keep trying to get to the next level... gotta keep pushing on!

Beautiful Beast Kiss watercolor sketches

Trying to get back into watercolor so...

 Some watercolor sketches

Nedians (Children from Beyond the Black Sea)

 

South East in the far reaches of the Black Sea, sailers and explorers speak of the enormous Floating Islands and its unusual denizens of beast men.  These tribes of strange animalistic peoples are said to be an advanced race who ride flying fish and speak to stones that talk back.  Many in the more civilized world think of these as tall tails of the sea and works of fantasy.  Pure Poppycock!

Shidem Daeva (Cursed Children)

 Shidem Daeva (Curses Children who tried to reach the Heavens)

In the Ancient past the Shidem Daeva were the Makers a unique people able to weave mana with technology to extract energy from the land, which fueled their advancements and easing their citizens lives.  Using their advanced technology the island was sculpted into a grand utopia, attracting peoples and races from all over the new world.  

At the height of the Maker’s Kingdoms hubris, they believed they could reach the Heavenly Realm of the Gods, and ascend to Godhood themselves.  So they used all of there vast resources and powers, to craft three Grand Cities.  Once the three Grand Cities fuled by manateck, were completed, filled with people, animals, and resources,  they lifted off into the skies.

However, just as they reach the heavens tragedy struck!  One city exploded with such force the  island below was decimated.  The second city  implodes in an enormous swirl of energy fusing the residents, animals and resources; a grand transmogrify of all, before falling back to the earthly realm.  The third City, was meet with the strangest fate. Phasing out of existence entirely.  What happened to this Phantom City is anyones guess; with only a shadowy visage slowly drifting across the moon, unreachable and untouchable.  Such was the death of the Makar Kingdom.  For a millennium, the smoldering ruins of a once great peoples was all that was know, until recent history…

The Shidem Daeva were born from the twisted cursed survivors of this once great kingdom.  These cursed children have a horrific appearance, no two looking the same and many being a twisted mix of things, that could only be termed: Deamons.  

Not much is know about the Shidem Daeva today, but they have entered onto the world stage by making a pact with the Northern Hive of Goubrins, and together, have taken over the northern territories from the Empire using advanced tecknology and Great flying Ships.  Becoming a new challenger to the Empire and the Northern Dwaravii in the world.  Where they go from here, is anyones guess...

Ish'Yaengo: Night Children of Ice and Snow

 Ish’ Yaengo (Ice Gigans)

Night Children of Ice and Snow

Beyond the northern sea is the Great Frozen Frontier where danger take a different form; in the ceaseless onslaught of cold. To combat the elements many creatures have grown to incredible size and have thick wooly fur.  The Ish’ Yaengo make this land home; these tall, blue, single horned beings seem to have higher resistance to the extreme cold, and can commune with water and ice.  Often using this ability to freeze water to ice very quickly, those with a stronger spirit can transform water to ice and back instantly.

Lillan Fae Children of Flowering Joy

 Lillan Fae Children of Flowering Joy

Lillan fae are the spirits/children of Ancient forests. Sightings of Lilian Fae are extremely rare so very little is know about how these ‘children’ are born, but some a theorized that a ‘child’ is born from the meeting of the ethereal energies and nature energies. Lillan Fae have a most remarkable ability to become one with mana and in doing so can use mana/magiks to manipulate the natural world to unfathomable extent.  Lillan Fae come in all shapes and sizes but most take the form of an amalgam of various flora and fauna.

Fir' Slaka Only the Strong (Fire Gigan)

 Fir’ Slaka (Fire Gigans) live by one rule “Only the Strong”, which is a testament to the enviornment of the Lost Lands. The vast southern most topical island of Yal Lenor, with a host of enormous monsters, behemoths, and dragonkin all live with one goal… Survive.

Fir’ Slaka are beings of great size and strength with different tribes identified by various horn types. Only the females have tails and have the rare ability to breath fire much like the dragon kin they hunt.

Expeditions have been made to the lost lands, but most explorers rarely survive so not much is known about this most inhospitable land.