I’ve been playing around with creating some covers for The King who Sings in Winter that are a bit more reminiscent of the Old Dark Things cover that seems to have been well-liked. Here are some basic mock-ups of what I have so far. I think I’m reasonably pleased with these…. although I just noticed…
Category: Illustration
Cover redesigns
I’ve been mulling around some cover redesigns for the Winter King series. I don’t know if this is what I will stick with, but I thought I’d post some images of the new designs (so far). I’m aiming to make the overall cover a bit darker, and change all the image formats to the standard…
The House of Snow & Apples (new art)
I’m nearing in on the end of Fair Upon the Tor, which means I’m working on cover art for the final ebook. I was never (at all) happy with the art I did for The House of Snow & Apples, so I’ve gone back and done my best to produce one of the werewolves in the…
Illustration 14 (updates Thursdays)
Just a monochromatic watercolour pencil sketch today.
Illustration 013 (updates Thursdays)
Just a sketch from the sketchbook today. Although this sketch predates the Clay-o-the-Green books, this is somewhat close to how I imagine the white writhen that come into the story in A Charm for the Nameless Child (book 4, work in progress).
Illustration 012 (updates Thursdays) (kinda)
Just another sketch from the sketchbook this week. Apologies for the lateness too. The newborn, just four weeks old today, and some visiting family have been occupying time. This is my ‘faces in rocks’ page of sketches, which was a companion to the ‘faces in trees’ I posted earlier. Both sets of sketches were intended to…
Illustration 011 (updates Thursday)
Just another random sketch. An entrance to a dweough stronghold. The above is the pencil sketch scanned and cleaned up a little. I’ve used the multiply function on a duplicated layer on the second image. Maybe improved the image? Maybe not? Hm. Alright, I guess.
Illustration 010 (updates Thursdays)
Just a quick drawing from the pages of the sketch book. The top image is the original colours, red oil pastel pencil on paper. The bottom image is cleaned up by setting to greyscale, then using the Photoshop levels tool to clear away the grey murk, duplicating a layer, and setting the layer to multiply. A…
Illustration 009 (updates Thursdays)
I decided I wanted an opening illustration and realised that the pieces I have so far are a little bit into the story. So, here are the two rooks flying over the hills and glens of the lands south of the Snowy Mountains. The red tinted illustration is the original done with an ochre coloured oil-based…
Illustration 008 (updates Thursdays)
In a bit of a rush with things at the moment, so, it’s just some trees with faces from the sketchbook today.