✨New Art//Layala Lightbringer (commisison)
Added 2023-10-04 12:00:03 +0000 UTCSo you remember how I said I was looking forward to drawing these characters again? 😊 Well, I didn't have to wait long! 🎨 I was so honored to be commissioned to do these grayscale character illustrations that will be printed in the first edition of Fate Calls the Elf Queen! 📚✨ Here is Layala, the female lead of the book series!
I really love her because she is such a badass character with a lot of fight and magic!
Keep your eyes peeled for the next couple character portraits to be posted soon!
The author came to me with a pretty tight deadline ⏰📆 so that it would be done in time for printing, and we decided that going with grayscale would be the best option, especially since they would be printed in grayscale anyway. 🖤 And I actually LOVED working in this sort of grayscale style that really relies on texture and tone. 🎨🖌️ It was a bit of a breath of fresh air to not have to worry about color 🌈 and I kind of love the nostalgic and poetic look of grayscale. 📷✨ What do you guys think? 🤔
Working in this style did require some really strong (in terms of quality, not boldness) lineart though, so the part that took the longest was definitely the lineart, especially in areas that had a lot of details. 🖋️✒️ You can take a look at the lineart and the sketch by scrolling through the image stack.
Just a heads up that I am currently still away riding trains through Scotland 🚆🏴, but will be back in the middle of next week! 👋🗺️
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Comments
Thank you Courtney!! Yeah, I feel that way too but lately it seems like the styles for book art are starting to expand a bit more which is nice!! I’m so glad you like them! Hopefully I can sprinkle in more bookish Art here and there!!
ChrissaBug
2023-10-12 07:02:43 +0000 UTCI gotta say I absolutely love that you drew these characters! I feel like there is this specific style for book art that I’m just not a huge fan of so I’m always excited when other style come into the bookish character art world! Plus it helps I adore your style!
Courtney Shipley
2023-10-11 23:58:53 +0000 UTCThank you so much!! That means a lot. It’s something I try and think about rather then having characters sitting doing nothing. It can be a challenge sometimes though! Haha
ChrissaBug
2023-10-08 17:18:55 +0000 UTCGrats!! Very nice flow there, a very definite sense of doing something...something I love about your art, always there.
Lia Graf
2023-10-04 20:22:16 +0000 UTC
