Time for a cover reveal!
This cover is for my upcoming short story Demon’s Dance. The artwork is made by ZKROX, while the actual cover was designed by Qulr. They both did a wonderful job!
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Cover Reveal – Demon’s Dance
Tag: Fantasy
Demon’s Dance Artwork
I’m currently working on a new short story (read excerpt here), and today I got the artwork for the cover! As always, it’s made by the incredible DeviantART artist ZKROX and as always he did a hell of a job! I already put in an order for a finished cover from Qulr, who designed the covers for Resounding Echo and Silent Sound, so I should be ready before long. Until then, enjoy the raw artwork!
Character Series – Seymour
I’m going to be starting a series of posts, each one focusing on one of my major characters! It will include various information as well as artwork of the character. If you have any ideas for something that should be included, write it in the comments and I will be sure to add it if I can.
The character artwork in these posts are made by Emily B. aka ViceralSiren.
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Info
Name: Seymour
Age: 22
Height: 5’11” (180cm)
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blond
Special traits: Celestial traits
Ability: Healing
Ethnicity: Sinarian
Affiliation: Temple of Arnath(Clergy)
Occupation: None
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Backstory
Seymour is the child of Arnath, the Archangel of healing, and a human woman.
Due to his heritage, he was taken in by the priests at the temple of Arnath where he grew up.
His mother is not allowed to live at the temple with him and having never met his father, he was left almost without family.
The priests at the temple are devoted to him, since he’s the son of their guardian, but he doesn’t believe he deserves their respect simply because of his blood and wishes to be treated normally.
Personality
He is a kind and gentle person who prefer to solve problems without violence, but won’t hesitate to fight if it’s needed.
He feels estranged because people treats him differently as a result of his angel blood.
Abilities
Because of his angel heritage, he can use celestial magic which manifests as white flames. He can also grow huge white wings, which enables him to fly.
As the son of the archangel of healing, he heals anything that comes into contact with his skin.
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Relationships
Selissa
Seymour holds a great deal of respect and fascination towards Selissa, both because of her personality and because of the fact that she is an archangel’s host.
Because they’re both strongly involved with the archangels, they understand each other better than most other people do. Through the course of Silent Sound, Seymour starts developing feelings for Selissa.
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First appearance: Silent Sound – Chapter 5
“Are you okay?” A soft voice asked carefully as if not to startle her. Her eyes widened when the owner of the voice leaned over her to see if she was awake.
She had never seen so beautiful a man. Soft blond hair framed an otherworldly face and hung into gentle blue eyes, the color of which reminded her of the sky after a storm.
She was briefly reminded of the archmage Serendia, but not even she had had such a seraphic beauty. She remembered the stories she had heard about the angels who came to take away the dead, and she imagined this was that they had to look like.
No matter what had hit her, she hadn’t thought it had been enough to kill her. Had it?
“Am I dead?” She asked as she rested the back of her hand against her eyes. Her head sure hurt a lot for being dead.
The creature beside her let out an amused laugh. It was a beautiful sound. Soft and pure, but human.
“No, you’re not dead.” He laughed. She moved her hand so she could see him. Amusement was dancing in his eyes, a human emotion that didn’t quite match his angelic appearance. Apparently he wasn’t a servant of Shaelar, the angel of death. She supposed dying could wait till another day.
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Artwork of Seymour:
More Sketches!
Yay, more sketchy goodness!
As I promised in my first sketch post, I had loads of sketches lying around. Last time you got some sketches with a story behind them, but this time I’m just going to show you random favorites of mine. Sounds fun, no?
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This one is just pure awesomeness on a paper… As usual, I love both the sketch and the finished version, but they each give off a different feel. I like the expression on the sketch better, but it’s still amazing in the colored one.
Anyway, this is another masterpiece by ZKROX. Actually, I think all the sketches in this post will be his work…
This is the sketch of my favorite piece of artwork to date. It’s also pretty clear from the sketch that the artist spent a lot of time on it as there are tons of extra lines on this one.
This is one of the few where the expression of the character carried well to the finished piece. Normally, it seems to lose its intensity when it’s colored, which is also why I love having the sketches as well!
This is the first piece of artwork where I actually like the sketch better. ZKROX did a wonderful job, as usual, but the characters just didn’t come out right in the finished version. It was supposed to be a very tense situation, but that isn’t conveyed at all in the characters’ expressions…
And don’t even get me started on the fact that Ardeth look kind… The day he starts acting kind, I’m putting him down!
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That will be all for now! I still have several sketches left and I’m sure more will come around in the future.
Kudos to ZKROX for doing these! Swing past his gallery on DeviantART, he has more awesome work there…
Character Series – Alassane
I’m going to be starting a series of posts, each one focusing on one of my major characters! It will include various information as well as artwork of the character. If you have any ideas for something that should be included, write it in the comments and I will be sure to add it if I can.
The character artwork in these posts are made by Emily B. aka ViceralSiren.
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Info
Name: Alassane
Age: 34(Deceased)
Height: 5’11” (180cm)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Special traits: Abnormally thin
Ability: Magical
Ethnicity: Sinarian
Affiliation: Clergy
Occupation: Traveler
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Backstory
Very little is known about Alassane before we meet him in Resounding Echo. His past is shrouded in mystery.
Personality
Alassane is very sarcastic and generally rude to everyone he meets, which often gets him into trouble. He has no qualms about insulting anyone, especially Selissa who travels with him.
Abilities
As a result of being the victim of necromancy, Alassane is capable of using powerful magic.
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Relationships
Selissa
Alassane and Selissa have a strained relationship. He sees her as a temperamental brat and she finds him utterly infuriating. Though they travel together, there’s a rift between them because Selissa knows he is keeping secrets from her.
Cadeyrn
It is revealed that Alassane is the former host of the archangel Cadeyrn, making him deeply involved with the angels.
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First appearance: Resounding Echo – Chapter 2
As most others had already left, Calen started to walk towards him. She heard him greet the cloaked man, who merely nodded as an answer.
Calen started to walk towards the temple halls, the stranger following right behind him. Calen smiled at her and acknowledged her with a nod as he walked past her. Selissa barely noticed him, her eyes never leaving the other man. As he strolled closer, he lifted his head and for the first time she saw his face.
A pair of dark, intense eyes looked back at her. The face under the hood was pale, framed by dark brown hair. His cheeks were sunken and the skin was practically stretched across the bones. If it hadn’t been for the intense look in his eyes, she would have thought she was looking at a walking corpse.
Suddenly his eyes met hers and her entire body went rigid. A strange feeling went through her, a feeling of recognition. Like she was supposed to know this man…
His eyes bore into hers, and he didn’t look away until he and Calen were past her. Selissa watched them disappear around a corner, too shocked to move at all.
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Artwork of Alassane:
