Preview piece: Faerie Realm

The Faerie at the table shifted position, their expressions placid and slightly interested.  She couldn’t help but feel as though they were silently mocking her for the spill.  Which they were.

....Everywhere she looked, everything she smelled or touched was art.  Everything she heard was music to distract the attention, or were exceedingly dangerous words that demanded it.  The simple scene of a patio with wine, crackers and cheese served in the center, a short ruined wall and numerous statues was a complicated piece of machinery, where every single thing around her was working against her or working for the ambassador.

This is a cut-away from a much larger piece, detailing Sandra's negotiations with these crazy people. It is wildly unfinished but I've been staring at it for months now and I want to get *something* out. So here you are. Two assassins, and an ambassador, and a... little nymph-like figure smirking (not mentioned in the story, but... I get carried away. Sorry.)

I just started a tumblr account, in an attempt to more readily express myself  as I'm going through some rough times, and since this piece wound up there, yep, there's 2 big fat watermarks.

Anyway.
Candle-light is fun to illustrate. Faerie are fun. Statues are fun.
SUPER FINELY DETAILED STONE AND TREES ARE NOT FUN.

I'm looking at you, Wildbow.

3.1 - Bite your tongue, Blake

“You don’t know how close I just came to a sarcastic response,” I said.

Dude, retorts are dangerous!

...Blake sketch. No real particular chapter assorted with this one, just... a straight up "I'm withholding this biting comment" doodle.
Crappy photo. Apologies. Drawn on the back of a letter.

If I'm honest:
I've been to hell and back in the last 30 days, and am happy to finally be at a place where I can be drawing and posting again. I'm getting a grip on medical problems, and getting the hang of therapy, all while still working and finding a new place to move. Things have yet to settle, but I'm struggling to get back to my art as often as I can. I have missed it so much.

More to come.

8.3 - Buttsack

Buttsack stood in the middle of the sidewalk.  He looked like a cross between the worst features of a small child and a very old man, simultaneously lumpy, misproportioned, hairy, wrinkly, gnarled beneath his too-loose skin.


...nasty little bugger. Quick sketch. I need to redo it. Needs more cowbell lumpiness.
Because of him, today I learned the word "FUPA".

The things I do for the love of Pact.
Sigh.

Pact Top Web Fiction Banner

So I drew a banner thing :D

Don't Forget!
Vote for Pact on http://topwebfiction.com/

Wildbow FOR PRESIDENT 2014

Wildbow's vacation

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....OK LET ME EXPLAIN.

First. I like to imagine Wildbow with a freaking majestic beard and a beanie (because yes, I call them BEANIES, or a knit cap and not... a... toque. You silly Canadians. What the hell kind of word IS THAT.)

Secondly. Wildbow was been writing in the comments section of each new chapter to give us updates of his brother's wedding he's been helping with, and at one point he shared a story of a hellish week that involved suit shopping and his family's car trying to blow up. I suggested that it was the EYE causing them trouble and ever since, have had this scene in my head. And yes, being mature and giggling about the word "hoser".

Still so many pieces I'm working on.
And I'm doodling Buttsack at work now.

THANKS WILDBOW.


your friendly neighborhood spiderman,
Rook

7.10 - "Fire sparrow"

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Here's a quick and tiny 5 X 7 drawing of everyone's favorite little guy.

Apologies for lack of posting. Things are crazy right now for me.

I have 2 big pieces half-finished I hope I can find time to work on this week: a request for something from the faerie realm, and a pretty large one of Rose's face as she awakens.


Meanwhile, Wildbow is in full-on wedding mode, and breaking our hearts with these new chapters.

The Fool and the Priestess

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(I'm terrible at sizing things as I'm drawing. Sorry if these are hard to view because of their odd shape. Was going for a banner kind of thing. Frustrated that it not entirely symmetrical but I'm letting its go before I permanently check-in to crazytown.) 

Sometimes its hard to imagine Blake and Rose together, with the same features. We know that they're basically the same person, but how much of them are exactly the same? What hand gestures, what expressions? I keep doodling parts of their faces, and especially scenes where they're side by side so I can try to pin their appearances down. And then I came up with this, where they are two halves of a whole. Just an idea/practice, as I'm fleshing out more illustrations from the book.

So. 

Guys. 

Guys listen. 

What if - 

What if I designed a Pact-themed tarot deck? 

:D 

(Personal update: I don't have another day off for the next 9 days, so this is it for the week. Will be back to working on stuff hopefully next monday, but in the meantime I need to remember to sleep and eat.)