For anyone familiar with the Realm of Tah’afajien series, the arrangement for Book 4’s cover falls into a familiar layout.
Art of TWE: Cover Painting
The Art of TLAD: Chapter Ornamentation (Pt. 5)
The final part of this series in which I cover chapters fourteen through seventeen of The Long and Dark.
Please note that there are series end-of-story SPOILERS below, so read at your own risk.
The Art of TLAD: Chapter Ornamentation (Pt. 4)
Part four, in which I go over chapters ten through thirteen. At this point, some of the imagery borders on spoiler territory, so view at your own risk.
The Art of TLAD: Chapter Ornamentation (Pt. 3)
Part three, in which I cover chapters six through nine. This includes two variants on the published artwork.
The Art of TLAD: Chapter Ornamentation (Pt. 2)
Unlike previous stories, the artwork for The Long and Dark focuses a lot more on scenery, architecture and physical objects found in the world. This makes sense considering the book’s focus on the city’s appearance and the mood of loneliness and horror it’s intended to facilitate.
The Art of TLAD: Chapter Ornamentation (Pt. 1)
When working on The Long and Dark, I wanted to create something different for the layout of the book’s interior. While the Realm of Tah’afajien series has always had a set layout design, I’ve had allowances to experiment with the presentation of my stand-alone works.
The Art of TLAD: Cover Painting
As a part of the usual non-writing portion of pulling a book together, I went about painting the cover in early 2018, even before the manuscript had seen a proper editing. Much like the artwork for the Realm of Tah’afajien series, I stuck with completely hand-painted art instead of digitally-edited for The Long and Dark.
Throwback Thursday 2: More Art from Not Gods But Monsters
More character illustrations from Not Gods But Monsters , back when it was a project was known as Fantasma, posted originally on the JBB Instagram account. You can also find the artwork on the Gallery page.
Throwback Thursday: Art from Not Gods But Monsters
A long time ago, long before the first line of the current Not Gods But Monsters was penned, the project was known as Fantasma. While there were a lot of similar elements and themes shared between the two tales, there is a number of items that never made the final cut into the final release. As with the current books, I did artwork for the original tale, including a number of character illustrations.
The Art of TKK: Callie and Ceosan
Part two of the series for The Killing Kind. This pairing features a younger Callie Evans (around 14 during this story) and the Moa’rehnzan despot, Carolus Res Ceosan.
