Art

Illustrations for Broken: Book One of Promise

This is Principle Hyle after my main character had her way with him. It took me quite a while to create the scales on this slithering serpent.

This is the mare Life of Songs making her first appearance in my series. The feathers must have taken me at least two hours to draw. The muscles are accurate to a horse's.

This is a Flying Cuttlefish, a Magical Being which almost killed my main character. The prospect of capturing the movement of all of the tentacles was a bit daunting, but in the end it was worth it.

This is a Velociraptor. It took me at least three hours to draw the scaled; the large ones were especially difficult. The eye was an enjoyable challenge.

This particular Magical Being is a Nightmare of the Sea whose name is Dragon's Blood. The scales, like the others, took quite a while. To create a dark effect I used charcoal and to create a glowing eye I simple kept that part of the drawing untouched so that the white paper would show through in the dim background.

Illustrations for Fulfilling: Book Two of Promise

This is a Death of the River. If you look closely in the upper right corner there is the shadow of a catfish.

This is a Devil, although his face might not look like it. Since this creature is actually one of my characters cursed into becoming this Magical Being, I tried to make the facial expression seem somewhat kind to reveal the Latin Magician within.

This is Born of Flames. The feathers and eyes were the most complicated part.

This is a Shadow Raptor. I used charcoal to create the shadows and bright white.

 Illustrations for Made: Book Three of Promise

These are Star Birds, they're basically like flying piranhas. To create the effect of the crystals along the edge, I shaped an eraser and stamped the charcoal off. For the birds themselves, I simply erased bird-like figures.