In preparation for the DVPit event where I pitched both Curse of the Eel and Illarys, I wanted to populate my pitch with illustrations so it wasn't just a wall of text in the story summary.
These were very inspired by Gary Gianni's illustrations for "The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," which is a series of short novels about a knight and his squire. I loved the book and the illustrations were amazing, so I wanted to try out this style of inking for Illarys, and here are the results!
Tools used were Deleter G-pen, Tachikawa Nihonji pen, Pilot drafting ink, on Stillman & Birn Epsilon paper.
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This was the cover to the pitch, I still really love this image
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Separation |
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Recovering |
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The Knight
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0HAuQVSiL1bVt3EU0ju8kJoUUN2BfzSyvjhQDoHUAXO8RbgEjJairwHs7KNTAtAFLZ4mmpj9xFeNn2NQzRjuhvVAxWFDLwur0SHkek-jGpSy8vKyMQc7-wuZWjgAp0HOEXCzRvbQ7_Dz71aB1J1-1jhpRWJ64GLrxubpdrFgUFXBMbkCtkAVcnKtcEE/w640-h640/Illarys-ink-4-Cave.png) |
The Cave
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Panther
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