Luck of the Harbor
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6 months ago
Project Update: One Month In: Art and More
Hi there dragonriders,
Most of this month has been spent working with artists so I am going to turn things over to Art Director Abbey Kelly
Hello backers! Abbey here. Here is this month from the AD's end:
Most of this month has been spent working with artists so I am going to turn things over to Art Director Abbey Kelly
Hello backers! Abbey here. Here is this month from the AD's end:
- All briefs for dragons have been sent to Toni AKA AnonymousGob and all threat briefs have been sent to Andre Rivera. Progress has been amazing with both of them and they are geniuses! Credit: black and green dragon sketches (Toni) and the moving mountain sketch (Andre)
- Shan (anonbeadraws) works at an incredible speed and has knocked out yet another 2-page spread and several sketches for the hold amenities, including the stables and steamy baths seen here.
- Nala J. Wu (naladraws) has sent me sketches for the remaining hold amenities, and the style looks like a dragonrider was doing watercolours of their Warren island!
- For characters, Kaden Collins is nearly done with the rider archetype "Old-timer" and Monica M. Magaña finished our fresh-face!
- Dan Walker (Storybake) is set to write a recipe for Warrenguard and once that is made we will commission art for that too.
With the art budget finalized, more art contracts are set to roll out this month. Once the rider stretch goals are finished we will be having Angie Gone working on Sebastian Yue's rider archetype and are in talks with Val Wise (Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast) for Jay Dragon's Rider Archetype. Two more larger art pieces, more dragon art (including baby dragons, a size chart, and an egg), and chapter art are in the pipeline as well.
May will be a busy month as I thumbnail the layout for the entire book - set to go over 125 pages. One thing I'm very excited about is my sketch artists making OC's of who are 'drawing' their sketches. Andre played an outsider in a Warrenguard game (as we like having the writers and artists play the game) and made this gorgeous guy, and that might be the in game canon artist behind the threat sketches! So cool! So, layout wise, this lets me have an inconspicuous way to inform the readers who did what art!
See you next Month!
Natalie Pudim & Abbey Kelly
Natalie Pudim & Abbey Kelly
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