I wanted to share more on the Elder card. Draco looked so awesome when I was taking reference photos, I had to show her from the front instead of behind like I originally envisioned the scene. (See the previous post for the conceptual sketch)
My concept sketches are often pretty rough, just to get an idea down on paper, very basic. So the finished illustration often changes quite a bit from that original sketch. I like to be able to listen to my inspiration as I go along, rather than keeping the blinders on and having to stick to a sketch. As you can see from my original sketch (on the previous post) and these images, that is a process that often pays off pretty well.
This is a work in progress, I still need to finish the terrified Ulster men.
Here is a detail of the Elder card
Living in Missouri for as long as I have made creating menacing storm clouds in the background much easier, heck, I’m looking at some very similar out my window right now. We get those very “Spielbergian” skies here, you can tell someone who’s lived in the Midwest for awhile, because when the tornado sirens are going off, we’re outside looking up and only run to the basement when we can tear ourselves away from the show! Sometimes it’s so beautiful and scary at the same time, it made me think of this card, so I wanted to include it.
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