Sharing Artwork

I've posted often over the past two months about how I was creating artwork for CB's Big Bang story.

Well, the story was finally released yesterday and I thought, since many of you wouldn't necessarily have access to her story, that I would post the artwork here so that you know what I've been busy with and how much fun I had playing with pastels as a new media.

Abney Park Cemetery chapel

CB's story had a character who was slain and buried in a specific cemetery that had a fabulous chapel. I actually think she didn't use this illustration, but I still loved the way it turned out and decided to go ahead and share it here.

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There was a jewel theft that our hero, Lord Glorfindel, found out about via a paper boy in front of the gates to his estate.

Returning home in the 1904 Mercedes motor car.

Accompanied by two servants he investigated the theft and then returned to his home, a large manor house. He was driven in a 1904 Mercedes motor car (I really loved finding the different views of this fabulous car).

The rose was poisoned, the sign was just a small warning.

A variety of threats and attempts on his life follow while he looks into the theft and possible future planned theft of the Crown Jewels of England.  His partner in this is an Inspector of Scotland Yard, here shown seated in his office.

The Inspector seated behind his desk on a rainy afternoon.
I really loved how this one turned out. It was a montage of lots of
images before it came together as a whole in the finished piece.

He was kidnapped and then threatened by a cobra. Here I did a colorful cobra first but she asked for a re-do so that the cobra would be banded black and yellow with a cream breast. So I did two snakes for her.

This was my first cobra, but she wanted a darker version. So I redid it...

This is the second cobra and she ended up using this one.

After being rescued by a mysterious person Lord Glorfindel is finally face to face with an underground group of elves. Among these are his rescuer, Erestor. Erestor attends a formal ball held by the King, so here he is pictured in formal wear.

Erestor in formal wear.

That was it for original art, but I also created three different digital photo montage pieces. One for her chapter headings (33 chapters - but they're short - LOL).

One montage for a scene where Lord Glorfindel is tested for character in the light of Earendil's Silmaril which has been placed in a stand in the center of a table.

Silmaril in a stand.

And finally, have you ever seen the Silmarils in the current day? Well, they exist in the Crown Jewels of England. Here's a photo montage of the Imperial Crown and Sceptre, each one holding one of the Silmarils. So if you ever need to know where they are....  Well, Lord Glorfindel and Binky figured it all out.

The Imperial Crown and Sceptre

So, if you want a link to the actual story which is great fun, just follow this click to the AO3 version. A big THANK YOU out to Binky for giving me such fun for a couple of months. I had a blast composing and making her story come alive.