First off, I am pleased to announce the giveaway winner! Thanks to everyone who entered. Rest assured, even if y’all didn’t win this time, there will be more giveaways coming up in the future. And the winner is: Jaime Heller! Congratulations, Jaime! Thank you for following my blog and facebook page. Please email me in the next 48 hours at thesongkeeper@gmail.com with your mailing address to claim your prize! Be sure to let me know which of the books you would like to receive! * * * * Every so often, in the middle of juggling writing projects, I am struck with an attack of the artist’s bug. It causes the sort of itch that won’t let me rest until I pull out a pad and pencil and start sketching. As I shared in a previous post a few months ago titled “I am an artist,” I used to have secret aspirations of being able to dash out gorgeous works that rivaled those of Alan Lee. And still, if there was one practical talent I could magically gain (other than superhero abilities, of course), I would hope it was the ability to create truly beautiful artwork. Unfortunately, my fairy godmother hasn’t shown up yet to gift me with the ability to artfully dash paint on the canvas while twirling and singing with forest animals. Disappointing, right? But I do enjoy pretending that I am an artist every now and then. Especially with characters from fantasy novels—including my own. Some of y’all may have already seen this on my facebook page, but if not, please meet the main characters from Orphan’s Song. Do you ever get struck with an artwork itch? Ever sketch your own characters or a favorite character from a novel? If so and you’ve posted it online, comment with the link—I’d love to see!
Hannah says
You not an artist? *PHAW!* These are BEAUTIFUL. You most certainly are an artist.
I love drawing from my own stories and the books I fangirl over. Here's a poster I did for fun of several of my male elves from my various stories. It was fun to visually line up all their differences.
http://williamshsj.blogspot.com/2014/03/epic-elves.html
Gillian Bronte Adams says
Hannah, you're too sweet! I love drawing characters from my favorite books too. Some characters just stick in my mind more than others thought.
Stopped by your blog and left a comment! I absolutely loved your poster! So cool. :)
Hannah says
Thank you! Good choices too! :D
Andrea Nan says
You create art, therefore, you are an artist. It doesn't matter how your artwork looks, that doesn't change anything, and for the record, your art is really nice. :)
My own characters are my favorite things to draw. Here's a link to my blog's art gallery, the first piece in there is one of my favorites that I did of two of my WIP's main characters. http://fantasiesandfountainpens.blogspot.com/p/gallery.html
Gillian Bronte Adams says
Well, I do try! Guess what I should say is I'm learning to be content with Gillian Bronte Adams' style of art, even if its a very different style than Alan Lee's. :)
Hannah says
OH. The truth comes out! Gillian, I don't think any of us are Alan Lee. ;)
Gillian Bronte Adams says
Very true. But one can dream, right! :)
Ana @ Butterflies of the Imagination says
Those drawings are beautiful. I especially like the drawing of Birdie; the detail in her hair is amazing! I haven't drawn pictures of the characters in my current WIP, but I probably should because I'm sure it will help me write about them.
Gillian Bronte Adams says
Thanks, Ana! You know, it took me the longest time to get around to actually trying to draw my main characters. I would sketch my secondary characters as well as characters from other people's novels, but I guess I didn't want to limit my main characters to what I could get into a sketch until I had really figured them out on the page. *shrugs*
Alea Harper says
I have "sketched" some of my characters. Really what I did was trace pictures and color them, because I can barely draw a stick figure! http://www.elvishpensfantasticalwritings.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
Gillian Bronte Adams says
Lol. I totally understand.
Still, you definitely managed to capture very distinct aspects of each of the characters. You can see it in each picture. It's super cool!
Alea Harper says
Thank you so much, Gillian! Your pictures are fabulous too! Wow! Waayyyy better than I could do. :) I did mine because I didn't want to post pictures from the internet (copyright and stuff), so I just traced and colored the pictures.
Allison Ruvidich says
Congratulations, Jaime! Thanks for hosting, Gillian. : ) I enjoy drawing occasionally, but it is less than kind to me!
Ivycloak says
Your drawings are great! I don't see you having anything to complain about as far as artistic skills go. ;) Anyhow, this is a link to a picture of my MC and his (only) two friends: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=249794105229698&set=a.119772754898501.1073741828.100005973313854&type=1&theater
Olivia C. says
Those are beautiful! I envy your skills in drawing realistic-looking people. ;) They look like fascinating characters. ^_^
Also: thank you for stopping by my blog a while ago. I'm glad the review was helpful. ^_^