Not all fantasy books need maps but when you start creating a massive epic high fantasy world it helps... a lot. If you are creating your own world as opposed to basing your story on this planet, you cannot just cruise Google Earth or go retro, get your local maps out and check that one village is indeed south-west of another or that there is no unexpected mountain range … [Read more...] about The Art of High Fantasy Maps
Fantasy Art
Author Interview: Liz Steinworth
Q. Walk me through the process with Asunder – which came first, the cover or the story? How did it evolve from there into the glorious double-whammy of art and writing that it is today? A. The story began March of 2014. I had been living temporarily in an artist loft in Lowertown, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for two months to participate in the bi-annual art crawl which had … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Liz Steinworth
Namifthii – Speedpaint by E.S. Furlan
Check out this time lapse video from E.S. Furlan from her youtube channel. E.S. Furlan is a very and multi talented artists/author who has some amazing works to share and am grateful for the opportunity to share her work here. Amazing … [Read more...] about Namifthii – Speedpaint by E.S. Furlan
The Crazy World of Fantasy Art
I love fantasy and sci-fi and grew up as part of the Star Wars empire. I also a keen reader of graphic novels particularly Japanese manga like Fruit Basket, Naruto, and Shaman King. In fact, I did consider writing The Torcian Chronicles for almost a day until I realised I was not a natural story illustrator and it takes me even longer to draw the pictures than write the … [Read more...] about The Crazy World of Fantasy Art
Fantasy Artwork: Namifthii
There are witches in an area of Caerphy called the Sunless Marshes who are a rare breed: half siren, half witch, entirely unpredictable and as dangerous as enemies as they are loyal as allies. The Namifthii. The Sunless Marshes are called such due to an ever-present mist from the bog bubbles, and so always it seems like twilight. The Namifthii strike deals with travellers to … [Read more...] about Fantasy Artwork: Namifthii