This is an illustration for the cover of a book by author Joe Lawson. I created the caracters from descriptions given to me from the client, which was fun to do. More information and to purcase the book, please go here: [link]


Painted from scratch in 4-6 evenings using Photoshop with a Wacom tablet.

See close-ups and step-by-step process here: [link]

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Synopsis

It has been nine hundred years since the Jyniae were besieged by the Human and Aanian armies, forced into the rugged northlands and imprisoned there.

Alyxandr Jeffries, like Jhonia, is a half-breed. Jhonia is part Jyniae, and because of that he is able to touch the Source, able to use the magic of his people. Alyx is part Rydi and with his Rydi blood comes the grace and skill that are attributed to that race.

Alyx and Jhonia soon discover their worst fears have come to pass, the Jyniae plan to seize the lands and cities that once belonged to them. War is on the horizon. As Alyx and Jhonia begin a journey that will take them from the Nomadic Rydi tribes of the Southlands to the far Northern reaches of Jhonia’s forsaken Jyniaen homeland, their loyalty and trust will be tested.

Disturbing choices must be made to prevent a war of the races, to save the world from this cataclysmic event. Amid friends, there is now deceit and betrayal and the outcome of the world isn’t so clear…