The women of the Deanian Royal Family
Added 2021-07-19 15:45:46 +0000 UTCRemember that commission we voted on a few weeks ago? It's done! By popular request, I present to you the Deanian Royal Family.
From left to right, we have Princess Tivana, Baroness Jynna, The Queen, and Countess Frostweaver.
The artist did a great job with this one, and I'm happy with how the characters came out. At some point I may have a colorist go over them, but that is budget-dependent.
Comments
My loose guess right now is a September release. It really depends on editing though. The book is done, it just needs to be edited, proofed, formatted, and approved. Ideally, it would come out after Paladin of the Sword.
Marvin
2021-07-21 16:19:36 +0000 UTCSpell heart7
Robert Crews
2021-07-21 11:32:14 +0000 UTCNot sure which one he meant, but I'm curious about roughly when you think Spellheart 7 will come out. Super excited for it. Also, the queen looks super conniving and evil in this pic. Interested to see her return and impact.
George
2021-07-21 05:22:54 +0000 UTCIt was a while back in book 6 I think. Not to worry though, there will be another one coming up in a few chapters.
Marvin
2021-07-21 02:47:49 +0000 UTCWhich one, Spellheart 7 or Paladin of the Sword?
Marvin
2021-07-21 02:24:29 +0000 UTCHey when are u publishing I really am waiting this book haha
Robert Crews
2021-07-20 23:58:18 +0000 UTCAwesome commission. What was the post that had the Wanderer current upgrade list in it?
Alex Wierzbicki
2021-07-20 14:21:39 +0000 UTCDamn, that picture is from a google translated description? That makes it way more impressive (both for the artist and you).
Anon_Anon
2021-07-20 02:47:06 +0000 UTCThese look awesome, I can’t wait to “see” the queen come out of seclusion. I can just imagine Dean being a dad to her, it would be so cute. Even punishing Frostweaver.
Mitchell Hall
2021-07-20 00:48:06 +0000 UTCWell if you were trying to explain it through google translate, it's a wonder they look anything close to what you wanted. They look pretty damned good in that case.
DiabolicalGenius
2021-07-19 22:11:51 +0000 UTCThey should be, but that didn’t quite get through the language barrier. Idk what google translate was making of “elves”.
Marvin
2021-07-19 21:55:31 +0000 UTCAlso, noone seems to be talking about the fact that none of them look like elves. Even with human blood, the ears should be a little pointy, right?
DiabolicalGenius
2021-07-19 21:42:29 +0000 UTCThis is amazing.. .love it!
version93
2021-07-19 21:14:42 +0000 UTCThe Queen inherited some of her father's more mischievous personality traits.
Marvin
2021-07-19 20:01:15 +0000 UTCNice. Did Jynna really have such well defined abs? The queen also looks like she'll be trouble if she ever crawls out of wherever she's hiding as she tried to break through. As for Frostweaver if her design is at all accurate you'd think she was just waiting for Theo to upturn her plans and slap a collar on her. If it's accurate. I always pictured her looking a hell of a lot more petty and self-entitled.
DiabolicalGenius
2021-07-19 17:29:41 +0000 UTCYeah, the characters look great. I'm pretty sure the background is a photo of a church put through a grayscale filter, but I'm not going to complain considering I only paid $200 for the whole thing. That was a really, really good deal for four characters like this. At some point, I'd like to take a crack at the light novel genre with internal images and more anime-inspired themes. Plus, the genre is only 50-90k word books, which I could potentially release monthly if I dropped down to those lengths and was willing to hire a copy editor.
Marvin
2021-07-19 16:52:13 +0000 UTCDamn, this is amazing work; even more detailed than the cover page imo. And yea, it's definitely nice to get an idea of what they look like. I didn't realize Tivana was that tall. I would definitely recommend sticking stuff like this in the back of the book so other readers can see it. If you want, you can also add a blurb for something like "if you want more fanart, extra/early chapters, etc. go to patreon" as well.
Anon_Anon
2021-07-19 16:49:58 +0000 UTCCorrect, as of the point we're at on patreon, you guys haven't met the Queen yet. Countess Frostweaver was definitely -- by far -- the hardest to describe to the artist.
Marvin
2021-07-19 16:34:28 +0000 UTCThese are great! Tivana and the Baroness really lining up with what I was expecting in an anime style. Not what I was expecting from Frostweaver as I thought she was a calculating baddie, but I guess she's more of a thrall to her vampire masters with this look. We haven't seen the Queen in the books yet, right? She's still squirreled away somewhere going for demi-goddess status?
Xiphidion
2021-07-19 16:13:16 +0000 UTC
