โฆ๏ธ The Keystone โฆ๏ธ
Wiping sweat from his dark forehead the manโman I must say, having said he and hisโthe man answers, โVery-long-ago a keystone was always set in with a mortar of ground bones mixed with blood. Human bones, human blood. Without the blood bond the arch would fall, you see. We use the blood of animals, these days.โ โUrsula K. Le Guin
Proposed interior illustration for 'The Left Hand of Darkness', chapter 1: Parade in Erhenrang. Made as personal work for an ongoing portfolio project.
Edit: you can now get prints of this illustration at INPRNT.
