Mébène's Cove

Silently, she crouched by the fire, stoking it before pulling her cloak back over her shoulders. The flames made the shadows dance on her face and the stone hanging from her ear gleamed.

Watercolour fanart of Okami made for a previous GDQ.

Lucere

Here is the current cover

I like it but it doesn't fit the mood and the style of the story. It looks like a manga/comic or a YA story.

Here are the two ideas I currently have (those are quick drawing just to play around with my ideas)

The first is a painting (here digital, but it would be watercolour), showing the environment, with an element of danger with the 3 riders on top of the mountain.

The second is the silhouette of the MC and her brother, with his horn and her earring in the middle. I would add arabesque around the title and found a better font. The middle image would be a traditional drawing/painting.

Luggh saw Ida in the crowd, standing right next to the young paravès. The years were etched on her former friend's face, but she still had the build and bearing of a twenty-year-old. Her eyes shone. Luggh was speechless for a few moments. Without a word, Ida crossed the crowd toward him. He barely had time to whisper her name before she slapped him, hard. Ela shouted at him to step aside, but he gestured for her to calm down. Bringing his hand to his swollen cheek, Luggh turned to Ida. She stood straight as a yew, towering over him with the size of her antlers and her face covered in tears.

“I imagine I deserve much worse," said Luggh softly. "Excuse me, Ida."

-"Twenty years!" She shouted. "You disappear for twenty years and you dare to come back today?"

Another old painting from 2024. Maybe the closest to a self portrait in the last 10 years.

A snapshot of my mental health at the time.

Hi everyone! This is my first post on this new account !

I made this illustration in the beginning of the year, when I was "studying" pre-raphaelite painting and playing around with my characters poses.