By Devil’s Will - Map Making Adventures Part 1

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Okay, so the ending was a tad bit more dramatic than in real life, I just wanted to hopefully make you smile, guys. I always knew there was a chance this world wouldn't pan out perfectly, that's why I did all this, to check. After a short break, I will come back, slap around some continents, maybe completely redraw them, who knows, and we'll be fine! While having two Africa-type continents isn't necessarily a bad thing, I do want to at least start this story in a more European environment, so for my purposes, this is not ideal.

It is alright, iteration is the name of the game for all facets of story writing. Enokh will take her glorious final shape eventually!

Drawtober 2022 #6 - Candlelit Coven

Prompt list

Drawtober 2022 #1 - Garden of Magick

Drawtober 2022 #2 - Midnight Delivery

Drawtober 2022 #3 - Spellbook Apprentice

Drawtober 2022 #4 - Fiendish Familiar

Drawtober 2022 #5 - Bewitched Bog

Featuring: Dollokar, Roronak, Gattor the devils and Memi the puppet, Shasha the angel, Arona the human and Mannar the gigas Come on, guys, you just disturbed their ghost story telling party. Who does that, srsly? And that's a wrap! Cut it pretty damn close to the deadly, but I've done it! It was rather fun, not gonna lie, definitely the easiest art challenge I have done, which is not a bad thing at all, especially in such a busy time of the year! I hope you guys enjoyed it, thank you for checking out the entries! ^^

Drawtober 2022 #5 - Bewitched Bog

Prompt list

Drawtober 2022 #1 - Garden of Magick

Drawtober 2022 #2 - Midnight Delivery

Drawtober 2022 #3 - Spellbook Apprentice

Drawtober 2022 #4 - Fiendish Familiar

Featuring: Dollokar, Roronak and Gattor, the devils. Memi, Dollokar's servant. Shasha, angel of way too much adventuring.

Everyone upon this wide world of Enokh quickly learns that the lands around the Maw, the bottomless abyss created from the Dyad's struggle, is not for the faint of heart. Very few things are as they seem, the air shimmers with magic, and one must forget all they know of the natural order of things, if they wish to find their footing there. So when in a bog of most unusual sights, should a large boulder under you begin to wander, it is  good practice to go with the flow... and watch out for some Hydra Willows.

So this art challenge really did give me ideas for the actual worldbuilding! :D So while the creation of the crater in Enokh is shrouded in myth and legend, it is undeniable that whatever had caused it was of magical nature. This magic was so potent and terrible, that it absolutely warped the waters and lands around it, turning it into basically Magical Australia "Welcome to Hell" Edition (TM). These parts of the map truly deserve the infamous comment "Here There Be Dragons". Not even gigases or seraphs, the two strongest children of the gods are truly safe there.

Drawtober 2022 #4 - Fiendish Familiar

Prompt list

Drawtober 2022 #1 - Garden of Magick

Drawtober 2022 #2 - Midnight Delivery

Drawtober 2022 #3 - Spellbook Apprentice

Sobhos, the misshapen devil, had been among the first to be saved by ever gracious gigas warlord, Zazarok from the clutches of humans, and he is ready to follow his lord to the ends of the world, if he had to.  There is nothing the devil would not do, in order to further the gigas' grandiose plans... and if he has to reach for forbidden magic to do so, then so be it.

Gosh, so many of the cast needs some serious redesigning. Some of these are roughly 9 years old, jeeez!! Anyway, I don't even know if there will be "forbidden magic" in the magic system of this story, but I just wanted to create a piece heavy on lighting, so here you guys go! The question is, which one is the fiendish familiar? The cat ghost thing, or Sobhos? Maybe both! :D Sobhos is definitely obsessed with Zazarok and has no moral compass whatsoever besides that. I want him to be an absolute loose cannon to watch out for in the story.

Yes, he has four faces and a rotatable head. He's goddamn weird, even among his own kin.

Drawtober 2022 #3 - Spellbook Apprentice

Prompt list

Drawtober 2022 #1 - Garden of Magick

Drawtober 2022 #2 - Midnight Delivery

Being a gigas was not all it's cracked up to be, when you are also the youngest gigas on the entire planet. Little respect, even less influence and nobody takes you seriously unless you start swinging around your weapon. Still, Mannar wondered tiredly, being taught by a book is somehow even lower than all that.

Mannar, hopefully a part of the main cast (not sure yet), belongs to the species gigas who are the second largest, the strongest and most feared children of the god Ao. However, Mannar is incredibly young and is yet to earn his stripes. His surprising lack of aggression also does not help matters, so he is basically at the very bottom of the hierarchy rung.

Dollokar sketchdump 22.03.31-04.01

Dollokar, a devil main character of my planned fantasy novel(series?) By Devil's Will, is going through a bit of redesign, although nothing too drastic. He has always had a very strong silhouette and a strong vision connected to him, I am merely tweaking and making him more practical, so to speak. Originally, he only had the large pair of arms, with which he was supposed to be an expert craftsman capable of creating lifelike dolls. Realizing my mistake finally, I added normal sized arms to the collection, hopefully making him even weirder while also capable of actually precise work. And hopefully more gestures and expressions, given how his entire lower face and one eye is missing.

His outfit is still somewhat up in the air. His original blue coat was created before I finally settled onto the time period of my fantasy world (roughly 12th-13th century of Earth)... for now at least.

Regardless, his elegant attire has to go and so does that hat. But. There are certain... qualities to my world, besides the obvious magic bullsh- aspect of it, that do allow me to perhaps think up a bit crazier outfits for him than what the time period could offer. Hence, the idea of that fanning hat that alters between a Japanese kasa/peasant hat and something more like a top hat. The outfit is still very much a WIP, but I am liking that hat very much, not gonna lie. Dollokar is already a weirdo among his kin, he deserves a bit of flare.

Drawtober 2022 #2 - Midnight Delivery

Prompt list

Drawtober 2022 #1 - Garden of Magick

The Lunar Express guarantees speedy midnight deliveries! 

Holy crap, had to floor the gas on this one, since I realized today was the deadline. I just can't wrap my head around these deadlines for Drawtober, man. XDD So it is a bit rushed, sorry about that. But!

Featuring another bunch of the main cast, the bird-like devil Roronak, the cat devil Gattor and the Aodu-huntress herself, Arona Harrigold. Again, I tried for a more whimsical composition than an actual worldbuilding one ^^ Hope you guys still like it despite the rush!