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redraw of The Kiss by Klimt

His dead brother’s wife?!!! Scandalous!!

What can I say, they are the OTP of The Way of Kings. 

As you can see this one too went through several iterations. The first version of them I painted last year ago while visiting Alaska with my friend and co-conspirator. But it felt too stiff and didn’t fit very well with the first WoK cover we made for this series. So after some months I sat down again and now I am really happy with it ☺️

I hope you like it, too.

Typography and book mockup as ever by the brilliant @priscellie .

Prints of the illustration (sorry, still just the image without the text) are also available at my inprnt store 

(you can make use of their holiday sale right now)

I wanted to do a nice illustration of the dance sequence from Wind and Truth but every time I tried something, I didn't like it. Then I picked up Calvin and Hobbes and an idea struck me.

The weirdest part of drawing this was making Kaladin smile 😂

I pulled out the paints and inks for this! I wanted to capture the essence of Calvin and Hobbes as much as possible. I still need a lot of practice with traditional watercolors and gouaches. And the style was hard to emulate; Bill Watterson is truly a modern master.