[Art] Wandsuna - Engaging

[moonvoice]

I have been mentioning this pastel project that I've been working on for some time and I finished it today! Yay! I had so much fun with it.

It will be the cover for the absolutely awesome up-coming book by Immanion Press (under the name Megalithica Books); called Engaging the Spirit World: Shamanism, Totemism and Other Animistic Practices, edited by the awesome lupabitch. I also have an essay in the anthology as well, woot!

Wandsuna - Engaging







I heart pastels. The hardest part of this picture was, surprisingly, the trees in the background. Probably because it was a repetitive colour scheme designed not to detract away from the title of the book and the editor / etc. That said, I really like the finished product, and even got away with my 'frames within frames' that I tend to do in my Wandsuna series.



Centre detail.



Pastels on a standard Mi Tientes sheet. No coloured pencils, and very little fixative (only in the centre circle, so I could add additional highlights to the fox, and get the detail in the figure's costume that I wanted to get).

Hope you enjoy the finished product as much as I enjoyed making it!

Comments

[tanwyn.livejournal.com]

omg... artgasm! I love this. Seriously. I think your Wadsuna pieces are my favorite.

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

*SQUEEEEE!* *ded from art*

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for the book to come out. This cover is beautiful for it too...I see a good lot of symbolism (probably unintentional for some, lol) that connects to my view of animism. Like a mirror almost.

Love love love it <3

[scribewraith.livejournal.com]

Wow, gorgeous. I really love the trees - well worth the effort and the colours in the centre are brilliant!
I love the effect of the pastels!

[firehauke.livejournal.com]

nice - will be looking for this book when it comes out (and i have my monies)

[azhure.livejournal.com]

Ooooh so shiny...

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

I really love the shadows on the mountains, and the power streaming from the spirit.

[alfrecht.livejournal.com]

Very nice! Looking forward to seeing that book very much!

[bodylove.livejournal.com]

oh wow, amazing

[shellypants.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS.

I don't have anything constructive to say, I'm sorry! Just... LOVE.

[ariestess]

Wow! That's gorgeous!

[wampus-cat.livejournal.com]

This is stunning. I don't know what to say, other than I'm kin of envious at your ability to make such lovely pieces of art. :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Heh, artgasm! Awesome. Glad you like it! :D I love the Wandsuna series a little too much.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Except for the dead part.
*brings you back to life again*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yeah, there's a lot in it, I did the kitsune (with only three tails, alas), and thought of you. Though the fox would have been in there anyway, still thought of you. :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Pastels are an amazing medium, and I love how they always challenge me to look at colour differently. They are very yay.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I think you'll enjoy it! :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Shiny shiny win. :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to seeing that book very much!

Me too! :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :D

[psychrobia149.livejournal.com]

This piece is just made of so much tremendous win! I adore Wandsuna! You are a millions shades of awesome my P. Absolutely. :)

[bewylderbeast.livejournal.com]

This is stunning.

[tsukikokoro.livejournal.com]

I think this is your best book cover ever! It looks so absolutely perfect, and you know I'm a total sucker for your Windsuna series. :)

[sotepetsenu.livejournal.com]

I showed this to everyone in the room, and bragged about how it's a book cover and everything. I absolutely love your pastel works!!!

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

Awww, you're so sweet <3

3 tails are awesome though, for it's a magic number of awesomeness :D

Besides, there's hardly any 3-tails in the folklore anyway :( Just one, two or nine for the most part.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hey, I think expressions of love count as constructive words! :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you. And don't be envious, it makes me almost no money. Lol. ;)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Awe thank you my awesome Psyche-sister! :D Yay!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw I like it too! I had never considered pastels for cover work, but I definitely will in the future! :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw you're awesome! Thank you. :)

[onnenhaltia.livejournal.com]

congratulations about the publication! :)

[deathofone.livejournal.com]

This is so much awesomeness. It has such amazing atmosphere somehow. I loves it. :D

[copperbeech.livejournal.com]

That is gorgeous. I'm so excited for it to come out!

[zuki-san.livejournal.com]

Oh My Gods!

This is gonna be the cover?

Eeeeeee!

Props for the way, with the character designs, you know right away who is the 'shaman' and who is the 'spirit'.

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

Your going to be published in the Anthology as well as doing the art huh? I wounder if that counts as enough for me to convince Purchased Monos to get a copy. If not I will buy one simply to give to the NLA. We seriously lack decent stuff on that sort of topic.

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

Whoa! It's made of awesome.

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

Artgasm indeed!

[nicanthiel.livejournal.com]

I see a great deal of book covers in your future :P

-hugs- This is made of win.

[opalblack.livejournal.com]

Eee! Congratulations! It's beautiful :)