Forgot to post last week’s book art, but here we go!
With today’s book art we get to see Nuaka’s human form (at least before she transforms into a mountain bear so she can convince a gryphon that she is not food).
🪽 * The Surprise * 🪽 Wishing Blade Universe
Featuring: Nuaka Book: The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear (Legends of Cirena #2) Medium: Daz Studio with Iray, and Photoshop CS6 Description: Nuaka was sneaking through a cluster of ancient ruins in search for treasure. Instead, she stumbles upon on a haughty gryphon.
Journey through the dangers of Cirena’s ancient forests in The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear . . .
Today’s book art features a cat! Though Starless Night certainly has its dark, horror-influenced moments, there’s also a cat. And cats like to make everything… cute?
🐈 * An Infuriating Trinket * 🐈 Distant Horizon Universe
Featuring: Little Beastie and the Teddy Bear Keychain Book:Starless Night (Distant Horizon #2) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: Though the plushie keychain was never intended to be a cat toy, Little Beastie usurped the teddy bear as her own. Unfortunately, she doesn’t get to keep it, as it seems the the brain seed has an odd dislike for anything bear-related…
Today we have another piece of cover art without the text!
🐺 * The Wind Mage and the Wolf * 🐺 Wishing Blade Universe
Featuring: Livena and Nuaka Book: The Wind Mage and the Wolf (Legends of Cirena #7) Medium: Daz Studio with Iray, and Photoshop CS6 Description: Though Livena wouldn’t be likely to use her magic quite so openly as she does here, the idea is that she approaches the dangerous undercity of Ashan, ready to find (and rescue) her kidnapped mentor. Beside her, Nuaka takes on a giant wolf form, the better to terrorize those who oppose them (and who happen to know the tales of the fearsome Vorcara, an immortal wolf of legend who helped found Livena’s home city of Maijev).
Featuring: Jenna / Brain Seed Book:Starless Night (Distant Horizon #2) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: Before Brainmaster’s death, Brainmaster planted a brain seed in Jenna’s mind—a telepathic seed which has slowly latched onto Jenna’s thoughts, changing her personality and twisting it into that of the late telepath.
Here we see a glimpse of Jenna’s corrupted mindscape during a moment when the brain seed has taken hold…
Today’s book art is the cover art (sans title) from The Trial of Bells and Blood!
⚔ * The Trial * ⚔ Wishing Blade Universe
Featuring: Hahven and Alia Book: The Trial of Bells and Blood (Legends of Cirena #8) Medium: Daz Studio with Iray, and Photoshop CS6 Description: Tormented by the judgmental desires of the horn on his head, Hahven confronts a murderer while his keeper, a merchant who reluctantly returns to the skills of her past, keeps him from doing anything too rash.
Today I’m featuring one of our characters (who starts off as a secondary character, but becomes more important as the story progresses. (Hint… turns out she has more chemistry with Jenna than the character who was supposed to be the love interest).
Featuring:Lily Sánchez Book:Fractured Skies (Distant Horizon #2) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: Lily joins the Coalition after a botched mission to collect on a bounty leads to more favorable job benefits with the rebels (and a slightly less guilty conscience). Originally from Mexico, she spent most of her time as a freelance private eye and mercenary. Her psychic tracking ability allows her to touch an object and see the memories, emotions, and intentions of the people who touched it recently. It’s particularly handy when conducting an investigation or trying to find someone. Here, she’s on the case…
For today’s book art, I focused on Toranih’s character. Here I went for atmosphere rather than a specific scene.
(Warning! Potential Spoilers for The Wishing Blade Seriesahead)
🌲 * Out of the Shadows * 🌲 Wishing Blade Universe
Featuring: Toranih Book: Magic’s Stealing (The Wishing Blade #1) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: Trapped in the shadow realm, Toranih discovers that the one thing that seems to bring her back into the mortal realm, even temporarily, is the use of her magic. Here, we see her as mage with Magic’s Sight might see her, half-visible as she flees through the forest and draws on her magic ribbons to begin her return to the mortal realm.
Today’s book art leans into the horror of the Glitch Saga…
👻 * Whispers from the Ghosts * 👻 Distant Horizon Universe
Featuring:Tim and the (glitching) Legion Spore Book:Whispers in the Code (Glitch #1) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: The Legion Spore is a horrifying monstrosity of technology created by the Camaraderie of Evil, which blends humans (specifically people with powers) and machine to create a living airship. But it wasn’t a smooth merge, and the people forced to link into the mainframe (and with each other) didn’t want to be there. A few of the human components remembered fragments of who they had been before, and whenever the Legion Spore glitches, their “ghosts” take over. Their faces and forms appear in its walls, and Tim must fight to control the ship, and his sanity, because those whispers in the code can also whisper in his mind using telepathy.
(Also available in paperback!) Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) (Side note… Whispers in the Code, the first ebook in the Glitch saga, is free! (Though sometimes Amazon raises the price again, it should be free on most retailers). If you like diving directly into the action of a story, have a go at it. But be warned… if you like a slower build up to what’s going on, I’d recommend starting with Distant Horizon or Deceived first.)
Book quote day! First time attempting an Instagram Reel. Already realizing I’ll probably need to pull out the microphone if I want to do this for future posts.
This one is from the third book in my Wishing Blade series, Magebane.
He raced directly into the wind, his head low. Stumps erupted from behind his shoulders and lengthened, twice his length, and then sprouted reddish-brown feathers. He leapt. The wings repelled a gust of wind strong enough to knock Siklana off her feet and stagger Daernan. She quickly righted herself, but she could do nothing to stop gawking at the creature as he flew above them.
The winged horse circled twice, and then landed daintily. He tested his wings by folding them in and out, and then flicked his tail, his chin tucked in what could only be described as annoyance.
Stephanie Flint - Author and Artist 