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.
Today’s book art is one I created for the Wishing Blade Universe. This time around we have a tashim.
(WARNING: Spoilers for a character in Magebane)
🐎 * Omen of the Lost * 🐎 Wishing Blade Universe
Featuring: Kirse’Vé Book: Magebane (The Wishing Blade #3) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: Though Kirse’Vé (translated: Starspeed/Speed of Stars) usually presents as nothing more than a mortal equine, he is a tashim, a messenger for the goddess of death. Tashimme are known in Cirena to reveal themselves when someone important dies. Here, he receives an omen regarding an innocent town, which accidentally causes him to reveal himself to Siklana and Daernan.
Today I’m starting a weekly book quote based on the previous book art image!
Which means we get a taste of Ivy Man from Fractured Skies (Distant Horizon #2) . . .
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The human-plant monster popped its shoulders, and then stretched its vine-and-bone arm toward a snowy mound. A wooden staff flew into the monster’s hand. It paused and examined the weapon: a long, straight piece of wood with a bleached skull strapped to its top.
I have been following your progress for some time now, Sapling.
Featuring:Ivy Man Book:Fractured Skies (Distant Horizon #2) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: A portrait of Ivy Man, a monster who keeps himself alive (sort of) with his life-spirit powers and the use of his plant manipulation powers. After dying in a particularly dangerous mercenary mission, he created himself a body of vines, roots, and bones. Though a spirit now, he’s attached himself to the vines, which makes him rather difficult to kill. He makes his first appearance toward the end of Fractured Skies, when he uses telepathy powers to wreak havoc on Jenna’s team and try luring Jenna into his clutches. He has an unhealthy obsession with her after witnessing one of her first missions, and he continues to be a thorn in her (and pretty much everyone’s) side. Here, we see him growing ivy in the dead of winter, carrying his staff with a human skull on top.
📚 Weekly book art post with art created by Isaac and I!
⚒️Forging the Wishing Blade⚒️ Wishing Blade Universe
Featuring: Lord Cafrash Menchtoteale Book: Magic’s Stealing (The Wishing Blade #1) Medium: Daz Studio 4.15 with Iray, and Photoshop CS5 Description: A blacksmith with fire ribbons, Cafrash is assigned by the trickster god, Isahna to create a weapon that will steal the ribbon magic from Cirena. Here, he creates the blade. (Arguably we didn’t see the magic of Cirena stolen until the blade was complete and he made the wish, but hey… artistic license).
Stephanie Flint - Author and Artist 