I have to admit, I’ve been a bit intimidated by reader expectations when it comes to sketching Tayend and Dannyl. My worry wasn’t that they wouldn’t look like what reader’s pictured – I’m not psychic! – but that they’d look so different that readers would be bothered by it. One of the reasons I’m doing [...]
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The Sekrit Projekt: My Gift To Fans
So what was all the sewing, photo-taking, sketching and drawing leading to? Well, I wanted to do something with the character sketches other than just put them on this website. So had the drawing scanned and dragged out my old graphic design skills to make a little complimentary gift for fans of the Black Magician [...]
The Sekrit Projekt: Stage Three
Years ago I took some photos of friends wearing the novice robe I’d made, to send to Les Peterson, the illustrator who did the covers of the Australian editions of The Novice and The High Lord. So I already had some usable photos for Stage Three. With all these photos, what I needed was the [...]
The Sekrit Projekt: Stage Two
Back in September I had an idea for a little side project. It had to remain secret, because I wasn’t sure I’d get enough time to do it, and I didn’t want to disappoint anyone if I never got it finished on time. Well, anyone other than me. For a while there I was glad [...]
The Sekrit Projekt: Stage One
I had an idea a few months ago, which sprang from some discussions I had with people I met while on the Tour, as well as a few thoughts that had been swimming around in my head for a year or more. Actually, I had several ideas, but this one looked like the most do-able [...]
A Peek into My Sketchbook
If you’ve read my bio, you know that I’m an artist as well as a writer, and used to work as a freelance illustrator. I’ve always found that my writing improves whenever I have art and other creative pursuits in my life. It isn’t easy finding time for art, but a couple of years ago [...]
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