Jordan-AV

Hi, my name is Jordan. My goal is to support my family members through my passion. I deeply appreciate any support of my work. Thank you for your time! ❤️ I'm a developing manga artist and indie writer. I am currently writing and illustrating my original work of fiction, 'Kindred of the Carvings'

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Inquisitor Alex coloured | Kindred of the Carvings

Something Different 🌱

Told ya I had something special brewing! This artwork of Inquisitor Alex, my original character, is 100% digital. It's been a while since I made anything like this.

Thank you, YmirFritzSNK, for all the advice. Thank you, LivingSamovar, for the encouragement. And a big thank you to everyone else for all the recent support I've gotten! ✨

I painstakingly drew this with a mouse and keyboard in GIMP. Though my hands are shaky, I have far too much patience for my own good, hehe. Being a perfectionist doesn't help either. 😅

The main light source is coming from the top left. A smaller light is shining from the top right, affecting only her hair. ...I think this took about 19 hours of work to make. 😭 It was a great learning opportunity, though! 🩷

There are more artworks of Alex here 🌟

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New Beginnings

New apartment. New job. New me 💚

I have something really special in the works, but it's taking forever... In the meantime, here's a daffodil doodle, hehe. Drawn on paper with coloured pencils, edited digitally using GIMP.

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Kindred of the Carvings: THE ANOMALY

His manic grin … 🩵

In my book, Kindred of the Carvings, the "Anomaly" is essentially off-screen during the events of the story. On the Night of the Blood Moon Raid, after a successful demonic ritual, a peculiar creature was conceived in the woods. It surrendered to the Gray Guard and the Inquisition without protest. Dubbed the Anomaly, the creature is both oddly beautiful and disturbingly human. It has the body of an adult male.

...If I were to ever write a sequel, the Anomaly would be VERY important to the plot of Book 2. I was inspired by Griffith/Femto and the Eclipse from Berserk. The Anomaly is the polar opposite of Fulmination. A lot of concept art had to be made just to be able to draw this ink/pencil portrait of him. I coloured him in digitally using GIMP 2.10.34 ^^

My artwork belongs in Kindred of the Carvings, my original, fictional universe. There is more KOTC here on Deviant Art! 💚

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Kindred of the Carvings: Summary Panels (Remaster)

Get back up and try again. 🩷

My artwork belongs in Kindred of the Carvings, my original, fictional universe. There is more KOTC here on Deviant Art! 💚

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Kindred of the Carvings: AnniVersary (5)

AnniVersary: 💚

The "XK" symbol represents the Kindred of the Carvings, the fictional cult my horror book is named after. I began work on the "KOTC project" back in June of 2021. I was 19 at the time. Today is the 23rd of June ... it's officially been 5 years. I'm 24 years old now, and so much has changed.

Although I've been working alone on this indie project for a long time, this community has changed my life for the better. I'm the farthest thing from perfect, but I've grown massively from who I used to be. My family's felt the change. So have I. Thank you for all your kindness, patience, and support. Without us, this project would be nothing. Together, we've come far.

Five years from today, how will things turn out? I used to be quite naïve, but I was never optimistic. It's only in recent years that I've started enjoying being alive. I'm excited and hopeful about the future. Time won't take that away from me. Things are difficult, but I'm going to keep on trying. 'Til the very end.

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You'll Never Break My Will, or Take Away My Smile

Whenever I’m going through a rough patch, I listen to music and try to channel my feelings into the creation of an artwork. Making something beautiful out of something ugly helps me find closure and catharsis. This lady is an original character without a name. She's endured torture, but still, she's refusing to give up or become bitter.

I don’t want to say, “her scars make her more beautiful!” because that could encourage self-harm. So... Her determination makes her admirable, and her scars don't make her any less beautiful. 🤍

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KOTC: Digital Background Experiment

I took some inspiration from the digital backgrounds of my friend, Ymir 🤍

My doodle in Paint quickly evolved into a simple but decent sunset. I decided to play around with it in GIMP by adding glow and blur effects. And with some help from the Warp Transform and Smudge tools... TAHDUH! 🌈

... Okay, in retrospect, if I’d drawn on a larger canvas, the image resolution could’ve literally been DOUBLED. Lessons were learned! I think I’m going to make more digital backgrounds in the future! ^_^

Originally drawn on paper, the butterfly is an older drawing asset that I reused here. I coloured it digitally for this artwork by using the Colorize tool. 🦋

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She's flying!? (study)

I've been reading a LOT of Berserk <3

I noticed that inthe manga, Kentaro Miura often achieved the illusion of movement through patches of angled lines. He used them to depict intense rainfall and to make Guts' sword strikes look fast and... (っ◔◡◔)っ P0wErfUL. ✨ I'm nowhere near Miura's level of mastery, but I am getting better at incorporating a version of the technique into my own skill set 😊💜

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Kindred of the Carvings: Eliphas Lionised (card)

lionize verb

to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person

Both sides of the card have separate light sources. The light shining on the lion is top-down. By contrast, Eliphas' light source is beaming from the right. The shading isn't perfect, but I had fun 🤍

While texturing the lion, I took inspiration from Berserk, the manga. The way Miura used to draw Zodd the Immortal's fur has always captivated me. I accidentally learned a few new tricks while experimenting with ink.

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The Cult of the Cutesy (KOTC parody)

Cast out by the Kindred of the Carvings, I journeyed alone in exile. Until I unearthed IT... Older than the corrosive tyranny called "time", it stood before me with majestic, fluttering eyelashes. I knelt and came to understand the one unfathomable truth of the ageless void... True transcendence lies in the pursuit of absolute cuteness!

Utterly overwhelmed by pink waves of forbidden knowledge, I ran. Fallen from cuteness, I committed the first Great Silly. But the binding shackles of madness could not blind me for long. No... Gliding on the glittering wings of glee, enthusiasm returned to me in splendour. I knew then that I had to doodle out a manifesto.

...Embrace the magic sparkles, bask in the adorable neon lights! May the gelid world go headlong into the Age of the Great Snuggle. And may the Fluffification commence.

— The Cult of the Cutesy (COTC) My artwork belongs in Kindred of the Carvings, my original, fictional universe. There is more KOTC here on Deviant Art! 💚

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The Rotting Scars

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Before I realised my love of drawing, I learned a little about painting from my beautiful mother. This painting is from 2022. I decided to revisit it and play with it digitally. It used to be an abstract piece inspired by Berserk, specifically, Griffith's hawk connotations... That can still be seen in the feather-like strokes that form the painted eyelashes. 💜 These days, this artwork means something different and deeper to me. Some memories are painted over in black, but most aren't. The rot inside still isn't worth it. After all these growing pains, I still haven't crystallised. The future is still more important than old grudges, however justified they may be. ❤️‍🩹

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To Suffer Like That

Living Samovar and I have done another art trade!

Please support Samovar's art piece, too. Thank you! ❤️

"Substantia Amorphica" is an original manga by Living Samovar. The artwork above is my version of a page from the manga. The original can be seen here.

By adjusting the position of her eyebrow, I added some anger to her expression. Lifting her lower eyelid makes it look like she's cringing slightly. Lastly, I added a decorative blush purely for detail. I didn't realise that it might make her look embarrassed. 💚

Shading and layering posed a unique, enjoyable challenge. ^_^

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Happy Birthday, Mom! ^_^

Thank you for bringing me into this world. I love being alive. I love spending time with you and watching anime together. Thank you for embracing my interests and accepting me for who I am. You're the coolest! 🤍

Thank you for supporting me with my struggles and letting me help you through yours. I know we don't always agree on everything, but I love you. Always. 💌

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Kindred of the Carvings: Fulmination

Fulmination ⚡️

The gauntlet belongs to Fulmination, a new character in the works inspired by Skull Knight from Berserk. Like a mythical, armoured phantom, she is a vengeful spirit, a phenomenon—she who appears like lightning and thrashes the darkness.

This is Fulmination's only appearance in the first book. I drew the gauntlet, fleur-de-lis, and background individually, then stitched them together digitally. The lighting was quite a fun challenge! The illustration above replaces my original illustration. ⚜️

My artwork belongs in 'Kindred of the Carvings' my original, fictional universe. There is more KOTC here on Deviant Art! 💚

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Kindred of the Carvings: Madness (writing)

Madness

Pinned to the floor, powerless, I looked up at the swarming cultists with a grimace. They tittered calmly with a look of predation in their soulless eyes. I could take no more… Finally, MADNESS(!) set me free from the cruel torture of rationally comprehending my imminent, inexorable demise. I felt an incredible, twisted tranquility. Laughing and wailing, I wept and struggled no further. From neither the cultists around me nor the walls themselves, I heard an undertone … it was cosmic. The unnamable thing hadn’t noticed me. It couldn’t discern my negligible, moribund existence in the void! …With battering rams and thundering guns, inquisitors stormed the labyrinthine chamber.

Notes:

This excerpt from my book, Kindred of the Carvings, might be some of my neatest, strongest writing so far. Over the years, I've managed to make a decent amount of progress, and I'm proud of it! The excerpt says a lot without actually saying much at all. Using the word 'undertone' immediately tells the audience, 'You can let your guard down; it's not loud,' and then there's the titanic, arcane reveal.

Refusing to properly identify the 'unnamable thing' is a nice touch, and 'it couldn’t discern my negligible, moribund existence in the void' perfectly captures the essence of cosmic dread. You can hear the universe?! That's a big deal!! No, the universe isn't speaking to you in particular; it does not care that you exist. Brutal, but poetic in true Lovecraftian fashion. Thank you for all the support, everyone! You've helped immeasurably.

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Alex Remembers 💔

On the left, Inquisitor Alex recalls the horrific events of the ‘Night of the Blood Moon Raid' —the Inquisition's decisive victory against the Gluttonous Heath. On the right, beneath a hanging corpse, a gluttonous cardinal trudges through a clearing in the Umbra Glade.

I took inspiration from many of Berserk's sylvan panels! In the book, this replaces my original illustration 'Alex Wept.' I made a lot of lighting mistakes, but I learnt a lot. 🖤🩷

My artwork belongs in 'Kindred of the Carvings' my original, fictional universe. There is more KOTC here on Deviant Art! 💚

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Kindred of the Carvings: Inquisitor Alex (colours)

The white highlights on Alex's brown hair remind me of frost on bark! 🤍🤎

Hey! Here's a coloured, three-quarter perspective portrait of Inquisitor Alex. She's wearing her tan leather biking jacket. (Outfit 2/3). I accidentally made the eyelashes a little too long and thick, but I still really love this artwork! ✨

My artwork belongs in 'Kindred of the Carvings' (KOTC), my original, fictional universe/IP. There is more (KOTC) art here on Deviant Art! 💚 And there's lots more art and lore to come in the future!