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Still here doing the chapter project, just took a break for a bit. This page languished on my iPad for a while because I hated it after I started inking it so I redrew the first two panels and liked it a lot more. Also trying out some different rendering styles. I love Moiraine's stone cold intimidation of the Whitecloaks in this chapter, it’s beautiful.
Get ready for Shadar Logoth, my favourite of all suspiciously bad sounding cities. I always loved the idea of Shadar Logoth, it’s just one of those imminently cool worldbuilding setups.
I started one of the Schoolism courses for environment design the other week so I think it would be nice to revisit this at the end of it and see how I can make it better (the scale is still a bit wrong for the book description but I keep telling myself these are learning exercises and not to get too hung up on them).
There should be many more horses in this scene but y’all I’m done with horses for the moment please free me.
It’s time for FORESHADOWING and GIFS. As soon as I knew this chapter was coming up I wanted to draw all the boys. I’m sure Min doesn’t have her viewings as pictograms but I like to imagine what if. I remember loving this sequence when I first read it, getting goosebumps at all these future hints, but in retrospect I wish some scenes weren’t foreshadowed. When you build up something for so long it can make it feel perfunctory when it actually happens.
There’s so much journey and heartache ahead for all these characters. I was flipping through A Memory of Light the other day and for all my waxing and waning interest in the series it was still emotional to see it all come to an end.
In which Moiraine has a history lesson for angry villagers. Had some lighting fun in this, also hit the Procreate layer cap but it’s good to know I can get decent comic pages out of my iPad. There’s no text tool so y’all get my suspect handwriting though.
The lore-building in the early books was always some of my favourite content. I love that you could just feel the weight of the past and how the world had changed. Also heraldic eagles are pretty cool looking, you should go check ‘em out.
In which our country friends get their first experience of life outside the Two Rivers. Tried a looser inking style just so I’m not doing the same thing all the time. Also this might be the first time I’ve ever drawn Perrin? Gotta remind myself not to draw a beard yet haha.
TIME FOR THE BEST LADY MOIRAINE. Re-reading these has given me a new appreciation for how great Moiraine is, honestly.
A few quicker sketches of Nynaeve and her wonderfully expressive face. I think I was probably ambivalent to mildly annoyed by her angry, blameful persona in this book but she definitely grew on me as the series progressed. It’s interesting to see characters grow and confront their own flaws and insecurities.
Also have I mentioned I love the pencil brush in Procreate, it’s the best.
Oh Egwene, little do you know this is just the beginning of a very long journey for you. I always enjoyed the imagery of this scene between her and Moiraine, just the two of them having a quiet moment sheltered in that tree branch hovel.
I keep meaning to mix these up with some looser sketches but hahaha now I have set a baseline for myself... how can I go back now (not that I don’t enjoy these more complicated pieces, they just take longer and I have forty chapters to go).
