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Exsilium by DameOdessa

This is a quick sketch featuring Rose and Val as tomb raiders which is quite honestly what could describe them the best. Rose is fascinated by ancient history, mostly when linked to alchemy, though she is a princess, she has no problem climbing, diving, fighting among dust and mud if necesseray. She loves exploring ruins, hidden temples and forgotten places.

val is… Val. What else. He is a teacher, always obsessed by his books, forgetting that there is a world outside the library, so usually Rose kidnaps him during her trips. But yes, even in tombs, Val has to be fancy (and to complain about how dangerous and dirty it is...)

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The background makes the difference °v° This is almost finished, finally....

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Exsilium: Remnants by DameOdessa

Weel, that was not the composition I was planning to color first but... So here is a try for a new inking/lining style and a new coloring technique. I was looking for something very eye-catching with a comics feeling and most of all easier and faster ^^' I'm pretty happy how it turned out, it has a old school thingie I like a lot. Obviously, once again it features Rose and Val exploring an Atlantean sanctuary under the desert of Mazirka.

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Sketch: Ariok's head by DameOdessa

Just a quick study for a possible design of Ariok, Zephaniah's mount in Elysium. Still working with some ideas, studies, designs at work while painting bigger illustrations during free time

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Just a WIP for fun because I truly enjoy testing this new style and new coloring technique ^o^

Once again Rose and Valerian in a composition with a movie/comi-like feeling to depict and sum up one of their trip ;)

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Next illustration I’m working on.

As I’m not used to do a composition with many characters I’m presently just trying to get the proper effect, considering the different heights of the characters, the perspective (which will be a disaster as usual) the background etc etc...

So far this is more or less what I was expecting for this particular scene in which Zephaniah of Elysium meets Stephen Karsler in a place known as the Garden of Butterflies. Let see how the linart will look...

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LES TERRES LACEREES Logo by DameOdessa

Quite honestly this was maybe the most difficult part of my work on the Shredded Lands as at first I didn't know at all what I wanted for a good-looking title. However I think everything finally was resolved when I began to define the design of the cross. This is truly the main element as it mixes three main symbols of the Lands: the Cross, the Wheel of Chaos and the Ouroboros. The four lines at right are actually written with the Atlantean alphabet I created and they are the very first sentences opening my artbook Sanctuaire. And well the title itself has been wrtitten in a font I sepecially created for my world ;)

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Still working on Sara, so here it is a shaded version in progress.

I love drawing this girl, I love this palette of colours and I love Asia \o/