The Garden of Wonder
Continuing the story of Uendyr and his friends, in divergent quests.
Book 6 Cover Pages
Starting book 6 has been a long time coming. I planned it and drew the sketches many years ago, and there is much to cover. I will add more pages as I find the time.
Book 6 Title Page
I love maps, and have drawn many for this book, but hesitate to map what comes next, as I want to reveal it a bit at a time, have a healthy amount of mystery. But this one is looking back at the beginning, and does well to represent progress and structure to what has happened so far. Book 6 is past the middle, but represents some of the most important bits of the creative process.
This book is taking on lots of challenges, and reintroducing Uendyr and Mazardak, who were completely missing in the last chapter, as they were lost, far underground. I take the story and the characters to extremes, in the art style, and in the experiences. Many parts of this story continue to be inspired by dreams, though I seem to be getting older, and dreaming more about real life, real people and sometimes very strange things.
Enjoy Book 6, as I enjoy making it, over the next year . . .
Page 1 Deep Down
My method goes back and forward a bit, to match up with the style at the end of book 4, when we last saw these characters, plunged into darkness. I use illustrator, now on the ipad, and with pressure sensitive brushes, just in time! I have waited a LONG time for this! I also switched from Sketchbook Pro, which is now completely free, but not very supported, to Procreate for the ipad, which looks different, but handles layers and textures and type much better. Hopefully this will speed up my process.
I have been drawing the first 5 drawings simultaneously, rather than one at a time, as I am anxious to proceed in this very revealing look into the heart of the creative process.
