Illustration Round Up

Writing is great fun, but it lacks a certain visual stimulus. I enjoy scanning the internet for fantasy artwork that I think is cool to feed my need for color and awe factor. Usually it winds up being the artwork for Magic The Gathering cards, and sometimes its D&D art. I dislike World of Warcraft artwork, its too cartoony. Obviously, I don't mind high fantasy art, but it still needs a sense of realism. So I wonder, for those that are watching this blog, have you ran across a piece of art that you feel represents a fantasy character that you could see yourself as? If so post it here! Maybe I will be inclined to find inspiration from it and write you into the story! =)

Need help finding artwork? Google Images is a great place, as well as www.deviantart.com

Once you find an artist that you like, check out their portfolios. Most all artists have one on deviant art, and if not there then on their blogspot!

Happy hunting!

Daily Update - Wrath of the Watcher

Today I spent most of my time writing a scene with one of the main characters that is also a strong female role. Meet Serah. She is a member of the Black Guard, a group of highly trained counter-assassins and for today's chapter, she is pissed off. Serah is smart. She is fiesty and she is deadly. She is sarcastic and has problems playing well with others. She prefers steel over handsome men. Daggers, throwing knives, or her special curved blades, you name it: if it is metal, easily concealed and holds a keen edge then it excites her. Serah's young, approximately 19 to early 20's, has long dark hair that she holds in place with two brow braids that are clasped together behind the nape of her neck. She likes to wear her full black leather armor which clings to her form with special articulations that give her freedom of movement, allowing the armor function more like a second skin. She is acrobatic, flexible and pretty much an all around bad@$$.

Serah has a secret, well several actually, and we learn at least one early in the story. Is she simply a bad@$$ biatch that can chew threw soldiers like she's fighting school children, or is there more to her? Inquiring minds, and patient readers will find out!