Author: Micey

Earlier this semester, I did some mockup picture book pages of a hypothetical adaptation of Zadie Smith’s “Two Men Arrive in a Village.” I figured since the story already reads as a folktale, why not go the way of so many folktales, and adapt it into a children’s book? I also took inspiration from Robert Mosse’s pictures that were paired with the story.

Here are my preliminary sketches. I was going for a dreamlike, candyland quality, which makes it all the more impactful when war crimes start happening.

I designed a DnD character for a friend for their next next birthday (considering I already got them a gift when they suggested the art could be a birthday gift). The character’s a homebrewed warlock-flavored subclass with a frosty demon transformation, working for a chained and bloody god despite secretly being an atheist. Fancy!

I started by doing various fashion concept sketches:

Friend picked a mix of 2, 3, 5, 8, and 10 for the outfits (they really like the split sleeves), so I did a combo design. Here’s the final outfit and face sketch:

I made two versions of the sheet. One with lots of rubies, and one with less rubies. Friend liked the rubyless one because their character’s not that rich.

And here’s the transformed versions. I used a lot of the glitter brush to get that icy look. I also had the concept of the chains unraveling when they transform, as well as the hair colors switching.

Imagine this: Skinless ghost with rose powers. That’s Illy!

Illy’s based on Julia Cotton from Hellraiser and Mark Twain. I prefer the flower vest over the normal vest and tie, it gives her a supernatural element. She looks like a modern and classy villain, wich I’m going for. When she gets angry, she both bleeds and sprouts through the bandages.

Something Traditional! Here are my sketches for Lias, both original mode, supermode, and unhinged supermode. You can see me figuring out their hair, bolide logo, and “fat tie” in the first picture. The second pic has me figuring out his supermode outfit, with the black markings and corset-thing. As well as what the unhinged, monster version should look like, all stretched out and dark.

Remember the fantasy iceland fashion concepts I posted?

I drew Simon in his fantasy Iceland clothes, because the story does take him there in the future.

I made his embroidery into fishes, and I chopped off his hair. He’s still stylish with short hair, and I did debate on if I wanted him to always have short hair. It’s a different silhouette than his original look, but it still has the general color scheme, big earrings, and high neck. Hopefully, he still looks like Simon.