Ha, it’s kind of a long story about Sylmei. In a different story that James was working on several years ago, he had a character based on me and asked what I would want her name to be. I liked using the name Silmei even back then, so he used that but changed the i to a y, since he liked that spelling better and it kept the names a little different from each other. The name ended up carrying over to Istavia after he dropped the other story, since this Sylmei’s roots were inspired by me as well (though she ended up changing a lot since). I hope that wasn’t terribly confusing, lol. Long story short, Sylmei from Istavia is not related to my character Silmei, but there is some common ground with the name ^^
Yay thank you! I had fun drawing those coastlines XD
Hehe ^^ I was just looking at all your recent fanart for the book and thought he looked familiar. I wasn't sure if you had just drawn him again and got things spot on!
Oh, and I was going to ask, is your OC Silmei in any way related to the princess in the book? Or are their names just similar?
Nice job with the maps by the way, those coastlines look great!
Thanks! ^^ The pencil brush is actually just for the lineart - I used one of Photoshop's default Chalk brushes for the shading and highlights. I really like how it turned out!
thelostsindar
The Wandering Elf (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/25/15 | Reply
@Kaerlyn:
Ha, it’s kind of a long story about Sylmei. In a different story that James was working on several years ago, he had a character based on me and asked what I would want her name to be. I liked using the name Silmei even back then, so he used that but changed the i to a y, since he liked that spelling better and it kept the names a little different from each other. The name ended up carrying over to Istavia after he dropped the other story, since this Sylmei’s roots were inspired by me as well (though she ended up changing a lot since). I hope that wasn’t terribly confusing, lol. Long story short, Sylmei from Istavia is not related to my character Silmei, but there is some common ground with the name ^^
Yay thank you! I had fun drawing those coastlines XD
Kaerlyn
Tea pixie (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/25/15 | Reply
@thelostsindar:
Hehe ^^ I was just looking at all your recent fanart for the book and thought he looked familiar. I wasn't sure if you had just drawn him again and got things spot on!
Oh, and I was going to ask, is your OC Silmei in any way related to the princess in the book? Or are their names just similar?
Nice job with the maps by the way, those coastlines look great!
thelostsindar
The Wandering Elf (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/25/15 | Reply
@Kaerlyn:
Ha, yep! XD I really liked how that little sketch came out, so I used it as the base for the finished portrait. I wondered if you'd notice X)
Yay! I'm glad you're enjoying it so far! :D
Kaerlyn
Tea pixie (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/25/15 | Reply
@thelostsindar:
Is this a tidied up version of the little drawing you sent in the letter?:)
I'm about halfway through the book now. Enjoying it so far!
thelostsindar
The Wandering Elf (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/16/15 | Reply
@Kaerlyn:
Thanks! ^^ The pencil brush is actually just for the lineart - I used one of Photoshop's default Chalk brushes for the shading and highlights. I really like how it turned out!
Kaerlyn
Tea pixie (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/16/15 | Reply
I like the pencil brush you used for this ^^ it works nicely as a highlight in his hair.
I hope the book does well!
thelostsindar
The Wandering Elf (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/16/15 | Reply
@LGA775:
Thanks so much!
LGA775
Traditional Artist (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 01/16/15 | Reply
Oh wow that is amazing^^ Congrats to your husband my friend^^ I'm sure he will make a success out of it if you hasn't already^^..
I really like the look of this character^^ Keep it up..
Good things comes 2 those who wait, The things you lost will always replace something better..