Starhaven Illustrated
Dearly Beloved YOU GUYS:
I’ve been fortunate over the past two years to work with Rhys Davies, an up-and-coming cartographer and illustrator of books. Readers of Spellwright are already familiar with Rhys’s work in the form of his map of the Six Human Kingdoms that appears in the book. Lately, I’ve been working with Rhys on a map of the city of Avel, which is the seat of most of the action for Spellbound-we’ve a way to go before we can share it, but I can guarantee, it’s going to look _very_ cool. Meantime, Rhys has been expanding his repertory with some illustrations of Starhaven from Spellwright. The perspective and color scheme remind me of some pieces by Rodney Matthews and Roger Dean. Check out Rhys’s work !
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Nina
1:34 pm Nov-24-2010
Oh so pretty! It looks very Epic Fantasy Art at first glance, but has lots of interesting references and subtle things. And lots of deep colour, which just makes me happy. And I really love the contrast of the straight lines and points of the buildings against the smooth curves of the “nature” surrounding it. It feels like a stronghold of people in a desert-y place, which I think is pretty awesome for the secluded academia feeling of Starhaven.
Now all I want is the bridge!
Athena Andreadis
2:30 pm Nov-24-2010
Very nice — a slightly Easternized version of Jackson’s Gondor; his maps are also Tolkienesque.