J. L. Ficks's Blog – March 2012 Archive (4)
The Many Faces of Shade--Part Two
Ouch Shade! Put that knife away! I’m sorry I left you hanging in limbo last week with a paper sack over your head. We’ve got your final face, ok! Sorry about that folks, Shade can be a bit touchy some times. Last week we left our small, but faithful following hanging of the edge of a major cliffhanger. The Covent authors had widdled their final selection of artists down to two finalists who were about to square off.…
ContinueAdded by J. L. Ficks on March 24, 2012 at 12:19pm — No Comments
The Many Faces of Shade--Part One
Shade, our main character in the Shade Chronicles, has been through many face lifts. Dragols and Fauns might say that’s what made him so grumpy, but they wouldn't say it to his face. We went through quite a journey of artists when selecting the final artist for Shade One. I’d be happy to spin this tale for our small and faithful band of blog readers, but first let me tell you a little bit about the man in black himself.
First off don’t call Shade a man, not unless you want to catch a…
ContinueAdded by J. L. Ficks on March 17, 2012 at 10:07pm — No Comments
Dumb grows, well, dumber…
Meet Kishrub and Zulbash, a pair of “hug at your own risk” big dumb brutes. Well, here are the original Kishrub and Zulbash in their concept sketches. As you can see, the Gutter Dwarf that sold them their armor spared no expense. He assured them every piece of their armor sets was genuine Dwarven craftsmanship! The claim is not entirely untrue, you see, that furnace door which makes up Zulbash’s massive breastplate did in fact come off a Dwarven furnace. And that…
ContinueAdded by J. L. Ficks on March 10, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments
The Evolution of a Fantasy Map…
This first image is the original map, as penciled by my partner, J. E. Dugue. J. E. is an all around talented guy. Besides his natural born abilities in writing and music, he is also a natural born artist. He chose to pursue his first two loves, but this map will always possess a special place in my heart. This map was first drawn in the late 90’s when we were in high school.…
ContinueAdded by J. L. Ficks on March 3, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments
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