Tag: Kushiel’s Dart

“Cassiel’s Servant” Art Archive

EDIT: I’ve decided to make things simpler by updating this entry with the new public art at the top of the post and add links to all the posts, public and patrons-only, pertaining to my art journey with “Cassiel’s Servant” by Jacqueline Carey. Now, you won’t have to dig for all the entries and art. Enjoy!

I wanted to give my Free Members a peek at all the art I’ve been creating inspired by “Cassiel’s Servant” from Jacqueline Carey. This story of a warrior monk’s unknowing rise to meet his divine destiny has just as much resonance as Phedre’s origin in “Kushiel’s Dart” and I’ve been enjoying it immensely!

Along the way, I’ve been creating art inspired by the mythology and fantastic worldbuilding of the world of Terre d’Ange, the “Land of Angels”. I’m planning for all this exploration to culminate in my own fan version of the book’s cover in the style of this one I created for “Kushiel’s Dart” and perhaps other book-inspired pins, stickers, etc. I hope to make a physical reality (more in that in a future post once plans and designs are more finalized).

(My fan version of the cover of “Kushiel’s Dart”, the book that started the Kushiel’s Legacy series which “Cassiel’s Servant” is a part of.)

I’m happy to share all of this art for free, but if you’d like to help support me while I work on this project, check out the following Patrons-only posts available to all paid members at all tiers for the deep dive into my process, inspiration, and research that my free posts don’t go into.

List of Posts So Far

You can also watch the experimental video I made combining art and narration about Elua here, since Patreon doesn’t support video embedding within the body of posts yet.

I plan to keep sharing art for free with optional paid perks this way so you can all get the best of both worlds!

Want to join me as I book club “Cassiel’s Servant”? Hop in the book’s discussion thread on my Discord server! This server is open to the public and free to join, though my Discord also has a Patrons-only area where you can Ask Me Anything, browse my private sketchbook, and more. Come hang out!

Have you finished reading “Cassiel’s Servant” yet? Are you planning to read? Or reading something else? Let me know what you’re up to, book wyrms!

– Ang

[Cover Art & Sketches] Revisiting “Kushiel’s Dart “

Now that I’m about to enter the part of the CASSIEL’S SERVANT novel that crosses over into the events of KUSHIEL’S DART, I wanted to revisit some of the work I created for DART during my first time creating my own cover art and sketch explorations for a novel.

I’ve already shared a deep dive into the development of DART’s cover, but I wanted to revisit some of the old character sketches here as well. Enjoy a trip down memory lane, as these were done 10 years ago!

 LEFT: My very first try at drawing Joscelin! Inspired by his first meeting with Phedre, the main character of DART. Now that I’m reading CASSIEL’S SERVANT, I’ve learned why he was so cranky at the time. I love this old design, but I may simplify the wrappings on the sword and daggers even more to emphasize the Cassiline devotion to utilitarianism. I’ll be exploring equipment concepts in a new post soon.

RIGHT: Grainne, one of the twin Lords of the Dalriada, Gaelic-inspired warriors we meet in DART. I’m amused that even back then, graphite felt suiting for drawing art for this world.

An assortment of characters we meet early on in DART. Looking back on this, I feel like I very much had the distinguished actress, Maggie Smith, in mind when envisioning the discerning Dowayne of Cereus House.

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Now, back to reading with me and teaching myself new video editing software so I can keep bringing you fun storytelling snippets like my recent try at narrating Elua’s origin myth  from SERVANT that was shared on my socials.

Did you all enjoy this audio+visual format for Elua’s sketch? It was a lot of fun for me to make and I hope to explore more narrative imagery in this fashion.

More art soon!

– Ang