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Earthsea illustration project continued...
Yay, I got the paintbrushes out again, after my long-ish winter break, and finished another painting!
This is an illustration for the first book in Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" series, "A Wizard of Earthsea".
It's the story of Ged, also called Sparrowhawk, a young goat herd boy from the coarse mountain island of Gont who goes on to become the most powerful wizard of his time.
This scene illustrates his flight from the Tower of the Terennon, on the wintery island of Oskill. Ged transforms into a falcon and his friend Serret into a gull (you can see her way in the back), to flee the evil creatures that Serret's husband, the keeper of the evil Terennon stone, loosens on them ...
(but to find out if they get away, you'll have to read the book)
Earthsea, and all the characters, places and magical things therein are copyright Ursula K. Le Guin [link]
Thanks also to =ucmorlale for some great reference photos of dark winged things!
oil on canvas
Yay, I got the paintbrushes out again, after my long-ish winter break, and finished another painting!
This is an illustration for the first book in Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" series, "A Wizard of Earthsea".
It's the story of Ged, also called Sparrowhawk, a young goat herd boy from the coarse mountain island of Gont who goes on to become the most powerful wizard of his time.
This scene illustrates his flight from the Tower of the Terennon, on the wintery island of Oskill. Ged transforms into a falcon and his friend Serret into a gull (you can see her way in the back), to flee the evil creatures that Serret's husband, the keeper of the evil Terennon stone, loosens on them ...
(but to find out if they get away, you'll have to read the book)
Earthsea, and all the characters, places and magical things therein are copyright Ursula K. Le Guin [link]
Thanks also to =ucmorlale for some great reference photos of dark winged things!
oil on canvas
Image size
950x747px 447.77 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-H1
Shutter Speed
10/6400 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Aug 24, 2009, 5:41:11 PM
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Nice work! "A Wizard of Earthsea" is the first serious book I read, because it was one of the books that my father had been reading to me when I was four or five years old. It opened litirature and especially fantasy for me... And this is one of the best scenes in that book. You caught it well. So... from Russia with love $-)