
An ancient (from '88) illustration I did to a book I was writing...People still seem to like this one (it even got a Daily Deviation on DeviantArt) so I thought I'd upload it here as well. It has some graininess and speckles due to the old scanner I used at the time (plus I had scanned it from a print, since the original was damaged in a water leak back in '94). A sepia filter was digitally applied to this version. I still have a few high-quality, poster-sized, limited edition prints left of this if anyone is interested. :)
Satyrs live a long time and Pumice is no exception. He is now very old, and all the friends and enemies of his youth are long gone, but still he often takes time to reflect upon all the memories, both good and bad. The other characters are: Sperrylite the white gryphon, Feldspar the faun, Topaz the unicorn, Ophite the dragon (slain by Feldspar and made into a skin), the Firewyrm (aka the Devil), Spinel the Great Elk (Megaloceros), and Pumice's temporary rat form. The top circle is an eclipse and the bottom one is their world, "Celesterramere", with its various continents. The middle continent is "Tourmaline", which has several hidden shapes in its shoreline. (The "TB" stands for "Tiffany Barfield", my pre-Orthodox/maiden name.)
Satyrs live a long time and Pumice is no exception. He is now very old, and all the friends and enemies of his youth are long gone, but still he often takes time to reflect upon all the memories, both good and bad. The other characters are: Sperrylite the white gryphon, Feldspar the faun, Topaz the unicorn, Ophite the dragon (slain by Feldspar and made into a skin), the Firewyrm (aka the Devil), Spinel the Great Elk (Megaloceros), and Pumice's temporary rat form. The top circle is an eclipse and the bottom one is their world, "Celesterramere", with its various continents. The middle continent is "Tourmaline", which has several hidden shapes in its shoreline. (The "TB" stands for "Tiffany Barfield", my pre-Orthodox/maiden name.)
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
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Size 667 x 900px
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Sadly, no...I got deeply discouraged when I found that after I had written so much of my book, someone else (Andre Norton) had written a book in which a faun and a gryphon were the main chars, and also Mercedes Lackey had written 3 books about a white, a black and a silver gryphon (which I also had in my stories). Even tho I didn't at all know about these other books when I started mine, I felt (and still do) that people would think I was just copying after them. :(
That's really sad about finding out that two famous authors, by coincidence, had parallel ideas and characters to yours. I can definitely see how you'd be discouraged by that. :/ But at least you have this stellar artwork to show for it. I've always had a soft spot for satyrs and fauns, and classic fairytale characters in general, and this piece showcases all of my favorites and more in one place! :)
I don't need to tell you that this is truly wonderful, I wish you the best of luck in both your writing and drawing endeavours.
I don't need to tell you that this is truly wonderful, I wish you the best of luck in both your writing and drawing endeavours.
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