Visual Inspiration: Artwork
Last updated May 24, 2011
While pondering stories and ideas and looking for inspiration to write, I decided to do some web-surfing and look for artwork (mostly relating to Kellessan, of course) that could be "Prophecy" type artwork, though obviously nothing I'd commissioned. These are a few links to pieces that I've found visually inspiring.
It seems nearly all female warriors I come across are overly endowed and wearing very little in the way of clothes, neither which impresses me (but since I'm female, maybe that's understandable...of course, I actually like my men dressed and not overly muscled, so...). In any case, there's not a whole lot here since there's not a whole lot out there that I like.
And just to be sure this is noted, these are *NOT* Prophecy artworks, just works that I've found...intriguing. (I *so* wish I could draw....)
Misc
- front cover of Hawk Eternal by David Gemmell; artwork by Christian McGrath - *THIS* is as close to Kellessan as I've always imagined her
- front cover of The Oracle's Queen (Tamir Trilogy #3) by Lynn Flewelling; artwork by John Jude Palencar
- She-Ra artwork at ComicArtCommunity.com (my original "princess with a sword" inspiration; sadly, it's hard to find well-done, non-cheesecake original artwork of her)
From DeviantArt.com
- The Promice by amarys (very cool sword)
- Jean d'Arc by simplicitycomplex (I like the "two sides of the same person" image for obvious reasons)
- The last battle by andorus
- swordswoman by brujaslight
- A Warrior of Old by maeglin80
- Ceylara - Warrior of Eltar by ceylara
- Elegy by sijeney
- woman with sword in dress by SeraphicAsuka
- woman with sword by penguinsoda
- Black Butterfly by AngerMouse
- Swordswoman sketch by Saraquael
- Dragon Sword 02 by DreamsCreations
- The Swordswoman by Hopeofmysoul
- Ralna by Suteishii
- The Elven Swordswoman by MaxkofValiant
- Swordswoman by remusirius
- The witcher's daughter by YsaNoire
- female mage by salamandros
- The Warrior Within by artoftheempath (definitely fits my image of Daelyn!)
- namarie (woman and horse) by kerfisbilun
- man with harp by Gold-Seven
- by the sword by Bellatrix DeNoone (if she was blonde....)
- Lachiellian inspirations
- flaming sword design by Masamune-Date
- Excalibur by FantasyStock (well...duh...)
- Narsil by Shockbolt
- Sword of Ganadon by Shockbolt
- Sword of Protection by phantomhunter (umm...yes?)
From Elfwood
- faceless female warrior by Ting Zhang
- female elf warrior by Adrianne M Compton
- red elf female by William Li (mostly for the sword)
- Rinalliah by Stuart Gormley
- female knight and female knight close up by Adam Vincent
- male human ranger by Adam Vincent