Other Artwork, part 1 · 4:27am Jan 21st, 2021
As discussed previously, I've worked with a number of artists to do commission cover art for each of the ten stories in The Quicksilver Chronicles. But I've had other artwork done too. Some have been free. For example, responding to someone offering free artwork just for something to work on. And some has been paid, because I thought it would be interesting or fun. I wanted to highlight a few of them since they won't be seen as part of any story cover art.
The piece below was the very first artwork I had done, and the first commission. I had no clue what I was doing, and did not have a clear vision for what I wanted. This was also done over e-mail, which turned out wasn't the best media for this type of interaction. We bounced around some ideas and ended up with a piece somewhat related to the story High Water Mark, but not actually a scene from it. I learned a lot from this exercise that made all subsequent pieces go much smoother. Still, it's an interesting piece. Credit to: Jason Couch.
This next piece was another commission. I treated it more like an interview than getting a story-specific piece done. I wanted to see what the artist could create, and how it went with them. Working with this artist was an absolute blast. This was a combination of them being easy to work with, doing the process on Discord (rather than e-mail), and having some clue about what I was doing. I ended up using this artist for several other pieces of cover art. Credit to: 108Fiona8Fay https://sites.google.com/view/108fiona8fay/commissions
Next Week: Other Artwork, part 2
