First post. I’ve had this one around for a while but just decdied to post it up on here as well.
This is Sabriel walking into death from Garth Nix’s Sabriel. I only just read these books within the last year or so and just absolutely fell in love with them. It’s just an added bonus that Tim Curry reads the audiobooks and it’s so fantastic.
I tried to not take anything from the cover art for the books and just go off of descriptions in the book. I designed the bell bandoleer to be able to be opened from the top or the bottom and the charter marks in her hands were just random ones that I came up with.
I did sadly forgot her sword and I didn’t realise till I was about halfway through coloring her, but otherwise I’m really happy with her.
First precinct: shallow water, easy crossing. Beware of the waterfall; do not descend until the path opens.
Second precinct: stronger, colder current. The whirlpool of the gate is treacherous and can be passed only with a freezing spell. Do not approach whirlpool until spell has taken full effect.
Third precinct: barely an inch of water, walkable. Do not walk. Run. Do not look back. Do not stop.
Fourth precinct: breathe. If you are still alive and on your feet, breathe. Proceed with caution; the Dead are stronger here. The next gate will appear to be a waterfall only a few feet high into another part of the river, but this is deceptive. A bridge spell is necessary. Do not, under any circumstances, enter the water past the fourth gate waterfall.
Fifth precinct: fatal to enter current. Overwhelmingly strong, treacherously fast, leaches memories and life. Stay on bridge until sixth gate. Beware attacks from Dead in the water while crossing bridge. Fifth gate is a “waterclimb”; spell should take you upwards with the water.
Sixth precinct: Shallow pool. No danger from water; unfortunately this leaves Dead free to attack with ease. Sixth gate is a circle of dry ground that must be summoned. Necromancer is advised to do this with haste, before the stronger Dead come to investigate the disturbance of their entrance.
Seventh precinct: Fire, from horizon to horizon. An arch can be created.
Eigtht precinct: Dark water, with flares floating on the surface. Avoid flares at all costs. Necromancers should not linger here or proceed any further. Be warned that past this precinct, final death is nearly an inevitability. The gate is said to be a well of darkness.
ugh this book is so frickin’ cool, i can’t believe i’d never even heard of it until my roommate brought it up last year. it’s so innovative and interesting and the descriptions make me shiver. i can’t wait to finish this one and move on to the others in the series!!! c:
Very conceptual graphic novel images of Sabriel: Prologue I did yrs ago. Where the cold blue & white was for Abhorsen, and the flaming red for Kerrigor.
Lirael by Garth Nix - A Summoning Goes Awry. . A couple weeks ago, @victoriaying asked what existing property we would want a chance to turn into a graphic novel, and I immediately knew my answer. Garth Nix’s Lirael in particular would be a DREAM to adapt, but the whole Abhorsen trilogy compromise some of my favorite books of all time.
Had the opportunity to catch up with the amazing @araneafx and add another one of my tattoos (a stylised charter mark of #Astarael from the #Abhorsen series) to their growing collection! Swipe for a zoomed-out version/an actual snapshot of my tattooing history.
I was thinking about the Abhorsen trilogy today, and then had the thought that Sabriel and Geralt would probably get along fairly well, what with their similar monster hunting occupations.
And of course Jaskier and Touchstone would totally bond over gushing about their mutual monster killing, magic wielding sword swingers.
(Geralt probably tries to take a swing at Mogget the first time though x)
Inktober day 9. No prompt really just had another kinda stressful day and a bit of scrap from other pieces so i batted out a teeny little mogget because when in doubt i do some abhorsen shit apparently.
I read the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix for the first time recently and was delighted by how inspiring the books are from a graphic design standpoint! Lots of symbols and patterns and iconic imagery. I dream of a coffee table book of Old Kingdom visual design. ✨️
