Valley of the Silk Sky concept art

Concept Art: Pocalo

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This is one of the earliest pieces of concept art I created for Valley of the Silk Sky, nailing down the visuals for what the web structure of Pocalo looked like. There aren’t any cities or settlements visible here because I hadn’t gotten that far yet.

Valley of the Silk Sky - concept art

Concept Art: Pocalo

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These sketches are all based on real microscopes of centuries past. I wanted to start with a working microscope design instead of just making something up whole cloth, but I wanted it to look substantially different from a modern instrument. Thankfully, past humans had come up with some looks that fit nicely with the VotSS… Continue reading Concept Art: Pocalo

Valley of the Silk Sky - waystation concept art

Concept Art: Cashel Waystation

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Here’s the original concept art for the Cashel Waystation, as well as the inks for our first peek at the interior on page 21. As you can see, this ended up being very close to the final design. Sometimes it takes several rounds to work out the look I’m going for, but with the Cashel… Continue reading Concept Art: Cashel Waystation