The original map for Rondo of Revolution was a lot more difficult to read and bloated with scifi-technoclutter. Decided to strip that all away to make something that both felt like it fit the world, and was easy to read!
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Posts by Garrett Melick 🛸👽Scifi Author👽🛸
A complete remake of 5028's galaxy map. I wanted to increase the readability and add some more clear color coordination between the governments and their systems.
I also wasn't a fan of just using stock Milky Way assets and so set out to draw the galaxy by hand!
#scifibook #galaxymap
Unfortunately the compression here is fighting me but the fact it's still readable is at least a testament to the updated design I guess
A complete remake of 5028's galaxy map. I wanted to increase the readability and add some more clear color coordination between the governments and their systems.
I also wasn't a fan of just using stock Milky Way assets and so set out to draw the galaxy by hand!
#scifibook #galaxymap
Hey y'all my next book is coming out hopefully later this year, and with the first draft finished it's time for a cover reveal!
Thank you once again to the lovely @luhuala.bsky.social for some outstanding work!
I realize that I never posted an update on my last picture before I dipped for vacation. Haven't worked on this as much as I should have been but here's a current progress pic!
#conceptart #artwip #rondoofrevolution
Lineart WIP for some promo art :)
Really happy with how a lot of the characters and backgrounds are turning out!
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Genuinely insane the difference a couple months of practice makes.
Given it's been a year since Nocturne of Souls released, I wanted to redraw Dalia and Y'ALL??? I knew I'd gotten better but seeing these two pics side-by-side made me a little emotional ngl
#conceptart #artpractice #scifibook
I was never happy with William's hair post Sonata, so I decided to go back and redesign it! In the end, I made it slightly longer, a little messier and overall just more fluffy! (also new rendering style practice!)
#conceptart #characterdesign #5028books
Genuinely insane the difference a couple months of practice makes.
Given it's been a year since Nocturne of Souls released, I wanted to redraw Dalia and Y'ALL??? I knew I'd gotten better but seeing these two pics side-by-side made me a little emotional ngl
#conceptart #artpractice #scifibook
It's sticker time! (Or at least it will be soon!)
Thanks to the lovely artist @kayspnart.bsky.social we have some adorable chibis of some of our lovely book characters! Now I just need to go and get them printed 😅
#scifibook #scififantasy #chibiart #stickers
More new concept art for my last scifi book, 5028: Nocturne of Souls:
Nine. One of ten Soulless Commanders, specializing in weapons RnD. Once a close friend of Dalia Fitz, how will she fare when her closest ally turns coat on the faction she's given her life to?
#scififantasy #scifibook #conceptart
New concept art for my next sci-fi fantasy book, Rondo of Revolution:
The Stormtrailer. A boogieman of Draen mythos, lovingly (and horrifyingly) brought to life by the Soulless! How will the Sparrow Crew contest a being that controls the winds of magic itself?
#scifibook #scififantasy #conceptart
Dawg this is just my wife (I love her to death)
Y'all if you haven't yet you should check out (and back) this lovely game on Kickstarter, especially if you love CRPGs and Starfinder/Pathfinder! It's closing in on some of the last days and the team at @epictellers.bsky.social is really cool!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
Inktober Day 22: Button
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Inktober Day 21: Blast
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Inktober Day 20: Rivals
Really want to continue this piece over the next few days. (also don't mind me, skipped day 19 cause of migraines)
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Inktober Day 18: Deal
Hate this man's dumb face but at least it's fun to meme on
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Inktober Day 17: Ornament
I let intrusive thoughts take over.
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Inktober Day 16: Blunder
Honestly couldn't think of anything except my boy Vizzini from Princess Bride for this one so I just had to whip out my boy.
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Inktober Day 15: Ragged
Decided to (again) take this term loosely and drew some ragged ahh art because I wanted to actually practice posing and some gesture drawing.
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Inktober Day 13: Trunk
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Inktober Day 12: Drink
Happy with a lot of the progress I've made here! Noticing a a lot of areas I want to focus study in the future. Excited to keep learning and improving!
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Inktober Day 12: Shred AND a drawing of an old Starfinder antagonist from my campaign to illustrate the dichotomy of how much I care about a drawing
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Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
Inktober Day 11: Sting (Struggled with this one a bit but i'm not DISsatisfied with the result)
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Inktober Day 9: Heavy
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So I'm probably jumping the gun on this, but with me working so tirelessly on my next book, I got a rush of inspiration to make the main theme.
For a story about strife and tyranny, of manipulation and freedom, I present the Rondo of Revolution!
#5028book #composer #maintheme