Two colour illustration of Barad Dûr, with Sauron's eye at the top. surrounded with the ring inscription in elvish. the sky is red with sparks and ash floating in the air, the tower is above a fiery chasm. The front doors are glowing red with silhouettes of chains and armouries. A cloud of ash conceals the horizon. This will be a banner and riso print first. Digital prints coming later this year.
Illustration of a paperback copy of Frank Herbert's Dune. It's a 3 colour riso setup using teal, red and yellow overlapping. The title is in white with D and E mirrored and the lowercase u and n flipped. Center image is a big worm with a big blue hallucinating eye at the centre of its mouth with some rocks with Fremen Holding flags and knives in the foreground. it is particularly difficult to draw Shai Hulud without it's mouth looking like a giant butt-hole.
Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.
Illustration of a cover for THE HOBBIT. View from inside the halls of the woodland elves. A ramp is dropping some barrels. The trees make a circle. In the trees are some elves and spiders. Inside the circle from the bottom is a river flowing through forest. Barrels in the river. The river joins a lake with a floating town, above it the Lonely Mountain, with its reflection/shadow over the town.
Hi #PortfolioDay
Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director, printmaker & sculptor. Big fan of risography, old goofy SFF covers, forced perspective & experimentation. Nice to meet you :)
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