Forkrul Assail - Sister Calm

This is a digital painting concept art of a member of the Forkrul Assail race of humanoid creatures described in the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson.

At the time I made this drawing I would consider it one of my more polished up character designs. Really enjoyed working on her.

Malazan Empire Related Art:

Aptorian and Kalam

The Aptorian demon is a creature from the Shadow Realm described in the Malazan Empire series of books by Steven Erikson. It is a three legged demon, with a massive fasceted eye, and this is my take on it. Kalam is also a central character that features in many of the books, and notably has a story arc with the Aptorian demon.

This is a tiny pencil sketch, when I say tiny, it's about 2 inches across, which I made in the margin of a notebook sometime in 2013. For once it scanned better than the sketch actually looks, it has not been modified in any way other than a slight contrast increase.

Malazan Empire Related Art:

K'Chain Che'Malle

Pencil drawing of a creature from the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson.

There are various "strains" or types of these creatures described in the books, but the K'Chain Che'Malle variant is most prominenly featured, and are the soldiers in a hive-like society. Described as giant bipedal reptilians with swords instead of arms. Based on the descritions I thought of them as resembling a Tyrannasaurus Rex in build and size.

The drawing was done in 2011, it's one of the artworks I am most proud of.

Malazan Empire Related Art:

Silchas Ruin

A character from the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson. While he isn't my favorite, he certainly comes close.

This was all done in Photoshop, sometime in late 2014 and early 2015.

Karsa Orlong - The God is Not Willing

Karsa Orlong is one of the central characters in the Malazan Empire series by author Steven Erikson. By far my favorite character who has an amazing arc through a number of the main books in the series.

I made this drawing in 2019 when news first broke of a follow-up series to the main Malazan books focused on Karsa.

This drawing started as a ballpoint pen ink sketch that I painted over in Photoshop.

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