If you’ve been following me on social media, you probably already know about my most recent illustration project with an amazing author.

In this post, I am going to talk about that specific illustration project, and how awesome, exciting, and just plain amazing, the experience was. I’ll also show you individual photos of the illustrations I’ve done.

Danielle L. Jensen, the author of Malediction Trilogy, is releasing a prequel to the series entitled The Broken Ones. The Broken Ones will be the story of Marc and Pénélope, and it’s coming out in June 6th (YES, TODAY!).

I love Malediction Trilogy so so so very much! I shed bucket of tears with Warrior Witch, the final book of the trilogy, and I love Prince Tristan, and Cecile and all the other characters. This series is easily one of my most favorite YA high fantasy!

The Broken Ones Pre-Order Campaign

Prior to the release of The Broken Ones, Danielle setup a pre-order campaign. We all know how important pre-orders are. as they indicate how interested readers are, and it’s also a way to create pre-release hype.

I was contacted by Danielle about this project, and she asked me if I’d be interested to work with her in designing the character trading cards that will be part of the swags for the pre-order campaign. I may sound very calm by the way I narrated that, but DUDE, I FREAKED OUT. LIKE AKLHGJSDAFLKD!!!

Ya’ll! There’s no way I’d turn down such an amazing offer! And believe me, as I was typing my reply, I don’t know if I was excited, or nervous, or both, or more. I was about to work with an author… FOR THE FIRST TIME. If you won’t freak out on that, then I don’t know. It’s always been a dream of mine to work with an author someday. I just didn’t expect that it will happen this early in 2017. And to think that it’s with one of my favorite authors…

So fast forward…

Danielle and I started working with the illustrations. There were challenging times especially in getting the right feel and design of the characters, but we made it. I MADE IT, FAM! I finished illustrating nine characters (counting the twins separately) on time. I am a very moody illustrator, so there are times when I just don’t feel like making art (it’s hard to fight, trust me) even with deadlines. And I hate working while unmotivated because I know for sure, that my work will get affected. But this time, I made it on time, and I couldn’t be more proud of myself. Well, I almost missed the deadline… but I still made it. Haha!

The Reveal

Danielle contacted amazing bookstagrammers to help us reveal the illustrations. Check the slideshow below for the amazing photo reveals by the amazing bookstagrammers (erm, it just so happened that I illustrated the twins last, so I had to do the reveal. lol).

I also want to show you the actual watercolor artworks. I was able to take photos of the actual artworks before I shipped them to Danielle in Canada. I can’t believe my art reach the other side of the world!!!

So, yeah! Here are the actual watercolor works, and they’re photographed by yours truly as well.

I’ve already said my speech about this project on Instagram, and on my personal email with Danielle. This is just really an amazing experience, and I am extremely honored to get chosen by Danielle to do the illustrations. Before the reveal, I was really nervous and anxious about what will be the reaction of the fans to my illustrations. But my friends, both in person and virtually, were so supportive and they kept giving me assurance that I’m doing great. I am so thankful for that. It means a lot!

Now. now, before I cry… people are starting to receive their swag packs. And it makes me happy to see all the posts! You’re probably thinking that I should have posted this before the release date, yeah? But life keeps happening and I’m barely even able to write this one by the release date of The Broken Ones. But I just have to do it! Please continue supporting the Malediction series by Danielle L. Jensen and all her future books.

Get in touch with Danielle L. Jensen with the following links:

Website | Goodreads | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

My reviews of Danielle’s books + another fan art

Stolen Songbird | Hidden Huntress | Warrior Witch
Tristan and Cécile de Montigny Fan Art

And… that’s it! I’ll also leave a group photo (lol) here!

 For art and book cover commission inquiries, please email me at [email protected] or go to my contact page.

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I can’t believe I have to say this, but yup, it’s not like I can avoid the inevitable. The Air Awakens series by Elise Kova is about to end. If you have been with me here on my blog, you surely know how crazy I am for Air Awakens series. Crystal Crowned, the fifth and final book of the series, is set to go out in the world on July 12th. To celebrate the end of the Air Awakens, Elise organized The Crystal Tour which features the whole series. And I am so ecstatic to be part of the Fire Falling portion!

I chose to participate Fire Falling because, yeah, I’m not gonna lie, it’s my favorite book out of all in the series. I think, Fire Falling brought out the most of my emotions. I teared up real hard in Fire Falling, and I experienced the most awful and brutal cliffhanger of all time!

Just a few note about this art. I did a Vhalla Yarl in an armor because Vhalla first wore her armor in Fire Falling. It was the start of her bigger self discoveries. I know I may have missed details on her, but this is the closest I tried to picture her (drawing armor is really hard, man. lol). And also, I included the sun on purpose, because, uuuh, I just want to include anything that symbolize the Solaris Empire. Lol

*FAN ARTS*

Here’s the final image:

As I’ve mentioned above, I planned to do this on Water’s Wrath release tour, but, I failed miserably. Lol. But here’s the fan color I did (original line art by Elise Kova) original post here –> click

And if you’re also following me on Instagram or Twitter, I also did a fanart of Vhalla and Aldrik together, last year after I read Fire Falling (I was on a withdrawal period lol. I seriously love Fire Falling).

… which is now on my wall (with Baldair’s letter). lol

*BOOKSTAGRAM COLLECTION*

Now… You know how beautiful the covers of the Air Awakens books are, and I’ll never get tired of taking photos of these gems. I’m putting up my 9 most favorite photos but you can check more here >>> @thenocturnalfey

I got a signed eBook of Fire Falling from Elise during the Tower Guard Skype session. Told ya, I really love Fire Falling! ;p

Air Awakens series reviews:

Air Awakens | Fire Falling | Earth’s End |
Water’s Wrath | Crystal Crowned

To celebrate, Library Luv from Beyond The Book Reviews prepared a Twitter giveaway on the Air Awakens fandom account we’re managing:

In Celebration of the Crystal Tour and the release of Crystal Crowned we’re hosting a giveaway#AACrystalTourQuotes pic.twitter.com/RHb0px3n4B

— Crystal Crowned 7/12 (@AirAwakens) June 21, 2016

And the massive giveaway from Elise Kova

a Rafflecopter giveaway

* Other Events In the Tour *

Facebook Release Party – July 12, 7:00-10:00pm EST

URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/496464397206520/

About: Join Elise Kova and friends, Michelle Madow, Susan Dennard, Rachel E. Carter, Leia Stone, C.M. Lucas, Laura Thalassa, and Danielle L. Jensen for the Crystal Crowned release party on Facebook! It will be an evening of fun, games, discussion, giveaways, and more!

Goodreads Fan Club Discussion/AMA – July 30, 7:00-9:00pm EST

URL: https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/991545-post-crystal-crowned-discussion-with-elise-kova

About: Join author Elise Kova for two hours of discussion on the conclusion of the Air Awakens series. Bring all your questions!

The tower takes care of its own. #ProudTowerGuard

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 5. Shadows and shades

 6. Background details

 7. More details

 8. Add text. Final *throws confetti*

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Let’s go back again to the past…

I’ll draw a new fan art sometime. This time, digitally.

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So recently, I’ve been very busy with my usual part time job as an illustrator for kids apparels and as a character designer for a trading card game project – and plus school works, so I never really get any chance to do anime drawings again. Well unless someone will commission me from deviantart just like this one. This has been long overdue, not only this one actually, but all my clients are so kind and patient. Instead of pulling out the commissions, they’re trying to understands my situation as a student and they’re patiently waiting. I really appreciate that, seriously.

Still trying to catch up on my other commissions and I’ll hit all those at once when my exams are over. Next week, I’ll finally have a break from school and I’m kinda excited for that!

So, here’s the latest anime drawing I’ve been working this past weeks… in 7 steps!

1. Sketch!

3. Do the line art

4. Color base

5. Color shades and shadows

6. Add background

7. Final touch. Details. And ta-dah!

There you go guys! You can download the full resolution on my Deviantart!

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First set…. One lazy noon, out of boredom I saw a pencil somewhere and started doodling random characters. This trainee from another school saw me. Then she asked if I can draw real people. Like, real. Realistic. I said yes, but not a pro… since I’m more of a digital artist than a traditional pencil artist. Then she asked me to draw Kathryn Bernardo (local celebrity) since she’s a big fan of her and Daniel Padilla. (I’m not a fan of either. I don’t watch TV. lol) And so I tried, with a small scratch paper. Haha. Well, I don’t actually think the outcome really looks like Kath, but nice try I guess? Then, I also drew Jack Frost and Elsa on the extra papers.

MEDIUM USED: Random pencil & scratch papers

Second set… It was funny how this new friend of mine spread to the department that I draw. She’s like endorsing me or something. lol. And then, she asked me again to draw, this time, Daniel Padilla. Most of the employees saw me drawing on the side. And I really never thought that most of them are also KathNiel fans. Hahahaha. So they asked me to draw another Daniel. So the result of 2 Daniel sketches. They’re like “Hey, please draw a portrait of me.” , “I think you’re on the wrong department.” , “Why didn’t take up art courses?” , “I will pay you, please draw me and my friend.” and such. Hahahahaha. I don’t know if I should be happy with all these. But anyway, bad hair shading. Because I was too tired then. And it’s also funny how these people photocopied these drawings so that they will all have their own copies.

Third… Avril Lavigne! Out from my dead hours in the office. I was just using a simple led pencil so, bad shading as usual. Haha This is the only sketch I got to keep the original copy. The rest, just a photocopy. lol

MEDIUM USED – Mongol #1 pencil, oslo paper

May 5, 2014

Fourth… This! This… I’m not impressed with myself here. I redraw this for like, 3 or 4 times (?) before I came up with this finished product… And the drawing doesn’t even resembles them (Kathniel)… I.. I’m not a fan, okay? xD

MEDIUM USED: Graphite pencils

May 12, 2014

Fifth… this is a requested drawing of one of the employees in 2Go whom I got close to. I dunno if I did a good job on this….. I haven’t seen the subject so I’m not really sure if it looks like her. lol

May 21, 2014 (supposed to be my last day in 2GO)

Sixth… It was our last day… While waiting for our time to go home, I made this with a memo pad I saw somewhere. lol I gave this to Ma’am Fer and she posted it on her cubicle. *u*

MAY 23, 2014

AND BONUS!!!

So… After watching TFIOS, all the feels still linger in me. To express it all, I made this fan-art. Now, you judge. I’ll just leave this here

Jun 11, 2014

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