Ptilopt Portrait - The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia

I am thrilled to share another new piece from The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia. This illustration is for Book Two: The Completed Circle. This will be a character portrait accompanying one of the short blurbs at the beginning of a chapter. I shared more about these with the first post focused on these portraits. With most of these, I have an idea regarding their voice and placement in the book, but the fun part is that it is not set in stone and may turn into something very different from what I first planned. I present you with a Ptilopt (silent 'P'!) (name to come later) to let you know you are in a restricted area

Ptilopt
The Grand Bazaar of Ethra Dalia - The Completed Circle
5 x 5 - Pencil, ink, and acrylic paint on paper
Original - SOLD
© 2023 Christopher Burdett

Ptilopt - Drawing 

5 x 5 - Pencil on paper
© 2023 Christopher Burdett

 

These are the smallest pieces created for the books. There is something charming about a 5 x 5 image, and I have already framed them up. They look great in a frame and made an excellent addition to my conventions this year. Now that convention seasion is over I will have all remaining portraits on my store soon. Here is a look at the sketch for the Ptilopt to show where it started.

 

Ptilopt - Sketch 

 Digital 

© 2023 Christopher Burdett

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog. See you back here soon! Until then...

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