The DOODLES, DESIGNS, and aRT of CHRISTOPHER BURDETT: Hauteur Girasol Administrator

Monday, June 16, 2025

Hauteur Girasol Administrator - 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 and is the next character piece in the book, the Hauteur Girasol Administrator. One of the issues with retranslating a story written thousands of years in the past is that the original writings are incomplete. While I will go into more of this in the book, suffice it to say there are some holes in the story. One of the isolated sections involves a female Girasol that has come to the rescue of the heroes and has slaughtered a group of Gallionic Gallowglass that were asailing the stories' band of heroes. You may remember the Girosal from the first book when their species was nearing its end, but here, they are at their prime and a rising presence on the planet. I look forward to writing and sharing more about them. I present to you the Hauteur Girasol Administrator - and oh so many dispatched Gallionic Gallowglass.

Hauteur Girasol Administrator
The Grand Bazaar of Ethra Dalia - The Completed Circle
11 x 14 - Pencil, ink, and acrylic paint on paper

Original - Contact me if interested
© 2025 Christopher Burdett

Hauteur Girasol Administrator - Drawing

11 x 14 - Pencil on paper
© 2025 Christopher Burdett

As much as I enjoy the large environmental pieces (just see last week!), it is nice to return to a smaller image for this piece. Due to time and production delays beyond my control, I have made the call to make the pieces in the book smaller than initially planned. This will greatly speed things up and result in more pieces from the book being at better price points. A win/win. Here is a look at the sketch and tonal study for the Hauteur Girasol Administrator to show where it began.