A brief, disappointing intro to Siridian Falls

I realised that I haven't actually posted my art on here in what feels like a very, very long time and if I'm being honest, it's because I've been in a drawing rut for most of that time. A few months ago, I came up with the perfect fantasy comic story idea and I planned out the characters to the very last detail. But then it happened. My laptop, with the 14 page outline of the story arcs and character designs, was wiped clean.

I'm not sure how it happened or why, but my Macbook somehow formatted itself and I lost everything on it. So I gave up on that idea. Well, not entirely. I still have the most important details in my head, but I just can't make myself write everything down again. I'm just not a big fan of doing the same thing twice.

But wait! I had a little bit of luck on my side. I'd saved a few pictures on deviantArt and for once I was very grateful for having that account.

Nelle, The Thief

Roald, The Bastard

So there you have two of the three main characters. Alas, I did not save a picture of the third on deviantArt. I did save a picture of him on Tumblr, but that picture is not nearly pretty enough to earn its place here.

To give you an idea of what I planned for this comic, let me tell you the story of a far away land...

There once was a prosperous city, nestled between mountains in a beautiful valley. The king was a great ruler with a penchant for magic. As time passed, the king's love of magic overwhelmed him and he became hungry for power. He chose to consort with dark wizards, who only led him further from the path of righteousness. So his power grew and as it did, soon he was no longer the king his people knew. He became a monster. The only way to stop him was to destroy him with magic of equal strength and so every mage in the kingdom came together and sacrificed themselves to save the people, destroying the evil king and themselves. All the riches within the castle was lost with them.

Today, people speak of it as the Old Kingdom, but in its prime it was called Siridia. 

Blah, blah, blah, adventure, blah. The three main characters set out and risk their lives to get this treasure. The thief wants the gold, because duh. The bastard wants to make it out of the city alive, because he wants to prove to his dad that he's more useful than everyone thinks. And the third character, a woodcutter, wants the gold because he wants to treat his elderly mother. Also, he wants an adventure, because in the same place your whole life is unbelievably dull. 

Nelle in a shady forest looking surprised.

There you have it! A taste of something that might never come to fruition. I do hope I can pick up this project again at some point. I'm rather fond of the characters.