This is a piece that I feel like represents a world I would like to explore in my art more.
A world of bones and darkness and stars and unknowable cloaked beings called the Ritual Masters.
It started out as a series of thumbnails done on post-its while I was at work. (shhhhh)
Once I had a vague idea of what I was looking for(the top right post-it won). I sketched it out and experimented a little.
At one point the staff had a scythe on it but I instead decided on more of a censer type object, a religious artifact used with incense inside.
Once I was happy with my sketch I started to rough in the inks. I used regular old fine and ultra fine Sharpies(the microns in the photo were just laying around).
I knew the background would be black so I didn't have to be that careful with a lot of the outer lines.
Once the details were inked in I drew in all the stars and then it was just a lot of coloring in with the larger sharpie and trying to not pass out from the fumes!
The Ritual Master
