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Sketches and early designs for some of the characters that Tarun encounters on his journey in search of his stolen dreams.
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The Jar of Dreams
a drawing of an old woman with a cross on her forehead and nose piercings
Character Illustration
Character Development
Concept Drawing
Concept Draw
Fantasy Novels
Reading Ideas
Fantasy World
Character Drawing
The Four
Shaman
An early concept drawing of Zaria, one of the four great shaman. #booklover #bookstoread #amreading #thejarofdreams #bookarts #illustration #illustrationoftheday #character #yalit #fantasynovels #fantasyworld
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Fiction Writing
Writing Editing
The Jar
Mountain Man
Character Sketch
Think Of Me
Inspirational Story
Fiction Books
Qua-Lim - Early Sketch
Just working on bringing Qua-Lim, Tarun’s father to life with Kalyani’s sketches. #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #character #characterdesigninspiration #bookstoread
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People Illustrations
Side Sketch
Writing Novel
People Illustration
Beyond Words
Suntil - Early Sketch
This early sketch of Suntil is bringing out his playful side. #sketch #sketchoftheday #charactersketch #earlysketch #amreading #thejarofdreams #booklover #writing #novel #yalit
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Fantasy Books
Penguin Publishing
In The Mountains
The Mule Herder- Early Sketches
Another early sketch, this one of the mischievous mule herder who Tarun helps rescue in the mountains of Tan-Kun. Find out if Tarun’s kind and heroic act helps him on his quest, or comes back to haunt him. You can pre-order your copy of The Jar of Dreams now at the link below. #character #fantasyworld #sketching #yalit #amreading #thejarofdreams #bookclubbooks #booklover #novel #writerslife #writerscommunity
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Character Sketches
Favourite Characters
Sketchbook Drawing
Way To Go
Fun At Work
Old Man
Prahli - Early Character Sketch
Prahli is one of my favourite characters in The Jar of Dreams and it’s fun working with Kalyani on some early character sketches of him. Bit of a way to go to match the enimatic old man from Xhadur, but I like where we are heading. #character #sketch #sketching #booksketch #bookarts #booklover #amreading #mynextbook #nextbook #thejarofdreams
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Great Friend
Twenty Two
Younger Sister
Two Year Olds
Great Friends
To Speak
Early Sketch - Aaliya
An early sketch of Aaliya, Tarun’s younger sister. Aaliya is a chatacter who was initially inspired by a great friend’s daughter who I learned to speak Hindi with (she was two year old and I was twenty two - needless to say, she advanced much quicker than I did!!) #character #sketch
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Her Personality
Fantasy Novel
Novel Writing
Character Inspiration
Ishkari Sketches
This early sketch of Ishkari, one of the central characters in The Jar of Dreams really starts to bring to life her personality. No spoilers here, so I can't say too much more ;) #charactersketch #amreading #thejarofdreams #sketch #characterdevelopment #novel #writing #bookart #fantasynovel
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Indian Artist
Character Design Inspiration
Ishkari - More Sketches
A couple or other early sketches or Ishkari from my collaboration with Indian artist Kalyani Ganapathy. #sketch #sketching #sketchbookdrawing #character #drawing #drawingofinstagram #draw #amreading #thejarofdreams #characterdesigninspiration #booklover #fantasyworld #novel #fantasynovel #bookarts
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Keep Dreaming
Girl Sketch
Early Sketch - Ishkari
This early sketch of Ishkari, one of the central characters in The Jar of Dreams really starts to bring to life her personality. No spoilers here, so I can't say too much more ;) #charactersketch #amreading #thejarofdreams #sketch #characterdevelopment #novel #writing #bookart #fantasynovel
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My Imagination
Charcoal Drawing
Fantasy Illustration
Early Hekati Sketch - Part 7
Another eatly sketch of the Hekati. I love the intensity and this is starting to get close to the deacriptions in the book and in my imagination. If you like this, check out the rest of this board as we bring some of the characters of The Jar of Dreams to life. #amreading #fiction #fantasyworld #characterdesigninspiration #thejarofdreams #bookstoread #publishing #dungeonsanddragons #sketch #sketchbook
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Monster Illustration
I Am Loving
Penguin Books
Writing Inspiration
The Hekati - Early Sketches Part 6
Still experimenting with early sketches of the Hekati with Kalyani. The eyes and horns still need some work, but these are really starting to be more menacing than the earlier sketches. Many of tye beta readers have found the Hekati (and particularly Darzog, their leader) to be the scariest of the monsters that Tarun must face in search of his stolen dreams. I am loving seeing them slowly come to life in these sketches. #characterdesigninspiration #sketchbook #sketch #drawingmonsters #amreading #thejarofdreams #bookworm #bookclubbooks #bts
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Fantasy Creatures
Ya Fantasy
Books Young Adult
Bts Book
The Hekati - Early Sketches Part 5
I like how this Hekati looks quite menacing. Still some work to do, but we are getting there. #amreading #thejarofdreams #characterdesigninspiration #sketchbook #sketching #btsbook #bts #writerscommunity #yalit #yafantasy
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Sketch Illustration
The Text
Character Aesthetic
Illustration Drawing
Part 4
The Hekati - Early Sketches Part 4
Building on the menance of the previous sketch and working on bringing the features of the Hekati closer to the text and these creatures who have been living with me for ao long. #thejarofdreams #amreading #characterdesigninspiration #sketchbook #characteraesthetic #fantasyworld #books #nextbook #sketch #illustration #drawing #booklover
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Creative Collaboration
Hekati - More Early Sketches
These guys look way too friendly for Hekati, but I like them so I wanted to share. It’s also a nice reminder that creative collaboration takes time, and if we allow ourselves to be patient, this longer journey is where a lot of the joy lies waiting for us. Have fun creating today and I hope you like these strange (in the best of ways) fellows. ##sketchbookdrawing #roughsketch #amreading #thejarofdreams #character #bookworm