For just a moment, he wanted to be left alone. Drifting across the water with such beautiful scenery should have been relaxing except his phone kept ringing. He had tried once, leaving his phone at home or at least, turning it off. The amount of rage that came down on Read more…
Sorin, the dead land. The province no one visits unless their desperate or corrupt. Years ago, I created 7 maps for my Merging Worlds series. In Book 2: Chains of the Sciell, characters started mentioning places in overseas lands. It was time to include a world map in the book. Read more…
No animals greeted Hayan as he strolled. Tree branches didn’t bend to welcome him. Everything was still as if his forest died standing up. Leaves on a nearby tree glowed purple but it was a pale shade. The tree across from him was dark. Withered, dull-colored leaves rained down on Read more…
If you’re following me on social media, you’ve probably seen my recent map. It’s for The Sciell’s Legacy, the 4th and final book in The Merging Worlds series. This is how the map looked when I first created it. I created it entirely in Photoshop. In the beginning, I researched Read more…
The maps for my Merging Worlds series have evolved in each book. Each story introduces you to new places. Why didn’t I just release a full map in Book 1? Because you didn’t need it in Book 1. The Sciell really only took place in one area: Northeast Jael- De’Ray Territory 90% of Read more…
Because I’m weird and obsessed with horror and darkness, I visited Green-wood Cemetery over the week. Yes, it was cold but I wanted to go there to get some horror-y shots. I wore my layers. When photographing, I try not to come at a scene straight on, at eye level, because Read more…
Being a photographer is like being an author. There are a lot of photos out there, I mean a lot. It’s difficult to take unique pictures. Nearly every category in photography is saturated. My photos are on sites like Shutterstock but it’s hard to get them seen above the millions of Read more…
I always thought you needed to be an illustrator to create those nice fantasy landscapes. A couple of days ago, I was searching YouTube for book cover design videos when I came across artists creating fantasy images by piecing together different stock photos in Photoshop. I was like, “I can do Read more…
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Since I have the time now (sort of), I want to stretch my design muscles–make something purely for fun. Designing, like writing, is therapeutic. I can get in the zone and won’t come up for air until I’m so tired I can’t see straight. I’ll be working with the fantasy Read more…