{"id":2678,"date":"2015-09-17T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T04:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2015-10-05T07:02:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T11:02:20","slug":"art-prodigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/art-prodigy\/","title":{"rendered":"Art: Prodigy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I tend to forget just how expansive my books can be. \u00a0In retrospect, I probably should have started with the novellas before I began something as vast as The Bindings of Fate<\/em> and the two books that followed. \u00a0There were a ton of characters, and events happened simultaneously across Raleigh. \u00a0I also tried to give every character their fair shot\u2014even the villains of the story.<\/p>\n

Case in point, Prodigy. \u00a0Sure, he seemed\u00a0a bit of a bumbling fool from time to time, but look at what he was up against:\u00a0Rangers with metal skeletons that were trained by millennium-old elves; Warriors who could heave weapons with their mind; Thieves who wielded vampiric swords that could leech the life force from your body. Prodigy wasn’t some useless pawn\u2014he was a loyal, determined soldier who was outmatched at every turn, and still did his best. \u00a0At the end of The Bindings of Fate<\/em>, he succumbed to those odds, but… we never really saw him die. \u00a0And you know that what’s true of comics is true of Tellest…<\/p>\n

In any case, we’re doing Prodigy a solid now. \u00a0RedPear has stepped up to the plate and given this villain a proper portrait that really captures him not for the alleged vile acts he’s committed, but for the person he is. \u00a0Check it out:<\/p>\n

\"Prodigy01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As always, we started out with a sketch. \u00a0The northerners are definitely of a hardier breed, and Prodigy is every bit the barbarian that you expect him to be.<\/p>\n

\"Prodigy06\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pear took him to the next level with a little bit of shading and effects. Again, he doesn’t look evil so much as brutal. \u00a0He’s a barbarian… it’s what they do!<\/p>\n

\"Prodigy<\/a><\/p>\n

After that, Pear did what she does best, and threw some color into the mix that made this alleged villain look really awesome. \u00a0We want to thank her so much for kicking butt with this portrait, and making Prodigy look badass!<\/p>\n

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