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In the lead-up to the launch our pattern deck Kickstarter, I want to give you all a glimpse of the art style to expect -- starting with Avery Liell-Kok's work!

I'm cheating a bit here because it lets me show off the painting Avery did as a gift for me. She asked for one of my favorite photos out of my own work, with no context; when I got to a certain point and then stalled out on trying to choose, she selected this one:

A waterbird (egret or heron) taking off from leaf-strewn seawater with a stone cliff behind

Her style lately is based on blind contours, drawing multiple times from a reference without looking at the page, and then watercolors over the line drawing. From my photo, she produced this:

A dreamlike painting of a waterbird (egret or heron) taking off from leaf-strewn seawater, with a stone cliff behind

My poor scan does not do justice to the details, believe me. And for a deck based in a setting with dream-related magic, the overlapping shapes and vibrant colors are perfect. Avery will be doing the Face and Mask cards for the deck, the ones representing Vraszenian deities -- starting with The Mask of Mirrors, which you will see very soon!

(originally posted at Swan Tower: https://is.gd/wbzfKV)
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