livingrope's Portfolio

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade vs. Tombstalker

livingrope — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:31:37 GMT

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade vs. Tombstalker

this illustration is for Wizards of the Coast cardgame "Magic: the Gathering". For those who know the game it's been used as a Future Sight fatpack mural.
The image depicts the fight between the anti-hero Korlash and the demon Tombstalker.
the original image size is a good 18.5/12 inches and it took a little week form the first sketch to the finishing piece.

Autumn Faerie

livingrope — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:28:06 GMT

Autumn Faerie

This illo is taken from a french little book edited by Soleil and named "les Fées" (the Faeries).
I was supposed to portray a character that would embody the spirit of one particular season and I chose Autumn. I wanted her to be as romantic as possible with a hint of celtic. But I tried to avoid the faerie cliché (you know the kind of naked girlie with a pair of stupid butterly wings). That 's why I decided she would be laying there drunk among the tombs, with the cup of life in her hands that she drank to the end...
well, blah blah blah, 'hope you'll like it

Lusus view

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:52:38 GMT

Lusus view

Palanquin

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:53:12 GMT

Palanquin

Welcome to the Inferno !

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:51:57 GMT

Welcome to the Inferno !

commercial image for SEAT.

a Song of Ice and Fire

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:48:28 GMT

a Song of Ice and Fire

Bloodine: the Legendary

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:49:51 GMT

Bloodine: the Legendary

a cover for Vampire: the requiem, a RPG by White Wolf publishing.

a Feast for Crows

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:47:47 GMT

a Feast for Crows

Merlin

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:45:21 GMT

Merlin

early design work for my forthcoming book named Merlin.

Cheree Furiosa

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:44:12 GMT

Cheree Furiosa

pin-up for Les Furieux.

Sareth

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:43:03 GMT

Sareth

character design for the video-game "the Dark Messiah of Might & Magic".

Dark Messiah

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:41:53 GMT

Dark Messiah

character design for the video-game "the Dark Messiah of Might & Magic"

the Demoness

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:40:41 GMT

the Demoness

character design for Hell Dorado.

Endymion 2

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:39:19 GMT

Endymion 2

from the Hyperion series.

eveil d'endymion

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:38:38 GMT

eveil d'endymion

from the Hyperion series.

Hyp_chute-hyperion.jpg

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:37:21 GMT

Hyp_chute-hyperion.jpg

I've had the great chance to be commissioned by a french editor to paint the covers of the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons.
The first one was a great opportunity to give my own take of the infamous Shrike, the most brilliant super nasty *** in the entire the universe !

Hyperion

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:35:33 GMT

Hyperion

Here's the first cover of my Hyperion series, for Pocket an editor in France. It represents my own take on the famous Yggdrasil ship.

Tyrants & Kings I

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:34:29 GMT

Tyrants & Kings I

Cover for John Marco's novel "the Jackal of Nar" taken from his Tyrants & Kings series.

Tyrants & Kings III

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:32:45 GMT

Tyrants & Kings III

my last cover for the Tyrants & Kings trilogy by excellent author John Marco. You can see the two other ones on my gallery: first one is the Jackal of Nar and the second one's named the Great Design (Tyrants & Kings II).

Tyrants & Kings II

livingrope — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:30:31 GMT

Tyrants & Kings II

my second cover for the french version of John Marco's Tyrants & Kings series. Not much else to say, read the book, it's really cool