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Mistborn Adventure Gameby *Inkthinker

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The cover illustration to the Mistborn Adventure Game, due out later this year and available for pre-order now from Crafty Games..

The idea here was to set up a conflict with the two major icons of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series; one of the titular Mistborn themselves, battling a spike-eyed Steel Inquisitor. The titled, inverted angle was chosen to emphasize the way these characters fly around... more or less by flinging themselves through the sky through sheer force. The blue lines point to sources of metal that they can push away from or pull towards, one of the many powers seen in the series.

I also tried capturing a couple other elements inherent to the world of Scadrial. The mists, the volcanoes that vomit ash into a red sky, the cities standing against barren wastelands, all iconic elements of the series. I tried adding some ash fall to the scene, but it muddied it up and didn't add much, so that was pulled.

If you haven't read the novels, I highly recommend them. Brandon writes unique, action-packed fantasy that's not quite like anything else on the shelves. If you're already a fan, I think you'll dig the Adventure Game... even if you're not a player, it's a repository of information about the world of the series, and includes an all-new Kelsier story by Brandon.

Illustrated in PS CS2 on a Cintiq 21. This one was tricky, and I wouldn't have pulled off the lighting without the help of my inestimable Fates partner Kevin Delucia. He's the tops.

Anyone who's read the series knows that Pushing coins at an Inquisitor is a bad idea. That particular Mistborn is sooo screwed.

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*Demonox Jan 7, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Kelsier!

Just finished reading Mistborn trilogy few days ago, and god, it was definately best ending for a book trilogy I have ever read! Now reading alloy of law, though the rarity of allomancy in AOL feels kinda... odd...

+ fav!!!

*Inkthinker Jan 7, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Not Kelsier per se, but close enough as makes little difference.

I thought I'd miss Allomancy a lot more, but the many Twinborn combos makes for lots of variety, and the addition of technology like guns and trains throws a tasty new flavor into it, I like it more than I expected. I'm really looking forward to the sequel.

*Demonox Jan 8, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Rarity feels odd because I thought a lot more allomancers survived because mists pretty much snapped everyone potential... Plus harmony/sazed pretty much revived feruchemy, since he was last one, but in AOL there seems to be many feruchemists/twinborns, so why not allomancy as well? Also it feels weird there are no mistborn, harmony/sazed made spook mistborn afterall... maybe he made allomancy less hereditary?

BTW, I am now half-way through alloy of law, be careful and try not to spoil AOL to me

Also, have you by chance read brandon´s stormlight archive - way of kings? if not, I highly recommend, such fantastic book, the ending really left me wanting to read stormlight part 2 right away... too bad it´s coming out late 2013, good thing brandon has planned for 9 books of stormlight archive!

*Inkthinker Jan 8, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

The mists snapped a lot of people, but full Mistborn were always rare. Most of those who snapped would just be Mistings of one sort or another, and over time (and cross-breeding with the Terris) you get Twinborn... allomancy and feruchemy in one person. But even so, it's still a fractional percentage of the population, and not ever power has as obvious a usage as Steel or Iron. Atium Mistings, for instance, probably still don't know that they are such (as atium is so rare).

~fearlessforwarddrive Sep 28, 2012

Amazing!

~MarshallWest Jun 6, 2012

This is just incredible work. That Mistborn in this picture is about how I pictured Kelsier to look, I know that's not meant to be him, but that's pretty much who I'll think of every time I picture Kelsier.

I love the perspective of them fighting over Luthadel with the mist, red sun rising (or setting), with the ashmount in the background. What a fantastic world. Very unique and unlike anything I've ever read in any other fantasy series.

*Inkthinker Jun 6, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you! Brandon's unique settings and descriptions make stuff like this a lot of fun.

~frosty456 Dec 20, 2011 Student General Artist

Fantastic artwork - would you mind looking at my gallery and commenting so that i can improve? Thank you - I'd really appreciate it.

~KBKarma Dec 8, 2011

I wasn't sure why you said it was an Inquisitor... then I fullsized it. Holy crap, I thought those were glasses. And I didn't know that there was a Mistborn RPG coming out. Wonderful, something ELSE to add to my burgeoning wishlist.

In summary: that picture is absolutely awesome and is now in my favourites. At least, one of my favourites lists...

PS: I came here from looking up who drew the last story in Skullkickers. Serendipitous. And I'm not just saying that because I love that word.

*Inkthinker Dec 8, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Fortuitous!

Yeah, one of the things I love about the basic design of the Inquisitor is their eye-spikes, and the way they kinda look like lenses from one angle, and horns from another, and then you realize it's a bloody great sharpened steel chunk passing through his skull. It's a damn good design, and one of the first that really nailed the series for me visually.

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