New Kharbranth Art and a Serious Question

[grantmhansen he/him]

I'm in need of an idea, and I hope that you can help.W

 

What/where do you vote that I should paint next?

 

I'm thinking of gathering the options presented in this topic/the gallery's comments and drawing out of a hat, or making a spin wheel or something like that. Then it's off to the races. I'll keep you's posted.

 

And without further ado--my interpretation of Kharbranth:

 

(click to go to the gallery and click again to zoom, i guess..)

 

Now the story: This painting was DANG FUN to create. I've been out painting landscapes for a class all fall long and practicing up my skills (because my past environment paintings have been suck...) This piece was the final assignment for the class and it evolved over the course of like, a month and a half. I worked really closely with my teacher (one of the artists who worked on Rio, the Ice Age sequels, the Peanuts Movie, etc.) and got some great feedback to make this all possible, so BIG thanks to him. 

 

Please note: Sky eels. The earlier iterations had sea gulls, then I realized: Roshar. No birds. huh. 

 

Also note: Teravangian's palace and much of the city is obscured by a creepy, foggy sort of shadow. Foreshadowing.. Ba dum Chish! ;-) 

 

And lastly: Please, seriously, cast your votes on the next Rosharan location that you'd like to see. Ideally, something that has adequate description in the books. I'd love some community involvement in the next piece, ya know? =)  C

 

Cheers!

[Stormgate he/him]

Have you done Shadesmar yet? Also, the palace on the Shattered Plains would be interesting. I don't know what you have already done, so I am just listing everything I can think of. I don't know if there is enough detail, but what about Hearthstone, Kaladin's home town? Also, the battlefield where *ahem* Amaram won his Shards (avoiding spoilers) would be cool. Well done on Kharbranth, as well! Although, I wonder if boat design would be affected by the regular highstorms. My only problem, and a minor one at that.

[FormlessFox he/him]

The prologue scene where they view the scene of the battle with the burning rocks or the recreance flashback scene.

 

Also the throne room in Uriteau with the 10 thrones for the ten kingdoms (not sure if there is enough detail)

[VoltCruelerz he/him]

That looks great.

Shadesmar, the obsidian castle in the clear lake, Urithiru.

Edited December 18, 2015 by VoltCruelerz

[Shardbearer he/him]

Shadesmar would be awesome. 

 

And this painting is totally awesome!

[stonedshaman]

First amd foremost: the painting is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly: how about Kolinar with its windblades

Sidenote and this had nothing to do with the thread but seeing as i can't figure it put i thpught id ask: how do i change my profile picture lol

Edited December 18, 2015 by stonedshaman

[The Ninja Yodeler he/him]

First amd foremost: the painting is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly: how about Kolinar with its windblades

Sidenote and this had nothing to do with the thread but seeing as i can't figure it put i thpught id ask: how do i change my profile picture lol

I thought the same thing. Kholinars Windblades.

And to change your profile pic, go to your profile and it should say change pic on the 17th shard logo.

Edited December 18, 2015 by The Ninja Yodeler

[Zathoth]

That is exactly how I pictured Kharbranth.

 

Shadesmar, yes, maybe with Shallan and Jasnah.

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

Shadesmar.

Can I use this image, the Kharbranth drawing, as my profile pic?

[Titan Arum]

My vote would be Rysn approaching the Tai-na in the Reshi Isles! The Tai-na is described as like a massive island with forests and cliffs, etc. I think it would be epic to see this "island" in the sea. It has the potential to be a very colorful piece. 

[stonedshaman]

Oooooh snap. Titan thats a good idea. Also what about that city and giant spren from axis' interlude

[TwelfthOfSnackTime he/him]

Personally I'd love to see your rendition of the Tower of Urithiru. In my mind I see a giant Japanese looking skyscraper and I know that that is probably wrong but until I see what it really looks like it won't go away.

[ARARITA he/him]

so good - please send to Sanderson

 

I agree with Shadesmar - but would also like to see Reshi Isles

 

not sure how you feel about doing people / creatures ..but would love to see you do Cusicesh in Kasitor Bay

Edited December 19, 2015 by ARARITA

[Patrick Star]

I'd like to see Kholinar/The Palace.

 

Awesome painting!

[grantmhansen he/him]

Shadesmar.

Can I use this image, the Kharbranth drawing, as my profile pic?

 Venture mistborn, please feel free to use it =)

[grantmhansen he/him]

Have you done Shadesmar yet? Also, the palace on the Shattered Plains would be interesting. I don't know what you have already done, so I am just listing everything I can think of. I don't know if there is enough detail, but what about Hearthstone, Kaladin's home town? Also, the battlefield where *ahem* Amaram won his Shards (avoiding spoilers) would be cool. Well done on Kharbranth, as well! Although, I wonder if boat design would be affected by the regular highstorms. My only problem, and a minor one at that.

I haven't done Shadesmar, no. In fact, this is my first serious environment piece from the books, so there's plenty that I haven't done yet =)  There are a bunch of votes for Shadesmar between this forum topic and all of my social media, so it's a likely one to come out of the hat.

 

I partially agree that there should be some adjustment made for the ships due to possible high storms. It seems like every dang thing in Roshar would need to be built to compensate for Highstorms, but there IS mention of the fact that ships wouldn't be caught dead outside of a protected bay in one. Or rather, they would be caught and made dead if they were. So that makes me wonder if they wouldn't have had to be too terribly different from the kinds of ships we sail on earth.   Good thought, Stormgate!

[grantmhansen he/him]

I thought the same thing. Kholinars Windblades.

And to change your profile pic, go to your profile and it should say change pic on the 17th shard logo.

 

 

First amd foremost: the painting is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly: how about Kolinar with its windblades

Sidenote and this had nothing to do with the thread but seeing as i can't figure it put i thpught id ask: how do i change my profile picture lol

 

Funny Story, I actually started out this assignment with the intention of trying Kholinar and its wind blades, but ended up backing off of that idea, just because I didn't have as much information about it as I did about Kharbranth and I wanted to ease into this whole environment concept design thing.  But I'll keep my fingers crossed that that's the option that comes out of the hat. I'd love to tackle them giant rocks =)

[grantmhansen he/him]

so good - please send to Sanderson

 

I agree with Shadesmar - but would also like to see Reshi Isles

 

not sure how you feel about doing people / creatures ..but would love to see you do Cusicesh in Kasitor Bay

 

Ummm, I absolutely want to share my stuff with Sanderson =) Do you know of a better way to reach him than the contact page on his website? Tried that once, and (understandably) never heard back. Can't imagine how much email he gets through there. Do you know if he's on the forums? 

[grantmhansen he/him]

Thank you all so much for commenting, complimenting, and sharing ideas of what you'd like to see next. I've got 37 votes in hand at this point, and I'm going to print them out, cut them apart and put them into a drawing for what I'll paint next. 

 

I'm going to put EVERY vote in, regardless of whether it's a duplicate, so that the subjects that got more votes have a proportionately higher chance of getting drawn. And, of course, I'm going to post the result in here as soon as I have it.

 

I'm considering setting up a web page where I'll document the progress of the project, post up tutorials on how I approach the different parts, talk about concept art and rendering techniques, that sort of thing. 

 

Would that be of any interest to you all?

[DSC01 he/him]

Do you have a Twitter account? If you just tweet the picture to him and Peter Ahlstrom, one of them will see it and probably re-tweet. I've gotten responses from tweets to both of them, and I didn't even have any sweet art to share.

[grantmhansen he/him]

Do you have a Twitter account? If you just tweet the picture to him and Peter Ahlstrom, one of them will see it and probably re-tweet. I've gotten responses from tweets to both of them, and I didn't even have any sweet art to share.

brilliant =) I'll hunt down their handles now =)

[Stormgate he/him]

I personally wouldn't benefit from a webpage, but I think other, more artsy Sharders would enjoy it.

[grantmhansen he/him]

I personally wouldn't benefit from a webpage, but I think other, more artsy Sharders would enjoy it.

 

Thanks for the feedback cheers!

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

Venture mistborn, please feel free to use it =)

Thanks so much!

[Ari he/him]

brilliant =) I'll hunt down their handles now =)

 

Yeah he's much more responsive via twitter. Sending him emails is sort of like dropping him a letter versus actually talking to him.

 

It's @BrandSanderson, and @PeterAhlstrom for Peter, fyi.