The Lament of Geseus
Geseus, a woman who was raised to hate and slay the gods so she can save the world, but is fated to become a god so that she can protect the world. In yet another one of my mythologies, Geseus (Jess-eh-us) is part of an order of heretics known as Eclipses, a secret Order who seeks vengeance on the gods for their mistreatment and subjugation of mankind during some pivotal events in the ancient past. The eclipses seek the destruction of the divine powers that have the would bound in what is known as the Shining Age of Dragons and Giants.
Geseus, a Heroine (a regular human whose soul has been ascended beyond the mortal bonds, granting the Heroes immortality and power similar to the gods) is faced with saving and freeing mankind but only at the cost of her beliefs as the cost for the hubris of her fellow Eclipses.
The story this time is more recent, and I call it Knights of the Dark Age, about mankind being forced to recognize its place without the oppressive hand of gods and recovering from a Dark Age, when humanity is not in touch with its own heritage history and must uncover the dark and horrible secrets that the gods of light have sealed away.
I'm at this particular point, less afraid to actually try painting with my India Ink and brushes. My strokes are less constrained and a little freer.Admittedly, the body of the deep contrast areas are actually painted using the Copic PenBrush. The Copic alcohol-based ink is seductive in the even, flat and VERY black coverage it presents along with the ease of manual control makes it a very excellent and useful bad habit-forming tool. This is the last time that I've used it in a final composition, but I had a hard time weening myself off of it, because it seems to solve so many issues so stylistically, but it feels at times that it's more the neatness of the pen at work and less of my wrist creating deliberate neatness.
The final nail in the coffin of my rejecting the ultra-effective easy mode Copic pens was when I realized - after the ink dried - that my beloved India Ink has some inherent warmth that is lacking in the Copic inks, causing some inconsistencies that I was not prepared to sacrifice for the sheer love of my favorite medium-tools, the Dip Pen and Watercolour Brush. Things will get better from this point on.
.1mm copic pen/brush
2mm pencil (2H/4H)
Windsor & Newton India Ink
