Raphyel M. Jordan's Blog, page 14

What.Is.This??? Part 3

Here we are again, with an update of this mysterious looking fella. So, it's been a lonnnnng time since he's been finished, but I can't show off the finished piece due to my own marketing plans. Don't worry. It'll all make sense later.
Any who, there's more attention to shading and lighting here of course. I was still using the custom brush a lot here since I wanted some texture on this guy. You'll also realize that he's actually in armor, 

Operation Sand Gnat: Ad 2

This novel is a prequel to Prossia, focusing on the upbringing of Aly and Catty. It will cover how these two developed such a friendship–and rivalry– along with dwelling into Goolian culture and why this race of people are the way they are. Oh, and you’ll also see how Aly’s people deal with her little. . . um. . . .situation (Spoilers from Prossia).The manuscript is currently in its pre-editing stage and will be in the hands of an editor by the end of the year. I’ll continue to keep...

New Sand Gnat Pic

"Phew!" Finally finished.

Well helloooooooo there! I haven't posted anything since the start of the New Year because I've been soooooooo busy prepping up for next month's blog tour. I posted a teaser of this pic a while back while it was still in its early stages. Here's the final piece! I'll be using this for Sand Gnat ads. Hope you like!

My First Blog Tour

I know, I know. I should've had one years ago, but better late than never! As 2012 was a year of learning what I've been doing right and wrong with my writing career, here's another one of those right instances that all authors, especially indies, should take a shot at.

With the help of the Masquerade Crew, I'll be hosting my very first blog tour in February, promoting "Prossia." During the tour, I'll be discussing numerous subjects such as the motivation behind Prossia, the "humanity" in my a...

My "Next Big Thing"

If you're an author, I'm sure you've heard of this "Next Big Thing" . . . um. . . thing happening. I won't lie to ya, I actually had no intent of doing this. . . but then my buddy Lee Stephen of the Epic Universe saga basically said, "Hey, I'm doing the Next Big Thing, and you're doing it to." :P LOL! So, here we go!

1) What is the title of your next book/work?The book is still under pre-title of Operation: Sand Gnat. I also got another big story I'm working on the side called Operation: Pirat...

Operation Pirate Bee Ad 4

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What.Is.This??? Part 2

So the pic, of course, has been done for a while now since I showed its first part wayyyyyy back before Thanksgiving. Still, I'm liking the once a month update on it. In case you don't remember, I did this pic while I was waiting on my pre-edit feedback of Operation Sand Gnat to come back. Not too much has changed in this part since I estimate that there wasn't a lot of time between this part of the illustration and the last part. If you got a good eye though, you'll notice the slight attenti...

Star Wars In Real Life Anyone?

Hey there! We haven't seen an article like this one in a while, now have we? But I had to cover this after watching the video on Youtube. Those guys at DARPA sure do like to make a lot of fancy toys, after all, and the V-bat drone is the latest project that has a lot of people, like IGN, thinking this when they see it in action:  Imperial Probe Droid from Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back "Using a stereo vision system in tandem with GPS, the drone is capable of delivering one-pound...

The Seminar of All Seminars For Writers

If you've read my posts before, you know that I'm always plugging in something about the Superstars Writing Seminar I went to this year in Las Vegas, and for good reasons. In case you couldn't tell by my DM3W articles , I've made tons of amateur mistakes since I started to take writing serious two years ago. I've tossed my money into false hopes, marketed to uninterested audience, and waited for things to happen while I just sat back, watched, and hoped for the best. Yeah, I've made mistakes,...

Next "Sand Gnat" Ad

Here's a glimpse of what to expect for the next "Sand Gnat" ad. It's clearly in its development stages. More characters and details need to be added here and there.There's a lot of more work to be done, for sure, but I'm looking forward to what I can muster up. ;)