Fangirling
So many of you know that I have two sisters. One of them, the youngest one, is who I post the most about due to all her issues n' stuff. Yet my other sister is doing something QUITE cool. One of my favorite books series is The Circle of Magic series by Tamora Peirce. I met Mrs. Peirce at Dragon*Con 2008 and about melted in a puddle of goo. Well, Danielle, my art student sister, has a midterm this year that requires her to take a book series and develop art designs based off of the book. Danielle chose to do the Circle of Magic books! Here is some of the art that she's producing right now.
This is the group line up of the four main characters of the series. From Left to right, they are Briar, Tris, Sandry, and Daja.
Here are their close ups.
Briar is, I think, Danielle's favorite character...its either him or Tris. He's a theif-boy who learns to control plant magic. This group of characters is from the first set of books. These are the quartet before the events of the second half of the series.
This is Tris. We love Tris. Tris don't take no shit from no one. Its awesome.
And of course Sandry. She's the noble girl in the group. She's pretty cool as well. Usually I despise the blonde, rich girl in a group, but then again, Tamora does a really great job of pointing out that sometimes a person can't help what class they are born into. She does a fine job of creating a rich girl they way they should be.
This is Daja. She's a Traderkin. I liked her because again, she takes no shit from no one. Her story arc is pretty neat. She goes from being banished to forcing her old tribe to take her back due to her own kickassness. I like Danielle's design of her. Red is the color of mourning in Trader culture and since her entire family is dead at the beginning of the book series, the red was a good choice.
Anyway, those are the people. Danielle also did work on their props. These are the magical objects of the book series:
This is Briar's Shakkan. Its like a Bonsai tree but it hold all Briar's magic.
This is Sandry's night light. In the beginning of the first book, she is trapped in a hidden room as her entire family dies from a plague. So, her friends create a night light for her so she will never be afraid of the dark.
This is Daja's trader's staff. All trader's have one, but they have etchings and carvings on their staffs that symbolize their life. Daja's is blank because she is outcasted from her tribes.
This is the cart that Lark and Rosethorn own. Danielle hasn't done their design work yet, but since she was working on the temple area and the cottage, she decided to go ahead and work up their cart. This is how the group gets from the Winding Temple grounds to the near by towns.
Now for places that are important in the books!
This is the tower that the group trains at with their teacher, Niko. Its really just a huge tower, but it later turns out to be one of the places that has great significance in the books.
This is Danielle's rough designs for the Cave area. Its here that the four of them create a circle of magic that connects them through the next oh, eight or nine books.
This is the final picture that I'll post up. Its the cottage that the characters live at. Again, its a central location within the first series of books.
I don't know if Danielle will do anything with these designs after she finishes this particular class, but I know that I'm impressed. So, anyway, any Circle of Magic fans are sure to enjoy this.
This is the group line up of the four main characters of the series. From Left to right, they are Briar, Tris, Sandry, and Daja.
Here are their close ups.
Briar is, I think, Danielle's favorite character...its either him or Tris. He's a theif-boy who learns to control plant magic. This group of characters is from the first set of books. These are the quartet before the events of the second half of the series.
This is Tris. We love Tris. Tris don't take no shit from no one. Its awesome.
And of course Sandry. She's the noble girl in the group. She's pretty cool as well. Usually I despise the blonde, rich girl in a group, but then again, Tamora does a really great job of pointing out that sometimes a person can't help what class they are born into. She does a fine job of creating a rich girl they way they should be.
This is Daja. She's a Traderkin. I liked her because again, she takes no shit from no one. Her story arc is pretty neat. She goes from being banished to forcing her old tribe to take her back due to her own kickassness. I like Danielle's design of her. Red is the color of mourning in Trader culture and since her entire family is dead at the beginning of the book series, the red was a good choice.
Anyway, those are the people. Danielle also did work on their props. These are the magical objects of the book series:
This is Briar's Shakkan. Its like a Bonsai tree but it hold all Briar's magic.
This is Sandry's night light. In the beginning of the first book, she is trapped in a hidden room as her entire family dies from a plague. So, her friends create a night light for her so she will never be afraid of the dark.
This is Daja's trader's staff. All trader's have one, but they have etchings and carvings on their staffs that symbolize their life. Daja's is blank because she is outcasted from her tribes.
This is the cart that Lark and Rosethorn own. Danielle hasn't done their design work yet, but since she was working on the temple area and the cottage, she decided to go ahead and work up their cart. This is how the group gets from the Winding Temple grounds to the near by towns.
Now for places that are important in the books!
This is the tower that the group trains at with their teacher, Niko. Its really just a huge tower, but it later turns out to be one of the places that has great significance in the books.
This is Danielle's rough designs for the Cave area. Its here that the four of them create a circle of magic that connects them through the next oh, eight or nine books.
This is the final picture that I'll post up. Its the cottage that the characters live at. Again, its a central location within the first series of books.
I don't know if Danielle will do anything with these designs after she finishes this particular class, but I know that I'm impressed. So, anyway, any Circle of Magic fans are sure to enjoy this.