Interview: Cruzines
I was interviewed as a Enchanted Visions Artist at Cruzines-The Thoughts and Art of Tori Beveridge. You can read the interview HERE.
Teacher. Author. Illustrator. Witch. Bard. Freak. Destroyer of Illusions. Loves spicy food and tea with biscuits.
Fox-at-Twilight / Lady Ilira Nathalan
Some character designs for a WotC comic project 🙂 Some pages of the project
Character Design
Character Design
Inktober 2014
I’m participating in Inktober this year! If you don’t know what it is … Inktober is a challenge in which during the month of October you upload a ink drawing each day. You can also do it every two days, or upload your drawings once a week… the point is to encourage positive habits, drop ideas…
Frija Aretai – Illustration Process
New video of my latest illustration process “Frija Aretai” made for the Enchanted Visions theme Wonder. Frija is a character from my novel “The Gem of Deneb”, which I have great affection. She’s a “misunderstood” poetess and mage that write her spells in the air with her magic ink. Video available on Vimeo and Youtube. Reference (or call it remake)…
Farian, Queen of the Sidhe – Illustration Process
New video with my new illustration process: Farian, the Queen of the Sidhe! It was an illustration keep me frustrated for a while, I changed the composition in the last minute and the atmosphere from an interior to an exterior with two light focus. Made for Enchanted Visions, and now you can see it on the front…
Remakes II – Venux / Pain
Here comes another post of remakes of old drawings. This is full of messy things. Some have more than 10 years, and there is a brutal change. If you do not know, this is Bellatrix. The alfar in my novels known er as “Venux”. She’s a grey dragon and a major (and minor) character in some…
Remakes I – Annarien
Today I will talk about illustration remakes. Do any of you have ever done one? I’m going to be showing some art remakes, with the same subject, that I have been doing. I’ll go publishing them serialized 😀 This illustration, with which I’ve never been very satisfied, is the first one I’ll talk. I changed…
Sketchfest!
I had been invited many times to Skecthfest, an event where in 48 hours you make sketches according to the themes that people will give, but I never had time to participate. Well, this past weekend I finally found some time and the truth and it’s really fun: D The sketches I made, mostly quick…
Equilibrio – Portada
Equilibrio, por Damián G. Ponce. Portada por Mónica N. Galván. Comprar en Amazon
General of Riga – Process Video
New video tutorial, featuring my latest painting “General of Riga”. Hope you like it! Also on Vimeo. Illustration Process of “General of Riga”, piece featuring one of my novel characters, done for Enchanted Visions Project. Tools: Paint Tool SAI + Photoshop (colors) © Monica N. Galvan, 2013. Music: Akashic Records
New layout and news
The website has been revamped, with a more simple look and adaptable to mobile devices. I’m still working on the gallery, adding illustrations that were left out in the archives and correcting the oldest ones. If you find a bug, feel free to comment 🙂 About my work: MoonSlayer continues its path. We start the chapter…
New images in the Gallery
I uploaded a lot of watercolours and traditional media illustrations in the gallery. They will be for sale soon in the shop. Also updated it a bit.