This is the illustration for a short story I wrote titled “Old Man’s Creek”. It is very special, it is inspired by an actual place from my father’s childhood town, about a creek where all the kids were afraid to walk by, especially at night.
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“…an echo of that music has stayed in my head ever since, an echo that has blossomed and has grown coloured petals, and I have countless times wished I could go back and hear it again in the flesh…“
Extract from the book VILLAGER by Tom Cox
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Here’s my final illustration for my original short story, “The Bravery of Joe Ice.” This illustration had more explorations and work sketches than I expected, but sometimes, it is important to iterate to find the right tone for the scene.
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According to my home country’s tradition, the priest is believed to have been cursed due to horrible sins he committed during his life, which involved abusing his position as a respected man of faith. In some versions, the priest was lynched by the townsfolk, who decapitated him after his sins came to light. Since then, he should have wandered to prevent those same sins from happening until his debt to God and the people was paid.
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Dear Journal, you won’t believe what happened under the old bakery today. This girl is Sally, an original character I made up to star in an original short story I wrote for my daughter. This scene would be perfect for book 2.
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This scene was originally conceived for the prompt word “BEAST” of last year’s Inktober, where three original characters were going on a quest to hunt a supernatural beast. Back in that year, I was writing a short story for each prompt-word, and this was probably the most ambitious of them in such a way that I couldn’t finish neither the story nor the illustration. But now it’s here.
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This is an illustration I’d been running away from for a long time. I usually don’t draw sceneries and landscapes, but I have to admit I really enjoyed this one. Here, Aurelio briefly reveals to Stella where that thing escaped in my short story “The Ishume Day”.
You can read it online via WATTPAD in English and Spanish versions.
You can also download both on your mobile device via GUMROAD.
Check the process of creating the illustration below.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 7 minutes.
I was just about to be done with my third cup; that’s how I knew the old man talking to me was real. I was broke then, so I could not afford another round unless I accepted his invitation, which I did not want because that meant only one thing.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 10 minutes
Purple was the color the lady chose to wear that evening. She needed to maximize her theatrical impression, considering such a customer had decided to pay her a visit at last.
She looked at herself in the mirror and thought she’d never been so pretty and young.
– And now, for the show. Which one should we use? – She asked, opening a wooden vault where four beautiful crystal balls lay.
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Sketching I made for one of my short stories, “Little Paper Man,” which I will be re-releasing soon, in both English and Spanish.
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