I'm happy to announce that Elisabeth Alba will be contributing illustrations for The Griffin Series. Miss Alba will be designing a Griffin, a Dragon, a Panda and a Gambor for the books.
She will be the first artist to interpret the Gambor. Here are the descriptions I provided her. I think I've given her a tall order...
Gambor: race of large (3 meter tall) multi-limbed, smooth-shelled, winged beetles (sentient); home world is Galzeki, tagged for garbage reclamation by Imperial Navy and site of 400-year-old civil war.
A smooth-shelled giant beetle, Ka’vaelus’ body segments were encased in a hardened exoskeleton finished to a glossy black sheen. The outer wings were modified into stiff elytra that protected the inner pair, folded against his spine.
His domed head was smooth with conical twists and slopes topped with three short horns sharpened to a brutal point. His shiny dorsal plates bore the scars from many a pitched battle and his bandolier was adorned with a red swath of galen root, signifying his rank as Cha’halen. At his torso’s midsection, between the natural armor plating of his body segments, an elaborate embroidered belt of vines held a series of moist satchels filled with tiny seedlings.
She will be the first artist to interpret the Gambor. Here are the descriptions I provided her. I think I've given her a tall order...
Gambor: race of large (3 meter tall) multi-limbed, smooth-shelled, winged beetles (sentient); home world is Galzeki, tagged for garbage reclamation by Imperial Navy and site of 400-year-old civil war.
A smooth-shelled giant beetle, Ka’vaelus’ body segments were encased in a hardened exoskeleton finished to a glossy black sheen. The outer wings were modified into stiff elytra that protected the inner pair, folded against his spine.
His domed head was smooth with conical twists and slopes topped with three short horns sharpened to a brutal point. His shiny dorsal plates bore the scars from many a pitched battle and his bandolier was adorned with a red swath of galen root, signifying his rank as Cha’halen. At his torso’s midsection, between the natural armor plating of his body segments, an elaborate embroidered belt of vines held a series of moist satchels filled with tiny seedlings.