I’m Jose, illustrator and concept artist from Cadiz, Spain, and I’m illustrating my first artbook which is called “The Art of Valhalla, vol.1 The Awakening of the dragons”. It consists on an artbook with illustrations and sketches, explaining the whole creative process of the norse world that i developed based on the text of the Eddas.
I just launch my first project on Kickstarter, which is my first crowdfunding campaign. It will lasts only 30 days , to get a copy of my upcoming book and the exclusive rewards only available on Kickstarter.
The Art of Valhälla: The Awakening of the Dragons is an artbook which expresses, through all my art developed during the last three years, a new story based on the vast and fantastic nordic mythology told along the nine realms, bringing to life the most remarkable heroes, Gods, creatures and the most impressive landscapes, in a new original story inspired in the Norse mythology.
A deep insight into the beautiful, brutal and savage world of the norse Gods, an incredible odyssey which took place long before the Ragnarök, when Aesir and Vanir were about to begin the Final War in the guts of Asgard, war which would decide the future of the race of the Gods and unleash an ancient shadow which still dwells beyond the wastelands.
This work will be presented only in hardcover and will count with over 150 pages with illustrations, concept arts, sketches and the development of the creative process of the norse worlds along with the story told thorough the more than 20 chapters presenting the protagonists, all of them with a unique story but at the same time, interlinked and building a greater story and developing a general conflict which affects all the realms.
In addition to a gallery of illustrations and sketches, you can find inside this book little sketches of my designs with a collection of tips and tricks, and also the study of the creation of this norse world.
You can find a workflow with a step-by-step tutorial, with notes and tips that I learnt over the years as a digital artist. In this way, I share with you what helped me evolve and grow as an artist and I hope that it will help you as well.
The creation of this new norse world is based on the lines and descriptions of the Eddas, but in a darker, more savage and elemental vision, before the arrival of the vikings, when the gods walked the earth.
Since I wanted to thank all the sponsors for their time and effort to support this project, I have decided to release it though Kickstarter.
With Kickstarter, you will have the chance of getting some of the exclusive rewards offered in the different sponsoring levels, which will consist in a SR4 size Glicée illustration, a slip-case which protects the copy, and a litography inside of a folder, among others.
In doing so, I added an extra reward besides the original ones called “stretch goal rewards” to the campaign. I designed a set of extra bonuses which will be unlocked once we have reached certain levels.
I’m tremendously proud to present this to all of you after a year long. It is unlike any other book, since it sets readers on a behind-the-scene journey to witness the creation of an epic of tremendous scale.
Finally I would like that you have a look on my project and if you like it, share it with your friends and acquaintances, to make this book more visible between the people who love creative and fantastic worlds.
This is the link to my artbook on Kickstarter. Website: artofvalhalla.com
