An arcane Workplace

(Originally uploaded to DeviantArt)

So, i used the free day to finish this drawing of mine.

It was a really quick design-process and so it turned into a little bit of a mess. But it shows me where i am with my current talent. I really like how the pages of the open book turned out, but otherwise the lighting is rather boring. Must be a cloudy day outside. I am also not quite happy with the colors, I used a bit of everything without any plan. Also: Again, no human characters. But I will dare into anatomy soon, at least I hope I will.

While i was drawing i came up with a little background lore to this otherwise unconnected piece. In this world magic is something that has to be hidden, arcane as in the title. The open book itself has magic properties, as in that its contents are not fixed. It rewrites itself and will always present new secrets and instruction to the reader. There exist different kinds of these books and they are highly priced at secret markets. They can be replicated by immense handwork, as one person can create an new one by copying ALL pages from one magic book onto paper in one sitting. If this is done without mistakes (with roughly 500 pages I remind you) and the pages are bound into a finished book, this new book as well will now have the rewriting property, although its gained 'type' of arcane knowledge is randomly given.

2017-11-22