Now available over at rixxjavix.com
The Ikitursa has been the single most requested piece all year, I've gotten dozens of requests for a piece on this ship and I decided to go for it. I've been taking a short break from these ever since I finished up on the Board Game project - doing 500+ illustrations will do that to a person. (Plus, I'm not even technically finished yet, I keep getting pulled back in for additional work!) But I'm starting to get inspired again and I think the break did me some real good.
Working on the board game really pushed me in a lot of new directions and allowed me to explore some new areas in my work. Mostly it gave me some much needed confidence in those areas and showed me that I can indeed push myself harder than I realized. It is all too easy to fall into a rut and keep doing the same things over and over again, but sometimes we just need to challenge ourselves and try new things. Not that this Ikitursa piece is anything extremely new in my growing portfolio - but I think it does represent some new directions I'm looking forward to exploring even more.
Either way, I hope you like it. I'll be creating even more pieces in the coming months as well as offering up some board game related pieces as the game gets closer to release.
More to come.