Candle Arc

CANDLE ARC

big space battles,
small atrocities

“Next time, I need to get assassinated on a planet where they don’t botch the job.”

animatic proof of concept WIP: a man fires a phoenix, which dissolves into numerals to reveal a woman; the woman ungloves and summons a sword, then lunges; dissolve into a ghostly phoenix accompanying a starship fleet toward a space station
animatic proof of concept WIP, a.k.a. “the entire plot of Ninefox Gambit in twelve seconds” (ToonSquid on iPad – can you tell I’m a watercolorist…)

A suicidal general who’s never been defeated.
A fleet outnumbered ten to one.
Off-label uses of number theory.

Sketches and process.
Preliminary readings and references. (This is for my benefit!)

Concepts, Environments, Explorations

Based on the author’s short story “The Battle of Candle Arc” (Clarkesworld, October 2012) and novel Ninefox Gambit (Rebellion Solaris, 2016).

Concept art (Procreate on iPad)
Excerpt: Ninefox Gambit #0 (characters + environment: ink + wash [traditional media], Clip Studio EX [letters]).
test animatic: Cheris
concept: test animatic (TVPaint Pro)
Excerpt: Ninefox Gambit #0 (environment concept: ink + wash [traditional media], Clip Studio EX [letters])
Excerpt: Candle Arc #1 (ashcan comic proof of concept, watercolor [traditional media], Procreate [inks, letters]), origami starship designs by Felicity Fisher, used with permission

More Explorations

Characters.

(more TK)

Music Reel

Hybrid Orchestra & Other Explosions

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