Carolyn Bernhard

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The Gamayun

Digital, Illustration, Vis-Dev

 

The swamp where the Gamayun guards Koschei’s soul. Another environment revision, and my favorite of the bunch.

 

August 15, 2013July 18, 2014 Caro Tagged deathless, environments

The Isle of Buyan

Digital, Illustration, Vis-Dev

cbernhard_buyan

Yet another environment revision. This one is the Isle of Buyan and Koschei’s palace, which is pretty heavily inspired by the Kolomenskoye estate and the chalk cliffs of Rügen.

 

August 12, 2013September 3, 2014 Caro Tagged deathless, environments 1 Comment

Baba Yaga’s Hut

Digital, Illustration, Vis-Dev

cbernhard_hutThe chicken-legged hut of the cannibal witch Baba Yaga, ringed by glowing skulls.

 

August 10, 2013September 3, 2014 Caro Tagged deathless, environments, The

River Valley

Digital, Illustration, Vis-Dev

cbernhard_yurt

Another revision from my thesis. I decided to take a whole new approach to environments, inspired by storybook illustrators and comic artists. This is the deceptively modest home of the dragon Zmey Gorinich. Click to see it bigger!

August 7, 2013September 3, 2014 Caro Tagged deathless, environments

Koschei the Deathless

Digital, Vis-Dev

cbernhard_koschei

This is a character revision of my version of the recurring Russian fairytale villain, Koschei the Deathless.

 

August 6, 2013September 3, 2014 Caro Tagged character design, deathless

The door behind the stove

Digital, Illustration, Vis-Dev

Marya's Kitchen

A layout and value study for Marya’s kitchen, and the mysterious, tiny door hidden behind the stove.

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 Caro Tagged deathless, layout

Firebird

Digital, Vis-Dev

Firebird

Firebird design for my thesis.

December 15, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design, deathless 1 Comment

Leshy designs

Traditional media, Vis-Dev

 

Design concepts for a leshy, a Slavic woodland spirit. Click for bigger!

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 Caro Tagged character design, deathless 1 Comment

Baba Yaga

Digital, Vis-Dev

I haven’t talked much about my thesis work, mostly because it’s hard to ever feel like any given piece is done. Here is one of my character designs, for the witch Baba Yaga, a staple of Slavic folklore and one of the key characters in Deathless, the novel on which I’m basing my thesis.

November 9, 2012December 10, 2012 Caro Tagged character design, deathless
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