10/10/2026
The second Drawtober prompt, 'Shadow Prince,' made me immediately think of Gwyndolyn! [minor spoiler for Dark Souls ahead!!!]
Dark Sun Gwyndolyn, last born child of Lord Gwyn, is the secret ruler of Anor Londo. He uses illusory magic to create a façade of a bright and shining city of the gods, when in reality it is shrouded in darkness and abandoned. This blockprint is based on the official art for Gwyndolyn by concept artist Mai HatsuyamaI. I love the character's design and his helm is one of my fave armor pieces in the game!
First time making a print where the carved portions are the design and the negative space is inked! I imagined them as bookmarks... Wasn't planning on printing them with a white border, but I ended up liking how it looks on these test prints; unfortunately, the edges aren't really straight for that purpose atm, lol. Done for the challenge, but I might fiddle with this some more later. ^_^
Carved with Flexcut Tools & inked with Speedball Art Products ink and brayer with linoleum from Blick Art Materials ~