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“Gaudri, daughter of a<br />
forge-master, learns<br />
from the dwarves.<br />
They alone hold the<br />
secret of metal work.”<br />
A year of drawing<br />
World building Even Mehl Amundsen spent 12 months sketching a<br />
new fantasy realm. Now it’s being brought together in book form…<br />
“Tyrev is of the north tribe. Their<br />
justice is harsh and final, and<br />
more often than not settled<br />
with either fists or swords.”<br />
How’s this for stats: 366 sketches,<br />
366 stories, written and drawn in<br />
366 days? That’s how celebrated<br />
Norwegian concept artist Even Mehl<br />
Amundsen spent his<br />
2016: sketching a fantasy<br />
scene every day, and<br />
sharing it on Instagram at<br />
@evenmehlamundsen.<br />
“It all started when a friend urged<br />
me to sketch something on the first of<br />
January,” explains the former Blizzard<br />
and Games Workshop artist. “That<br />
became a daily thing for the rest of the<br />
week, then another and another.”<br />
He decided to keep going for a year,<br />
and his sketches began to form the<br />
basis for a fantasy universe.”The idea<br />
of adding stories, and then starting to<br />
tie some of those together, kept the<br />
project interesting,” Even says. “Online<br />
feedback also helped.”<br />
Now, thanks to a successful<br />
Kickstarter campaign, all 366 drawings<br />
are being brought together in a series<br />
of three artbooks, produced with the<br />
The first book of Even’s<br />
three-volume series<br />
will be sent out to<br />
supporters of his<br />
campaign in November.<br />
help of graphic designer Spiridon<br />
Giannakis and artist Anne Pogoda.<br />
The first 160-page volume, Tegn<br />
Book 1, is expected to ship in<br />
November to those who pledge<br />
30 Euros to Even’s Kickstarter page at<br />
http://ifxm.ag/tegn-1. “Tegn has three<br />
meanings in Norwegian,” says Even.<br />
“It can mean draw, a mark or symbol,<br />
and omen. So I figured it would be a<br />
good name for this project.”<br />
Look out for a review of Even’s book<br />
in ImagineFX later this year!<br />
As well as Even’s sketches, Tegn features stories that provide<br />
intriguing backgrounds to his original characters.<br />
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