End of the Siege of Rome, A.D. 538
The first pencil sketches for the preview, Amiculus: Ex Libris Amiculi have arrived! To the left is the sketch for Page 2, a tantalizing blur of action and carnage showing Byzantine mop-up operations at the Siege of Rome, A.D. 538. The historian Procopius writes an eye-witness account of this year-long siege in his history "The Gothic Wars," and it's really quite exciting. The Gothic attack on Hadrian's Mausoleum is one of my favorite parts: the desperate Byzantine defenders were forced to tear up the classical statues and sculptures from the top of the Mausoleum and use them as weapons, dropping and hurling the heavy marble onto the Goths below. (The aftermath of this battle is hinted at in Panel 2 of Page 2.)
I will be making at least weekly postings of art as this progresses, trying not to give away too much, of course. These will also be appearing on the Gallery Page. You'll get a chance to watch this work develop into the kick-ass preview scheduled for print in February or March.
Next week in Character Profiles: Anastasius, the keeper of Romulus's History.
I will be making at least weekly postings of art as this progresses, trying not to give away too much, of course. These will also be appearing on the Gallery Page. You'll get a chance to watch this work develop into the kick-ass preview scheduled for print in February or March.
Next week in Character Profiles: Anastasius, the keeper of Romulus's History.
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