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