![]() ![]() "Jarvis – the Sorcerer's Apprentice" is the only one translated into English.Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Along with paintings, he has written numerous books. Jesper Ejsing still lives in Copenhagen Denmark, with his 2 sons and wife, Lea. He struck out on a journey, stubbornly, and at times ignorant to the realities of life, and 2 decades of traveling has finally brought him home. When he finally got his first assignment for Dungeons and Dragons it was 20 years since that Christmas when the goal was set. Soon he weeded out the assignments that weren't historical, and after a while all he did was fantasy art. The early years as a fulltime illustrator meant drawing anything for money. He studied Danish literature and Art History before quitting University for a freelance artist life. He would make a living illustrating things that live only in imagination. Skipping through the pages of the rulebooks, he set a goal for the rest of his life: He would become a fantasy artist. ![]() He first discovered fantasy through the works of Tolkien and got introduced to D&D on Christmas Day, 1986. Jesper Ejsing was born in Denmark in1973. It came from having created a story in one sitting. But after I had finished my second painting, the wizard: I was left with a feeling of joy and happiness that didn’t come from having painted a painting in one sitting. And I had even said out loud the evening before, that I was just going to paint something simple. ![]() The promise of something happening is so much more engaging than a cool pose.Īnd it surprised me that it was such a great part of the wizard painting and the whole process: I thought coming up with stories and painting them was hard and took effort that would complicate and make everything so much harder. there can be a hint of an action that has taken place before the image and a suggestion of what happens next. My point is: even in a One Hour Painting, there can be a story. But alas it seems like you can easily forget you are walking on tat path. The first time I created a little story and painted it, something changed in me and I knew that I was on a path I could never get tired off walking. I remember the feeling from when I was younger and did a lot of pinup drawings. I was trying to just show as much of the painting process of using color temperature bounce light and contrast as possible, that I forgot to add any narrative idea. With that image I had no story or idea other than a figure in a setting. The first painting I did during the THU-week was a sad looking fox with wings. But the theme or narrative was what drove me though all the decisions. All I needed for the demo, was a figure and a small background in order to be able to show some acrylic technics. Now he is a Star-Wizard.Īs you can hear from my rant of thoughts, all the choices I made for the painting was dictated by narrative ideas. The star-light is best harnessed in a shape of a star of cause, that’s why the tip is star-shaped, and the pattern on his hat could be stars as well. Then I could make the staff tip be a start shape, like he had capture some star-light and was using it as a lure. Perhaps fireflies? Well in that case its a night scene. If the tip was glowing what would that mean? Ahh: its because he is trying to attract something with the light. And of cause couldn’t resist the idea of a glowing tip. I drew the ragged wizard and thought about a staff for him. Having a hint or a narrative element is key to creating fantasy illustrations for me.
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