Do you have illustrations in your novels? Let's help each other grow!

[JWZagst]

Until I can commission an artist, I've been using Hero Forge to craft my characters and show them in different outfits and expressions. What methods do you use? And share your stories below! If you Sub to mine, I'll sub to yours!

My novel is He Wore Black Velvet, an isekai BL steampunk fantasy with a strong focus on characterization and attention to detail. Please check it out! Each episode has at least one image included, though some have more if the scenes call for it, as well as music accompaniment in the first few episodes, as well as future eps when the timing is right.

He Wore Black Velvet | Tapas

[JWZagst]

Here are some of the characters in my novel:

Caleb Qadir

Vathano Qhousalar

Mhiccad O'shaede

Ysaugrha O'shaede

Tamreon Erko

The Green-Eyed Woman

[thedude3445]

Heck yeah. Hands Held in the Snow's got all sorts of art and illustrations, all done by the great Mikayla Buan, who also helped created the Acorn Princess short.

Hands Held in the Snow | Tapas

Here's just a random sample:

[Uylisis]

I'm in the process of adding more illustrations to my novel, The Tale of The Great Daemon King
as I updated it. I'm hoping to have an illustration for each chapter if possible.

The Tale of The Great Daemon King | Tapas

Here 1 illustration from the first chap. All the illustrations would be comic style.

[Lista_L]

Series name: Sengoku Jidai: UNTOLD
Genre: Action|adventure|comedy|fantasy|war
Description: follow the adventures of Hiro and his newly found master as they navigate through the warring nation of Japan to uncover troublesome mysteries. Along the way they encounter demons that threaten the already fragile peace.

Read on #tapas
https://tapas.io/series/Sengoku-JidaiUNTOLD

Webtoon:

Sengoku Jidai: UNTOLD

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

Yup! Part one just has a picture of each character as they tell their pre-apocalypse tales, but I plan for part two to have more traditional illustrations.

Here's all the drawings of the characters together!

[Massiel_Solis]

using hero forge is SUCH a brilliant idea. Love it~
I'm not a writer, but even as an artist this is a great idea for crafting a reference

[JWZagst]

Thanks! I love being able to include visuals. Pretty soon, once the story opens up to the wider world, I'm going to include maps made in Inkarnate as well.

[MeltingCORE]

I do my own paintings for my New Gods novel. You'll find a ton of people here who are artists + writers!

Red Shift | Tapas

[crowstories]

Yes! Apparently I'm all about the moody nighttime Pacific NW vibes.

Chaos Dog | Tapas

[JWZagst]

So beautiful! I enjoy these a lot :D.

[JWZagst]

So beautiful! Pacific NW for the win! I live in Portland, and my other novel, Ballad of Mallory Dane, features a superhero team for Portland :D.

[crowstories]

Oh hey, me too!

Now I mention how glad I am that this heat wave is ending to meet the character minimum lol

[JWZagst]

Awesome! I can't wait for this heat wave to end! I fell off a MAX platform with an armful of groceries while trying to dodge a pesky wasp and hurt my ankle, so I've been trapped in my apartment. Would have been a nice week to go for a swim somewhere to cool off, haha. I think MultCo moved to low risk, so some pools are opening again.

[JWZagst]

I do draw as well as write, but the former is mostly just for fun. I don't have the patience to do anything amazing with my art when I can craft a scene so much quicker with a few paragraphs of written words. Still, I will include a few of my drawings (they're mostly meh).

[MeltingCORE]

Thank you - I'm really happy you like them!

[Shredder]

I've commissioned an artist for illustrations and I think they're fantastic

And my story, but I've paused for now while I work on my notes.

[Freemints30]

I do an illustrated almost every episode so I have alooooot of stuff like this

Smoke and Murders | Tapas

[bkwildenberg]

I would love to do an illustration per chapter, but I'm still learning and can't keep up with my writing. Here's an illustration I did for Chapter One!

Story is here https://tapas.io/series/SyndicateHeroes

[Katsalia]

I'm by no means an artist, but I also haven't wanted to commission anyone to do art for my novel right now. Right now the only illustrations I have in mine are the first time major characters appear. (if the characters don't indicate my lack of artistic hand, my basic shabby backgrounds will for sure!) The reason I went out of the way to do it even though I don't really draw is because I still wanted the clear image of my characters to be shown.
If anyone is curious, my series is called Record of a Demon Lover, and it's a GL action story about a human getting tied up with a clan of succubi.

Record of a Demon Lover | Tapas

And here are the examples of art I did: