Next stage…

The following images are of drawings with the tattoo inspiration worked in. 

You can notice the simple little tattoo machines, the more modern tattoos on Breadan’s torso and the tattoo embedded into Rae’s wings. I decided to put tattoos on Rae’s wings because in her human form she does not have any tattoos, not because she doesn’t desire them but because she can not stand others making physical contact with her, apart from Breadan. Breadan is supposed to belong to Rae in the book, they are bonded together. Rae does not ‘freak out’ or squirm when Breadan touches her, in fact she likes it, she gets a warm feeling and even thinks about touching Breadan or Breadan touching her when they are apart.
When Rae turns into her demon form (fairy), because she can not bare to be touched other than by Breadan, I thought it would be a nice touch to embellish her fairy wings with tattoos, to resemble her tolerance to be touched by Breadan - her demon fairy soul mate.

I am really liking how this is working out, I think it adds an added extra to the images; an added 'Dionne-ness'.

Close up of Breadan.

Close up of Rae's wings.

Close up of the trees with tattoo machine's growing out of the branches.

The next set of images (below) are of the next illustration for chapter two of the book, the moment Rae meets the vampire (Tomas). Just as Rae is about to go back through the wall that parts the forest (Demon territory) and the temple (human world). Tomas has to quickly jump through the gap in the wall before it closes. It’s the gap that as been made by Breadan to allow Rae to get back to the temple. Tomas has to get through that quickly, that he sends Rae flying onto the floor, and she lies there for a moment while trying to decide how to except her fate..

I have gone for a more minimalist look with this illustration. I wanted to show Tomas's mouth and tattooed fang up close, because to me the mouth and fangs are the key parts to a vampire. Another reason why I chose to do this illustration in a more minimalist way was because this scene in the book is set on the boarder between the temple and the forest. The land around the temple is described as being minimalist with an array of flat green fields stretching from the temple up to the dividing wall.  I wanted to show the contrast between the two worlds.