Back in 2018 I decided to join the inktober challenge, but I personalized it based on the characters of The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende. Since each chapter begins with a different letter, following progressively the order of the alphabet, I tried to illustrate each drop cap with the content of the corresponging chapter. In a moment of nostalgia in 2026 I have decided to go back to those inked drawings an add some digital colors to them.
The AURYN, the Jewel, the Pentacle, the Splendor
Karl Konrad Koreander (Carlo Corrado Coriandoli)
Bastian Balthazar Bux
Chapter 1: Danger in Fantastica
Chapter 2: Atreyu
Chapter 3: Morla the Aged One
Chapter 4: Ygramul the Many
Chapter 5: The Gnomics
Chapter 6: The Three Magic Gates
Chapter 7: The Voice of Silence
Chapter 8: The Wind Giants
Chapter 9: Spook City
Chapter 10: The Flight to the Ivory Tower
Chapter 11: The Childlike Empress
Chapter 12: The Old Man of the Wandering Mountain
Chapter 13: Perilin, the Night Forest
Chapter 14: The Desert of Colors
Chapter 15: Grograman, the Many Colors Death
Chapter 16: The Silver City of Amarganth
Chapter 17: A Dragon for Hero Hynreck
Chapter 18: The Acharis
Chapter 19: The Travelling Companions
Chapter 20: The Seeing Hand
Chapter 21: The Star Cloister
Chapter 22: The Battle for the Ivory Tower
Chapter 23: The City of the Old Emperors
Chapter 24: Dame Eyola
Chapter 25: The Picture Mine
Chapter 26: The Water of Life
The End (?)