Eshkà

Poster of my story Eshkà 2nd poster of my story Eshkà

"It's the night we climb on the hill,
and stars choose us"

Gris is a young woman from a world devastated by an environmental and spacial disasters. A special kind of "force" appeared during the cataclysm, named "Eshkà" (spark), allowing living beings to survive harsh conditions on the planet, and to fight a dark creature known as the Corruption.

Rejected because of this absence of magic, Gris is trying to find her place in this world and get answers on why she's different. She's gonna travel around the world and will be joined by multiple people along her journey, some with very good intentions, others not.

Eshkà's idea was originally pretty different and made for a university pitch project. I started to work on it during spring 2021. In december 2021, I had a dream that inspired me a digital painting and an original song, "La Colline aux Étoiles" (The Stars Hill).

This story is meant to be a comic first (estimated date : 2026), and I intend to create a short animation as well.
The comic will be posted online and hopefully it will be edited and printed someday.

Themes

nature ✦ lesbian love ✦ identity exploration ✦ traditions ✦ spirits and legends ✦ solarpunk ✦ drama ✦ romance ✦ fantasy

Turn around of the main character of my story Eshkà Digital painting of world building concepts Digital painting of my characters Fauve and Kanaah in their spirit shape Watercolor of character exploration Digital painting of my character concept for Raun 2D animated gif of my character Gris reaching for an Eshkà Digital painting of Gris and Fauve from my story Eshkà Reference sheet of my character Gris Reference sheet of my character Fauve Watercolor of my character Gris holding an Eshkà Watercolor of my characters Gris and Fauve travelling

Various digital paintings made for concept explorations, character designs, world building, ideas... I also have a lot of concepts in a dedicated sketchbook.

Short animation of my characters Gris and Fauve.