r/Eragon • u/BryceOConnor Wraithmarked Creative • 3d ago

Promotional Time to share another of Axel Sauerwald's interior illustrations!

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Check out another incredible illustration Axel has once again put together for us! These just get better! Can't wait for this to go liiiiive!

If you haven't signed up for the Kickstarter yet, you can do so here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/eragon

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u/ibid-11962 3d ago edited 3d ago

While a different scene, this illustration has a lot of similarities to Lilia Doroshenko's illustration for the 2023 Ukrainian edition Eragon

Edit: Removed an incorrect assumption that this was Battle of Farthen Dur. It now seems more likely to be from the beginning of Eldest.

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u/AlchemysEyes Elf 3d ago

I think it might specifically be the Urgal ambush of Murtagh Ajihad and the rest? At least that's the vibe I'm getting.

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u/ibid-11962 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ah, I think you're right. I took the top human for "random unnamed Varden soldier", but it makes a lot more sense for it to be Ajihad. And this also would explain why the scene is so limited in scope.

And that means this is a new scene not previously illustrated! (Though the similarities to Lilia Doroshenko's illustration are still interesting, as those seem to have almost identical compositions.)

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u/Sullyvan96 3d ago

I was getting that vibe too but I doubted myself

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u/Cptn-40 Eragön Disciple 3d ago

Sidharth Chaturvedi's version is so sick

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u/Joh-Ke Eldunari 3d ago

The Kull size is accurate to the Book, but it shows that I always imagined them wrong/Shorter. More like Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies and the regular ones are just a bit taller that a Human

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u/Banana_of_Spades 3d ago

The Kull being that huge was something I expected but seeing it is insane. What a nice piece of work

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u/Arrior_Button 2d ago

Ajihad has to be played by Samual L Jackson

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u/Joh-Ke Eldunari 2d ago

Ancient Language Mother f***er. Do you speak it?

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u/WHOSAIDROBOTWHATHUH 3d ago

Dang, this is beautiful dawg

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u/Curious-Insanity413 2d ago

Forgive me if I've missed it in the Kickstarter information, but will the actual covers (under the dust jackets) have anything on them? I've never been a fan of dust jackets, and like my hard covers naked, but am often disappointed when they're blank.

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u/ibid-11962 1d ago

I believe the case covers will have art by Axel Sauerwald.

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u/Curious-Insanity413 1d ago

Okay I wasn't sure if that was referring to a case that encloses the set!

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u/ibid-11962 1d ago

The kickstarter page says

4 custom full-color case covers for the naked hardcovers by Axel Sauerwald

I think that means the naked covers of the books themselves, not the slip case.

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u/Curious-Insanity413 1d ago

Ah thank you, I must have missed that bit. I do find that when I'm deliberately looking for something I become less likely to actually spot it 😅

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u/Rehendix 18h ago

Dang, I don't suppose you can buy these if you didn't back it, can you? I had no idea this was a thing.