Sometimes artists really scare me. Their talent is scary enough, usually, but this is a case where I am befuddled.

First off, the below piece of artwork is the cover of a book. It is wholly conceivable that this other writer and I are channeling from the same source in the cosmos. If so, that's pretty damn cool. But the reason I am blown away by the below painting is how eerily similar it is to a scene in The Winter Scion, my now halted sequel to Song of the Fell Hammer.

Here it is:



For those of you who have read Fell Hammer, you'll probably recognize the character standing with the book open. Remember the Dym, up on the mountains high above the city of LOCKWOOD? Remember the dark book of magic in the Dym? Remember Kieren and his dragon Rashykh and their desire for more power? Even though the painting has a gargoyle in it—which Song of the Fell Hammer has as well but in a different context—the resemblance to Kieren's dragon is pretty unmistakable, at least how I imagined it. Eerie, eerie, eerie how similar the visions are to me; there is a scene in The Winter Scion where Kieren steals the Dym's imprisoned book, and looking over the Giant city below knows their time is about to end.

I've known Todd for two years. Super nice guy, fanfrickintastic artist. Perhaps he was channeling my work somehow? If so, he might have to be my personal artist because the man sees into my mind and he deserves to at least get paid for that horror.

Labels: Artist, The Winter Scion