Where it all began
Added 2019-05-12 16:43:45 +0000 UTC"Magic Training" by Daryl Toh, commissioned by James Schleisman (Me)
A little backstory on BKI, I got myself an iPad Pro as a graduation present in the fall of 2017. I started drawing and sketching gay romance and art. I really got into DeviantArt, Tumblr, and Pinterest, and that's where I discovered Daryl Toh's work! His art style was so inspirational to me and has had a huge impact on me as a writer and artist.
One day, I saw he was taking commissions on his DeviantArt page, so I decided to reach out to him and see if he could create my OC's, Norman and Cal. I really wanted to see my character ideas brought to life in his professional style (my art was still...coming together...at the time xD).
This was the first ever drawing of Norman and Cal Daryl completed for me, back in October 2017. It was the piece that sparked the BKI full-blown comic and was my intro to Daryl :)
This piece means the world to me and I'm so happy to share it with you all. I need to make a giant poster of it someday haha
-J
Comments
I would 100% buy a print of this. It’s gorgeous! All the color & details! It really is a cool piece, for both feeling like we are in the middle of a story & for your own background story of it!
Molly C Loar
2020-04-10 19:33:54 +0000 UTCYEP. where it alllll started. Daryl's first ever sketch of the two of them. They've changed a bit since then, but The character profiles are more or less the same
Jamie Schleisman
2020-01-13 18:44:30 +0000 UTCHoly C... THIS is where this all came from? I should have recognized all the arcana in the background. I loved this piece on Daryl's deviantArt. It always looked like an interstitial or an art print from a bigger story, such is both of your storytelling capabilities.
Allan Meyer
2020-01-13 06:38:39 +0000 UTCReally???
Jamie Schleisman
2019-05-15 04:29:32 +0000 UTCAnd this is where it all started 🌿 on how I discovered you 🌿
Eriol
2019-05-14 21:36:57 +0000 UTCThanks dude :) I'm glad you like it!
Jamie Schleisman
2019-05-12 23:58:13 +0000 UTCThat’s a great back story on how BKI became a thing and the working relationship between you and Daryl.
Chris Espaillat
2019-05-12 22:28:08 +0000 UTC
