Marilena Mexi: illustrated

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6/6/13

Deerward - Sketches

Here you can see some sketches and speed paintings based on my new book, 'Deerward'. I made them 1-2 years ago.

Thanks for viewing!

Wacom intuos 3, Photoshop Cs5

2009 - 2013 © Marilena Mexi.all rights reserved

12/3/13

I created this painting for a workshop of IT'S ART Cg site. The title of the workshop is 'Fantastic Emotions' coming on 24th March.

"Tinuviel! Tinuviel! He called her by her elvish name; And there she halted listening. One moment stood she, and a spell His voice laid on her: Beren came, And doom fell on Tinuviel That in his arms lay glistening." J. R. R. Tolkien

Tools : Photoshop Cs6 - Wacom intuos 3

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2009 - 2013 © Marilena Mexi.all rights reserved

5/1/13

Olivine

Concept from my new novel. I made this a year ago. For the time, I can only share a few concepts from the project.

Wacom intuos 3, Photoshop Cs5

2009 - 2013 © Marilena Mexi.all rights reserved

21/11/12

The Smell of Nature

Concept from my new novel. For the time, I can only share a few concepts from the project.
Wacom intuos 3, Photoshop Cs5

2009 - 2012 © Marilena Mexi.all rights reserved

19/11/12

Featured artwork - Artbook

Today I received the beautiful artbook by the wonderful fellow artist Isis Sousa. Isis Sousa, is a great new artist who specialized mostly in portraits. In the book you can find many amazing portraits by her and very helpful tutorials and techniques, I think it's very good thing for aspiring artists. Also I really love the cover, because it's very attractive and beautiful. I'd like to say a big thank you to Isis because she chose me as a guest artist among with other talented illustrators.

I recommend this book because has amazing artwork by her and very useful Hints & Tips.
Here you can buy it. Amazon.com

Thanks for viewing!

Marilena

13/3/12

Dark Aster

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this two years ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

Tools ; Photosho Cs5 + Wacom intuos 3 + ref for the pose

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2012 All Rights Reserved

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Marilena

12/3/12

The Land of Merfok - Concept 2

10/3/12

Asteria - Mermaid

17/10/11

The Soldiers of New Palace

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Ninemia' ( Antara book 2 ) the second book and sequel of 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' and 'Ninemia' check the list . 'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations. 'Ninemia' is the second and final part of 'Antara' and it includes 15 illustrations.

Tools ; Photosho Cs5 + Wacom intuos 3

© Marilena Mexi - Antara - Ninemia 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing! Marilena

6/10/11

Asteria and Orestis - Concept Art 2

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Ninemia' ( Antara book 2 ) the second book and sequel of 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' and 'Ninemia' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations. 'Ninemia' is the second and final part of 'Antara' and it includes 15 illustrations.

Tools ; Photosho Cs5 + Wacom intuos 3

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

26/9/11

Asteria and Orestis

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

Tools ; Photosho Cs5 + Wacom intuos 3 + ref for the pose

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

21/9/11

King of Merfolk, Azarus

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

17/9/11

Asteria, Queen of Merfolk ( Human Form )

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

15/9/11

King Orestis, King of Humans

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

12/9/11

Asteria, Queen of Merfolk

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

11/9/11

The Land of Merfolk - Shore

This is concept art from my illustrated novel 'Antara'. I made this a year ago, I hope you like it. Please check the promo trailer Antara Trailer Where you can buy 'Antara' check the list .

'Antara' is a duology for older teens. It's about a modern fairy tale with elements of romance, mystery and adventure, set in a magical world with merfolk and humans. 'Antara' is an illustrated novel by me, and it includes 26 illustrations.

© Marilena Mexi - Antara 2009 - 2011 All Rights Reserved

Thanks for viewing!
Marilena

8/9/11

The White Palace of Bottom

5/9/11

The Forest of Dark Aster

27/7/11

The reason I’ve chosen the path of self-publishing and why I’m still looking for a literary agent.

Many people often ask me why I’ve chosen the path of self-publishing. It’s a very hard question, but after so many months the time has come to answer and describe my thoughts. As many of you know, Antara is a book written and illustrated by me. There isn’t any similar style of book in the market. There are children’s picture books and graphic novels, but scarcely someone would come across an illustrated novel. The rarity of this kind of book has prevented me to find a literary agent to represent me. If in the US there are 1000 literary agents, only 30 of them would represent author/illustrators, and the ones I’ve contacted rejected my book because that kind seemed unusual to them. A lot of people say that excuse was unfair, and yes, I believe the same thing as well. But life is unfair many times (so I’m not going to nag about that). In the process, I tried to contact a few publishing houses directly but that turned out to be impossible; No one of the large publishing houses accepts unsolicited submissions.

Therefore, there was but one solution, to self-publish my book, so that Antara wouldn’t wreck. Sometimes I read articles where some are against self-publishing, but they would do the same thing if they were in my position. In no occasion would I let my dream fade. I worked very hard for Antara; the illustrations took me almost 2 years, I wrote the story in Greek and I paid for the Greek-to-English translation myself, and all of this because I didn’t want my effort to be wasted.

Some would-be writers ask me what they should choose, self-publishing or traditional publishing. Many self-published authors would reply that they don’t know, I’m going to propose traditional publishing. What for? Self-publishing definitely has some pros, but there are times that I feel like I’m going to burst and abandon everything; in the end, however, I always come to my senses. Since Antara was published, I work hard on a daily basis to promote my book totally by myself, and this is exhausting and difficult. No, I’m not nagging about that, I’m just noting that the promotion is the most difficult aspect of self-publishing. It needs a lot of continuous nerve, time and effort. So if anyone asks if I’m in favor of traditional publishing, I’d say ‘yes’, simply because I’d like someone else to undertake the burden of promotion and other things in instead of me. I’d like a professional editor to correct my books, and I’d like a literary agent to promote my name and my work, because it’s impossible to do everything by myself. I would just like to focus on writing and painting; that would be much better. That’s why the path of self-publishing is a difficult one.

All of the above have led me to a huge dilemma for my next book. I’m thinking to begin writing a new story, and I really want to do it. However, the question arises: should the third book be illustrated or not? As I’ve explained, the reason that most agents rejected Antara was the book’s category and the kind of my illustration. So, if I start sending queries to agents, I will have again the same results, and I don’t want to get through that again. But if some people bought Antara, they did because of the illustration, that’s mostly what made the book special, and that’s what many reader reviews say. Therefore, I’m truly torn on this issue, and I don’t know what to do. The only thing I can do is to mention that even if I chose the difficult path of self-publishing, I’m still looking for a literary agent or publisher to make my life easier.

I hope everything goes well.
Marilena

26/6/11

'Ninemia' - The sequel and final part of 'Antara'

Hello there,

Finally the second book is available, 'Ninemia' is the second and final part of 'Antara'. 'Ninemia' is shorter and darker than 'Antara' with plenty of mystery and adventure and it includes 15 illustrations. Here is the synopsis :

The ‘Antara’ had disappeared... or at least that’s how it seemed, until one night a terrible nightmare will overshadow Asteria’s dreams forever. Some lust for revenge, others hide vital secrets, demonic souls want to corrupt the Aster Island and the merfolk. Where the present unites with the past, where dreams pause to exist, the fight for survival begins. Is love strong enough to face the enemies? The infinite blue of the sea, a sweet song and an angelic soul will be their only hopes to keep their beloved ones alive. After the illustrated novel ‘Antara’, the second and final part of the story follows. A sequel which is going to move you and travel you to heavenly worlds.

You can buy 'Ninemia'
Paperback

Ebook ( epub version )

Amazon Kindle Edition

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