- September 22nd, 2010 at
2:27 pm by --KALEB NATION-- -
I don’t really know when my liking for gnomes started. For some reason, I’ve just been fascinated with them for years. Placing gnomes in my book as an often-discriminated culture in society only seemed to deepen my respect for the creatures. In my world, sometimes it’s hard to tell a gnome apart from a very short human. If they just took off their hat, people might not even notice. But instead of giving in to what an anti-magic society wishes them to be, they go on quietly fighting for their freedom to be who they are: their very existence a silent form of peaceful protest. In the case of gnomes, size doesn’t matter in the end.
Look at what I found in my PO Box! Thanks to the awesome Nationeer Tanya for sending the pizza gift card and gnome. I know what I’m having for dinner.
If you want to mail me something, my new PO Box is on the contact page. Sometimes I find ways to use the stuff I get sent in videos (like Bear, and the gnome in my Justin Bieber video). Or, I just eat it, like that pizza
- April 30th, 2009 at
2:52 pm by --KALEB NATION-- -
As part of school finals for my Digital Photography and Design class, I am required to present a twenty-photo body of work to show off the skills I’ve learned this semester. Never one to veer far from the predictable, I chose Gnomes In The Home as my subject:
To get these exactly right, I had to take nearly 300 photographs, and pick the best ones for the project. Anyone who has read the preview chapters of my book will catch tiny inside jokes mingled in with the photos. Special thanks to those fans who have mailed me gnomes over the past few months. They look quite nice staring back at me from my bookshelf!
- April 11th, 2009 at
12:24 am by --KALEB NATION-- -
I am very pleased to present the first piece of completed artwork from Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse:
Gnome by Brandon Dorman; the note courtesy of Photoshop
As almost anyone can probably tell, this is a gnome. In fact, it is exactly the way I imagine the gnomes in my world, realized perfectly by illustrative genius Brandon Dorman. This gnome’s got the face, the beard, the eyes: even the perfectly pointed, red conical hat!
While this gnome will most likely not appear on the cover of the book (in fact, I’m fairly certain it won’t) it could be anywhere else, like on the back or the spine, or maybe even inside. Again, this is NOT THE COVER OF THE BOOK, but it’s a wonderful piece of spot art nonetheless!
And as for other big things happening…I think everyone might want to check out BranHambric.com right about now
Question for the comments: What do you think of the gnome art from Brandon Dorman?
- April 9th, 2009 at
1:52 pm by --KALEB NATION-- -
Finally, the first piece of official art from Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse has come in from illustrative genius Brandon Dorman! This is NOT the cover, although that is coming very soon (I’ve already seen the drafts, and it is awesome!). But, as anyone who has read the preview chapters has probably already guessed, the Thing That Will Be Revealed On April 11 is quite important
