Forged in Loss: The Bone Axe

Absolutely — here’s a tight 300-word version of your Bone Axe blog post, keeping the reflective tone and your influences clear and powerful:

Forged in Loss: The Bone AxBone timelapse, “The Bone Axe,” explores a world where civilization has crumbled and survival is all that remains. The piece is inspired by the dark grandeur of Elden Ring and the fierce spirit of Evan Winter’s The Rage of Dragons — two worlds where rage, loss, and resilience shape every blade and scar.

I imagined a lost culture turned savage through endless war, its people reforging the bones of their ancestors into weapons. The Bone Axe became a symbol of that transformation — part relic, part warning. It carries the weight of memory and the brutality of necessity.

In Procreate, I started with rough, uneven silhouettes, building shapes that felt ritualistic and handmade. I layered bone tones, muted grays, and deep rust using textured brushes to create the feeling of something ancient and used. Each stroke aimed to make the axe look like it had survived generations of conflict.

As I painted, I thought about how vengeance can become identity — how a culture can lose itself in the fires it started. That reflection guided every highlight and shadow. The timelapse captures that evolution: from chaos to form, from imagination to artifact.

In the end, The Bone Axe is more than a weapon. It’s a story of endurance and loss — a creation born from ruin, carrying the scars of its past.