The Art Of The Last Edge
The visuals of The Last Edge span commissioned work from talented artists to homespun photo-editing and AI generated imagery.
Commissioned Artist spotlight: @Han8pym
Seonac and PT-77 #1
Commissioned in Summer 2022 and partially based on cosplay reference images. This was the first piece of concept art created for The Last Edge and was critical to early work on the project. The microstory Public Relations was written later to accompany it - and to incorporate it as a piece of in-universe art depicting Seonac as a folk hero - as part of the Postcards From Pamarthe series.
Find Hannah on Instagram at @han8pym or check out her Linktree here.
Commissioned Artist spotlight: @Kaylerinarts
Seonac and PT-77 #2
Seonac and PT-77 #2
Seonac and PT-77 #2
Commissioned in Summer 2022 and partially based on cosplay reference images. This piece of concept art informed early story planning and character work. The microstory Port In A Storm was written later to accompany it as part of the Postcards From Pamarthe series.
Seonac and Luke
Seonac and PT-77 #2
Seonac and PT-77 #2
Commissioned in early 2023 with a story idea already in mind as part of the Postcards From Pamarthe series.
The microstory One Good Deed illustrated here shows us a quiet moment after the war that didn't easily fit into plans for larger stories.
Find the artist on Instagram at @kaylerinarts or browse some of her designs here.
Seonac and PT-77 #3
Seonac and PT-77 #2
Seonac and PT-77 #3
Commissioned in Autumn 2022 and partially based on cosplay reference images. Again, this piece informed story planning and character work. The microstory Nightlife was written later to accompany it as part of the Postcards From Pamarthe series.
Photo edits: examples
Seonac's helmet
Seonac's helmet
Seonac's helmet
Photo and editing by J.P. Mayner.
Seonac on Hiver
Seonac's helmet
Seonac's helmet
Photo elements and editing by J.P. Mayner
Ocean Podracing
Seonac's helmet
Ocean Podracing
AI generated imagery
The Warrior and The Witch
The Warrior and The Witch
The Warrior and The Witch
In the absence of a cosplay or other rights-free reference image for these characters, AI art generator Wonder was used to generate a range of options and arrive at a base image. Some basic editing, embellishment (addition of the lightsaber and green fire) and filtering was undertaken to achieve a degree of consistency with some of the other images being used where budget for commissioned art was lacking.
The crew of The Last Edge
The Warrior and The Witch
The Warrior and The Witch
AI image generation was again used to work up a range of options for some of the characters that would appear in later stories. Here the three characters at the bottom (left to right: Nomi, Maggs, and Loosh) were AI generated then composited with original photo and third party elements to arrive at the final composition.