Book Review: An Empire in the Clouds by Ai Jiang (Fantasy)

An Empire in the Clouds
Ai Jiang
Titan Books
8 September 2026 (2010)
524
eBook - EPUB
Fantasy
ARC via NetGalley

Sketching: Gu-Cheon - The East Palace

This is a fineliner/ink drawing of the main character Gu-Cheon from the Korean drama The East Palace.

Drawn over approx. 7-8 hours with Staedtler Pigment Fineliners 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3.

I made a few mistakes and didn't quite capture the actor's face in such small scale, but overall I am reasonably happy with how this one turned out.

This is a photograph of the finished artwork.