After being inspired time and time again by the stylized look of fantasy games, movies, and even novel illustrations, I decided to give my own attempt a go. This project also helped me get my feet wet with Maya, though I did switch back and forth to Blender to make sure I could accomplish exactly what I wanted to do. They're both incredibly powerful programs. After it was completely modeled, I threw it into Substance Painter to make sure it was polished as much as I could think of.
"Being forest dwellers, druids rarely kept their knowledge stored in books, for the books would be tarnished from the elements. But a few of them did keep the bulk of their information stored in big books regardless, for they kept running out of trees and stones to write on."