One of the things I’m working on while practicing my illustration is developing pre made book covers. The one I started working on last week was a very simple, often used cover concept, “man with a sword.” In spite of doing some fairly successful rough sketches and thinking it should be a very easy project, […]
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Posts that relate to the production of art for product assets, concepts in work or tutorials on drawing and painting.
The Hunting Grunkals of Fid
The Hunting Grunkals of Fid. Grunkals are a species of Goblin that inhabit the center region of Bas. Fid is their largest city. Unlike other Goblins, their colors very greatly even within individual families. (Right) Boots is the First Gun, and leader of this particular hunting party. He is especially talented at tracking the Pepkin […]
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Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. My body trembled as the Great Tortoise of Fis came to a halt in front of the scout. The scout was hollering frantically at the cleric but I could not make it out. There was no need, the mahout cleric’s bellowing and waving sword told all. It was time to […]
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When you work in a creative field one of the most important things to come to grips with is that you are never going to be your best. There are always new things to learn, new techniques to master, and new mediums to explore. It’s not a passive activity. You constantly are trying to develop […]
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21st Century Warlock
This was a piece done for an ImagineFX.com forum challenge, for which they have not officially posted a winner of but I believe it was the winning piece based on the votes of the forum participants. I’m very proud to come out on top in this one because there were some very good entries. I […]
Continue readingCharacter design is a necessity
As necessity is the mother of invention the first step to a character design is creating and identifying a need. I’ve been kicking around an idea for a while that melds my favorite parts of the zombie apocalypse, steam punk design and action manga. Taking place in the Montmartre district of paris circa 1880, […]
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A simple speed painting.
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Gellini: Getting perspective
The first step in designing each page for Gellini’s Special Gift is laying in the perspective and then working in rough sketches of the foreground elements. These are some examples of that first step.
Continue readingSketch Blog: A Character Study Portrait Update
When I’m not working on Fillip Frogs Fly Feast, or Gellini’s Special Gift, you’ll probably find me creating more of Sol’Ashe’, The steam punk fantasy world I’m inventing as the setting for stories I’m working on. The story I’m creating right now starts on Bor Island. It’s a small island that divides a river and […]
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