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Process Page for "the SLUGLORD" September's Monster of the Month
Here is a preview of what to expect from the Monster of the Month Club Process rewards.Through September this new tier will include a wallpaper-sized image of the month's monster as well as a process image showing the progression of the image from rough to final. In this one it goes from ink thumbnail to digital co...
"the SLUGLORD" September Monster of the Month
Here is a preview for the new $10 Monster of the Month Reward Tier!Through September this new tier will include a wallpaper image of the month's monster as well as a process image showing the progression of the image from rough to final. Starting in October, this new reward tier will include a Higher resolution wal...
SLUGLORD! Monster of the Month
September's Monster of the Month is the Sluglord. He was drawn in graphite at 4"x6" on Canson drawing paper.I will be posting the color workup for this little villain later in the month. Stay tuned!
Introducing... the Drawing Tier!
I've just added a new subscription tier! The Drawing Tier is $2 and will be fully dedicated to traditional sketches and drawings of figures. The plan for now is to focus on characters, specifically those for each month's main illustration. However... Coming soon (hopefully in October!) I will be adding a new $1...
SPECTRUM 24 POSTER
I recently had the opportunity to work with John Fleskes on the Spectrum 24 Call for Entries poster. It was a great project to work on and today I’m going to share a bit about the development of it with you. Development CompThe scene is inspired by Tolkien’s depiction of the fall of Gondolin in The Silmarillion. In...
APPLYING TRANSPARENT COLOR IN PHOTOSHOP
In a recent post I was asked if I’d go into more detail about how I apply and saturate color when I work digitally. Today, I’ll be giving a brief overview of this.Please note that this post is geared toward people who are familiar with Photoshop, but still searching for how to best use it to colorize their illustra...
THE SILMARILLION: FINGON AND GOTHMOG
“Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, high-captain of Angband, was come; and he drove a dark wedge between the Elvenhosts, surrounding King Fingon, and thrusting Turgon and Hurin aside towards the Fen of Serech. Then he turned upon Fingon. That was a grim meeting. At last Fingon stood with his guard dead about him…”-From Th...
“LET THE WIZARD DO THE TALKING”
So you’re making your way to the grocery store for pop tarts and there’s a dragon blocking the pass... Today I will be going through a few of the development stages for this painting to share some ideas on how you might get around a situation like this.Line DrawingThe 16″ x 20″ drawing was done on the highly re...
THE WRONG DOOR
This painting is an intricately-layered, cultural criticism, ingeniously disguised as a fairy tale about rediscovering our inner falcon spirit. It transcends social constructs, it defies human wisdom and confounds science. It launches the viewer to dizzying heights of …Wait.. oh no, wait, that was for a different pos...
LET’S DRAW REAL-LIFE DRAGONS
Drawing from life is hard. And drawing from life that insists on being alive and wandering off is even harder.But it can be highly rewarding as well. There is a wealth of information that you glean from direct observation that you just can’t get any other way. (Like that someone taught that miniature monkey over ther...
ILLUSTRATION PROCESS PART II : DIGITAL TRICKERY
In the last post, I focused on the traditional aspects of my process for watercolor and digital. This week, we focus on digital hocus-pocus used to complete these pieces. My digital process is mainly derived from the Dutch-Flemish indirect manner of working. If I travelled back in time and gave the Dutch-Flemish painte...
ILLUSTRATION PROCESS PART I : TRADITIONAL WORK
Over the years, my process has mutated from the clear and straightforward approach of my early childhood:Step 1: Tear page from coloring book.Step 2: Turn page over and apply crayon directly to back of paper...And this delightfully simple method has turned into now an overly-complex, needlessly technical mess that invo...
