Unicorn!!

A quick, digital, red unicorn in the moonlight sketch.  For giggles.  ;)

Eye see you!

Digital sketch of an eye.

Master Study -- WIP

Heh, long time, no post!

How about some Death Dealer action?  Yes?  Yes.  In the pic above, I've made a side-by-side of the original "Death Dealer" by Mr. Frank Frazetta (left) next to my humble start to a Master study (right).  If you're saying to yourself... doesn't the "Death Dealer" have more above and below the characters?  The answer is: Yes.  I've cropped the image somewhat on the top and the bottom to put more focus on the characters, and to just switch it up a bit.  If you're wondering what the heck that thing is on the top center of my study, it's just part of my easel.

Soooo, it's a WIP (Work In Progress) that I'm doing for the practice and fun of it.

My study -- Oil on board, 11" x 14"

I'm using the indirect method of painting here, where I basically start by laying everything out in a tonal image (Frank often used this method with his paintings).  After the tonal underpainting is done, I will start applying glazes of color, and lastly I'll finish up with some opacity here and there for some added final touches.

I've actually done more work on this since this pic was taken, and I *promise* to post an update of it soon.  ;)

Pirate skull

 

Creative title, eh?  Yeah... I'm no good with names.  :P

Arr... This be oil on canvas.  9" x 12"

He be almost thar.... 

Treebearer

 

For fun... A new version of an old character.  :)

ArtOrder Dragon - Side by Side

 

Jon Schindehette of ArtOrder announced earlier this month that he was looking for a new illustrated version of the little dragon in the logo (seen here on the left).  The image on the right is the illustration I came up with.

It was drawn with graphite, then inked, and finally watercolored.  After that, I scanned it into a computer so that I could add the "ArtOrder" bubble digitally, as well as make a few final adjustments to the image.

Mage study.

 

The last drawing I made of 2011.

Progress of the Pegasus

 

Bethesda - "Skyrim" dragon

This is just fan art done for fun... not my design.  ;)

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Sea Witch in the making...

Made some changes to the last version.  Painting begins after the holidays!  Whee!

A more polished version...

 

Next up... color!

Big-eyed little dragon guy

 

Because I like dragons, that's why.  ;)

Abomination (WIP)

"I found this in my yard again..."

Dragon rider

Private commission.  Preliminary sketch. I Frankensteined the Fae rider into a couple different locations/positions using tissue paper. This is where she ended up. ;)

Night Elf

Pencil on paper.

Horde emblem

Ink and watercolor on 140 lb. Strathmore paper.

Murloc

Ink and watercolor on 140 lb. Strathmore paper.

Murglurlrlrlrlrlr!!

Murloc (WIP).  Watercolor and ink on paper. *Sorry for the crappy pic.*

My lil' dragon

i <3 dragons.

Feesh!

My Oscar was kind enough to pose for this one.  :)

Cockatrice

 Tattoo design candidate for the back.

Chico man!

Pardon the shadow.  Scanner's down...

Boo!

Zombie!

 

Rawr!

Snake Shaman

Still a bit rough, but I thought I should post something.

Brute

Model sheets!  Here's character number one.  Front - Side - Back.

Looking back...

I've always had a fascination with the ancients - Egypt being in my top five for obvious reasons of awesomeness (is that a word?).  So many great things to draw inspiration from (pardon the pun).  Anyway... I especially love the notion of taking bits from different creatures and melding them into new ones.  So, I present to you my sketch of a jackal-headed lion.  He's one of several creatures I'm making model sheets of. More on that later.

*In case you're sitting there thinking... 'Hey, I wish I knew how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs.'  then I would highly recommend this.  ;)

Author: Dr. Mark Collier & Dr. Bill Manley

Illustrator: Dr. Richard Parkinson

University of California Press

Temporarily Faceless

WARNING: Rant.

**The following rant is based on recent false and totally unfair claims made by an anonymous person regarding my artwork on Facebook, which subsequently resulted in said Facebook account being disabled.  Reader discretion is advised.

Apparently someone had an issue with some of the artwork I've posted on my Facebook account, and so... without checking the claims for validity, giving me fair warning, or any notification at all, they have disabled my account.  I only found out when I tried to log on.  Yeah... rude.  So... I am in the process of disputing this, and hope to have it back up asap.

*heavy sigh*

It seems that if someone/anyone makes a claim that artwork is obscene or offensive... which violates the 'Rules & Standards' of Facebook, it gets the chopping block without question and apparently, without even investigating the claim.  I would laugh at all this if I wasn't so frustrated and pissed off with them.  It doesn't seem right that any person could make such a claim as this, without Facebook at least first checking for themselves, but that's the way it is, I s'pose.  Anyone who has seen my work knows that this claim is complete bogus.  I just hope this headache will be resolved quickly.  Until then...  you can still follow my art posts here.

Sorry 'bout this.

Untitled

Just a touch up on a painting I did a while back... because I felt like it.  ;)

16" x 20" oil on masonite.

Whoa!

 Here's my finished painting for the Frazetta Tribute Exhibition being held at Gallery Provocateur scheduled for March in Chicago, IL.  Now I shall commence with the nail-biting wait to find out from a jury of awesome people in the world of fantasy art (of which I very much wish to be a part of) to see if I'm in.  Did I mention they are AWESOME?  hehehe 

Jury panel consists of:

Jon Schindehette, Creative Art Director of Wizards of the Coast

Simon Bisley, Master Artist

Paul Hellard, Editor CG Society & Assistant Editor Ballistic Publishing

Gerald Brom, Master Artist

Arnie & Cathy Fenner, Publishers of Spectrum Fantastic Art Books

Veronica Kotlajic, Curator of Gallery Provocateur & Art Muse

Art page now on Facebook!

Here's the linky dink!

The dragon is in the details...

Hello, my peeps!  So here's a close up of one of the head studies I made of a dragon I've been working on.  This version is a detailed sketch done in pencil.  The finished piece is being inked on hot press illustration board, and will be posted as soon as it's finished.

Frazetta Tribute submission piece - painting begins...

Phase 1 (approx. an hour's worth at this point) of my painting submission for the Frazetta Tribute Exhibition.  16" x 20" oil on masonite.  Actually, before I started sorta blocking things in, I primed my board with gesso (this seals the board), then I laid down a ground of burnt sienna, yellow ochre and some white over that.  (A ground color gives you a nice middle value to start with, and gets rid of all that daunting white space... an Old Master's technique.)  After the ground was down and semi-dry, I began laying things out... so I guess this is more like phase 3.  :P

Below is a pic of it next to the sketch.  I tried getting a decent photo, but you know.. when things are wet, tis a difficult thing to do.



Frazetta Tribute Exhibition submission - sketch

So this is what I'm working on for my submission for the Frank Frazetta Tribute Exhibition, held in December at the Gallery Provocateur in Chicago, IL.  This was just a quick snapshot to give a general peep at what I'm doing. I'll be sure to post more as it progresses. Anyhoo... any artists out there who are interested in participating, as well, should click on the link I've provided to get all the details on submitting.

Frank Frazetta was an amazing illustrator whose work captured my imagination as a young girl, and still inspires me to this day. Frazetta's talent set the bar for contemporary fantasy art. He passed away on May 10th of this year at the age of 82 after suffering a stroke the night before.