I recently made several small monster pieces to have with me at conventions. I will have all five at Infinity Con Gainesville this coming weekend. These are all fun little pieces using pencil, marker, ink, and paint. Similar to the larger pieces I had planned to bring to Gen Con earlier this year. These are priced to sell, so I hope they find their forever homes. Feel free to reach out if one of them catches your eye.

That's all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog. See you back here on Friday! Until then...

I am thrilled to finally share my work on the newly released Dungeons & Dragons set, Welcome to the Hellfire Club. This is the newest set that mixes classic D&D with the Netflix series Stranger Things. This was a pure joy to work on, not because of it being Stranger Things or even Dungeons & Dragons. It was a joy because I got to work fully traditionally on these pieces. The finals are ink on paper, and they were so much fun to work on. This is the first time working on this type of project, so while there are traditional drawings for these and thumbnail variations, I am still navigating what I can and cannot share. So I will be playing it safe and only sharing the final pieces for now. If you come to IX next week, you will be the first to see all of this work, both the finals and drawings, in person at the show. They will be available for purchase there for the first time as well. As I am also not sure what I can share, I will share with you the art for now, and the stories will wait for another day.

When and if I can share more about these, I will in the near future. Again, if you would like to see these in person or to purchase them, I will see you at IX next week in Reading, PA!

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog. See you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

UPDATE: All three have been claimed. THANK YOU! 

Did you miss out on Gen Con?! Cause you know I sure did (due to situations beyond my control that all worked out in the end, and it was all just bad timing)!! Did you miss buying one of my ink and paint monster tributes exclusively made for Gen Con?! Cause you know I sure did (miss selling you one)!!

Well, the wait is over! You can now head to my store, where you can find all three of my monster tributes! Each piece is 9 x 12 with pencil, ink, and acrylic on illustration board. Available are a Beholder, a Beholderkin, and a Mind Flayer. Get one before one gets you!

That's all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog. See you back here tomorrow. Until then...

Over five years ago I redesigned the Marvel villain Scorpion for The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition (OHOTMU Reduxe) blog. For whatever reason, this was never posted on their blog, and a quick check shows that no new content has been posted there in over a year. I am tired of looking at these images in my blog queue folder, so I decided it was finally time to share this image. Here is my redesign of Scorpion.


I had a lot of fun with this piece, just as I did with all the work that I created for this redesign blog. There was nothing but freedom when it came to the redesigning and the deadlines were flexible. I am still pleased with everything I did for them. Here is the original page for Scorpion, unfortunately, I do not know who the original artist was that contributed to this page.


Lastly, here is the pencil and ink work that went into this illustration. As I began to ink, I realized that the legs were WAY too short in the drawing. It was an easy fix as I inked, and it improved the piece.


I am unaware of what the future holds for The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition blog, but I believe this to be the final piece I will have done for them. Glad to finally share it. 

That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...

Last April I shared with you a piece that I did for the SagaBorn Core Rulebook, the wily Homunculus. While at Pensacon a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing Michael Bielaczyc, creator of SagaBorn and all around great guy, and he gave me my copy of the book. With everything going on I forgot that I had yet to get my copy, so it was a welcomed surprise! Before we go any further, here is how the final Homunculus turned out...


I can not say enough good things about Michael and his work. I have been seeing a lot of excitement about SagaBorn and it is great to be a part of this project any way that I can. If you enjoy a solid RPG made by people who love gaming, then you should really check out SagaBorn. More content is coming so you can expect many more great additions to the SagaBorn universe in the near future. Here is the great cover for the Core Rulebook, which is where you can find my Homunculus...


I am always excited by folks creating their own worlds and making their own projects. This is one of the reasons I try to help Michael out as much as my schedule allows. ...that and he is a super great guy! Again, if you want to try out a great RPG and help support people making things they care about and love then you need to go check out the SagaBorn Core Rulebook! Finally, here is a image of the Homunculus from the book getting the royal treatment as it takes up a half of page...


That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

Continuing my brief breather from constant blog duty, the monsters have stepped in hold down the fort. Here is another digital sketch of a monster to allow me the time to take a little break. Enjoy, RAWR!

That is all for another exciting week on the blog, see you back here on Monday! Until then...

Continuing my brief breather from constant blog duty, the monsters have stepped in hold down the fort. Here is another digital sketch of a monster to allow me the time to take a little break. Enjoy, RAWR!

That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...

Things have been a little bit crazy, are a little bit crazy, and will be a little bit crazy for the foreseeable future. A lot going on across many fronts in my life and when this happens the blog unfortunately is the first to step down as a priority. That said, I do what I can to still keep it going. At least for this week and maybe into next I need to step back and take a breather. The monsters have stepped up to fill the void and there should be some monster scribbles to fill my absence here. Enjoy! RAWR!

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

Back in February I posted about the Sagaborn Kickstarter that I was a part of. Jump ahead to April and the Kickstarter was successfully funded, if you missed the Kickstarter you can still get a copy through PledgeManager, and I can share with you my contribution to the book! I present to you my contribution to the Sageborn Core Book, the wily Homunculus...


This one was a lot of fun and several firsts for me. Michael Bielaczyc always give me great assignments and he gives me almost full reign to do whatever I would like. A win/win! In the blast I have usually created black and white drawings on toned paper for Michael, but this time around I wanted to do something a little different. I have never created a traditional inked piece for a client, I have never worked wet on unmounted paper, and I have never worked in washes, brush, and pen on a black and white illustration. That is a lot of nevers and I did them all in this piece. Funny to think after all these years of doing this stuff that there are still things I have never done. This was the first time I ever taped down my paper to maintain clean edges and to maintain a smooth page while I worked wet. I know so many artist that work that way all the time... I never have. As an added bonus, here is the drawing that I created for this piece...


I will share more about this piece in the coming months when I share the process for it. Since this was the first time working like this there was a bit of trial and error as I figured things out. More about all that another day.

If you are interested in owning your own copy of Sagaborn be sure to head over to PledgeManager and take advantage of the post Kickstarter deals!

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

Today is a holiday and I am most likely working on some thumbnails for something you won't see till next year. I had not planned a blog post for today because of said holiday, but then this little guy expressed some interest in making an appearance. I figured a little monster drawing is better then nothing so I agreed. Here is the Holiday Monday Monster...

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

I have recently contributed again to the extremely awesome The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition (OHOTMU Reduxe) blog. You will remember that this blog is redesigning, reinventing, and otherwise recreating all of the entries in the Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe. My previous batch of aliens can be found HERE and HERE. For my thrid, and more likely final contribution I tackled HUGE group of crazy mutant alien proto human things... I present to you my take on the Deviants...
 


These all took a bit of time to finally finish up... I have in fact been working on these off and on since April! A labor of love. Now that they are done I am a little surprised how much I put into them. They were fun... but 18 is a lot of portraits. Here are some larger uncropped image of them all so you can get a better look at them...





That is all for another exciting week on the blog, see you back here next week! Until then...

I have for you today two time lapse screen capture videos that I recently put together. I needed to do a lengthy screen capture of myself working for a project and I figured a couple small tests would be in order. If I had know taking screen captures of myself working was so easy I would have done this long ago. For these tests I picked two alien portraits that were in need of inking and worked them up with some digital ink. Eventually, these two pieces will get some color, maybe I will record that as well at a later date. For now I have these two videos to share...



It has only taken me over a year to make another time lapse video of myself working. Hopefully now that I know how easy it is to record myself working digitally there will be more of these. Still trying to figure out how best to record myself while drawing traditionally... one of these days I will get it right...

That is all for another exciting Monday, see you back here tomorrow for a very special extra blog monster... and some big news! Until then...

I have recently contributed again to the extremely awesome The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition (OHOTMU Reduxe) blog. You will remember that this blog is redesigning, reinventing, and otherwise recreating all of the entries in the Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe. My previous batch of aliens can be found HERE. For me second contribution I tackled (big surprise) another group of aliens, I present to you my take on the Alien Races - Rhunians to R'zahnians...


Like the first set these were all incredibly fun to work on. It should be notes that took many liberties with the Rhunians... but what else am I suppose to do when I have to redesign a 300 foot tall pink man in his underwear... Here are some larger images of each of my redesigns so you can get a better look at the finals... 





It was very enjoyable to get to work in this looser quicker style to finish these up. It has given me a lot of ideas on what else to do with this level of finish for my own work. Here is a look at the drawings and ink work that went into each of the alien redesigns... 





That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...

There are times when I am busy and then there are times when I am BUSY. I am fast approaching the latter as the summer event and convention session looms on the horizon. The Illustration Master Class is a month away and I am booked up with monsters. This is not leaving a lot of time right now for my personal monsters. I did make a little time to work on a quick study to working on some digital inking. I have a bit of this sort of work ahead of me so I figured I better make sure I am ready for it all. Here is how the study turned out...


Practice makes perfect and perfect is a goal that is always just out of reach. So make sure you are getting in lots of practice! This one was just a quick study out of my head, but I find it funny to see an actual bird in there that I have seen many times. I guess that is the point, build up your tool box of skills and knowledge to make sure you are making better and more informed choices when working... but that is a topic for another time, I need to get back to work!

That is all for another exciting week on the blog, see you back here on Monday for a NEW MONSTER painting! Until then...

I have recently begun contributing to an extremely awesome blog, The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition (OHOTMU Reduxe). If you are not familiar with it I highly recommend taking the time to head over and check it out! Even if you are not a huge fan of the Marvel Comics universe it is worth your time to check out all the great work and a very impressive project in both size and quality. I have a love for revisiting, reinventing, and redesigning and this blog offers me a great chance to have some fun and let loose on unfamiliar source material. For me first contribution I tacked a group of aliens, I present to you my take on the Alien Races - Horusians to Judans...


These were incredibly fun to work on and I am looking forward to having the chance to do more... so hopefully in the coming weeks I will have that chance! Here are some larger images of each of my redesigns so you can get a better look at the finals...





Since most of my illustration work is fully painted these days it was really nice to be able to cut loose and have some fun digitally inking my drawings and then doing looser color work to create the finals. Really left me wanting to do more work like this. Not only is it quicker in many aspects, but it was just fun to create a more graphic image. Here is a look at the drawings and ink work that went into each of the alien redesigns...





That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...