Welcome to 2023! 2022 continued the long, unending train wreck that started in 2020. At the start of last year I had a dozen big, amazing, starry-eyed plans in 2022 of which I finished maybe one. The first half of the year was spent catching up from the disasters of 2020 and 2021, and then the second half of the year was a fl...
2023-01-01 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I have a rare holiday Fruitcake for you, and the final brush set for 2022! The brushes in it were instrumental in the recent Martian painting "Waiting For Pick-Up".
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2022-12-15 06:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I am pleased to finally present the first full color splash image from the Martian of the Month series. "Waiting for Pick-up" is the menu splash image for the game at the moment, and is the first of several splash images planned for the game. The image also offers a great chance to explore the world and get to know the ...
2022-12-14 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to December! The holidays are upon us and things will only be getting crazier until the whole 2022 train comes crashing into the station this New Year's Eve. On the way there though, we will have a lot of fun stuff to share with you. For fans of traditional oil painting, this month I plan to start a l...
2022-12-01 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I've got a little drop of hi-res drawings for you! The first is the "Fusty Musty Fruitcake" from today's stream! It goes out to all those kids who spend holiday dinners in terror of what horrible traditional holiday concoction that is going to be foisted upon them!
2022-11-25 18:57:02 +0000 UTC
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Today I have several hi-res creature design pages to share with you! These are in watercolor and pencil and many of them were created while streaming live on twitch where the audience offered many constructive and helpful tips. &nbs...
2022-11-18 15:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I have a secret, behind-the-scenes character from the martian game to share with you. These images are not for social media at this point, (I'm still keeping the game under wraps at the moment,) but I am really excited about t...
2022-11-18 14:47:05 +0000 UTC View PostI hope all of you had a pleasant Halloween! We survived October (barely) and are limping our way into what I hope will be a much more chill November.
Last month we finished our third Halloween Battle scene,
This month's Tutorial is available as a PDF attachment below!
The Brush Set for this month's painting can found here:
Today, I am happy to share the hi-res final for our 2022 Halloween Battle, "The Gloomwald Swamp." I've been excited about this one for a long time, and working on all the zombie trees and medi...
2022-10-25 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Final Color (Digital in Photoshop on a Wacom Intuos Tablet)
Original Drawing (Graphi...
2022-10-03 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to October and our Annual Halloween Battle! This year, we leave the pastoral fields, and the desolate peaks, and journey now to a forgotten swamp, and a cursed, ancient ruin that should have been left al...
2022-10-01 11:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Some great news! This month I received clearance to post work from my time working with Riotminds on the Trudvang series. Specifically I am excited to be sharing my work for "Jorgi's Bestiary." There is a LOT of work to share, so I am going to be releasing it in chunks like this one over the next few months. ...
2022-09-20 17:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, we have officially finished our contract for the Faerie Queene. What a ride!! However, before the book goes to print, we are going to take some of the drawings to full color as bonus illustrations for the book. And YOU are going to choose which ones!
2022-09-15 15:37:36 +0000 UTC
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Today I have a huge batch of Book six illustrations from the FAERIE QUEENE! Book six is the final book Edmund Spenser finished before his death, and is the last book I will be working on. &nbs...
2022-09-15 14:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: A PDF version of this article has been attached below for your convenience.
Artists are peculiar creatures, and no two are created alike. They often have vastly different goals and ideas for the same image, and will pursue those goals in wildly different meth...
2022-09-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Day 1 of DRAGONCON! And today I have a preview of some new drawings made for the show to share with you. It's a little mini-series of Dungeon Master Series portraits I've been working on here and there...
2022-09-02 13:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to September! DRAGONCON month! You can expect a bit more mayhem than usual, more content, more VODs, and more traditional art. (And hopefully no con-crud...)
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Today, I FINALLY have a proper Martian of the Month post for you! (It's a return to the good ol' days when I actually stayed on target month to month!) To make up for it, I have a triple-feature this month with Menial Globster, The Titan Globster, and The Globsting. In the game world, these would be seen alon...
2022-08-14 13:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The Fire Wyrm, otherwise known as the Fire-breathing Garden Snail, is based upon a curious sketch in a long forgotten manuscript where it is seen looming on the edges of peaceful fields, or stalking along the roofs of quiet cottages. The fire wyrm is a large, fire-breathing gastropod boasting...
2022-08-03 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to August! I have a lot planned for this month, so let's dive in:
#LETSDRAWMONSTERS will be back this coming Wednesday. (We are 99% finished with the book and will be sending it off for proofs this week!
We will be Streaming on TWITCH eve...
2022-08-01 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Today is my birthday, and so, in classic Hobbit-fashion, I have a present for YOU. First, here is "The Miscreant Gnasher," born of a throw-away sketch from a cancelled client job. (Can't see why they would have passed on this lovable creature.)
2022-07-26 13:41:18 +0000 UTC
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This month I have a LOT of cool stuff to share with you! First, we've got the new monster, "Shaz'ral". I painted this character because I felt like the monster of the month series lacked something genuinely sinister, something that you'd want to fight, rather than maybe adopt as a mildly-destructive pet. I wa...
2022-07-21 15:10:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The following is a selection of artwork that I recently completed for the ongoing Faerie Queene project. I hope you enjoy them!
Her...
2022-07-11 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post"The Jeweled Snapping Birdle"
PROMPT:
Professor Feazel Van Dorf, often called the most unreliable expert in his field by his detractors, and discoverer of the now debunked "Mothc...
2022-07-06 12:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostJUNE was a magnificent disaster. I had an absolutely wonderful time in Europe. I got to hang out with some of my heroes and old friends, met a bunch of awesome new people, and had an all-round incredible time hanging out in Copenhagen... but then I got back and felt like a train had fallen on me. I was a wreck ...
2022-07-01 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This month I have 2 interesting creatures to share with you! First is a surprise #LETSDRAWMONSTERS creature that Annie and I never streamed as it was part of a live, in-person event. It also features prominently in this month's tutorial on THE CYCLE.
Next, we have the "Krasadox Vulturian" for Fans...
2022-06-08 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I am on a secret mission in Europe at the moment. I cannot say where or with who, but it is awesome. I look forward to sharing everything with you when the NDA lifts. Because of this, most of our monthly Patreon and Twitch festivities won't begin until later on this month. #LETSDRAWMONSTERS...
2022-06-01 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This month I am sharing 2 new characters, one from space, one from the dungeons, both sinister!
"Crasgar" Captain of the Guard from the Monster of the Month series, is also the subject of this month's tutorial, where we go in depth into the 3 main stages I cycle through when rendering.
2022-05-25 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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This month, I'm pleased to share a bonus character from the Monster of the Month series! The monster project is on the back burner for the time being while we get this Martian game off the ground, but I still plan on dropping in every now and again to do the occasional character. I just reall...
2022-05-10 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
