A couple months ago I had the pleasure (and the honor) of designing a tattoo for a former colleague and friend. He requested a pair of roses in a Medieval woodcut style and provided a reference picture, but aside from that I was given freedom to embellish as I chose. It is always a special …
Happy Lunar New Year of the Tiger everyone! Tread softly, and bring a big cat. And if you like, you can pre-order the print over on the Heliopause Store! I hope this piece resonates with you as much as it does for me. There’s a lot of personal meaning packed into it for me, but …
This year I’ve done some little watercolors for the holidays featuring characters from Valdelluna. First up, here’s Curious Babe celebrating Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) from back in September: And this is the art for the Hanukkah card I did for Valdellunian patrons. Speaking of which, it’s Hanukkah this week so… Hanukkah sameach! I get …
I drawing I started (literally) years ago that I finished last month as a little brain-changer before diving into my next big illustration project. It features Elo, the hero of Professor Odd, bearing her weapon of choice: a portable temporal field manipulator AKA the Time Gun. It’s ended up as the artwork for this year’s …
Back in February my Wonderful Mother commissioned me to paint a portrait of my brother with his cat, Boss. The reference picture she supplied had his other cat, Mook (Boss’s brother!) just out of frame… so I utilized my Creative Powers and made it a portrait of the three of them. This was my first …
After five years in this studio I finally did what I’ve always wanted to do and set up an oil painting station. My goal is to do at least one painting a month, both for practice and as a way to keep my spirits up in the coming months of cold and dark. And the …
Last month I bid farewell to my dear and beloved assistant, companion, and all-around heart-healer, Aether the cat. Aether was first discovered, along with his sister Nyx and brother Chaos, as kittens in the shed behind my parents’ house. My brother and I tamed them and adopted them. They were great cats. Aether and Chaos …
