Rose Tattoo [art post]
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 …
Treading Softly – Year of the Tiger 2022
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 …
Valdelluna Holiday Art
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 …
Eclipsing Wolf [art post]
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 …
Commission – Cat Portrait [art post]
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 …
Welcome Theory
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 …
Commission – Fizit [art post]
Dagrhi Portrait [art post]
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Those of you who’ve followed me a while have probably already met Dagrhi, the Lakewolf, Moon-Eyed Dog, She Who Devours, Eater of Evil, but just in case you haven’t, here is a nice introduction to her. This portrait goes with the other two I did for Astrhopi and Rhondi, which I’ve been meaning …
Lucena Interior Illustrations [art post]
I don’t normally share interior illustrations online, but considering the amount of work that went into the ones for Lucena in the House of Madgrin, and how well they came out, and that as the publisher I possess the rights to do so, and that we are living through a global crisis, I figured this …
