Z-Day 1878

It is a little known fact of history that William "Rawhide" Cody prevented Z-Day in 1878 with his swift action on undead cowboys who had been inadvertently buried in a cursed Indian burial ground.

Saturday Morning Wizards

If I made a Saturday morning cartoon about wizards it might look something like this.

Storyboardart.org

My friend Sergio, who is a kick-ass storyboard artist, started a new website that is about all things storyboard. http://www.storyboardart.org/

Check out the interview with Robert Valley, who draws like fishes swim, only better.

Layouts

There was a time I seriously considered entering animation layout as a career. This is a style I don't post often on this blog, but I do like to explore and have fun with. These were concepts done for a "side scroller" type game.

Half Orc Shaman

A Half Orc Shaman type guy. Looks like he's getting ready to rock da house on da mic.

Seer

A doodle of some old wizardly type dude.

Shadowrift Blade

"Make it glow with a black aura." Huh? Um, okay.

Armored Elf

No one has ever drawn an elven archer before. Ever. This is the first.

Molly is amazing

But you might have already known that.

Congratulations on 10 amazing years!

Europe...the rest of the story

Some quick watercolor paintings I did in London and Rome a while back.
Trinity Square in London


View from the Spanish Steps, Rome

Roman ruins

Ferremanto plaza

Battlemaiden

Battlemaiden is such a cool word.

Phasing Arrow

An arrow that can phase through solid objects. This was for the new Adventurer's Vault 2 for 4th edition D&D coming out in a few days. Here is the article: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20090807

Notice the little hints of splatter brush? I love splatter brushes.

Knights & Castles frontispiece

For a book I did a while back. I like the simplicity of this composition.

How the West was Lost

This one (in 3 parts) has a painful history. Maybe someday when the trauma has worn off I'll tell the tale.

Sword and Planet

Been reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Mars books. I'm so inspired! And so excited that Andrew Stanton is directing the movie.

This one is real pen & ink, not one of my digital fakeries.

Mouse Guard

Comic Con was a blast this year! This is the first time in years I've gone as a fan not as an artist hawking his wares at a table. I saw many great things, but one of my favorites was David Petersen's Mouse Guard.

I read through it on the plane ride back and it was so good I'm looking forward to more. If you like good stories and good art I highly recommend it.

Flapper quick study

It's not often I use Painter, and even less often for quick studies. But I wanted to capture some thick buttery brush strokes in this sketch.

Castle

A quick little castle painting. Tried to focus on atmosphere and lighting.

Cursed Village

This was the original sketch, done while in some boring meeting.

Bridge