Long Armed Dwarf

This was an interior illustration for a roleplaying game.

Scorpius Card Game Illustration

This scorpion piece is based on part of the constellation Scorpius.

Troll Sketch

Quick and rough troll concept sketch. This guy can fit in the palm of your hand. He wears coke can armor and carries an X-acto knife spear.

WoW Character Portrait

This is a portrait of two World of Warcraft characters that I finished today. The characters are a Blood Elf and Tauren- mage and druid- in full battle gear. A very interesting piece to work on!

Mugs, Mousepads, and More at Zazzle

make custom gifts at Zazzle

I just set up a store at Zazzle where you can buy all sorts of goodies with my art on them.

Outer Boundaries Space Art Limited Edition Print

double matted as shown to 9" x 12"
signed/numbered on heavyweight paper
$30 plus $7.50 shipping and handling in the US
email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Vailen the Nobleman BW Line Art

An rpg illustration.

Creature Sketch

This is a sketch that I later painted digitally- the result of which I posted a while back.

Space Marine Sketch

Halloween Reaper ACEO Sketch

2 1/2" x 3 1/2" (6.4cm x 8.9cm)
charcoal and white charcoal pencil on toned paper
$15 plus $2.00 shipping and handling in the US
email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Goblin Henchman Limited Edition Print

8 1/2" x 11" (21.6cm x 28.0cm), double matted as shown to 11" x 14"
signed/numbered on heavyweight paper
$30 plus $7.50 shipping and handling in the US
email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

This is another brand new print limited to an edition of 250. Signed and numbered.

Character Commissions

I'm accepting private commissions for gaming (RPG, MMORPG) and original characters.

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• pencil on bristol board or other acid-free, heavyweight paper
  $60- $120
  (shipping- $3.00)

• digital line art
  $60- $120

full color digital painting (painted in Photoshop and/or Painter)

• one to two characters- $275

• more than two characters - $400+

Sketches and any other preliminary work are emailed to the client. Final artwork (if digital) is sent via email, ftp or on CD.

Payment:

PayPal, checks, and money orders are accepted. 1/2 of the total payment due upon start of commission, with the rest due upon completion.

Green Goblin Limited Edition Print

8 1/2" x 11" (21.6cm x 28.0cm), double matted as shown to 11" x 14"
signed/numbered on heavyweight paper
$30 plus $7.50 shipping and handling in the US
email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Click the image to see a large view of the unmatted artwork.

This is a brand new print, with a run of 250.

Tree Face Sketch

This is one of a series of tree face sketches that I've done.

Paladin Concept Sketch

A concept sketch for an upcoming painting for my portfolio.

Laucian the Elf Sketch

This is a preparatory drawing I did for an elf painting.

Gaming Art

His name is Mornan and he is evil- very, very evil.

This was fun to do. I like creating bw illustrations, but don't get much of an opportunity to do so since most of the projects involve only color art.

Another Creepy Tree Sketch

This is a drawing for a painting from a few years ago. I think this was done in 2005.

Cave Art

This was one of many illustrations completed for a documentary film about Handsome Lake and the Seneca Indians.

Logo Illustration

A recent illustration commissioned for a business logo.

Eagle Line Art

Centaur Archer

Centaur Archer line art (drawn in Photoshop).

The Bow

This horse portrait was painted recently for my portfolio ((painted digitally with Photoshop).

Distant Worlds Limited Edition Print

8.5" x 11" (6.4cm x 8.9cm)
Printed on matte heavyweight paper
double-matted to 11" x 14"
$30 plus $7.50 shipping and handling in the US
email me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Pencil Sketches

This is a group of sketches from 2004. These were done to rough out some quick ideas for characters, and then filed away for future use.

The sketches that are done on loose paper are filed away in three ring binders. I also sketch in my sketchbook, although currently I'm only using one for nature sketches and quick sketches of everyday objects around the house.

Creepy Tree Sketch

Here's something recent, done in charcoal pencil. I may turn this into a painting, probably in acrylics.

On the subject of trees, here is an interesting link about the Celtic zodiac, which is based on different types of trees:

http://www.celticradio.net/php/zodiac.php?type=index

Dragon Sketch

This is a sketch I painted today (with Photoshop). I used a single custom texture brush for the entire sketch, and just varied the size and opacity where needed.

Iguana Acrylic Painting ACEO

2.5" x 3.5" (6.4cm x 8.9cm)
mixed media on watercolor paper
$49.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling in the US
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This is an ACEO (trading card size, 2.5" x 3.5" ) painting that I posted to my other blog, so sorry to anyone who is emailed twice. I thought a lizard painting was appropriate for this blog as well.

Angel of Death Skull Closeup

This is a closeup shot of the Angel of Death illustration I posted earlier.

Science Fiction Character Art

This is an interior book illustration from 2007. Painted in Photoshop.

Jungle Card Game Art

A fairly recent illustration for a card game, painted mostly in Photoshop, but a little work was done in Painter as well.

The Passing Fantasy Art

Here's another piece from 2004. Limited Edition prints are available for sale here.

Night of Fire Fantasy Art

This is an older piece from 2004. I've had it sitting on an easel here in the studio for the past few days, and it just dawned on me that it would make a good post.

I remember putting a lot of time into this. It's 16" x 20" and painted in acrylics. I began by establishing a composition with thumbnail drawings sketched in pencil. I then painted two small color rough thumbnails as well as a sky/mountain/valley color study in order to establish the color scheme. Then I painted a value study of the composition and finished up with a pencil study of the two main characters in the foreground.

After that, I drew the composition full size on tracing paper, and then transferred it to watercolor board. I fleshed out the drawing thoroughly right on the board, then spray fixed it and sealed it with two coats of matte medium (one layer stroked on horizontally, the second vertically). The matte medium not only helped isolate the drawing from the subsequent paint layers, but by altering the stroke direction for each layer, it gives a fine linen texture on top of the nice watercolor board texture.

And after all of that I was finally ready to start painting... whew.

Another Airship Sketch

This was a digital sketch for an upcoming painting.

Angel of Death Fantasy Art

This one was somewhat different for me. I've never painted the reaper before, so that was good, but I also explored paint strokes and color in creating the image, especially in the background. I tried some new techniques to create the painted glow effects around the skull too. All in all, an interesting image to work on.

Airship Sketch

That big funky blob is an airship. It's just a visual short hand way to get basic info down as quickly as possible. Sometimes I sketch with pencil and paper, sometimes digitally. Once the basic composition is sketched out, you have all the general information for the final painting.

Painter Sketch

This a sketch I did in Painter a couple of weeks ago. I used the divine proportion tool and layout grid to help establish the composition. This sketch was done to become familiar with using those tools, as well as with painting with paper textures and the pattern pen tool. The paper texture used was an interesting Old Master parchment texture, and the pattern used with the pattern pen tool was the hens and chicks (a grouping of flowers).

Painter X Divine Proportion Mini Tutorial

This is a sketch I composed using the divine proportion tool in Painter X. You can toggle the divine proportion overlay on and off by checking a box in the divine proportion palette. Here you can see that the center of interest is in the general area where the spiral begins. This is just a basic, simple composition to illustrate how you can use this tool, of course. It can also be used for more complicated compositions as well.

Cave Faun, Cave Faun

Here's the latest progress shot of Mr. Faun. I just compared this image to the previous one, and some of the additions/changes I like, some I don't, and then the rest I'm just not sure about. I've mainly added additions and texture to the cave environment, but also worked on the creature some as well. I'm not sure how much of this is obvious on initial viewing. I've been painting on a handful of different pieces, and have only gotten a limited amount done on this one.

I'm finishing this piece in Painter, after all. I've been painting with it almost solely for the past several days and I'm definitely getting more comfortable with it. Not only with the various brushes, but also the shortcuts. I spent a few minutes last week setting up additional ones. Things like flipping the image horizontally and flattening layers.

I'm really enjoying working with Painter, and I may devote a special post to it soon. The new version, Painter X has some very neat features like the divine proportion and layout tools. I also like the custom brush palette, although I'm not sure if that was reinstated from Painter 8, or if it was in Painter 9 as well.

Profile of a Reptile

Here is a new piece I just started from another 2005 sketch. This one will be painted entirely in Painter.

Faun Progress

I've fleshed the creature out and, I think, improved on the design. Also added elements of the cave to the composition and increased the contrast of the image.

Faun Initial Block In

I painted this first pass in Photoshop, where I hammered out the basic design of the character and the surrounding environment and color scheme.

Faun Sketch in Painter

This is the first post in a series chronicling the evolution of a painting from initial sketch to final image.

So what this is is the initial sketch I did back in the second half of 2005. I roughed it out in Painter using the chalk tool. I've recently decided to flesh it out into a finished painting, painting it both in Photoshop and Painter. Since I'm much more familiar with Photoshop and it's brush engine is faster, I'll probably be painting it mostly with that software, while occasionally using Painter.

Anyway, the next post will be the character in the initial stages of the painting process.

Creature Sketch in Green

I painted this in Photoshop today from a 2003 pencil sketch. I've meant for some time to go back to that sketch and do something more with it. I may at some point paint a fully fleshed out portrait of this guy. I think it would make an interesting piece.

Sea Creature

I had forgotten about this one. Painted in Photoshop. Once I rediscovered it and tweaked the colors, I was suprised at how much better it worked. It was way too green and murky at first.