
Slowly slowly slowly I go. Those paying (and fun) gigs keep coming up but Im going to finish this up in the next few weeks. Im enjoying painting on this.








Its been a busy few weeks. I just completed 20 card images for Steve Jackson Games, another for Wandering Men Studio's Untold RPG-CCG. Hopefully more to come from both, since they were both great to work with and very prompt on payment (wow!). I also went to Origins for a couple days and pitch the ol folio, ran into some old friends and had a fun time in Columbus. Now that all the above is over, I will go back to updating the portfolio for Gen-Con Indy. Hopefully I'll get everything done that I had wanted to do for origins. This sketch may get finished out and put in there after a little work. That arm and hand look a wee bit off. Thankfully Im not Dork enough to know what race of Star Wars critter this is. Im not going to google it. She can stay lil' miss tentacle head.
Look at this narsty bugger. Its very losely based off of a piece Anson Maddox did, showing the face and hand of a wicked little critter. I sort of took some facial structure and added a body and an environment. This just started as a sketch and then I started painting the figure out and then sketched the background out on lunch breaks... I know Im on the right track with this piece. I know that by the faces my wife makes when she looks at what Im working on. : ]
I've seen lots of wonderfully painted altered cards online and at conventions. I thought why not give it a try. I grabbed a couple cards and an hour or two later, I had my first attempts. The knollspine isnt as smooth a painting surface as I've seen on other cards but Im happy with it.
Swashbucklers is complete and sailing off to the printers. At long last! Look for some personal projects that are purely for fun to be posted soon. Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio is quickly approaching and I am eager to attend.