Cover for Return to Valhalla

I recently finished the cover to Return to Valhalla, by Mike Whicker. Im super excited to read it (and re-read Invitation to Valhalla and Blood of the Reich). This is great stuff! Im very happy to have worked with Mike again. He is a very nice guy and good at his craft.

Parsec is 99% complete. Mostly just waiting for the Kickstarter campaigne to be complete. If you haven't seen it yet go to kickstarter. Go!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072399402/the-parsec-rpg?ref=users

Also working on the "Family Vacation" board game by Philip duBarry. This thing is fun. Im eager to post some pics and get the prototype to a decent stage.

Well now. Back to it.

Oh the neglect!
Big dry spell here as most blogs go through. Its a new year and Im already covered up with projects that Im eager to start. Im wrapping up the last bit of the Parsec RPGs core book (images above). Below is a link to the Parsec blog which is loading on the content in anticipation of its launch and kickstarter campaign. As with any project the end is the most fun as all the parts fall together. The first expansion is already written and should hit my inbox soon. Yeah, no rest for the wicked... or illustrators either (thats the unspoken part, right). Well, off for more sci-fi goodness.

jrg-parsec.blogspot.com/

Aside from the worlds of Parsec I have a fun board game that Im getting started on right now. Its a good cross-country adventure as families compete to have the best vacation. Having a family now, I can really see the humor/horror of selecting a destination and being in the car with hours with restless kids. This game looks like it will be lots of fun to play and create.

Breaking away from gaming, I have a book cover lined up for Mike Wicker, and author and fellow Evansville resident. The cover will be for his third book about Erika Lehmann, a German spy during WW2. I met Mike back when he was publishing his first book, Invitation to Valhalla (truly awesome book). Im super excited to get a chance to work with him again. Who know, maybe I can do new covers for the first two books when they are up for their next printing. Well thats just wishful thinking.

Lots to do, better get to it. This is going to be a good year!

Wow, what a crazy Gen-Con it was this time around. Dead alternator in the truck... police pat down... bums... lots of bums - shout out to all my new peeps at Garfeild Park shelter house... window broken and plates stolen off the truck... friends bag stolen next day... cab ride with a drunk... oh I spent some time at the convention too. Im just glad I had family in Indy that was able to give me a hand with the automotive problems that set this movie like plot in motion. Aside from my Judgement Night adventure I had a good time visiting with all the friends I've met and collaborated with over the past few years. As always the art show was amazing and very inspiring.

Next year, Im not leaving the convention center... for my own safety : )

Im back from another year at Origins. Always good to run into some old friends and make new ones. I was able to meet with both creators of Parsec face to face to discuss progress and how to best advance with a Kickstarter presentation. Cover is getting near to being finished. A few tweaks left, like dropping Jupiter in place of the random planet seen here and tightening up some of the details. A better scan wil do it wonders too.

New postcards (just barely) in time for conventions season. Also starting to revamp my old site by giving it a new domain, Inkplow.com and inkplow.blogspot.com. InkPlow, cultivating creativity or some such nonsense.
Off to Origins tomorrow.

And now, dungeon monsters for Steve Jackson Games. Another group of images I did prior to taking on the Parsec book (big update on that coming soon). These were very fun and it was nice to get back to tradition media for shading.

After sitting on these images for months, sounds like they got them selves published at Steve Jackson Games. Guess its safe to show these nasty buggers to the world. Wee.

The Space Race

Rough sketch for Parsec has been approved. Plan on getting it on the board this weekend along with another piece. Lots of stuff in the works and Im getting excited about Origins and Gen-Con.

Clipboard Mario and... were did Leo's Luigi go?

I was looking at a book that Ramon Perez did for Rifts and it got me in the mood for sketching one of the signature elements from Rifts, the lay line walker. Ramon's book was lots of fun and very well done.
Bla bla bla, sketch sketch sketch. back to work on the paying gigs.

Another lunch time project. Fun.

Last post of the year, quite possible. This image comes compliments of my lunch breaks at work. Some people eat, I draw guys who burn hearts in skulls full of hot coals. Can you dig it?

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.

Lots of fun new sci-fi stuff. The ship is for a book by Jolly Roger Games and the others are for Rogue Game. Lots more to go on the JRG book... lots. Im still wanting to start on a redesign of the ol' website, I guess this post will have to do until the 1s and 0s align with my schedule. New Years resolution... less facebook/netflix/youtube/internets and more art time.

Long time with out posting... I got the Illuminati cards from Steve Jackson Games in the mail yesterday. It is being release right now, in time for the elections, very appropriate. It features 20 little ink drawings of mine (and colorized by the staff at SJG) and the pack features my work exclusively. Very Cool. I also never posted the Untold art that I did a few months back. The art was for a card and ended up on the packaging as well.

Currently Im dorking out on some interior pieces for Rogue games and having a blast. It falls in line with Firefly and Battlestar Galactic which I have been watching recently. Im also wrapping up the first of two posters the Thomas Riley Trilogy by my friend Nick Valentino. The first book was lots of fun and I look forward to the next two. Im also hoping to update the website before years end too.

Time to go slave over that drawing board again....