Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Ars Goetia 63 - Andras

Ars Goetia 63 Andras
A manifestation of Andras, the 63rd demon described in the Infernal Dictionary.

His title is Great Marquis and he controls over thirty legions of demons.

Andras often manifests in a humanoid body with angel's wings and an owl's head, holding a gleaming and sharp greatswrod, and often riding great dark wolf. His power is extreme, if successfully summoned and commanded, he can kill anyone. Andras is a master of the sword and violence, often summoned at times of war, to sow discord, cause strife and bloodshed. He can ruin a truce between former enemies and enflame old grudges.

Generally considered one of the most dangerous of summons, only the most powerful conjurers should even consider attempting to summon this creature, and extreme precautions must be taken. When summoned Andras is intent on killing both the conjurer and the assistants should they stray from the circle of protection. He will tempt the summoners and only a great will is capable of bringing him under tenuous control.

Once an angel, sided with Lucifer and fell from grace.

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Renna the Snow Witch

Renna the Snow Witch
Renna the Snow Witch is a character from Elden Ring. We never actually meet Renna in person, instead Ranni initially introduces herself to us as Renna, and eventually we find the Snow Witch armor set in Renna's Rise after Ranni moves on to the latter part of her quest.

Some people have debated if Renna was actually the Snow Witch who served as a mentor to Ranni, but I'm not sure why the debate exists because this is about as spoon-fed to us by From software as it gets. Not only was Renna the actual identity of the Snow Witch, she is also the Third Sister of Rennala and Rellana.

What is an actual mystery from the lore perspective, is what exactly happened to Renna? By the time the Tarnished player character gets to move the story forward she appears to be gone, and most likely dead. Only traces of her remain, and perhaps Ranni assumed Renna's identity to hide from the Two Fingers after pulling off the double assassinantion during the Night of the Black Knives. She modeled her new body appearance after Renna and managed to avoid detection for a very long time... The only way the deception would have been effective, is if Renna was indeed famous enough for Ranni to pull off that stunt. So this may be obvious to us as the story unfolds that Ranni is not who she initially claimed she is, but we do not get any decent information hinting regarding what actually happened to Renna the Snow Witch and how or why she died. This is rather important because both Rennala and Rellana were clearly extremely powerful, and expecting their third sibling to be lacking in both power and importance to the overall world development is strange...

This was an ink drawing which was modified and painted over digitally to create the image you see above. This is not my usual style but I decided to try something new and to leave it rather simple.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Demonic Centaur

Demonic Centaur
This started as an ink drawing made sometime in 2025, but I finally got around to scanning it and working on it in early 2026. I ended up working on this much longer than I anticipated.
Demonic Centaur - Cropped
This crop is intended to show the highlights.
Demonic Centaur - WIP
Lastly, you can see how this started from the brief WIP.

Friday, February 20, 2026

Faebruary 2026 Drawing

Faebruary 2026 Drawing
Here we go again with something new. I have so many things cooking right now that it has been nearly impossible to keep up with and finish anything to show... However, I did make a sketch and painted over it to get to a more polished stage.
Faebruary 2026 WIP
This is the work-in-progress animated GIF showing how this drawing changed over time. Almost the entire drawing, except for some minor finishing touches, was done on stream. I will link the videos here once I figure out how to do that...

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Xenomorph Sketch - Tattoo Design

Xenomorph Tattoo Design
This is a tiny ink sketch which was requested by a friend for a potential tattoo. Unsure if it will make it to the intended destination. Modified digitally.

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Baba Yaga's Walking Tree House

Baba Yaga's Walking Tree House
This is an illustration from 2021 that I spent a lot of time on. The original was an ink sketch that I wanted to turn into a full up color drawing and I did not take the most efficient approach.

For some background, Baba Yaga is a folklore monster... some times in movies portrayed as a male demon. I am Slavic though, and our version of Baba Yaga is an old witch that flies around on a broom stick or a mortar. When I was little my grandma used to try to scare me with stories of Baba Yaga and even told me her house was a tiny little utilty hut between the big apartment buildings we lived in. In the folklore, her house is actually mobile, and has chicken legs to move around on. Also the old crone is portrayed as cannibalistic, especially preferring the taste of young children.

I was intrigued... though I don't think I was ever really scared of the old witch. I just never found the Bulgarian "babas" scary, though other people might be onto something!

This is my interpretation of Baba Yaga's house, I like the idea of living trees that are their own characters, and chicken legs are just too tasty to be spooky!
Vistor to Baba Yaga's House
This little wizard is not Baba Yaga, but is a visitor, and the tree is reacting to the intruder. If you pay attention to my drawings you may see this little red robed wizard show up in quite a few places. There must be a good reason to visit Baba Yaga, but we might never find out the exact cause.
Baba Yaga's Tree House Concept Sketch
Ink drawing sketch is how this started.

I refined this ink sketch digitally and then colored it. It looked cool, so I thought why not do illustration around it by placing it into a scene? This did not work out very well as the colors were clashing, the values were wrong... I spent a lot more time on this than I should have. Even now in 2025 I did some adjustments and painted in some details to clean this up. In the end some gradient maps and color overlays seem to have brought the image more together. I get frustrated looking at it though.

Friday, December 5, 2025

Big Blade - Sketch from 2012

Big Blade
This is a pencil sketch from 2012 that was only partially modified / colorized digitally. I love the way it turned out, especially her eyes.