Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Blue Dragon

Blue Dragon Drawing - April 2025
This is a recent ink sketch which has been digitally modified. This sketch was not very well planned out, I was just scribbling on a piece of paper, trying to get the blue ink flowing from a pen that had not been used for years. At some point a wild dragon appeared! Done in April 2025.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Dark Unicorn Fae

Dark Unicorn Fae - Faebruary 2025
She's angry and horny at the same time, wants to stab you in the face, or the penor! Be careful, more demon than Fairy...
Dark Unicorn Fae WIP
And the WIP GIF, this started as a quick ink sketch to celebrate Faebruary 2025!

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Tyrion Lannister Drawing from 2008

Tyrion Lannister - Drawing from 2008
This is another throwback artwork from the archives...

The HBO series for Game of Thrones started showing in 2011 apparently. I actually read Game of Thrones book in 1996 shortly after it was released and to this day I still have PTSD from waiting on GRRM to release the next book in the series. I was at the University at the time, and remember getting a stomach bug, after puking my guts out for a few days I picked this book up from the Library, mostly because I thought the name "Game of Thrones" was kind of stupid and pretentious. It was on the shelf right next to a copy of a volume from Black Company! Should've went with Black Company! Great series, nothing to complain about there.

Despite my dislike of the title or the author of this series, I liked reading the books and especially enjoyed the characters. The fact that nobody was safe after the first book created an allure to this series. The dialogue was brilliant, and the political intrigue was incredible. I am so glad HBO picked up the series and did it justice, especially the parts for which there was written materials. There were a few things I did NOT like about the HBO series, but nothing is perfect...

One of the things I disliked the most about the HBO series was the casting of certain characters, chief of which was the choice for Peter Dinklage to portray the main character of the series. Don't take this the wrong way, I think Dinklage did a great job with his acting, but Tyrion is supposed to be ugly and disfigured. Dinklage is entirely too pretty for the role! In my humble opinion, Tyrion should actually look like GRRM himself, but younger, more out of shape, and also disfigured. There's even a incident in battle that results in him losing parts of his face and nose, but in the HBO series they kind of made him even prettier after that!

This here pencil drawing was made sometime in 2008 and portrayes Tyrion as I imagined him from reading the books, before the HBO series came out.

Now tell me, how much did you like the ending of the HBO series? I know you loved it!

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Pocket Dog

Hellhound
Some Hellhounds really do think they are pocket dogs. This guy likes his little duck and will fight you for it!
Hellhound Detail
This illustration was originally created for a challenge back in 2010, but as has been the theme in my art recently, I went back and polished it up in 2024.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Saint Nick

Christmas Card - Saint Nick and Rudolf
Just in time for the holidays. If you've been a bad boy, Santa is coming ot chop your head off... if Rudolf doesn't bite your face off first. Look out!

Ink drawing, modified in Photoshop. December 2024

I actually used a reference for the elk, the drawing was more complicated than I intended with the figure being obscured by the horns. This was an ink drawing which was painted over in Photoshop. This is done as a Christmas card, may get colored next year.

Saturday, December 14, 2024

End of a Journey

The End of a Journey
This is an illustration I made in 2021 during what I would consider my most massive art dump ever. The colors don't work very well, esp the light and the sky mix, but I was trying new things and learning in the process.

Friday, December 6, 2024

Warrior - Sketch from 2010

Warrior - Sketch from 2010
Another sketch from 2010 that I recently uncovered. I remember working on this one and loving the way it turned out at the time. This was a pencil sketch that was painted over in Photoshop.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Beholder - Digital Paintover 2024

Beholder - Digital Paintover 2024
This is another sketch that I intended to paint over for a long time. The original tiny ink sketch was made in 2022. Finally got around to it in the last week and here's the result. Unfortunately I lost the high-res file in the process of finalizing the image and creating the WIP animation.
Beholder 2024 WIP Animated GIF

Monday, November 18, 2024

Ghost Woman

Ghost Woman Drawing 2024
This is a recent ink drawing that I reworked and colored using some fun techniques. The character is inspired by the very anatomically correct japanese animation style art... Original sketch and painting were completed in 2024. Cheers!

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Two Headed Dragon and War Beast

Two-headed Dragon and a War Beast - Sketches from 2024
These are two sketches from earlier in 2024. I've been very busy at work this year and don't even have time for sketching during meetings. I do intend to beef both of these up, just not sure when it will happen. They both look really good in the real world though, very difficult to photograph or scan properly.

Monday, October 21, 2024

Procreate Sketch 2021

Procreate Sketch 2018
There was a period after I got my Ipad that I used Procreate quite a lot. The applicaiton is extremely powerful and certainly something that can be used professionally, a very good alternative to Photoshop. But after a while I of course once again went back to Photoshop where everything is familiar. This is a fairly rare experiment where I wanted to sketch in Procreate sometime in 2018. I didn't have anything in mind, just sat down and started drawing things.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Sword Hand

Sword Hand - Drawing from 2009 updated in 2024
This is a drawing from 2009. At the time I made this drawing I was a member of a team on conceptart.org which was called Doomsday Dream Clan, and we were in the midst of trying to participate in a team challenge. One of our team members was a young kid whose online handle was "Sword Hand" and I made this drawing in his honor. A reference of Adriana Lima was used for the face, but outside of that it was made up. Now about 15 years later I stumbled upon the original drawing while browsing my old archive and had to touch it up. If any of my old teammates stumble upon this, hit me up, miss you guys!

Friday, August 23, 2024

Soul Catcher - Black Company

Soul Catcher from Black Company
This is a drawing depicting my take on Soul Catcher, one of the iconic characters in the Black Company series of fantasy books by Glen Cook. This character starts out as a mystery, and as you progress through the book you find out more about them. One of the terrifying powers Catcher has is the ability to mimic anyone's voice. I love the Black Company series, the characters, the way the story is told from the perspective of the weak, the journeys the company goes through, the triumphs and tragedies... I highly recommend it. This series has served as an inspiration for art and other famous authors were also inspired by the story.

This ballpoint pen ink sketch was made in 2019.

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Spider Rider Ink Sketch

Spider Rider Sketch
This is a ballpoint pen ink sketch made in 2024. The drawing is tiny, about 4 inches across. I intend to either paint over or redo this at some point in more detail sometime in the future....

Friday, August 9, 2024

Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing!
This is another sketch that I really wanted to paint over and I just haven't gotten around to it.

Thursday, July 25, 2024