House on the Hill - Painting Demonstration 2020

This is a drawing and digital painting demonstration I did with the kids back in 2020. It started as a very quick and loose pencil sketch which we scanned then painted over. The idea was to show them how to quickly do things digitally and to make images more uniform. This was done in less than 1 hour, not really sure how much we spent actually drawing vs. just talking and showing different blending modes/overlays options.

The year of 2020 was a very strange one, I think I was busy with work and didn't actually draw all that much despite the COVID madness that had engulfed the world. This wasn't really intended to be anything special, just playing around with the kids and showing them how to do stuff.

Dark Unicorn Fae

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...

And the WIP GIF, this started as a quick ink sketch to celebrate Faebruary 2025!

In the Water

This is a digitally remastered pencil drawing from 2013. Minor tweaks made now to it in 2025 as I'm posting up.

This is a character from the Eternal Seven story.

Fairy - Pencil Sketch from 2008

Fairys are cute until they start stabbing you in the face...

This is another old sketch from 2008 being posted just in time for Faebruary 2025!

Aspect of Valefor

While generaly considered a fickle patron, Valefor has at times sent agents to protect or aid his chosen ones. It is not clear if these are entirely separate entities, or actual manifestations of the Duke himself.

Ink drawing, modified in Photoshop. I might work on this some more but other projects are cooking.

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!

Pocket Dog

Some Hellhounds really do think they are pocket dogs. This guy likes his little duck and will fight you for it!

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.