Heart of the Swamp

Hey! I've been working on a lot of stuff I can't really show right now. I've been hard at work on Blue Shift pages but they won't be ready for a while still. I'm also working on my It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia painting. It's looking good so far, but it still has a lot of work. For now, I did this sketch today that I'm really happy with. It kind of reminds me of a heart growing into a tree. I hope you like it!

Christmas Treefolk

The latest challenge over at Art Order just wrapped up and here's my entry. This one was the Holiday challenge where you had to take an elements from the holidays and put your own spin on it so I did a treefolk all dressed up like a Christmas Tree. I'm still going to touch up some areas on this, but I figured I should post what I submitted for now and I'll post the revised one later. Happy Holidays everyone!

Art Order: Dungeon Delve Challenge

Today's the deadline for the latest challenge over at Art Order and here's my final entry. There's 121 entries for this one so there's some pretty steep competition. There's a lot of great work to be seen so make sure to check out all of the other final entries over at the forums!

Aesop's Fables Finishes

Here are a the finished illustrations I did for the Aesop's Fables Illustrations 'The Fox & the Grapes' and 'The Tortoise & the Hare'.

Art Order Dungeon Delve Drawing / Golden Surprise Drawing

Here's a couple of drawings I finished up recently. The first one is for the Dungeon Delve Art Challenge going on over at Art Order right now. Check out some of the other sketches/WIPs that have been uploaded, there's a ton of awesome work up there right.

The second one is for "Million Things Everywhere" assignment. The main point of the assignment is to have information everywhere in the image. The empty spaces behind the character will have more gold and treasure painted in.

Both of these are currently being painted and the finishes should be up in the next week or 2 along with my pieces for the Aesop's Fables.

Aesop's Fables Drawings

Here are a couple drawings I did for some Aesop's Fables Illustrations I'm working on. The fables being illustrated are 'The Fox & the Grapes' and 'The Tortoise & the Hare'.

IlluXcon 3 - 2010 in review

It's been a few days since I've gotten back from Altoona and my brain is still trying to register all the awesomeness I've experienced during the Super-Omega-Awesome-Illustration-Fun-Fest that was IlluXcon 3.

I met so many awesome artists who are just as awesome people. I showed my portfolio around, got it ripped to shreds, and was told which shreds were worth keeping. I was very humbled by the great overall response my portfolio drew from a number of people and at the same time all of the masters I was surrounded by showed me just how much further I have yet to push myself. I bought a ton of goodies and grabbed freebies from just about anyone who was giving them out.

IlluXcon has got me really motivated to really throw everything I've got into my new work and I really look forward to seeing how these new pieces I'm working on turn out. I'm already seeing signs of how the con has impacted me and it's a really great feeling to know that I'm getting closer to reaching that next level.

Thank you to everyone who was kind enough to share their time and wisdom with me at the con and a special thanks to Jeannie and Pat Wilshire for putting the con together in the first place. Those two really have put together something special and I hope to come back again next year. IlluXcon is the perfect reminder as to why I love the fantasy genre, it seems that nowhere else can you find such a talented and passionate group of people who want to share their knowledge and help each other improve in their work!

P.S. the jam night was incredibly fun! I very rarely get to play the drums without silencing pads anymore...nor do I get to play with other people, or on stage, so that was a really awesome time for me :)