additionally...

Oops, I didn't know this was public yet or I'd have put it in the batch from yesterday:


Skaar 14, for Marvel Comics, 12x18, oil on illustration board

This is overdue...

It's been awhile since I've had a real illustration post, I have to stop letting them pile up like this! Unfortunately I still have pending NDAs and that sort of thing, but here's a batch of work that I can share :)


The Scavenger, for Heavy Metal, 16x22, oil on illo board


Skaar 13, for Marvel Comics, 11x17, oil on illo board


Holmes and Watson, for Nightshade Books, 15x21, oil on illo board


By Blood We Live, for Night Shade Books, 16.5x23, oil on illo board


Shield of Reverence, for Wizards of the Coast, 9x12, oil on illo board


Knight of new Alara (promo variant), for Wizards of the Coast, 12x16.5, oil on illo board


Messenger Falcons, for Wizards of the Coast, 8x11, oil on illo board

For fans of my Postcard series

Just a little something special, while they last...

I swear this isn't all that I paint...

but it just happens to be what I'm showing :P Some new illustrations coming soon, promise, just need to get clearance. Meanwhile...


"Rainy Day", 17x17, oil on illustration board


"Kitty Cat", 12x16, oil on illustration board


"Curiosity", 9x19, oil on illustration board


"Mischief", 9x19, oil on illustration board

and selections of recent postcards, all oil on 5x7 illo board:

Still more girls ;)

Some recent postcards and related work:


(5x7)


(5x7)


(5x7)


(5x7)


(13x17)


(9x15.5)

Russian nesting dolls

So awhile back, I was invited by Lana Crooks to participate in a show of custom Russian nesting dolls (you know, those little dolls that stack inside each other?) at the A.Okay Official gallery in Chicago. I was kind of at a loss to how to approach it since it's a little outside my normal thing, but in the end I decided on a sequential theme as oppose to a collection theme. These are probably the smallest figures I've ever painted (starting at 5" tall and ending at 1.5") and also the first time I've used acrylics for anything other than underpainting since I was in school, so I was pretty happy that it actually even looked like anything in the end :P

Honestly, I'm really happy with how they came out. As is always the problem with dimensional work, these just aren't the same in photos, but I'll try:







And close-ups of each individual doll:

Postcards!

Haven't posted any postcards in awhile, so here's a recentish batch. All oils on illustration board, 5x7 inches each