A simplified ink version of the baths sketch. I'm debating if I'll simply do a colour illustration treatment to this, or turn it into a full painting.
Either way, Ajaatu and Keelahi enj...
2021-02-23 23:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I was finally able to sit and finish projects again for the first time this month, and the first on the list to be finished was January's Patron Illustration.
This time around its an image of...
2021-02-17 22:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a certain cold feeling that goes through you when you ask a parent who, normally, is pretty stoic and tough if they're okay, and you are met with a head-shake, and an exhausted few breaths....
2021-02-08 20:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't normally post revisions in sketches until they're in the inking stage, but this one was fairly large. I ended up removing the wall and decided to make it an open air scene in the back...
2021-01-22 00:41:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Another rough work of an idea that hit me today. Bath's at one of the Khavijas settlements in the Aegencald.
Trying to remember how to draw wolves again. Its been a while o.o
<... 2021-01-21 00:22:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Still getting used to some of the tools in the art program. Things got reset so I'm learning to use the defaults until I can go back in and tweak things.
I was waffling for ideas, so th...
2021-01-20 01:17:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm going to try and do a few more 'show your work' posts like this.
I realize I have a habit of only posting compositions when all the backgrounds are done, or when the linework is final eno...
2021-01-16 00:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently finally upgraded my production box after 12 years. USB ports and an ethernet port began failing on the 'auldr Dragon' as I called it, and it was showing signs that it wasn't going ...
2021-01-12 21:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
"Hullo sammich. Are you ready to be rawred? 'Cuz dragons rawr, and sammiches are on the menu. Prepare to be rawred with alacrity and finality."
I had hope to have this done ...
2020-12-30 19:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The colour flats for the 'hullo Sammich' image. Not everything is colour-balanced yet, and I've put in only the basic shadows and light sources just to figure out a general look for the pictu...
2020-12-22 01:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I was given kind permission to share November's patron sketch. I believe this is the first under water/sea character I've ever drawn (not counting pirates or maybe a skeleton or two under the...
2020-12-14 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I had chance to sit and finish the inks that I started just over a week ago for this. Simplified inks, since I'll be doing colours.
I have inks for November's patron sketch to finish ne...
2020-12-08 22:23:13 +0000 UTC View PostI'm usually loathe to talk about life-issues in an online forum. Everyone has different things going on in their lives that aren't shared online because part of being an adult is dealing with...
2020-12-08 05:44:56 +0000 UTC View Post
A few days ago I had a strong sense of nostalgia hit me that implanted a character into my consciousness whom I haven't thought about since I was probably maybe six or seven years old.
The &n...
2020-11-22 23:21:08 +0000 UTC View PostI'm finally starting to get back on track when it comes to answering e-mails and comments, and more importantly doing art again.
I had a sciatic nerve pinch for the last 6 days that was a won...
2020-11-20 20:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I've started doing more concept work for the whole comic idea I've been batting around, and decided I wanted to try and iterate on what the hell Berrand's design for it would be. This is the ...
2020-11-12 23:15:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This wasn't meant to be a very detailed or over-worked colour piece since it was just done as an 'NPC portrait' for the game I'm running, but I figured I'd share it here anyway. <...
2020-11-06 02:04:58 +0000 UTC View Post
I know the last couple days have been a stressful time for a lot of folks. Please accept this emergency goat.
-T.J.
(Note: I'll be answering back replies over the next few d...
2020-11-04 23:19:24 +0000 UTC View Post
"The creature rose from it's blasphemous prayer as if an invisible hand pulled it from it's scruff to unwillingly stand, and with uneasy creaks of armor older than any of us it turned with... 2020-10-29 23:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post
First, wow, lots of good feedback on the 'Price Check' post previously. I'll be going through tonight and see which route I want to go. I'm still struggling a bit for time, but I think ...
2020-10-27 21:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostI've been thinking of taking on commissions for a couple years now, which always tended to get thwarted due to life situations that come up, and a sudden drop in free time. This year wasn't a...
2020-10-26 22:31:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to draw something oddly 'cartoony' and still 'spook' themed. This time around, Ellys (even more tiny than usual) brewing up.. something, with the assistance of Jenliita Donkadoodle, ...
2020-10-19 23:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Pumpkins, the most important part of every picture they are featured in.
I haven't got a clue what possessed me to sketch this out (It's likely Brambles, the pumpkin haunt did). I wante...
2020-10-14 00:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Now with more dots, and Crelm (tm) brightening power.
2020-10-10 20:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post
In the last image that I posted, there was something that was kind of driving me crazy about it. I found that while the colours were okay, the balance felt 'muddy'. Its hard to explain ...
2020-10-10 20:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The painting that never ended.
I finally just had to call this one done. There's a million things I probably want to fix and tweak but this has now taken me around a month to get to thi...
2020-10-09 22:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This post has a fair bit more history than a lot of the art I put up here. It also comes with a quote from the squirrel herself (Written by September's Sketch recipient, Mr. Rancourt).<...
2020-10-01 22:56:09 +0000 UTC View Post
