Halloween Special

It's two days before Halloween and I'm celebrating on my blog by posting a group of pics instead of just one. These came mostly from commissions I completed at Fur Fright, which makes them perfect for Halloween. The last one is a piece I plan to deliver at Pentacon in early November.

Taminin commissioned this lovely badge. I like to do complex designs for these little pieces and he had this long braid and a feather......

Have I mentioned that I like drawing horses? No? Well, I really like drawing horses! Thanks Ard.

Newie has commissioned some terrific story pieces, but I think this one is the best I've done for him so far. It is his saber tooth tiger character who happens to be employed as a paleontologist. All those old bones got to be too much of a temptation. This one is called "Guilty Pleasures."

This piece is a first for me; Missy commissioned not one but two characters. Each reflects different aspects of her personality; the innocent, excitable great dane in cowboy boots is one aspect and the lovely, demure, well dressed hyena is another. In this pic the great dane is trying to get the hyena's attention, getting in the way while she is trying to strike an alluring pose. I call this one Vampus Interruptus. Thanks Missy!

I am having a blast with this WIP. This is for AW; it's his son Sean, done as an anime character. Working from photo reference, he asked me to illustrate Sean as if he was the star of his own series. I love my job. Thanks AW.

Peregrin Griffin

Good morning, people. I am on my second cup of coffee and blogging. Somehow, caffeine and computers seem to go together---so long as the one doesn't come in direct contact with the other.

As promised, here is the first of my Fur Fright commissions. This was commissioned by Giles and it was a pleasure to draw. I like griffins, I like peregrin falcons and I was enchanted by the idea of a mix of the two. It's another happy combination. Enjoy!

Blue Fairy

Hi, folks. I am resting up from Fur Fright and I will be posting some of the commissions I completed there soon. In the meantime, I wanted to show the results of my efforts to teach myself 3D modeling. Have a look at the Blue Fairy. I built her from scratch, created a skeleton for her, then posed her and made these renders for her. I am having quite a bit of fun learning 3D, using a program called Cheetah. If you are a Mac user interested in learning 3D, I strongly recommend Cheetah. It's the easiest, most intuitive 3D software I have found and the price is great for what it delivers.

The last two images are posted a little smaller so that my signature is not cropped. To see these full size, click on the image.




Blue Fairy Flying by Susan Van Camp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.




Blue Fairy Flying 2 by Susan Van Camp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.






Blue Fairy Morning by Susan Van Camp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.






Blue Fairy Face by Susan Van Camp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

New DS Character Portrait

Hi folks. I have a piece to show off that I did for Jeff G. a couple of weeks ago. It is a portrait of his character in elven and shifted form. I find the blue birthmark appealing; it looks good on him no matter what shape he's wearing!

New Nomad card art

This post shows new art for the DS nomad background card. This piece was done digitally, without a pencil sketch on paper. I'm very happy with the painterly style I'm getting using my Wacom tablet.

Brash

Here's a piece I finished for Doug H. at Comic Con in May. I took an Iphone photo at the time but it did not come out well. Doug kindly brought the original with him when he was up for a game last weekend. I scanned it and present it here for your enjoyment. It's one of his rpg characters. I enjoy this guy's attitude; he seems to get a lot of pleasure out of adventuring, even when things get dicey....