Preview of Custom Card Art

Good morning people. Here is a quick look at a piece I am working on for AT. It is going to be used on a customized character card. A full color version of the completed piece will appear here this week, so stay tuned.

Travels of Kit

Good morning folks. Have a look a a pic from a project I've been planning for a couple of years. Travels of Kit is an illustrated story sponsored by Jim Hardesty. The first four images are up now and more will be appearing soon. To have a look, click here. Enjoy!

2009 Cat Calendar

Hi folks! Sorry for the long time between posts. I travelled north last week to visit my sister. It was a lovely trip and I enjoyed seeing her and my nephews. However, I didn't blog while I was up there and that interrupted the good blogging habits I had been practicing before I left. In any case, I'm back and should be posting regularly--at least until the next time I take a vacation.

My news today is that I've got a new cat calendar for sale on LuLu. Those of you who follow my cat art will like it. The images include some of my best selling pictures. Click here if you'd like to have a look.

I love my Wacom Tablet

Morning all. I'm posting a piece this morning to demonstrate a technique that I've been trying to master for some time. I've created a piece entirely with digital media. I've been able to do this for some times, but the results looked either crude or artificial. What I've been after is balance: A blending of what my hand and brain do naturally with the right hardware and software. I didn't know precisely what I was after; however, I figured that I would know it when I saw it since this is the way that I recognize most of my new techniques.

The piece below was drawn on my Intuos3 Graphic tablet, using Painter. I usually pencil a piece on paper then scan it when I do a digital painting. This time the sketch was done on my computer. As much as I like it, I consider this just an early sign of what I'm going to be able to do using this technique. Keep watching my blog for more pieces of this kind.

WIP New Howling Rage Art Part 2

As promised, here is my second post showing progress on my commission for Dave H. In step two I scan then digitally color my pencil sketch. For this piece I also refined the sketch quite a bit, adding detail and cleaning up lines. As striking as the pencils are, adding color--especially those flames--make quite a difference.

Stage three is an acrylic painting which is currently sitting on my easel. If you want to see it in person, come to Pentacon in Fort Wayne which will take place November 7th to 9th, where I'll be delivering the painting to Dave. For those of you who can't make it to Pentacon, I'll post a scan of the painting here after the show.

Etsy @ the Market

Good Morning! I want to let everyone know about a new show I will be attending in Ann Arbor Michigan on Sunday October 5th. It's called Etsy@the Market; it will be an out door show at the Kerrytown Farmer's market. For a map of the place, please click on the link below. If you are in the area, come check it out!


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WIP New Howling Rage Art

Here's a piece I'm working on for Dave H. It's a commission of his character in an 'excitable' mood. When it's done, Dave will get the original painting and I will use the image to replace the art for Howl of Rage--which, though serviceable, is an early example of my digitally painted work. The final for this piece will provide a much more exciting image. To see just how exciting, check back next week!