Design me up some more...

Well, I'm still a designer - Some folks want us to do more but we can't. Just so little of me, people do have to wait in line. Not to mention the amount of work I do in a day... Yes - People get their monies worth from all sides. I just hope they don't get to crazy.

art-and posts..

Why I don't post more... Well I like traditional art practices and most people are moving in a digital direction. Tradition takes time, digital can be fast. Tradition means it has to be made digital and that takes at least one extra step if not more. Rest assured I have lots of art produced for any number of projects. I just can't free them up for posting due to agreements or simply personal laziness. If you good folks want to see more the best way to ensure that is to request a commission or suggest a project you want me to do an illustration for. -enjoy your weekend.

small joys

I'm currently working on a book for a 500 copy press run. The author loves the work I've done so far. It is tiresome work but the joy I bring to people and the thrill they have working with me is a big thank you. This also leads to word of mouth... Yes I'm getting busy, popular and if things keep going, I'm really going to be in need of a raise soon... Lets hope the momentum continues.

life is hard...

be thankful for every little blessings and keep working hard. Be humble in the face of your own greatness. Never let the small things get in the way of greater glories. Be thankful for the generosity of others and never take any moment for granted. You never know when you will have a chance to experience another one quite like the one that just passed. Good things come, keep your head up. Push forward... Try harder... Be better. Nothing else really needs to be said. Now I have to get back to the drawing board...so much more to do. -enjoy.

toyboy or boytoy

I thought that it would be a neat idea to create shields for title pages. After a ton of sketching i started to move to famous themes in the fantasy world. Then I moved to plaques and came up with peter pan, Captain hook and a few other great roughs. Here is one of the final images.

3DeadKings-EP9-audio blog

I had to keep to my monthly updates. Three dead kings only seems to get traffic from Saudi Arabia... Perhaps they are paranoid that a poor old white creative guy is leading an uprising... Not likely. I have a hard enough time buying groceries. Maybe in another life. Right now I'm just trying to survive through this one life. The story is fictional. Did I mention that it is a story...fictional. International visitors can relax. I'm not looking to upset the international boundaries by imposing my will on your people. I'm living through a forced transition as it is in my culture. I certainly do not want to do the same else where.

Art---I knew I could do it.

Need a hand!-Ha! I helped a friend Move- this hand was inspired by that experience...Yup I'm a bit sore. Must be age catching up to me. The Cyclops was in part inspired by the cartoon "SideKick" I figured I'd make a cyclops and swipe the helmet design from the character from the show. I really liked how this turned out. digital colors are so tricky. I hope to get much better at it. Traditional art materials have a natural flow about them. Digital tools simply don't move the same way. It is really hard to get a look unless you really work a piece over. I think I'm getting better and faster. Still I need to be more skilled. I also learned that not all jobs are easy to do. I did tickets and it was really fast to complete. Unfortunately it needed to be perforated. I simple could not meet all the requirements of an easy perforation and efficient layout. Thank fully the press guy was looking for a bit more challenging projects to work on. One more week ahead. One day at a time, one step at a time.... Lets see what happens.