Here is the second set of the Playing for Keeps character illustrations I have completed. The first set of characters can be found here.
Characters from top to bottom: Doodad, White Lightning, Ian
A few notes about these illustrations. I had a bit of trouble with the PCB (printed circuit board) design on Doodad’s head. I originally [...]
It is that time of the year again when cold weather and gloom are running rampant. However, it is also that time of year when my orchids feel the need to perform. This January two of my ten orchid plants have decided to bloom. It’s always exciting when they bloom because I never remember the [...]
Last Sunday we went diving at the underwater park in Edmonds, Washington. Yes, you heard me right, SCUBA diving in the winter in the north Pacific. The water temperature that day was 45°F. Considering that the air temperature was in the thirties, it wasn’t too bad. Oh, and we were wearing dry suits so I [...]
Here’s the first set of character cards that I did for Mur Lafferty’s audio novel Playing for Keeps. I was, and still am, very honored that she chose to use them as the illustrations for the official Playing for Keeps character cast page.
Characters from top to bottom: Keepsie, Peter, Clever Jack
These three illustrations have really [...]
I’ve been following the art of Rob Sheridan for a little while now. I really dig his stuff. Robots, monsters, general twisted goodness. What’s not to love about that? This image was posted just recently on his blog. It has become one of my favorite pieces – robots, octopus looking critters, clockwork – well, you [...]
A little sketch out of one of my sketch books. This is one image that I will definitely have to revisit with color. Not sure where that beetle came from. Sneaky beetle…
So, yeah. I moved hosts again. This time it was because of something not quite right with our ISP. Believe me, I would have loved to keep the site where it was, but it was brought to my attention that visitors to the site that used the same ISP weren’t able to view the site. [...]
I’ve been trying to start this piece for a while. This month I finally sat down and began the first stages. I had a couple of concept sketches that I wanted to expand upon. This first image is the full clockwork cat idea. In the final piece I envision the contraption to be more detailed [...]
A wary species, the gorgalthumper inhabits the swamps of the planet Chilon-12. The wild habits of this illusive species are not well known. However, space pirates in the sector containing Chilon-12 have found the creature to be a very loyal companion once the tumulus task of gaining a gorgalthumper’s trust has been obtained.
Suspicious by nature, [...]
Viva la robots! A pen sketch out of my notebook. I drew it while I was flying somewhere over the Atlantic at the end of December.
The tweets from Twitter that go along with this image are to many to post here. It was more of a “you had to be there” sort of thing. At [...]
