tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88820491342534072782024-03-05T13:27:05.739-05:00Del Teigeler's Art BlogShowcasing the artwork and process of Roleplaying and Fantasy Literature Illustrator Del TeigelerDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-2042480087609707242018-04-26T09:18:00.001-04:002018-04-26T09:18:12.354-04:00AS&SH Warlord's Palace...<div style="text-align: center;">
For those few of you who still check out this slow as hell blog, but also for my own amusement, here is a look at the Warlord's Palace illustration for <a href="http://www.hyperborea.tv/">www.hyperborea.tv</a> and the new Beasts and Cannibals <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-beasts-and-cannibals">Kickstarter </a>.</div>
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+Jeff Talanian was specific about wanting a full frontal view of this particular local in the "Anthropophagi of Xambaala" module. Really more of a ruin that a palace, and he wanted it seen from a distance without much in the way of surrounding landscape save for the immense dunes that have collected around it. </div>
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I went straight away to google the type of architecture that he had mentioned in his write-up and the various questions I asked. </div>
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This is the first iteration a full sized sketch. Sometimes I do this, sometimes its just thumbnail sized pencils.</div>
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You can see the guidelines with in this one too. I wanted the structure to be slightly higher than the horizon so if you look closely the walls slant slightly in as you get higher. It is ever so subtle and creates a good effect of a large structure looming out ahead of the viewer. Maybe I didn't pull it off quite as well as it sound in my head, but hey. </div>
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Here is the final original drawing. </div>
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There were problems though, for the most part the publisher loved the entire structure, but the large sand dunes behind and the shadows in the background had to go. I agreed that I wasn't sold on the shadows, and from my original reading I had not caught that the landscape around was barren; thus no dunes. I went back and forth at this point deciding if I could still realistically keep the sun in the background. Remembering though that this is Hyperborea, I knew that it had to be low on the horizon, as it almost never rises above. It would just depend on whether aesthetically it would be pleasing for the drawing in the end. </div>
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Thus back to the drawing board again, and this time I some work to do. I lightboxed over the basic lines of the structure on final board and proceeded to pencil in the building. </div>
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Here you can see I increased the size of the "Red Giant of Hyperborea", removed the looming dunes, and added a few "desert plants" roughly in the foreground. You can see more of those guidelines here.</div>
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This being the final pencils I "fleshed" this out, making sure that all those sand dune shadows played right. </div>
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The front entrance was purposely off center in the building, so that was made more obvious too. </div>
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Now, I dont find that I always start in the upper left of a drawing, I usually skip around a bit and work as it works, this time, I found that I started here, so that I could ink those dunes in without putting my hand in the wet ink. There is quite a bit of ink going down here, and it stays fairly wet for a while, especially where it is brushed. BTW it is rapidiograph ink with a W&N Series 7 #2 brush. I also used various sizes of Sakura Microns too. </div>
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I was not sold on the plants in the foreground, but I can work with that later. </div>
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Here I have gotten some more work done, and the sun is taking shape. I was going for a different look with the "red giant" but at this point I was not sure it was going to turn out as I had envisioned. </div>
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The details here on the building were thrilling, I loved the towers, and spires that were broken or crumbling. The building shapes in the background were looking good as well. </div>
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A shitty photo here, but you can see that the inking continues. The shadows on the dunes were driving my eyes crazy trying to keep them consistent without having black on black abberancies. </div>
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The sun is taking shape as well, overall at this point I am quite satisfied with what we have here. </div>
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Again sort of a crappy photo, but here we see the finished artwork the foliage in the foreground was changed to something that I could live with and the path way was fleshed out. I actually had to google footprints in the sand to see how the low sunlight would affect them. Overall quite pleased, and more importantly the publisher accepted it. Cheers!</div>
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Thanks for looking, comments always welcome. I shall endeavor to post to this thing more often in the coming months. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-72691748903793825742018-02-08T22:01:00.000-05:002018-02-08T22:02:12.374-05:00Eldritch Horror art dump....<div style="text-align: center;">
It has been far too long since I posted anything. Between all of the projects i have been working on, it seems that time ticks away, and I just dont get to post up much. I am about to make up for that. </div>
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Many of you know that I have worked with <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/106769195252499836864" target="_blank">+Joe Salvador</a> on his Beyond the Ice Fall module, creating a cover piece for him as well as a few interiors. </div>
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Joe remembered me when his new project needed artwork and as it turned out I was mostly available to work with him. </div>
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Here are a few of the pieces that I did for him. I think I ended up doing about 18 or so total for this project. </div>
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You can learn more about the project <a href="https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/">here. </a></div>
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Without futher ado...</div>
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Here is the Antiquarian Class</div>
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Here is the Combatant class pic combating an eldritch horror....</div>
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Our poor socialite is down but is he out?</div>
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The Antiquarian, obtained a book of summoning it seems...</div>
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Just a ghoul.... eating a heart!</div>
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Our Socialite class. </div>
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I am currently finished with this project but there are many more to show. This was a very fun project to work on, Joe is a great guy and great to work with throughout the process. It was very enjoyable to step away from straight fantasy into the 1920's for this project. Alot of research and I think it will make a visual impact once the book is published. </div>
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Cover illustrations for this DIY industry is one of those things that seems elusive and difficult and hard to obtain. Especially for artists like me whose body of work is mostly black & white with or without gray wash applied. Most RPG books want a cover that is full color, and grabs attention with a vibrant splash. To be honest in my opinion color is not my strong suit, I feel as though I have a lot to grow when it comes to knowing the right shades, hues, and mixes of traditional media. Not to say that I cannot learn it, but with my steady schedule of black & white work rolling in there just isnt enough time in the day to completely set myself to learning that part of my craft. </div>
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I dont do a lot of color work, and that translates into not doing a lot of cover work either. There are rare instances like <a href="https://plus.google.com/106769195252499836864">+Joe Salvador</a>'s Beyond the Ice Fall seen <a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/2017/03/beyond-ice-fall-raven-god-games.html">here</a> </div>
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where I was able to do a minimal coloring to an already rendered black & white gray wash illustration. Adding in the blue was done digitally, in Clip Studio Paint EX and was fairly easy to do as detailed in a previous blog. </div>
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However, when <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/111005184778371010637" target="_blank">+joseph browning</a> asked me to help him out with a cover, and render it in the "retro" feel of the 1970's "salmon" inspired TSR modules I had to go through a bit of a learning curve. Here is what Joe wanted his cover to resemble:</div>
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I cannot even begin to tell you how they did this in the 1970's, printing technology was low tech, and programs like photoshop and Clip Studio did not exist, I am certain that it was produced in black & white but from there the process probably had a ton of steps to go through in order to get it to look this way. If someone has some insight on this I would truly like to know. I doubt very much that it was an easy process. Quick searches on the google didnt help either and I have already detailed how little time I have in the day. </div>
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So, with trepidation and a bit of excitement I decided to do some experiments on Joe's project. First I had to get the basic drawing done, and here you can see the roughs starting to come together. </div>
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The cover was going to be a group of adventurers; warrior, archer and magic-user all about to be set upon by a trio of cloud giants. You can see in the roughs, that I was working out the giants, and some of the characters here. The position of them would change, and they would get more details as I went to the final pencils. </div>
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This one is a WIP of the back cover, the pencil details on the vine were time consuming, and the effect in pencil I think was better than in ink, but I was committed at this point. </div>
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Here I am playing with placement, the main cloud giant is in place, and for the most part has undergone all of his iterations to the final. I have two of the main adventurers in the foreground, and am starting to work the trees in. I loved the position of the female archer, and the cloud giant. I was stumped a bit on the magic-user in the foreground (usually I would want to have the foreground hashed out earlier) but I wasnt quite sure where exactly to put the guy. </div>
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You can see here that I am starting to think about darks and lights, and keeping the leaves of the trees very basic so that I could surround the heads of the giants and the top of the illustration with that "Salmon" color to frame the action a bit. </div>
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I have also jotted in the other two cloud giants, finding that they were going to be down hill from the party, and thus only their head and shoulders would be shown. This was a design idea, as well and figuring how much time I would have to get the three giants in the image. having them mostly blocked out, and larger in the background gave the feeling of their immensity in contrast to the figures in the foreground. </div>
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Here is the final pencils I have placed out magic-user in the middle, and he balanced the illustration quite well. It was here that I started to realize that scenes in which the main characters are facing away from the viewer allows them to feel like they're part of the action. Maybe I am a bit slow on this fact, but I have never really been told much about layout in art, and I am constantly learning this craft. Since this piece I have done a bit of research on layout and panel design and there are a ton of theories including; the <a href="http://www.creativebloq.com/design/designers-guide-golden-ratio-12121546">golden ratio</a>, rule of thirds and many others. All of them have a place in art, but most of them say that illustrators can and do break the rules all the time to great effect. It is good to know theory, but in the end it is the eye of all creators that makes or breaks the illustration in my opinion. </div>
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Starting to block in the ink. Everything to this point is all done with traditional media. 4H pencils for layout, H pencils for darkening in the final pencils, and now ink well and brush to add the blacks. I use rapidiograph black india ink and windsor & newton series 7 brushes, a #2 (for fine line and #4 for blocks of ink. I often use sakura micron pigma pens as well, but usually only for final details (which we dont see here yet).</div>
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More blacks are added, starting with the foreground and working backwards. If I were to draw a parallel to painting, inking is done in reverse "usually". With painting most artists will dot in the background and then work forward, which makes sense in painting because typically paint lays over paint easily and layers well. With ink, there is no layering, and all of the details on top have to be worked out before those in the background, there are some artists that use white-out or white gouache to good effect for bringing back white areas, but it is by far easier (for me) to start in the foreground and work backward. </div>
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Here is the final inks, the hue comes from the camera and the lighting in my dining room where my studio is set up. All of the blacks are dotted in and the final details are complete. </div>
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After this I will clean up the pencil lines, tighten up the blacks (as inevitably the eraser will take up the ink in places) and scan it in with my Epson WF-7610 scanner. (a word on the scanner, highly recommended, as it accepts artwork up to 11 x 17, it is easy to use and relatively inexpensive.)</div>
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Scanning it in as a black and white drawing, I then have to change the color of all of the black lines. This starts out by changing them to blue. </div>
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<b>Beyond this point the digital process begins, I am an amateur at best when it comes to digital, and so the methods that worked for me are by no means the best ones out there. </b></div>
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In this one I have pretty much finished the toning, and have added all of the highlights and dark areas. The process may be easier for others, but at the same time I came away from this part of the project with a deeper understanding of color (at least Salmon/red), and using a digital media to add finishing touches, and change hues. I am not going to lie that the process was frustrating but I believe it turned out quite well. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-74780970357606320902017-09-13T09:20:00.000-04:002017-09-13T09:20:28.792-04:00Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea: Original Artwork<div style="text-align: center;">
I know, I know, it has been a long time since I put any new blog entries up here, and for those of you who follow me, I have been using G+ for a lot more WIP posts. That seems quicker, and I have been hella busy with work for Expeditious Retreat Press, Kor'Thalis Publishing, my spaceship stock art, and some other stuff that I dare not mention right now. </div>
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Anyway, apologies aside, I wanted to let all of my blog followers know that I have posted a ton of new artwork "Originals" to the original page here on the blog. If you are interested do not hesitate to contact me though the blog, my email or via G+ or Facebook. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-75069584732410100542017-04-19T09:59:00.000-04:002017-04-19T09:59:37.962-04:00"What's Beneath the Well" Isometric Dungeon<div style="text-align: center;">
I have always been interested in the wells within small villages, towns and even large towns in our favorite RPG game. There is something about the idea that we draw clean clear water from deep below the earth from aquifers and other sources of water below our feet. With this project I am launching a series of isometric dungeons that explore the varieties of dangers that lurk there as well. Not only can we expect our wells to produce life sustaining waters but perhaps they are also avenues from which the dangers of the world come from. Sort of like the troll under the bridge or the monster under the bed. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-982010105128430422017-04-08T13:56:00.000-04:002017-04-08T13:56:14.522-04:00Blueholme Journeymanne Edition Kickstarter<div style="text-align: center;">
<a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/113579493255016426668" target="_blank">+Michael Thomas</a> of Dreamscape Designs asked me months ago to participate in his art <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamscapedesign/blueholmetm-journeymanne-rules">kickstarter </a>for the Journeymanne rule set. I was delighted that my work load had lightened with the completion of AS&SH 2E work, and have begun producing some rough illustrations for it. </div>
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This thing is going real strong, but it has not yet met all of the stretch goals. This whole kickstarter is for Michael to add artwork to an already finished manuscript of his game, which means that if all goals are not met, some of the artwork I have been working on will not be put into the book. What a shame. </div>
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If you are into B/X or Holmes Basic, or really any iteration of our favorite fantasy role-playing game, then you should check this out. </div>
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If you are unsure of the system, go to DTRPG or RPGNOW and get the <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/109409/BLUEHOLME-Prentice-Rules">"Prentice"</a> rules. It is a PWYW so there is really no reason not to. The Prentice rules go up to level 3, the Journeymanne rules go far beyond that, including adding some additional content, and a ton of great art from other well know artists. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-48648744898365612162017-03-08T19:58:00.000-05:002017-03-11T00:06:27.145-05:00Beyond the Ice Fall; Raven God Games<div style="text-align: center;">
When <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/106769195252499836864" target="_blank">+Joe Salvador</a> of <a href="http://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/">Raven God Games</a> asked me if I wanted to do some cover work I was thrilled. When I found out that I would be emulating something from Cary Nord's Conan run I was beyond words. </div>
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Joe and I first collaborated with <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> and <a href="http://hyperborea.tv/">North Wind Adventures</a> on the Hyperborea Three pack kickstarter, where Joe wrote <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156193/Forgotten-Fane-of-the-Coiled-Goddess?term=forgotten+fane+of+the+coiled+&test_epoch=0">Forgotten Fane of the Coiled Goddess</a>, and I did the Dinosaur illustrations. So, Joe has been a big reason why I still find work in this industry. My dinosaurs for his written work has drawn a lot of my current fan base to me, and for that I am grateful to both him and Jeff. Now to have collaborated on a side project with him, working not only on the cover, but also an interior image I feel that much more honored by him.</div>
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Joe's own artwork graces the interior of this book, and I must say I am really impressed by his artistry. </div>
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For the cover Joe said that he would like something similar to this image by Cary Nord.</div>
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If you dig viking adventures in frozen wastes, and all manner of good adventuring fun, check out Joe's <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206756/Beyond-the-IceFall-Swords--Wizardry">Beyond the Ice Fall</a>, you wont be disappointed. Click the link or search Drivethrurpg or RPGnow. </div>
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Ill let you be the judge of how mine compares to a true master of his craft, but I like my version for what it is. It's also one of my only cover pieces so that alone makes it pretty special to me. </div>
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The line art is all done by hand, including grey ink wash, and white gauche. I then colored it digitally in GIMP. I must say that I need work with digital coloring, but thankfully Joe only demanded blue tones for this one. </div>
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I like the vikings in the foreground, especially the cloakwork, and armor. As far as the lady figure goes, a specialty not mastered by me, she is a 5/10 in my book, not stunning, but not ugly either. Hopefully your tastes are different than mine and find some intrigue when looking at the cover. </div>
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Overall I am very happy with the piece, and think that everything Joe wanted came to fruition. </div>
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Thanks for looking, really check out Joe's book, it really is a great read, and should be a really fun adventure, comments always welcome. </div>
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“You ask me of Xin, and yet you do
not wish to know the nature of the aurorae, or what brought me thence to begin
with. With the weaving of this tale, the one cannot be spoken of without
speaking of the other. Why I know of the Xin, and how I came to know it is as
much a part of this strange land, as the monks that hired me to accompany them.”
I looked at my audience, a ragged group of drunkards assembled in this rat-infested
hole in the heart of Khromarium, the inquiry brought to me by the shag tooth lad
of the south lands. An inquisitive youth to be sure, and one who has yet to dip
his sword upon flesh or bone, one barely of age to lift the frothing mug
gripped in his fist, only days past suckling on the tit of his whore mother no
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“Yet you know of the Scorpiods you
say”, I wanted to smack the impertinence out of his mouth, but my aged
restraint cooled my nerve. “You’ve seen the horrors of Xin? Well man, tells us
what you have seen.” The others chuckled and tipped their earthen mugs, leaving
froth on their lips, and the tips of their noses. The stink of this cellar hole
I had stumbled into this night was far from the fresh smell of tundra, wind whipped
by the north wind. I came to drink the night, forget the horrors of my travels
beyond the north wind, and hope to cleanse my soul with the taint of man-made spirits. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I raised my own mug, the sickly thick
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“Aye, I know of the chitinous she
devils”, I said glowering at the youth, my mug set not lightly upon the board
we had called a table.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ve seen them rend flesh in the swirling
light of the bloated sun. I have seen their rituals, basking in the wavering
lights of the Aurorae, their youth, if you can call them that clinging to them
like barnacles on a ship.” The memory of my journey there sparked renewed fear,
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The Monks paid well, and woe they sought upon the shimmering
lights on the Xin, worshiping their gods as the snow caked to their robes,
coated their bald pates, and froze their hides. What madness was it to go to
such a place, harsh by day as in night, the sounds of crying girls upon the
winds, haunting the already foreboding place. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sure enough that the Xin might be
called beautiful to those inhabitants on other spheres beyond the rim, but to
the occasional passerby, not to one who trudged the crunch of the frozen earth.
The most of inhospitable; hearty beasts die there in days, the imposing cold
not daunted by the flames of man. My employers kept warm by the light of their
gods, while the cadre of men hired for protection, myself included, froze if
not moving or warming themselves by firelight. We had lost five to the cold.
Three to the beasts who roam the Xin, and more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Your tale bores me.” His voice
brings my wandering mind back to focus. I ignore him, rinsing my mouth with
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“When first I laid eyes upon her,
the chill breeze whipping icy rain between us, I thought she was beautiful.
Dark against the ever pressing white. Her true countenance hidden from mine
eyes, only a shadow of what she was. We had heard the crying girls on the wind
for weeks, their haunting songs freezing our hearts before the oppressing weather
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“I’m not talking about these
singing girls in the streets here, boy, with their baubles bare for you to gawk
at, I am talking about a pure voice raised and intoned, where the sound broke
men, left them wandering to their deaths in the cold. I heard it too, and if
not for my will I might still be wandering the Xin, or frozen amongst the heaps
we had seen.” I saw Vigol, a companion of once, nod recalling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“She was not the singer though. She
was most definitely not the one whose voice dragged men away unto to their
deaths. Her song was in clicks, and shrills, made worse by the death calm around
her. The men-folk if you can call them that, bowed to her commands, still and
unmoving under her gaze. The glacial stone slabs that surrounded her place of
worship rose around her imposingly. We had stumbled there lost to the marching rhythm,
the swish of snow on our boots, and creak of frozen leather, the murmurs of our
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“I had feared we were lost, the Adept
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madness, and had I known before accepting this work, I would have laughed away
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“And drink!” This time it was Vigol, the barrel chested man of Vikland, who interupted. He quickly drained his
mug, and catching a passing wench by the neck mouthed at her mouth, spat out the
sharing and demanded another mug. I smiled, but briefly as she cringed and went
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“Aye, and drink.” I raised my mug
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“What are they then?” The south-land
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“The bloody spit created when mixing
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“The monks were mad with holy vitriol.
Somehow we had stumbled upon the Scorpion bitches sacred site. Fortunately for
us, the keening, singing and wind kept our position sacred too. I saw her there, while chattering with her god, rend flesh off of several sacrifices staked within the circle. Blood and entrails pooled below, as she split them from neck to nuts. She was emotionless, calculated, taking her time with the ritual." I took a moment to let that sit with the youths. </div>
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"This was undreamed horror, where the sacrifices came from could only be guessed at, but where they were going was sure as shit clear. Aurorus was calling for their souls boys. The shining one drank her full that night fer sure." I watched the lads eyes grow, and compute what I had told them.</div>
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"I alone stayed
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“I was set upon only seconds after
the last man’s visage faded into the snow and ice rain. He was a great male
specimen, his black chitin flashing dully in the light of our bloated sun, and
the moon phobos dull upon the horizon. If it hadn’t been for the deathly silence at that moment, I mightn't
have heard him at all, I heard the click of his segmented tergites upon the
stone. I dispatched him silently, and swiftly, my sword arcing and splitting his
breast, and then sliding up to between the plates at his throat. He flailed a
bit, but went still. My eyes searching the cromlech for signs that our fight
had been noticed. It had not.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“The horror at my feet can only be
described as inhuman. His head and upper body could be one of you seated here
agape. Only shell covered and hideous. His lower half, arachnid, with prominent
pedipalps set below his more human limbs. I bent to the body examining it
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“Claws lad, large grasping crustaceous
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“Yet you claimed you met the she
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“Am I still breathing and speaking
boy? Is my tale finished and yer wet-nurse tucked you in?” Vigol smacked the
boy in his chest driving the wind from him, while draining half his mug. A man
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“So here I stood, black gore
covering my blade, the half scorpion man at my feet, my companions gone chasing
the monks of the winds, I had but to move my feet and follow the boot poked
snow trail. Clicks and whistles drew my attention back to the ritual, for I had
lost myself looking at this creature I had just relieved. When I faced again
the stones and the scene below, I was set upon by this beautifully hideous
creature, larger and more imposing than her man-slave whose goo coated my sword. Her body
moved effortlessly on eight legs, the stinger of her tail danced above her
patiently waiting for the command to drive the foot-long prong through my
skull, a drip of something nasty at its tip, eager to eat my insides. I could see in her dark feminine eyes a calculating intelligence, as she
looked from my dripping blade to the body at my feet. My heart pounded my ribs,
straining against its commander brain, but I could not move. All I could do was
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“Her rounded breasts rose and fell
with her breathing and her supple form under the hide-armor undulated with a
horrible elegance. Each part of her was covered with a fine cilia, soft and
wavering in the wind, a harsh contrast to the stiff nature of her armor. Her
face was beautiful to a man about to die, but horrible; a mass of armored
barbels replaced what could have been a human mouth. Below her arms, snapped a
powerful set of pincers, they clicked threateningly, the bone on bone thunk
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offspring, small arachnid creatures, terrifying as infants. They nuzzled her
armor, dug into the spaces between her plates, and caressed her as a babe is
want. I was lost to the look in her stunning human-like eyes.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Aurorus deems these sacred
grounds, to all but the sacrifices.” A man’s monotonous voice startled me out of the cold panic and fear. “Scalalia
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A skinny man twice my age rose from
around the she-devil, stark naked save for a strip of cloth across his loins,
yet not frozen. His body covered in claw rent scars, in patterns not unlike the
rending’s that shown in multitude upon her exoskeleton. Sigils and incantations unholy I'm sure. His eyes were yellow,
and pupiless, haunting and calm. In his hands he grasped a long staff, the
eight pointed star of her god topping it, and he pointed it at the direction of
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“She commands you to go. Do not look
back. You have been spared by the grace of Aurorus. May you see that her grace
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her beautiful face, and I heard the click and keens of her language start the
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nearly over-running them. We never returned. The few of us that made it out of
the Xin swore we would never go back. No amount of silver in all of Hyperborea
was worth the horror of that place. Our monks found their “rhythm in the wind”
and we left them to it. Last we saw of them they cast themselves upon their
knees, heads pressed to the cold earth, the swimming lights of the aurorea's cleansing
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Well, that was a bit different than what I have done in the past.I hope you have enjoyed this next part in this series of process reports. Scorpiod of Xin, was created by <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/104002725512797602939" target="_blank">+Handy Haversack</a> for the AS&SH game. Handy submitted these creatures on the <a href="http://hyperborea.boardhost.com/">Hyperborea Forums</a> and <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> has included them in the 2nd edition of the <a href="http://hyperborea.tv/">Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerer's of Hyperborea</a> game. </div>
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When Jeff first pointed me in the direction of this write up it was rather difficult to get my mind wrapped around this thing. Here we have a matriarchal society, built of these sort of man-scorpions-like centaur hybrids. I scoured the write up several times, and as it turned out Handy himself was available to answer a few questions regarding their armor, their body type etc. </div>
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While this illustration has been complete for some time I have not had the time to put together a proper WIP outline for the community. This illo is one for the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerer's of Hyperborea 2nd edition of the game. If you did not have the opportunity to back this in the kickstarter when it first came out then you can still pre-order it through <a href="http://www.hyperborea.tv/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/astonishing-swordsmen-and-sorcerers-of-hyperborea-0/description">here.</a> This is a massive tome with a ton of great artwork from Val Semeiks, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/117163715330089520135" target="_blank">+Johnathan Bingham</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/110984330451541677014" target="_blank">+russ nicholson</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108906371861800662526" target="_blank">+Jason Sholtis</a>, Peter Mullen, and Logan Talanian with cartography by <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116933315993109548253" target="_blank">+MonkeyBlood Design (Glynn Seal)</a>. </div>
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When I started on this project back in early 2016, I had no idea the latitude that <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> would give me with character design. He basically pointed me to the original rule books and said that he would like some variety to the classes with the available "races" of humans. To include, vikings, amazons, picts, kelts, kimerians and all of the other people beyond the north wind. It was sort of daunting to think that I would be part of such a project and that the look and feel for so many gamers would sort of be set by some of my illustrations. </div>
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Daunting, but exciting, to be sure. </div>
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I had this wonderful opportunity to flesh out the look and feel of character classes, that each time someone would play that class they were sure to think back to the illustration that accompanied it, much in the same way that I looked back at the Mexntzer red box (which I started with) and envisioned the awesome Elmore drawings.</div>
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When it came down to the Paladin, I knew that I wanted action, in fact the only other advise that Jeff imparted was that he liked action and he liked monsters in the class pictures, the people of hyperborea were not just sitting in for a portrait, they were caught in the wild, brutal world of Jeff's imaginaton, which was spurred by Howard, Lovecraft, Smith and many others. These people had to be active within the world. </div>
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That all meant that this was going to be a snapshot of a moment in that character's life, something that not only would players remember but that the character themselves would look back on and say, "wow, I'm not sure how I survived that!"</div>
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I start just about all of these class pictures with a rough drawing of the character in action. Some artists draw out the figure and armor them up, and then place them in the scene. That is not really how I work. Sometimes I do, but mostly I just throw the image in my head down on paper quickly. The basic pose of them. It will most certainly change, but I have this vision in my head of how and what they are doing, and I just get them into the pose in a rough sort of way. </div>
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I knew from the start that I wanted an amazon paladin. When I passed the idea on to Jeff he mentioned this picture, and it was perfect. An Amazon in armor, a good start to the project, and it filled my head with what I needed to begin the initial concepts.</div>
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I then move to the larger sketch, I assemble her from basic shapes, boxes, cones, cylinders, etc, and get to work on the pose, defining things a bit more. I work the tilt of her face/head, and how her body curves. </div>
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The way her pose is here, she is in motion, but she is not exactly as I want her yet, so I worked on the arm position and dropped in a sword and wallah the final pose. </div>
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I had to figure out next what the over all scene was going to be. In the position she is in, I knew that there had to be some bad guys attacking her that would cause her to be casting a spell vs swinging at them with a sword. Undead. It had to be undead. The thought hit me over the head immediately. </div>
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So the next thing I had to do was figure out a way to show her being overwhelmed by undead without masking her completely. Now the story really started to reveal itself in my mind. She had entered this crypt, and triggering the undead, she ran, possible split from her party, and vaulted atop a tomb. That is where the undead caught up to her, and that would be the scene we would catch up to her in as well. </div>
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I came across many on the web, and used this one to get the general size of the tomb that our heroin would be perched upon.</div>
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It wasnt perfect, but it would work. All I needed was a spark of the imagination to get the idea of how big and imposing the tomb would be. It also gave me a good idea about the perspective I wanted for it. But as you see I didnt copy it exactly. </div>
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I began sketching like mad. I placed her atop it, but once I did I realized that having her standing on the thing was going to put her too far out of reach of our undead. So I positioned her on her knees, the thought being that she was in such a hurry to get up on it, that she didnt have time to get to a standing position before they were upon her. So she was placed kneeling. It led to the desperation of the situation, and made me understand why she was not swinging her sword, instead holding her holy symbol of Artemis aloft. It was all coming together now. </div>
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All of those hands were a challenge, I used a lot of photo ref and constantly was looking at my own hand during the process. Not all of them ended up exactly like I envisioned them, but for the most part they serve the purpose. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-21001298925017009452017-01-02T10:03:00.002-05:002017-01-02T10:05:08.621-05:00Mavfire Games Stock Art<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy New Year to all of you. Hope your holiday season was filled with wonder, and joy. </div>
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I have been busy finishing up work for the AS&SH game, as well as a few other projects. I have also decided to throw some of my artwork up as stock art for any interested parties.</div>
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In the next few weeks I will be submitting artwork that is not licensed by publishers in downloadable zip files on one book shelf sites. My goal is to make available high resolution images for indie publishers or private individuals to use for their products. </div>
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This does a few things, it ensures that some of my back catalog gets used, rather than sitting gathering dust in the confines of my flat files, it will hopefully continue to get my name out there to other publishers so that I can grow my fan base, and at low prices they should generate a few dollars to keep my art machine rolling into the this year. </div>
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I really appreciate all of you who have become my community over the past few years, and have given me the opportunity to not only grow as an artist, but become a fellow among the OSR gaming community at large. </div>
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I have already submitted two separate files to one book shelf. Search for mavfire games and you should find them easily enough.</div>
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Some of you may recognize these first images from the pages of <a href="http://www.and-mag.com/">& Magazine</a>, continue to support that awesome product, the gang has a great future ahead of them. </div>
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Both of these product should be available by weeks end as one book shelf approves their release. I will update this page when that happens. </div>
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I hope that these are just the beginning of my releases. If any of you use them please let me know and I will give your product free plugs here on my blog and elsewhere.</div>
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If these go well, then I expect to produce more of all manner of stock art in the future. There is a large back catalog, and I am dreaming up more all the time. </div>
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Thanks again for all of your support, and I will make further announcements as more products are available. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-71535481209141751922016-11-02T15:29:00.002-04:002016-11-02T15:29:19.618-04:00Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerer's Runegraver<div style="text-align: center;">
We are deep into our second week for the AS&SH kickstarter for the 2nd edition of the game. Only 18 days to go, and it is funded beyond the first 8 stretch goals, and less than $300.00 away from $50,000 which means <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> can commission more artwork for the already busting at the seems book!</div>
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For those of you thinking that this second edition is going to be a different game, it is not. In the infamous words of <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/112942028869580464496" target="_blank">+David Prata</a> it is the same game; </div>
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As I have said before, this book will add a ton of new artwork, by Charles Lang, Val Semeiks, Russ Nicholson, Jonathon Bingham, Daisy Bingham, Jason Sholtis, Peter Mullen, Glynn Seal, Logan Talanian and yours truly. </div>
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While those of you who have already pledged have seen this, perhaps some of you have not. Here is a new sub-class for the game; the Runegraver. </div>
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Here I have detailed the rungraver, and a few of the critters. Even this will change as I try and pack as many of those beetle into the scene. </div>
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Starting the inking process. I nearly always start out with the face, especially if I have it the way I like it, as in this illustration. These wont be finished inks, just light weight inking at this stage. </div>
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It seems that I have not been able to get blog posts up as frequently as I had at one time desired. Much of what I am doing now is work that publishers do not want to be let out to the general public...yet!. I love showing off my art to those of you who appreciate it, but without the generous publishers, and their desires, I would not be doing what I do. </div>
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That all being said, many of you know that <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a>'s <a href="http://www.hyperborea.tv/"> Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerer's of Hyperborea</a> 2nd Edition is going to Kickstarter soon. (And if you don't...please do yourself a favor and crawl out from under that rock...I hear giant spider demons live under those) </div>
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This is going to be a huge tome of a book, and being in on the gory details has me salivating already. I have been tasked with a ton of art too (Class pictures, monsters, and comic style panel art) which is a good thing. On top of all that, I am in unbelievable company with this project. </div>
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There are many artists that I admire including the works of <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108906371861800662526" target="_blank">+Jason Sholtis</a> <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/110984330451541677014" target="_blank">+russ nicholson</a> <a href="http://www.valsemeiks.com/">Val Semeiks</a>, Charles Lang(cover), <a href="http://www.johnathanbinghamart.com/">John Bingham</a> and <a href="http://pmullenblog.blogspot.com/">Peter Mullen</a>. They have all been signed on to provide art for the book to go along with the fantastic art of <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/110753714927805244109" target="_blank">+Ian Baggley</a>. I have also seen amazing cartography work by <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/116933315993109548253" target="_blank">+MonkeyBlood Design (Glynn Seal)</a> and I have to say wow (Large Wall Sized Map in Color)!! Glynn is doing some amazing work right now, and his AS&SH work is going to be spectacular!!</div>
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I shared only a portion of this in a previous post, but I wanted to get a concept to final post up for the Huntsman, a new class for the game. </div>
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What is not shown here is the many gorilla images, ape images and other ref material I went through in order to capture the pose and expressions of all the pieces involved. I also was unable to grace you with pictures of me posing for the huntsman, so I could get the pose just right, trust me when I say you are not missing anything. </div>
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This first is the thumbnail rough to get the feel for the action. I initially wanted to see the front of the ape thing, but that defeated the purpose of this being a illustration about the huntsman. If you cannot see the face of the subject, then the subject is not the subject if that makes sense. A viewers eye is pulled to the face of the critter and it is completely forgotten that this is a picture of the warrior. So I had some re-thinking to do. </div>
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Inks are getting fleshed out (excuse the pun) and now the ape critter is nearly completed. I key here I have found is that I usually work from foreground to background, especially in inks, in pencil it doesn't matter quite so much. </div>
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Now we get to our hero...so to speak. The huntsman has stabbed the ape under the arm pit, making it holler out. You can start to see some of that Hyperborean architecture in the background at this stage too, and the sabre-toothed tiger is beginning to materialize. </div>
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Here is the final image. You can see everything complete now. I purposely wanted the garb of the huntsman to be sort of thrown together, representing the many kills he has made over the course of his career. Look closely you can pick out boney plates, furs, tusks, skulls, talons, and all sorts of "trophies" from his previous kills. I also wanted to illustrate the point that he not only employs the spears for his kills but also a bow. (Extra credit goes to those who can pick out where he started his hunt from...here is a hint his bow still rests there)</div>
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The statue of Apollo, disfigured and broken, remnants of ruins on the hills, the moons of Hyperborea, plinths, obelisks and debris all over the place. This was a fun image to work on, and only one of the ten class pictures lined up for the world of Hyperborea!</div>
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The anticipation for the AS&SH 2nd edition is palpable among the social sites of the inter-webs, and if you have not joined in on the superb quality and fun that is the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerer's of Hyperborea game system this new book is a great way to hit the ground running. Be sure to check out the <a href="http://hyperborea.boardhost.com/">Forums</a> for the game and get in on some of the conversations. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-50040090198007409652016-09-30T14:50:00.001-04:002016-09-30T14:53:32.073-04:00Mystery at Port Greely Illustrations<div style="text-align: center;">
I have just recently added all of the illustrations for "The Mystery at Port Greely" to my<a href="http://mavfire.deviantart.com/"> deviant art</a> page. </div>
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If you have not checked out the module yet, you can purchase it in all its splendor at the following sites: <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/">www.drivethrurpg.com</a> , <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/">www.rpgnow.com</a> , and <a href="http://www.hyperborea.tv/">www.hyperborea.tv</a></div>
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I also have several of the original illustrations available for purchase; if anyone is interested email me for price list.</div>
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Rejuvenation Chamber (fish-man bath)</div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-59273556513530689322016-08-21T08:58:00.002-04:002016-08-21T08:58:35.522-04:00Review and Plug: Golden Eye of the Kobold King<div style="text-align: center;">
<a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/102131515185187987265" target="_blank">+Steve C</a> of <a href="https://dndborderlands.blogspot.com/p/hogtown-games.html">Hogtown Games</a> and <a href="http://dndborderlands.blogspot.com/">dndborderlands.blogspot.com</a> recently published his first S&W compatible digest sized adventure. Congratulations Steve! Steve asked me to design his games company logo and you can check the evolution of the design <a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/2015/04/borderlands-logo.html">here.</a> </div>
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I recently received a hard copy of this adventure that is for 6-10 characters of levels 1-2 and read through it. It is a nicely designed and laid out little module. </div>
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The logo I designed is at the bottom centered and it stands out and represents everything that Steve wanted. It looks nice. Reminds me though that I have to send him a version that is not on a white background so that it doesn't pop out so much. </div>
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The cover is nicely laid out, with the title clearly at the top and prominent and in a read-able font. The image, while stock art is a nice fill for the front. I love modules with a black cover, and when highlighted with ink art it just makes my heart thud! So rarely do we see modules these days with simple black and white ink art. (Or maybe I am not looking in the right places?)</div>
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Again the Hogtown logo is prominently displayed in the center of the page and Steve even credited me with its design there. Thanks Steve!</div>
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I really like the layout of the entire book, and while I don't have photos of the rest of it, it is easy to read, the stat blocks are well done and organized and the maps that are inside are very utility and fit within the pages well. I should note that the "pay-what-you-want" version does not include interior art, and the one I printed from lulu does not have interior art either. Still it doesn't subtract from the quality of the modules writing and interesting storyline. </div>
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<i><b>"On the fringes of civilization , beneath a great dark cliff at the end of the Forsaken Gorge, loom the Dread Caves of Doom. Greebok the Kobold King occupies the Dread Caves of Doom, using them as a base to launch raids into the civilized lands. Bolstered by his war band, and the aid of a strange enchanted device known as the Golden Eye, Greebok appears unstoppable, and the frontier lands doomed to fall under his murderous rule. </b></i></div>
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<i><b>Will the daring advenuturers answer the call to launch a preemptive strike on Greebok's outpost in the Dread Caves of Doom and finally stop the merciless Kobold King? Or will they simply kill the Kobold King, loot his stuff, and ride off to the next dungeon? Are these aims mutually exclusive? Heck no!</b></i></div>
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Intrepid adventures are lead through a Wilderness Gorge where Rabid Jackals and Giant Centipedes (among others) maraud before getting to the Caves entrance. Getting into the cave is just the start of the devious tricks and traps that the Kobold King has in store in this 13 room adventure that will surely captivate new players and veteran's alike. I plan on running this for my children in the near future!</div>
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Soo.... if you are starting off with a new group of 1's ad 2's after a TPK go ahead and head over to your favorite online publisher like <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-cook/wb1-golden-eye-of-the-kobold-king-v10/paperback/product-22797251.html">lulu.com</a> or check out the pdf version at <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/188233/WB1-Golden-Eye-of-the-Kobold-King">RPGNow.com</a> It is listed at pay what you want but it is well worth a hefty donation!</div>
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I just want to thank Steve again for his patronage and in selecting me to design his games logo. It was a fun project and a great diversion from the stuff that I usually work on. </div>
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Steve also contracted me for a few more illustrations <a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/2015/07/hogtown-games-purple-mushroom-inn.html">here</a> and <a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/2015/07/hogtown-games-cave-entrance.html">here</a> that will hopefully be joined in print with this logo. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-24621961537456726792016-08-10T09:50:00.001-04:002016-08-10T09:54:43.153-04:00Rough work: Sketchbook<div style="text-align: center;">
In an attempt to get back on schedule and to put some of my really rough work up here on this blog, I am sharing some more sketches. </div>
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This first one was done while sitting in an seminar for work. I am a firefighter and sometimes certain sects of firefighters call fighting fire "slaying the dragon". A bit ambitious of those who call it that. Also, I wanted to show an old timey fireman in the scene as well. This started out as a doodle, and kept progressing until this stage. As of yet incomplete. It may never be finished. </div>
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This next one is for a current project. I often play with different head wear, hairstyles and tattoos, to create the right look of the character that is being drawn. This is an example where I just copied the same head lightly and then added details to the copied head to see what looked best in the overall drawing. The nice thing about these, is they were at 100% scale, so I just cut them out and slid them over the original drawing so that I could see the concept head on the completed drawing. I chose the lower right one, but changed it a bit.<br />
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For these next two they were concepts for a new class in AS&SH really rough at this point, but I was trying to get the perspective and positioning right for the final image. It really helps to do a bunch of these little "thumbs" to get things right before putting them on final bristol with ink. </div>
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I want to start out by apologizing to all of my friends out there. I should have given all of you an update a month ago. I went dark for the month of June and part of May. I had a lot going on. Here is the list of stuff I have been doing. </div>
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I am an active violence trainer for the entire Lansing MI area Fire and Police Departments. During the past several months a majority of my off work time has been spent training first responders in response to active violence incidents. With the rise of incidents in the USA and other parts of the world an increase in awareness is necessary. That took up a ton of my time these past few months. </div>
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I am also persuing a permanent Fire Officer position with my current Full Time occupation with the Fire Department. I have been acting as a Fire Officer for the past three years due to vacancies but we have a rigid examination we have to go through to ensure we are properly trained and ready to work in that capacity. That took up the rest of my time off, studying, and preparing for the assessment. I passed the written and the assessment portion in a top spot, and should be promoted within a few months. </div>
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I have two boys who were involved in Travel Baseball. Each of them played in multiple double-headers, and multiple single games a week. We were often stretched in all ways at once.. It was a grueling season, but we came out with winning teams for both of them. </div>
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Glad that June is over. Now I can get back to a steady regimen of drawing which I assume is what brings the majority of you here anyway.</div>
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I am still working on 10 illustrations of the different classes (two of which were compete at the end of May) for <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> and North Wind Adventures; Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea Hardcover, and Jeff Gratiously granted me a leave of absence from the drawing board the month of June. Unfortunately I am under a vow of silence and thus cannot post up any of the images for the hardcover book until Jeff's say so. He runs a tight ship. Which is a good thing it keeps me in check, as I would spoil everything if it were up to me. I will also be tasked with many more illustrations for the hardcover as well, so that should keep me busy over the next half year or so.</div>
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However, there should be some movement on The Mystery of Port Greely Kickstarter. I know that it has been in editor <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/112942028869580464496" target="_blank">+David Prata</a> 's hands and is probably real close if not at the printer. So I should be able to post some pics of that artwork soon. </div>
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I also did a huge isometric tavern/inn for Troll Lord Games. Which I will get up on here soon. And I am working on another project for them as well, that should see the light of day early next month. </div>
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Needless to say I am anxious to get back to the drawing table again, and really get some things cranking. </div>
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Matt Hargenrader's Dweller's in the Dark Places has been published at Drivetrurpg.com.</div>
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Here is the direct link. <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/183168/Dwellers-in-Dark-Places">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/183168/Dwellers-in-Dark-Places</a></div>
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Thanks for supporting that project. Matt is super awesome to work for, gave me a work out with all the oddities he had me cranking out. Here are just a few of those to wet your appetites. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-71944003974443821552016-05-02T10:53:00.000-04:002016-05-02T10:53:54.408-04:00Tenkar's Tavern and the John Buscema connection<div style="text-align: center;">
When I made a comment supporting <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a>'s <a href="http://kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely">Mystery at Port Greely Kickstarter</a> on <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/113341752897675495824" target="_blank">+Erik Tenkar</a>'s <a href="http://www.tenkarstavern.com/">blog</a>. Erik immediately contacted me and asked for my rate sheet. Once given he pretty much left the rest to me. </div>
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For this project, I knew I wanted an exterior view of the Tavern. That part was simple. </div>
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I started working with three point perspective and that got me the basic view I was going for. Establishing the horizon line at about the split between the 1st and 2nd story of the structure. I also knew that I didn't want it facing the viewer directly. I wanted a wall, a road and some buildings in the background to show depth too.</div>
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A problem I came upon immediately was trying to figure out how I could get some contrasting blacks into the image. A little back story here; I love the works of John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala's in The Savage Sword of Conan on the old magazine sized Conan comics. He really set the tone for what Conan would look like. I am more impressed with his use of blacks, and tone than any other of the artists who were brought into the series. </div>
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I have the collected volumes and I refer to them from time to time for ideas such as line work, use of contrast, composition and a wide range of artistic approaches. You can really glean a ton of information from these awesome tomes. </div>
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As I was flipping through volume 2, I came across this image in the Haunters of Castle Crimson Story Chapter VI. </div>
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I really love the use of blacks, and the hatching done in the walls and buildings. Now, let me be clear, I didn't want to completely steal this image. I just wanted to convey the same feel, and concept. The use of black ink to "frame" the overall image was what I needed for the Tavern piece. </div>
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I have been so busy with all the projects that I am working on currently that I just have not had time to get a blog post up. I dont want the lose sight of my goal with this blog, which is to give some insight into what I go through as an artist in the niche field of "Old School RPG's", and to continually try and improve all of my artistic skills along the way, and sharing all of that with you select readers of this blog. (You do actually read this, and not just look at the pictures right?)</div>
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Since the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely">Port Greely Kickstarter </a>has funded and all my art obligations are complete. YEA!! I have moved on to the AS&SH hardback. </div>
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I have been tasked with several of the Class pictures, as well as thinking about which monsters I would like to illustrate as well as "some" magic item and other fill pieces. There is no real timeline for this, though I really do not want to be the last artist working on it, and feel like I am holding the project up. <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> is such a stand-up guy and so easy to work with, that I would hate to have him waiting on me.</div>
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Thus far I have finished initial concept sketches for several Classes, and from those have generated pencil work for a few more, (which I will not be showing...yet, no spoilers here.) Though here are a few initial concepts. </div>
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On top of that I am drawing an eight level isometric for <a href="http://shinobi27games.blogspot.com/">Shinobi 27 Games</a> and <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/104951002302566210567" target="_blank">+David Fisher</a> of a castle for an upcoming adventure product. This one is real fun too, lots of round towers....try drawing isometric circles....talk about a brain twister. Really they are ellipses, but ellipses have to be perfect or they look like footballs, and no-one wants a football shaped tower. </div>
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Here is a sketch of that, no spoilers as this is just a pencil of an initial sketch, it has been changed dramatically since.</div>
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In addition my trip to Garycon netted me more isometrics for the Castles & Crusades System by Troll Lord Games. This is an extreme closeup for a project, with finished inks. More ellipses...yikes!</div>
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And, if that were not enough projects on the burner, I was contacted by none other than <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/113341752897675495824" target="_blank">+Erik Tenkar</a> of Tenkar's Tavern (actually I posted something to his blog, and he in turned asked for a mast-head for his blog) that I have just finished up. </div>
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Here is the initial sketch. I will put up the finished one once Erik releases it to the public on his blog. </div>
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As it is I am able to work on several projects at once. See Isometrics really take a toll on my brain. Although I have to admit that they are getting easier as I have trained my brain to think in that perspective. I also started doing all of the shading digitally in GIMP, and with my small somewhat useless Wacom tablet, it goes much faster that way. </div>
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Life gets really busy for me during the spring time, as both my boys are playing travel baseball, and with practices and what-not it doesn't leave a lot of time for sketching for me, and with all the other drawing I do, I like to keep my sketching going, keeps me in practice while I am on the road, at work or just waiting for an apointment. I use a 4x8 inch Barnes & Noble sketchbook mostly for all my "on-the-go" sketches. </div>
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And we took a rare day in the 70's in April in Michigan to go to Holland state park, and laid on the beach, not one of my past times, but the wife and kids love it. So here is a fantasy version of the Holland Light. </div>
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Not the best drawling I have done, but it kept me from going insane on the beach.</div>
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Less than a week left for <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a>'s <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely">"Mystery at Port Greely" kickstarter</a> for the<a href="http://hyperborea.tv/"> AS&SH </a>campaign setting. </div>
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Many of the pledge levels that have some of my original illustrations have been selected, and I want to thank those of you who read this blog who have contributed at those levels. There are still a few left, so if you have not gotten in on the action do so now. </div>
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I have a whole stack of new artwork projects from Mr. Talanian, to include many of the new classes for the 2nd edition AS&SH hardcover book. That should hit kickstarter sometime after the completion of the Port Greely one. Stay tuned here for more information. </div>
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This first one is the fish-man bath. Look out for the <b>fish-sticks</b>! (Say that fast!)</div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-23853598074857433092016-03-16T11:07:00.000-04:002016-03-16T11:07:11.890-04:00The Mystery at Port Greely final days!<div style="text-align: center;">
It doesn't seem all that long ago that <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> talked to me about his next project for the awesome <a href="http://hyperborea.tv/">Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerer's of Hyperborea Game and Campaign Setting</a>, entitled "The Mystery at Port Greely", and yet now we are in the final few days of <a href="http://kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely">the Kickstarter campaign</a>, and there is still a ton of original artwork out there for the grabs. </div>
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This being the fourth fifth book I have worked on for North Wind Adventures and with rumors that the new Hardcover book of the game and campaign setting starting to circle the interwebs I am really excited about the opportunity that many of you have of picking up some of Peter Mullen's original artwork, and some of my own through the kickstarter. This is a great place for new people to jump on board as well. </div>
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This is a great way of getting in on the action so to speak, and being apart of the growing community of AS&SH players, and GM's. I am proud to be a part of this project, and hope that you enjoy a bit more insight into this thing through this blog. </div>
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Alright, so Port Greely is this town in Hyperborea where the people have started to change in not to dissimilar ways as the people in the H.P. Lovecraft Novella "The Shadow over Insmuth", a classic tale from pulp fiction that many of you have read (and if you haven't go do so!)</div>
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So here is a look at a few of the "Townies" sketches and the final illustration for the book. </div>
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The thought for this one was to have a male and female Townie portrayed but unlike the <a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/2016/01/port-greely-lobstermen-for-as-wip-shots.html">Lobstermen</a>, these folk would not have such drastic changes to their bodies. They hadn't evolved as it were into full hybrid fish-men/women yet. </div>
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This was the initial sketch I sent Jeff, and the only suggestion that he made was to make them a bit more balding. Not a problem. </div>
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However, as I was composing the sketch I found that the lantern was a bit off, and the position of their arms/hand holding each other needed some adjustment as well. I was going for a look where the male was sort of helping the female, along, and sort of sheltering her a bit from whatever they may be encountering. </div>
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I knew going in that they would be illuminated by the lantern, but I also knew that the lantern was not going to be brightly lit. These townies shun the light, for many reasons, and even though these two were not completely devoid of the "humanity" they were not going to be carrying a bright as daylight lantern with them. </div>
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For the final I repositioned their hands, having the male holding the female's left hand left me room for the female to be holding something. What better to be holding than a rotten fish. </div>
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I receded the male's hairline a bit, and gave the female's hair more of a stringly thin, and scraggly look. </div>
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Anyway here is the final. This is pen & ink only, and is roughly 4"x8"</div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-13826862555712507722016-03-01T13:35:00.000-05:002016-03-01T13:35:08.671-05:00Hyperborea: The Port Greely Kickstarter<div style="text-align: center;">
As many of you are aware <a href="http://hyperborea.tv/">North Wind Adventures</a> and <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> are running a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely">Kickstarter</a> for his most recent adventure. Here is an except from the text. </div>
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Jeff tasked me and Peter Mullen with the interior artwork for this one, and it funded within the first 7 hours. We have already met the first few bonus goals, and are working toward a third. </div>
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Here is one of the pieces that is featured on the kickstarter, and here in a better view than a camera shot. </div>
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This is a great example of Jeff and I working together to make sure that the entire feel of the the artwork matches Jeff's written words. In another instance I added something to the final image, and Jeff then reworked the written part of it to add that detail to it. The word is collaboration and I could not thank Jeff enough for working and allowing his artist to work with him in shoring up all the finite details of one of these things. </div>
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Below is how the final turned out. This one and others are available via the kickstarter as purchase tiers. </div>
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As you can see the aboleth and the shelf, the clam with the "black pearl" in it all changed from the original sketch. The skeleton stayed similar, and the river now flows from right to left top to bottom.</div>
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Over all I am super pleased with how this turned out. I used anew set of Windsor Newton Pro-markers for the greys on this one and I really like them a bit better than the Prismacolor ones I have used in the past. </div>
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That poor female thief on the ledge really wanted that pearl, but alas her final resting place is only a few short feet from it. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-49327347676786696282016-02-25T18:26:00.000-05:002016-02-25T18:26:35.697-05:00Hyperborea: The Mystery at Port Greely<div style="text-align: center;">
Pleased to announce (well, at least on this blog) the posting of<a href="http://hyperborea.tv/"> North Wind Adventures Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea</a> new <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely/description">Kickstsarter for "The Mystery at Port Greely"</a>, a Lovecraft inspired adventure written by <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a>. Jeff brought me on board for some of the interiors and even requested to have Daisy Bingham do some coloring of "<a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/2016/01/port-greely-lobstermen-for-as-wip-shots.html">The Lobstermen of Port Greely</a>" illustration. It turned out pretty sweet, in my humble opinion. </div>
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Anyway, over the next few weeks I will be spotlighting several of my illustrations for the book here on my blog. Also, if you head over to the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-the-mystery-at-port-greely/description">kickstarter</a> you can pledge to pick up some original's of mine and Peter Mullen's. </div>
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To start this off here is the color version of "The Lobstermen of Port Greely" </div>
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So I began this in the later parts of last year, and when Jeff saw it he thought that not only would it make a great full page (full bleed) interior black and white illustration, but he wanted it on the back cover of the book as well. When he suggested Daisy Bingham, I was delighted. I have seen her work on the previous Hyperborea Kickstarters, and was very impressed with what she did. To have her color one of mine, was pretty awesome to see the final image from her. </div>
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I wanted to capture the view of these guys as if the viewer were on a ship coming into the port of Greely. Ships, and boats do not typically harbor here and the looks on these hybrid-fish-men tell the tale that strangers are not wanted in Port Greely.</div>
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I drew the foreground character first, and loved the way he was looking back over his shoulder. Daisy really did a marvelous job of coloring in the lobsters in the lobster pot over his shoulder. </div>
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The frog in the foreground and the rope were last minute additions as I felt that there needed to be some details in that area. In the black and white versions it was hard to tell the moss from the bricks, and the stones from the roadway, but with Daisy's colors those areas really pop. </div>
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The mist/smoke swirls were sort of an after thought to the whole piece. I needed something to set the mood of the illo, and I think it did its job, but I probably could have portrayed it better. </div>
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I really like the over feel that the colored version gives us, that muted dingy feel of the setting, and the grittiness of the background really stands out. </div>
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Thanks for looking, stay tuned for more interior pieces for this project, and check out the kickstarter that funded within the first 10 hours of posting. Get your pledges in quick the 300 copies will not last long. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-75378112929877013392016-02-16T10:55:00.004-05:002016-02-16T10:55:24.611-05:00Original Art For Sale<div style="text-align: center;">
Due to some recent inquiries I have decided to post up a new page to the blog entitled "Original Art For Sale" with a link to the left. </div>
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I have listed several pieces from my back catalog that I am willing to part with. Please take a look, and if interested contact me through the usual channels. </div>
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oh, and here is a quick sketch that has been adjusted for the final for an upcoming release. </div>
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Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16949055090869563937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882049134253407278.post-88440748085477771512016-01-31T19:31:00.002-05:002016-01-31T19:31:46.886-05:00Port Greely Lobstermen for AS&SH (WIP shots)<div style="text-align: center;">
After the <a href="http://hyperborea.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=417">Hyperborea Kickstarter Three Pack</a> we took a bit of a breath and then dove deep into Mystery at Port Greely for <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107328848456698981628" target="_blank">+Jeff Talanian</a> <a href="http://www.hyperborea.tv/">Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea</a> Game. </div>
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I will be assisting the excellent <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/mullenart/art.htm">Peter Mullen</a> in the interior artwork for this H.P. Lovecraft inspired adventure module that will probably be finished up by mid to late February early March.</div>
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I am tapped to illustrate a Lighthouse, a Tavern Scene and this the first illustration of some Lobstermen on the Port Greely docks for the city part of the adventure and several more for the dungeon portion. It should be a rousing fun time. </div>
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Here is the roughs, and the final further down. </div>
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I drew this first guy out roughly and shipped it to Jeff for confirmation. I really wanted that sort of mysterious feel to him, and suspicion painted upon his face as if he knows that whomever comes by way of the sea does not belong there. </div>
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After that I added a second figure (later to be moved backward in the scene). They both have lobster pots over their shoulders. </div>
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Here everything is transferred to the final brisol board in this case it is a whopping 11x17. I also laid out the docks and several buildings in the background. </div>
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Then came the inks. </div>
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I like to block out the larger areas of black with a flat brush and india ink...I think it is speedball, but I also add rapidiograph black into to it to keep it filled. Makes a nice black that is permanent, takes erasing very well, and it doesn't react with the alcohol based markers I typically use. </div>
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A bit more detail to the wooden planks, rope and a large frog. Started to ink in the sea-wall as well. I used a bit of white-out (white paint) for the water effect here as well. </div>
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Our second Lobsterman is inked in and work continues on the stones of the roadway. </div>
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And the final image. I would normally move to greys here, but after talking with Jeff, we both rather liked it as a black and white. </div>
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I just posted the link to a project I finished up with <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101073208988383645410" target="_blank">+Thork Hammer</a> titled The Horror at Hill Stead, it is up on drivethrurpg.com and rpgnow.com for pay-what-you-want with a suggested price of $3.00, it is also available through lulu.com as well for POD. </div>
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This adventure module is based on the Original rules set.</div>
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I want to thank <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101073208988383645410" target="_blank">+Thork Hammer</a> for choosing me as a partner, this project and the previous Ice <a href="http://mavfire.blogspot.com/search?q=ice+maidens">Maidens of the Frozen Horn</a> (a free pdf) were great fun. We will probably be colaborating in the future on at least one more adventure. Stay tuned. Until then.....</div>
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And because this is an art thread and not just a pedal my wares thread here is an interior image for The Horror at Hillstead. </div>
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