Fantastique Unfettered Issue 1

This is the cover I created for the first Issue of Fantastique Unfettered, which is a periodical of original stories of fantasist fiction. You can get it at a discount at Barnes&Noble.com right now.

You can read a pdf version here.

This illustration is for one of the stories inside called 'Death of a Soy Bean' by Michael J. Shell

And here is cropped image as how it appears in print.

Christmas Cards 2010

Happy Christmas to everyone who reads my blog, hope this year was a good one!!

This years cards are dual purpose, one side for the naughty and one for the nice
If you'd like one, the first 5 people that email me their mailing address I'll send one out to
UPDATE: All the cards have been mailed! 


enjoy!

I removed the art cause everyone was stealing it and selling it as products

 

Monster Gift Winners!

Thanks for all those who entered! The winners as chose by a random number generator are:

Damien for Mummy Teresa

Lori for Benjamin Frogman

Congrats to you both! And if you didn't win don't fret, I think I'm gonna do more of these giveaways in the future so keep checking back from time to time and you may win something else.

Damien and Lori, if you could email me your mailing address I'll try to get them out to you by early next week.
If I don't hear from you by Monday I'll choose another winner so don't dilly dally!

Monster Christmas Gifts!

Hey guys,

As a bit of a Christmas gift and a thanks for following my blog I've decided to give away these two original pieces from my Historical Figures as Monsters series for free!

Benjamin Frogman and Mummy Teresa are the ones, and all you have to do to win is comment and tell me which one you would prefer. I'll randomly select a winner from the comments for each piece at noon December 17th. I'll post the winners and ask for addresses with plans to ship them out the following week, so check back after the 17th. You may even get it by Christmas, my gift to you!
 
They will come as you see here, snazzy frames and all. (sorry no books!)

Holiday Vet Card 2010

Same client I did this card for last year.
New year, new animals and new design!

Aether Age Released

After what seems like forever my first published book cover, The Aether Age: Helios is finally available via Amazon. The hardback will be available soon but as of now the paperback is for sale and should be bought up immediately.

The following images I created as title pieces for 5 of the stories in the book.

Thanks for looking!

Pig Skull

A gift for someone whom recently bought some prints.

Dungeons & Dragons Art

Drawn for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign book.
For those of you who don't know, those human lizard guys are 'Kobolds', I didn't know what a Kobold was until starting this job, I can say I am now highly educated in all things D&D.

Happy Halloween!

A King's rest

Drawn for the Hellboy forum 2010 holiday art exchange.

The Black General

This guy was inspired from the story 'The Black General' I read in Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies, part of the Pantheon Folklore Library collection.

Milt Schmidt

Commemorative poster I was asked to paint for Milt Schmidt Night at the Oct 28th Boston Bruins game. Everyone in attendance that night will receive an 11x17" copy.

Here's a few detail shots

Shipwrecked on Malta

Acts 28:1-5

And here's the original inks before I added colors.

Spaceman Spiff

Historical Figures as Monsters

These pieces are my contribution to the 'Historical Figures as Monsters' show this October at the Davenport and Winkleperry gallery in Pittsboro, North Carolina. If your in the area, stop by and have a look.

Abraham Lincolnstein

Benjamin Frogman

Mummy Teresa

Edgar Allan Poltergeist

Horrors of Literature (36-40)

Wilbur Whateley

From Lovecraft's story "The Dunwich Horror"

Frankenstein

The Hound

Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's story of the same name

Japan Bungy

These were done for Japan Bungy. Thet will be cut across the middle and split apart into rather tall signs that will have text in the center with information at the bungy site. If I can get some photos of how they will look in the end I will post those.

Cinnamon

Today makes it six months without Cinnamon. I miss her every single day.