25 April 2011
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Artwork, Books
I am working on an ebook cover. The plan is to create separate water colour elements and digitally bring them together for the final artwork.
The above is the background element for the piece.
Stay tuned for the final artwork and the link to the ebook.
23 April 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Final part of the three-part series. Something like the Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes but less LSH and more artwork from character templates available in Wicked North Games' Azamar RPG core book.
Tre'uoall Sword Chanter
Enfri Shadow
Human Wizard of the Veil
Immyr War Priest
Immyr Soldier
22 April 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Continuing the series of character template artwork for Wicked North Games' Azamar RPG:
Wyvine War Scholar
Bu'Col Priest
Bu'Col Shea'Ahk Warrior
Urbane Noble
21 April 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Over the last couple of weeks I was working on and are now finished with the character template artwork for Wicked North Games' Azamar RPG. The playable races of Azamar are numerous: Human, Urbane, Tre'uoall, Wyvine, Immyr, Enfri and Shrave.
Here are four playable character templates, right here in this post:
Shrave Archer
Shrave Monk
Tre'uoall Archon
Urbane Assassin
14 March 2011
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Artwork, Misc Sci-Fi, Star Wars
A weird moment for Admiral William Adama of the Battlestar Galactica (complete with ominous shadow outline) when he suddenly spouts lines from The Empire Strikes Back at his son Lee.
What does he say, and how does Lee reply?
Click here to find out and to view a larger version of the artwork.
13 March 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
More powerful beings - reality-changing and interdimensional - that has made their mark on the world of Azamar.
Mo
Mo is the deity of laughter, change, and trickery, and manifests in the form of a jester with a dazzling outfit of ever-changing colors - though he rarely ever manifests.
Nooks and Crannies
Nooks and Crannies are factions of a powerful type of beings from a world which was devastated by a war between the factions. They've travelled to Azamar using their magics and set themselves as deities, sowing chaos and demanding sacrifices and tributes from their followers. The war between Nooks and Crannies have now come to Azamar.
Xujof
Xujof is a deity also known as the grim, a deity of death, life, and the delicate balance between them, often referred to as the equilibrium. Xujof normally manifests as an elderly Human, typically wearing contemporary apparel, mingling quietly within the various societies of Azamar.
12 March 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Ash Lord
The Ash Lord, also known as the Eater of Souls, sends dark beings who manifest as Humans, who make deals to grant the wishes of others, who soon bargain to relinquish their souls in trade for these deals.
Shilutozenon
Shilutozenon is the deity of nature and of the natural order and make attempts to repair and restore the natural order of Azamar.
Sychorax
Sychorax is the deity of beauty, compassion, desire, and persuasion which manifests typically as a blazing ball of light.
Xaraxamarath
Xaraxamarath is the deity of creation and destruction, often worshipped by a small faction of wizards known as Conjurers, who devote themselves to understanding the magic of creation and destruction within Azamar.
05 March 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games, Star Wars
Here's a quick and dirty Star Wars Artists' Guild request I picked up: A Trandoshan smuggler named McFly!
Yes, the life preserver jacket is no accident.
Yes, he is punching Darth Vader.
01 March 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Here's a damage seagoing vessel - anchored off an Azamar coast - undergoing repairs at dawn. What happened to it? What was it carrying? Who or what shot at it? Were there survivors? What repercussions would there be for characters that relied on this ship for transport or defence? What bearing did this event have on the legacy of the Fracturing in Azamar?
Give the Azamar fantasy roleplaying game a try when it's released later this year, and create your own storylines with your friends as you run the game!
This interior artwork was created for WiIcked North Games with a black and white printing in mind. The colours are an afterthought for this blog.
28 February 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Here's a quarter page interiror illustration for Wicked North Games of a Tre'uoall ranger versus an Orc warrior fighting on a hillslope and drawing blood... which should be in black and white in the final Azamar RPG core rule book.
Additionally, I will also show you step-by-step how I made the dish above.
26 February 2011
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Artwork, Comics
Here's a quick sketch of Kurt, a former pupil of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, in his classic costume, and draped in shadows as usual. I believe the red in his costume is a manifestation of his subconscious desire to stand out among the shadows, even as a youngster mobs set out to burn him as a demon.
20 February 2011
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Artwork, Comics
This is Mangog.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Mangog is a classic Thor villian and the sum of the hatred of a billion billion dead beings.
Also, I love his name: MANGOG!
Click here to view or download a larger image of Mangog!
19 February 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Here's a piece on shopping for fruits and vegetables at a marketplace in Azamar.
Here's a hint: don't drop or jostle the Quepid root. Otherwise vegetables are good for you. Eat more vegetables.
Click on the partial thumb on the right to view the full image!
Azamar will be published by Wicked North Games in 2011. Click here for its current Kickstarter page.
18 February 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
With the release of the Azamar RPG core rulebook so close, I was still assigned several more art orders for the interior of the book. As before, although they're in colour here, the final product will have black and white interior pages.
Here are a pair of magic users, using magical energies augmented by their artifacts to fight it out.
The Enfri's colossal cetacean-shaped dirigibles are a sight to behold. I hope there will be a sourcebook - or at least, an article in D6 Magazine - that will flesh out this vehicle more.
Azamar will be published by Wicked North Games in 2011. Click here for its current Kickstarter page.
16 February 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
Remember the cover I did a couple of posts ago? After months of work, finally the debut issue of D6 Magazine has finally been released into the wild. Apart from the aforementioned cover, I also helped the writers produce three interior artwork for it.
For the article "Crack of the Whip" by Michael Fraley, here's a whip-wielding woman in old-timey flightsuit and helmet... but with a one cyborg leg! How many ways can one use a whip using D6 rules? Read the article to find out.
I was commissioned by J. Elliot Streeter for his Cinema6 scenario "Asphyxia", where a spaceborne predator stalks the corridors of a sleeper ship. The following is the beast which is named Abyssian Hunter.
Here's the unnamed sleeper ship with many cryogenic modules arrayed like stacks of containers. Will you, as the players, survive the scenario? Pickup a bunch of six-sided dice and have fun with it.
These two articles, as well as many others (including an exclusive interview with Bill Smith, former writer and developer of West End Games' Star Wars The Roleplaying Game) can be found in the first issue of D6 Magazine! Click here to head down to the D6 Magazine site for a download!
11 February 2011
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Artwork, Friends
I've always bought sketchbooks they sell around here, but they're difficult to bring about and open for a quick sketch. Also, they don't have a lot of pages to draw. Last week, the awesome fellows over at GOKL got me an outstanding present for my birthday: this Moleskine sketchbook for impromtu sketching which Ivan passed to me when this event was transpiring.
It looked so nice and pristine that I put off drawing in it to avoid sullying it with my scratchings, but I finally drew Clark a few nights ago.
Thanks for the present, guys.
05 February 2011
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Artwork, Comics
Streaky the Supercat was Supergirl's pet cat who was exposed to x-kryptonite and endowed Kryptonian powers. Together with Krypto, Beppo the Supermonkey, Comet the Superhorse and Proty, Chameleon Boy's pet, all the way from the 30th century - they form the Legion of Super-Pets! They fight crime back in the Silver Age of Comics!
DexStarr is the Red Lantern of space sector 2814 (our sector). He is also a cat with a lot of rage. He wears the Red Lantern ring on his tail as he looks for ways to unleash his anger (as well as some blood-soaked bodily fluids) at whatever comes his way.
Yay, kitty! ARGH!
Why hasn't there been a one-shot comic where a modern age Streaky fights DexStarr is beyond me.
Geoff Johns, are you listening?
Next up: Beppo the Supermonkey versus Gorilla Grodd and the Ultra-Humanite... (maybe... if I don't get distracted by shiny things... which I usually do.)
Click on the thumbnail on the right to view the whole artwork. Click here for a larger image over on at DeviantArt.
04 February 2011
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Artwork, Role Playing Games
You don't have to punch one, really. You could also fly to with a jet pack and slug its jaw with a hammer.
Or perhaps you could stop punching dinosaurs and started hugging them. HAVE YOU HUGGED A DINOSAUR TODAY?
Here's the artwork for the cover of D6 Magazine, from the OpenD6 roleplaying community. I've played variations of the D6 system since 1989 and I can't recommend it enough. The actual magazine should be released within this next week.
Click here for a larger image.
03 February 2011
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Artwork, Star Wars
Remember Admiral Tarn Majint from a couple of posts ago? Here's his daughter Qualtis Majint - with her blue robes and her blue-bladed lightsabre - who definitely does not resemble Bill Nighy in any way. Like any self-respecting character in any Star Wars RPG campaign, she loves thermal detonators.
A SWAG request by Jan Tolbara for his wife's RPG character on her birthday.
Made with GIMP. Click here to view (and download) a larger image.
30 January 2011
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Artwork, Star Wars
Here's another SWAG request I picked up. Derf requested a Kubaz majordomo character by the name of Rbarindan, with "many friends and relations in low places". His species is the same as Garindan, the spy who shadowed Luke, Ben and the droids in Mos Eisley on their way to the Milliennium Falcon in the first Star Wars movie.
Click here and hit the image there to see (or download) a larger version.