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  • Mermay

    Mermay

    I made a thread on Bluesky with my paintings for #mermay and realized that once the month (or even the hour) had passed it would probably be lost to the social winds. So I collected them in this post.

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  • Killer Aaron – Sketch

    Killer Aaron – Sketch

    Done in Procreate.

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  • Bad Posture

    Bad Posture

    A couple of years ago I finally bought what’s called a Display Tablet for doing my digital illustrations. In contrast to a graphic tablet, a display has a built in screen and it’s cool because you can see the illustration right under the stylus. I am pretty happy with it except for two things. Bad…

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  • Red Wall: Matthias and Constance

    Red Wall: Matthias and Constance

    I started re-reading Red Wall and, of course, was inspired to paint Matthias and Constance ready to battle Cluny the Scourge. Here is the time lapse. You can see that I switched from one style of painting to more of a watercolor style. I’m trying to settle on a painterly style that looks more stylized…

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  • Copying the Masters – Death Dealer by Frank Frazetta

    Copying the Masters – Death Dealer by Frank Frazetta

    Every so often I take a painting from an artist I admire and try to copy it. This helps me understand the problems they encountered while making it and then figure out how I would solve them. It’s also fun. Here I’ve copied one of the masters of Fantasy Art, Frank Frazetta. Music by Michael-DB.

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