Far away, but still here

So life is a bit slow and repetitive here in the sandy land of Egypt. You'd think there'd be more to paint here, but actually there's not really. Our house is about 2 hours south of Cairo and half a mile away from any civilization into the desert. Sooo there's the house we live in which you can see some studies of here and here, but otherwise it's desert. Flat empty desert. And not even the romantic rolling dune kind of desert either. So i've been intrigued by this skull. I wish I could bring it home with me, but seeing as it's about 24 inches long and weighing about 15 pounds i don't think it will fit in my luggage....not to mention customs! soo I paint on. 

Here's another quick study from the other day. More interesting things to come I promise!

Skulls, skulls, a wonderful thing

Here's a couple more quick watercolor sketches of the skull. I haven't used watercolors in quite some time. It's a nice change of pace while I wait for approval on some other projects.

From far off in the land of sand

Hello everyone! it's been a long time since i've been able to post anything since I am currently in Egypt for 10 weeks with my "day" job. I just wanted to pop in and post a quick sketch I did of this Gamoosa (water buffalo) skull we have lying around behind the house. More to come soon!

One Hundred!

We're celebrating our 100th post over on the group blog Running with Paintbrushes. Go check out what we've been up to! Here's a little sketch I did to celebrate (maybe a little too much!).

Elf Hunter Drawing

Whew! it's been way too long since i've last posted! Sorry! I've been really busy toiling away on some projects that I can't show right now. 

Here's a drawing I just did for a project i'm working on that I can show. I can't wait to get painting on this one!

Brohg

Here's my third illustration done for the Dark Sun Creature Catalogue. It was a fun challenge trying to figure out how to draw this four-armed guy and still have it make sense. 

Brohg

Kestrekel

Here's Installment #2 of my Dark Sun creatures. These little beasties were lots of fun to draw.

Kestrekel

GenCon and A Dark Sun

I just got back from a great weekend at GenCon in Indianapolis! It is one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world. This year was my first time attending, and I really enjoyed it. I met so many great artists and art directors out there. I definitely plan on getting a booth next year to join in all the art show fun! 

The other exciting thing about the weekend was that The Dark Sun Creature Catalogue was revealed much to my surprise. I created some spot illustrations for the book which is my first project for Wizards ever! These illustrations were done back in February, and while I still really love them (being my first real D&D gig and all), it's funny to look back at art you've done six months ago. There are so many things I think I would have done differently(and better) on them now in retrospect....I am my own harshest critic. I still loved creating them, and had a blast working with Mari at Wizards on this project! 

So without further ado! Here is the first image from the set: I will be posting these over the next few days.

Belgoi

New Painting and off to GenCon

Here's my newest painting just finished up the other day. I'm heading to GenCon tomorrow for the first time. I've heard it's a good time and I'm really looking forward to hanging out with everyone there.

13"x18" Oil on Panel

Back from SDCC: New Drawing!

Hey! I just got back the other day from San Diego Comic-Con. I had a blast out there as usual. Tons to see and do...and buy! I met a whole lot of cool people there too. 
After a bunch of good portfolio reviews and positive feedback I'm ready to try and tackle a new painting before Gencon (exactly one week from today!). So of course I won't be sleeping a whole lot in the next few days. What else is new?
Here's the drawing: