From the deepest darkest depths of the WIP folders of doom, a knight crawls, clinging to life. He looks up at me, and holding his sword aloft, begs for me to bless him with some time in the light.
I think this guy was the first time I realised I could just *not* paint a background, and people would still be into it. I even drew attention to the lack of background, by making his cape disappear into it, and people actually praised it!
So I've been riding that ever since
Cover I painted for Michael Michel's The Price of Power. I've heard the series is really solid, but when is it going to come out on audiobook?! ðŸ˜
Hesperus, God of the Evening Star
Painted this guy a while back, when I was investigating Greek mythology a little, and also admiring Pete Mohrbacher's Angelarium artwork. Been tempted a couple times to paint some more characters and turn it into a series
And I say unto him 'No, I have client work to do', and cast him back into the pit. There he must battle with all the other half-finished monsters of my imagination, to either once more claw his way to the surface, or die in the shadows.
A D&D commission from.... 2019? 2020? After my 'struggling-to-be-an-art-streamer' phase, I went through a period of doing a lot of characters for D&D players, and they basically enabled me to become a full-time freelancer
Every now and then I'm lucky enough to have a commission that just kinda... lets me do whatever I want. If I remember right, this client just asked me to paint the Grim Reaper, however I felt like representing him.
Coolest job in the world? Maybe
