SANDMAN DH37
Retro Spaceship
Date: 05/25/2010
I enjoyed designing this retro-70's style spaceship (the best kind!) for the owner of AffableEntertainment.com , Scott Foster, man of endless ideas and enthusiasm. I created it with simple pencil and a bit of ye olde Photoshop, because I am, and probably will always be, a 'Maya-tard'.
Medusa
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/25/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
I hear the movie was one of the greatest films ever made, but I have yet to see it. I have urgent things to do, like re-arrange my sock drawer.
I hear the movie was one of the greatest films ever made, but I have yet to see it. I have urgent things to do, like re-arrange my sock drawer.
Kraken Attack
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/25/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
Calibos
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/25/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
Calibos-2
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/29/2010
This is a variation on Calibos where he is shown with a retracting morning star in the place of his severed hand, and a little more body armor.
Medusa-2
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/25/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
Bubo
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/26/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
Bubo-2
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/26/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
Dioskilos
Clash of the Titans
Date: 05/25/2010
These characters from Clash of the Titans were designed not for the movie, but for the computer game, which was to come out simultaneously with the film. Aaron Simms and his small army of anonymous worker-bees had yet to come up with any finished concepts, so I had to take stabs in the dark, loosely basing them on the creatures from the original film. I have no idea if these ended up in the game, or if they finally got concept art from the Art Department in time to implement them into their game.
Jungle King
Date: 05/26/2010
My take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' most memorable character for an ill-fated production.
Archangel Gabrial-03
Date: 05/26/2010
This image was created a couple of years ago for the guys who did the special makeup effects for the movie 'LEGION' in it's earliest stages of development.
Archangel Gabrial-05
Date: 01/16/2000
This image was created a couple of years ago for the guys who did the special makeup effects for the movie 'LEGION' in it's earliest stages of development.
Gladys
Date: 05/26/2010
This image was created a couple of years ago for the guys who did the special makeup effects for the movie 'LEGION' in it's earliest stages of development.
Two Pistols and two fangs
Date: 05/26/2010
Vampires in Deadwood.
The world is waiting for this movie!
The world is waiting for this movie!
Demon-2
Date: 05/26/2010
A demonic entity from 'The Demon Hunter's Handbook' published and sold only at Barnes and Noble back in 1996.
Bayou Zombies
Date: 05/26/2010
A family of possessed zombies from 'The Demon Hunter's Handbook' published and sold only at Barnes and Noble back in 2006.
Look out Oksana.
Look out Oksana.
Nightmare Demon
Date: 05/26/2010
A demonic entity from 'The Demon Hunter's Handbook' published and sold only at Barnes and Noble back in 2006.
Wretched Wraith
Date: 05/26/2010
A demonic entity from 'The Demon Hunter's Handbook' published and sold only at Barnes and Noble back in 2006.
Hex-Man-02
Date: 05/26/2010
These concepts were created for a Nike commercial to represent a new style of hexagonal 'sports armor' they are marketing.
Hex-Man-01
Date: 05/26/2010
These concepts were created for a Nike commercial to represent a new style of hexagonal 'sports armor' they are marketing.
Psychedelic Brainchild
Date: 05/26/2010
This trippy, impish, little, brain-fart popped out of my head sometime in the late 80's as I tried to come up with some ideas to try and make money with a friend selling Halloween toys. Of course, nothing ever came of it.
I like to think that Terence McKenna would get a kick out of this little freak were he still alive.
I like to think that Terence McKenna would get a kick out of this little freak were he still alive.
Vampiress-7
Date: 05/26/2010
Here is an typical example of how special makeup FX is designed these days. The ever-glossy Photoshop, Photoshop, Photoshop. Directors and studio execs are now incapable of understanding imagery presented to them in any other way, so spoiled are they by the 'photo-realism' of it's product. But it helps to start out with a good model, in this case it was the beautiful Malena.
Vampiress-8
Date: 05/26/2010
Here is an typical example of how special makeup FX is designed these days. The ever-glossy Photoshop, Photoshop, Photoshop. Directors and studio execs are now incapable of understanding imagery presented to them in any other way, so spoiled are they by the 'photo-realism' of it's product. But it helps to start out with a good model, in this case it was the beautiful Malena.
Vampiress-9
Date: 05/26/2010
Here is an typical example of how special makeup FX is designed these days. The ever-glossy Photoshop, Photoshop, Photoshop. Directors and studio execs are now incapable of understanding imagery presented to them in any other way, so spoiled are they by the 'photo-realism' of it's product. But it helps to start out with a good model, in this case it was the beautiful Malena.
Vampiress-10
Date: 10/09/2008
Here is an typical example of how special makeup FX is designed these days. The ever-glossy Photoshop, Photoshop, Photoshop. Directors and studio execs are now incapable of understanding imagery presented to them in any other way, so spoiled are they by the 'photo-realism' of it's product. But it helps to start out with a good model, in this case it was the beautiful Malena.
Apocalyptic Vampire
Date: 05/26/2010
A predatory, Vampire-thing created for a now-defunct(?) project.
Black Terminator Design-01
Date: 05/17/2009
I worked on T4 Salvation early on the project, while the script was in a state of flux. Unfortunately I had to leave the project to finish a commitment illustrating a book, and was unable to stay on for much of the final design work. However, often the earliest stage of a script is where the most fun is to be had!
This design was for a singular Terminator robot we referred to as the 'Black Terminator' or the 'Assassin'. He was to be a special robot dispatched to hunt down our hero relentlessly, much like the Terminators of the previous films. He was to be very tall, made of anodized, black-chromed, titanium, and to be outfitted with special weaponry. He was to be unique in some way, yet similar to the T-600. Here, in this drawing, I have borrowed elements from one my my favorite yet underrated robotic, movie villain designs, to try to give him a more interesting and menacing silhouette. Though I painted this in Photoshop, I don't think the director had much of a response to it. It seems that the only thing that gets a rise out of modern directors (and everyone else for that matter) is design by image-collaging, which gives the art a more 'photo-realistic' look. Ultimately, this is how most everything for the film, including the costumes, were designed.
This design was for a singular Terminator robot we referred to as the 'Black Terminator' or the 'Assassin'. He was to be a special robot dispatched to hunt down our hero relentlessly, much like the Terminators of the previous films. He was to be very tall, made of anodized, black-chromed, titanium, and to be outfitted with special weaponry. He was to be unique in some way, yet similar to the T-600. Here, in this drawing, I have borrowed elements from one my my favorite yet underrated robotic, movie villain designs, to try to give him a more interesting and menacing silhouette. Though I painted this in Photoshop, I don't think the director had much of a response to it. It seems that the only thing that gets a rise out of modern directors (and everyone else for that matter) is design by image-collaging, which gives the art a more 'photo-realistic' look. Ultimately, this is how most everything for the film, including the costumes, were designed.
Black Terminator Design-02
Date: 05/17/2009
Here is an early attempt to make a piece of art that featured the Terminator Assassin in an image that would personify the feeling of the film. The classic Terminator 'wall of flame' as a backdrop. I fitted him with two big, plasma rifles on his back that he would carry with him and pull down to use when in attack mode.
Black Terminator Design-03
Date: 05/17/2009
This is actually the first drawing I did of the big, black, Terminator. Very conservative in it's design, staying close to the original T-800. Thicker, taller, more heavily armored, and bearing his two big, plasma-rifles on his back like wings. A hellish, robotic, angel of death.
No "I was looking at the lights" with this one. Do you want him to tear down your fricking lights? Stay off his set.
You and him are done professionally.
Mother's Minge!
No "I was looking at the lights" with this one. Do you want him to tear down your fricking lights? Stay off his set.
You and him are done professionally.
Mother's Minge!
All Terrain Vehicle-01
Date: 05/17/2009
Here I jumped on the bandwagon of photo-collaging, as it was apparent that this was the way things were going. I try to draw back into my cloodged designs and make them my own as much as possible. This was a vehicle that played a big part in the early script. I don't know if anything like it survived into the film. It was to be a kind of small, fast, three person ATV with a turret, that was able to elude the Tank HKs in a dramatic chase through all kinds of insane obstacles. I like this one because it is composed of solid metal. Being that they were designed for use by endo-skeletons as patrol units, they would have little need for shock-absorption and other human comforts, though they would eventually of course, be stolen and used by the resistance. The wheels themselves have no tires to be deflated. A tight, little, indestructible, package.
Ooo-weeer.
Ooo-weeer.
ATV-03
Date: 05/17/2009
another of many attempts to work out the ATV. This one was more human friendly, smaller, more streamlined, and missing the gun turret. Also, it was deemed that the tires should have rubber on them for better traction.
Sullen youth in leather jacket sold separately.
Sullen youth in leather jacket sold separately.
Arial HK-01
Date: 05/17/2009
More Photoshop cloodging. It's all the rage baby!
Actually, 3D programs are all the rage. This is soooo 2003.
Here was my first attempt at a design that was cruder than the one in the first film, yet still deadly and interesting.
Actually, 3D programs are all the rage. This is soooo 2003.
Here was my first attempt at a design that was cruder than the one in the first film, yet still deadly and interesting.
Ariel HK-03
Date: 05/17/2009
Another stab at the old flying HK. I was trying to give this one a kind of 'Mako shark' appeal. You know. Sharks are real mean, and they have lots of big teeth, and they bite people. Rwwwoaaaar!!
I kind of liked this design as it looked kind of more retro. I incorporated some of the nose-cone sensory apparatus used in our contemporary Apache attack helicopters. I liked their asymmetrical assemblies of weird shapes, and thought they would be a kind of transitional technology between the HKs of this film, and those of the later films.
I kind of liked this design as it looked kind of more retro. I incorporated some of the nose-cone sensory apparatus used in our contemporary Apache attack helicopters. I liked their asymmetrical assemblies of weird shapes, and thought they would be a kind of transitional technology between the HKs of this film, and those of the later films.
Ariel HK-05
Date: 05/17/2009
I just drew this one out in pencil and did a flat, plane coloring of it in Photoshop. Nothing fancy. I kind of like the simple, almost anime' look that it has. I was going for a blockier, clumsier shape. Again, more Apache nose-cone stuff.
Ariel HK sketch
Date: 05/17/2009
Just a quick, traditional drawing to work out a potential shape for a new HK.
SkyNet Tank-04
Date: 05/17/2009
I did lots of these. The tanks played a big part in early versions of the story. They had to be smaller and better able to clear low overhangs for various reasons.
SkyNet Tank-02-2
Date: 05/17/2009
There were all kinds of variations. Are there any tanks in the final film?
SkyNet Tank-05
Date: 05/17/2009
Another SkyNet Tank design. This one maintains a low profile by being able to lower it's gun turrets into the main body to be able to get into those hard to reach places where pesky humans hide!
Pacino-Lestat
Date: 05/26/2010
For a short time, at the beginning of the production, Al Pacino was rumored to have wanted the role of LeStat. I provided this image to help the studio make a decision. His presence as an actor , though an unusual choice, might have infused the character with more gravitas. Few command the screen like the indomitable Pacino.
APOCALYPTO
Concept art for the trailer of Apocalypto.
Date: 10/14/2008
This is a piece of concept art I did for the teaser trailer of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. It was actually part of a small series of storyboards I did based on Ted Rae's idea for the trailer.
A Battle-Tank of Carthage
Date: 05/27/2010
This was Hannibal's armored tank in the battle of mighty Carthage. However, the Romans soon discovered a way to spook the beasts and spoil Hannibal's advantage.
Silver Surfers
Date: 06/26/2007
Strange early concepts for the Silver Surfer for the second Fantastic 4 movie. Obviously they went with the traditional approach instead.
Commercial Elf
Date: 05/26/2010
I designed and sculpted this little imp for an RSA spot directed by Carl Rinsch. I believe he was supposed to bear a slight resemblance to Wallace Shawn.
Pearl- version 1
Date: 05/28/2010
This was the first design I did for Pearl. The director said "make it twice as wide". It was a wise call on his part, me thinks. Wider-e is better-e.
Green-Goblin-Design
Date: 08/05/2008
This take on the Green Goblin, and the one after this, was done for the costume designer on the first film. Everyone seemed to like it, yet somehow, in the mix of Hollywood nonsense, we ended up with that horrible, clunky, Kabuki mask in the film that everyone agrees is one of the worst villain costumes in modern cinema.
Go figure.
Go figure.
MasonVerger-sketch
Date: 08/03/2008
This is a sketch done for the makeup of Mason Verger from Hannibal. This was based quite closely to the description of the character in the book which we were trying to be faithful to. Ultimately, Ridley Scott echewed this design approach for a perhaps, even more ghastly final makeup which was created for the film. Ridley came in with a picture of a dead and slightly rotted baby's head he had found somewhere, and that became the basis for the makeup eventually sculpted by Glen Hans.
Mason Verger-1
Date: 08/03/2008
This is a more finished rendering done for the makeup of Mason Verger from Hannibal. This was based quite closely to the description of the character in the book which we were trying to be faithful to. Ultimately, Ridley Scott echewed this design approach for a perhaps, even more ghastly final makeup which was created for the film. Ridley came in with a picture of a dead and slightly rotted baby's head he had found somewhere, and that became the basis for the makeup eventually sculpted by Glen Hans.
Ghost Rider -Blackheart
Date: 08/03/2008
Geal Garcia Bernal was at one time a hopeful to play BlackHeart in Ghost Rider. This was a design I did featuring him as the character.
Mel Gibson as the Wolverine
Date: 08/03/2008
I did this for ILM some time in the mid 90's when X Men was first making the rounds.
Mel seemed amused when he saw this drawing, and vaguely disgusted that anyone would think he would ever accept a role like this.
Mel seemed amused when he saw this drawing, and vaguely disgusted that anyone would think he would ever accept a role like this.
Smoking is Bad for your Health
Date: 08/12/2008
A typical exercise in the Beksinski aesthetic for a project that never happened.
Rune Nazi
Date: 06/01/2008
What more can I say. Nazis and Runes together at last, like chocolate and peanut-butter. This was done for a Joel Schumacker film, the title of which I do not know.
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It was commissioned by the most bitchin' stud in all of Birmingham.....Gary...Glitter... Tunnicliffe! The man is a walking beef sausage.
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It was commissioned by the most bitchin' stud in all of Birmingham.....Gary...Glitter... Tunnicliffe! The man is a walking beef sausage.
The Dragon Hunter's Handbook
Date: 07/25/2008
I finished my third and most likely final book for Barnes and Noble earlier this year. I think this is the best of the three. It has a wonderful story in it by gifted British writer Martin Howard, that chronicles the life of the first member of the Van Helsing family to ever do battle ancient evil way back in the dark ages. She is a beautiful, raven-haired warrior-woman with two swords and a serious rack, and she kicks the living shit out of Demonic, cosmic, Dragons. What the hell more do you want!?
It will become available only at Barnes and Noble, beginning in late September 2008. Or buy it online at barnesandnoble.com if it is still available. These books were run in small batches were meant only to sell for the year in which they were released.
It will become available only at Barnes and Noble, beginning in late September 2008. Or buy it online at barnesandnoble.com if it is still available. These books were run in small batches were meant only to sell for the year in which they were released.
Dragon Hunter - First Kill
Date: 06/01/2008
Here is another illustration from 'The Dragon Hunter's Handbook'. Here, our heroin has slain her first dragon, tearing off much of her armor in the process realizing that what she really needs is agility, and not heavy protection when matching wits and weapons with a real dragon!
Dragon Hunter
Date: 06/01/2008
This is a drawing from a book I illustrated with the very talented writer Martin Howard called 'The Dragon Hunter's Handbook'. The main character of the story I based on my wife, and here she is done up in her full Dragon Hunting regalia. I failed of creating an interesting and unique female warrior design here. Not that this is an easy task these days, as every possible inch of territory in this realm has been visually explored, especially by artists who design games. The Japanese and Korean artists are truly amazing in this area. Sadly, and for reasons that made little sense, I was very constricted by my editors in the design of this costume, and it shows.
At least I got away with giving her a little 'happy trail'.
At least I got away with giving her a little 'happy trail'.
Raptors Interrupted
Date: 08/12/2008
Don't you just hate it when you have found a huge, rotting, carcass and are about to sink your teeth into it's bloated and distended ass, when suddenly... out of the blue.....a gosh-darned T-Rex appears!
Incidently, If these raptors look a little strange to you, it is because they are based on true Velociraptors. The creatures in Jurassic Park that were called Velociraptors were actually based on a similar dinosaur called Deinonychus, which had a very different head.
Incidently, If these raptors look a little strange to you, it is because they are based on true Velociraptors. The creatures in Jurassic Park that were called Velociraptors were actually based on a similar dinosaur called Deinonychus, which had a very different head.
Battle in the Sky
Date: 08/03/2008
This is a terrible reproduction of an acrylic painting I did back in the analog age for a movie about Demons and Angels that never came to pass. I just recently found this old, thin and faded bubble-jet print of the piece, and did my best to try and fix it in Photoshop. It is still just a muddy shadow of it's former self.
Anaconda
Date: 08/04/2008
This was a piece commissioned by Steve Johnson when the film 'Anaconda' was in it's earliest stage of production. No actors had been cast yet, and the art was used to get production excited. I used it as an opportunity to do a kind of tribute to Frank Frazetta. Jennifer Lopez was still a nobody. But the as I drew on the girl in this scene does seem to foreshadow her now-famous ba-donk-a-donks. (in the parlance of our times..)
Sharon Stone -scratched by Catwoman-1
Date: 08/05/2008
This design was done for Christian Tinsley for 'Catwoman'. If you saw the terrible movie, then you briefly glimpsed this rather nice makeup at the end. That is, if you made it that far...
Sharon Stone -scratched by Catwoman-2
Date: 08/05/2008
Another take on the design. I did many of these, trying to get just the right feel to the scratches and cracks.
James Dean Frankenstein
Date: 05/28/2010
What if James Dean never died, but was instead transformed into a 9 foot tall, Frankenstein-like robot? Just thinking about it makes my brain itch, yet I scratch my ass instead. Why?
This is one of many ideas I illustrated for Scott Foster, Yukon man of international mystery: www.affableentertainment.com/.
This is one of many ideas I illustrated for Scott Foster, Yukon man of international mystery: www.affableentertainment.com/.
D Day attack
Date: 05/28/2010
This is one of many ideas I illustrated for Scott Foster, man of Yukon mystery and uncrowned King of the great white north: www.affableentertainment.com/. The project is called Decadence Day. We agreed that I should take my inspiration from 60's toy box art. Kinda fun.
Black Magic Charlatans
Date: 05/28/2010
This is one more of many character groups I illustrated for Scott Foster, Yukon man of international mystery, secret agent, and porn star: www.affableentertainment.com/.
Black-Op Ape
Date: 05/28/2010
This is actually a portrait of Scott Foster, Canadian Primate, extraordinaire, posing against the backdrop of a snow storm, somewhere in the great white north. He held very still for this.
JAWS and the minnow
Date: 05/28/2010
This is one of many ideas I illustrated for Scott Foster, the Jacques Cousteau of out times: www.affableentertainment.com/.
Boston Crunch
Date: 05/28/2010
This is one of many ideas I illustrated for Scott Foster, Yukon man of international mystery, and winner of Best in Show: www.affableentertainment.com/.
Space Mimzy
Date: 08/03/2008
This is the single greatest thing I have ever created!
Though I am kidding, I do kind of like this rendering. It has a quaint and slightly creepy quality that would fit into the Juxtapoz world quite nicely. Put a piece of meat on one side of it and an Abraham Lincoln head on the other, and you almost have a Mark Ryden painting.
Though I am kidding, I do kind of like this rendering. It has a quaint and slightly creepy quality that would fit into the Juxtapoz world quite nicely. Put a piece of meat on one side of it and an Abraham Lincoln head on the other, and you almost have a Mark Ryden painting.
Puss n' Boots
Date: 06/23/2008
One of my first attempts to paint in Photoshop. Not too bad for an early try. But then again, I didn't have to put him in an environment.
Can you guess the name of this children's book character?
If you can't, you may just be a retard.
Can you guess the name of this children's book character?
If you can't, you may just be a retard.
RockMan
Date: 08/05/2008
This was the first attempt at a design for the rock monster that attacks our Captain on the planet surface in Galaxy Quest. I even took a stab at designing the little blue men.
Deep Sea Thing!
Date: 08/05/2008
I did this strange piece an eternity ago. This is a creature that was essentially designed by the mighty Jordu Schell for the maniacal Steve Johnson on some now forgotten project that may or may not have ever happened. I took Jordu's pencil sketches and turned them into a finished, color presentaion rendering.
This monster is really 3 monsters in one, as the two creatures attached to either side come off and are their own separate entities. Yes, this deep sea abomination was a triple-threat to divers everywhere.
This monster is really 3 monsters in one, as the two creatures attached to either side come off and are their own separate entities. Yes, this deep sea abomination was a triple-threat to divers everywhere.
Pazuzu Bits
Date: 06/01/2008
If one could base a breakfast cereal on the Exorcist, this would be it. You true fans out there will understand this one.
Merrin...........
Merrin...........
Necromonger-Infantry undersuit
Date: 08/04/2008
This was a design suggestion for the Necromonger soldiers. It was to be an undersuit upon which various armored pieces could be attached. It was rejected by the costume designer who saw it as a threat (God knows why) but something just like it was adopted after I left the costume department.
Gotta love ego.
Gotta love ego.
Flora Plum
Date: 08/05/2008
Why the silly name for an illustration of Russell Crowe all covered in fur like Chewbacca? I'll tell you. It's because if you stuck your thumb in Russell's rather floral bum...you'd pull out a plum.
No.
Truth is I did this drawing for Greg Cannom several years ago when Jodie Foster was going to direct and star in a period film called 'Flora Plum' about a female high-wire acrobat who falls in love with the dog faced man in a Travelling Circus. I believe the film didn't get made because Russell Crowe broke his rib. Hail Maximus!
No.
Truth is I did this drawing for Greg Cannom several years ago when Jodie Foster was going to direct and star in a period film called 'Flora Plum' about a female high-wire acrobat who falls in love with the dog faced man in a Travelling Circus. I believe the film didn't get made because Russell Crowe broke his rib. Hail Maximus!
Jedi
Date: 08/05/2008
My design for a Jedi warrior that was to be featured in a computer game than never got made. I think.
NOCTURNA
Date: 08/05/2008
There is a very long and beautiful Pygmalian story about this piece of art that I will write more about when I have the time.
It brought me my wonderful wife.
It brought me my wonderful wife.
JORUNE
Date: 08/05/2008
This is the original cover for the boxed edition of Jorune circa 1985. The oil painting I did for this cover was never finished, and was torn from under my brush and brought to be photographed for the color separations with the paint still wet. There are raw and unfinished areas all over this piece where the underpainting shows through.
Ah, to be 22 again....
Ah, to be 22 again....
Burdoth
Date: 08/04/2008
Burdoth is a city on Jorune. It is also an expansion pack for the role playing game, and this was it's cover. My beautiful Persian girlfriend Fahimeh Jabbari posed for this cover all those years ago.......
A Trarch
Date: 08/05/2008
A Trarch is the Jorune equivalent of an ogre or a troll. To find out what the hell Jorune is, Wikipedia it.
Ramian Pirates
Date: 08/05/2008
Even Jorune has pirates. And these pirates are Ramian. Whoa, you know what THAT means!
Ramian Rampage
Date: 08/05/2008
Jorune is a strange place. When Ramian enter their 'chiveer' mode, they go all whacky and start charging through the black bogs of Voligire, and, well, you know.
Trouble.
Trouble.
Club Trarch
Date: 08/05/2008
No, it's not a resort on the Mexican Riviera. This is a Trarch, on Jorune, with a big nasty club. Nothing relaxing about this. You won't find this ornery bastard in a Corona Lite commercial. Though, that would be damned interesting.
Salrough Gomo
Date: 08/05/2008
Salrough Gomo the Thriddle becons you into his little Jorune cottage.
Be cautious!
Once inside, you may be seduced into doing free drawings for a role-playing game that will go nowhere and pay nothing.
Be cautious!
Once inside, you may be seduced into doing free drawings for a role-playing game that will go nowhere and pay nothing.
Stroke of Midnight
Date: 08/05/2008
I did this elaborate piece for a friend's rubber mask company back in 1984. I used to be a madman with a pencil. That was before computers. I still love pencil though. The name 'Stroke of Midnight' took on a whole new meaning when the afore mentioned friend had to stay at my apartment for a few days in the fall of 1986, and my girlfriend woke up late at night to find him 'stroking it' on the floor in his sleeping bag.
It might also be mentioned that Rob Bottin got a little miffed when I showed him this piece. He felt that I was ripping off the design for 'Darkness' that we had just developed that summer for LEGEND. I hastened to enlighten him to the fact that I was merely doing my own take on Cernabog, the Demon from Disney's Night on Bald Mountain section in Fantasia. 'Darkness' had sprung from this same source. He really couldn't say much at that point.
It might also be mentioned that Rob Bottin got a little miffed when I showed him this piece. He felt that I was ripping off the design for 'Darkness' that we had just developed that summer for LEGEND. I hastened to enlighten him to the fact that I was merely doing my own take on Cernabog, the Demon from Disney's Night on Bald Mountain section in Fantasia. 'Darkness' had sprung from this same source. He really couldn't say much at that point.
Woffen
Date: 08/05/2008
Not the Waffen SS my friends. No, these are wolfmen from planet Jorune. They know nothing of national Socialism. But they know how to drink, and laugh, and scratch fleas, and lift their legs to piss on things.
T-Rex
Date: 08/04/2008
I did this rather stylized T-Rex for the label of a T-Shirt company I was trying to start up back in the 80's. I just didn't have the business acumen to get this kind of thing off the ground. I am an artist for Christ's sake.
The Elements
Date: 07/07/2009
These silly creatures are meant to represent the elements, and how they work their primal magic on the Earth to slowly move fossils to the surface. I did this back in the 80's for a now forgotten Dinosaur magazine. I probably got paid about 5 bucks.
HanSolo 1978
Date: 05/26/2010
I recently discovered this old friend in a moldering pile of ancient artwork. A ball point pen rendering I did back in 8th grade of Han Solo. Ah, the good old days.
I learned to draw and render by trying to copy photos without tracing them. Someone told me when I was quite young that drawing in ball point pen was more difficult because you couldn't erase as you went along, so I adopted it as a tool to try and grow faster. I loved to cross hatch. I learned that from Basil Wolverton.
I learned to draw and render by trying to copy photos without tracing them. Someone told me when I was quite young that drawing in ball point pen was more difficult because you couldn't erase as you went along, so I adopted it as a tool to try and grow faster. I loved to cross hatch. I learned that from Basil Wolverton.
STAR TREK -First Oil -1975
Date: 08/03/2008
I include this one to remind myself and anyone else who cares what a nerd I am.
This was my first oil painting, done around 1975. I did it using only oils paints straight from the tube, and turpentine. I knew nothing about painting mediums, or anything about technique. All I knew is that people were telling me that Oils were the only true medium for the REAL artist, so I had better start using them.
Of course Star Trek could be the only subject matter for me at the time. Star Wars had yet to come out!
What a dweeb.
This was my first oil painting, done around 1975. I did it using only oils paints straight from the tube, and turpentine. I knew nothing about painting mediums, or anything about technique. All I knew is that people were telling me that Oils were the only true medium for the REAL artist, so I had better start using them.
Of course Star Trek could be the only subject matter for me at the time. Star Wars had yet to come out!
What a dweeb.