Ever since I picked up my first Magic: The Gathering cards back in high-school, I was into sci-fi and fantasy role playing games. Not for the chance to be in a different world, pretending to be a monster or a goblin (I've never touched Dungeons & Dragons), but for the Illustrations. I haven't played the game for over 10 years. I don't think I even remember how to play it anymore. But every time a new set comes out I scour the interwebs for the art. I have several friends that illustrate for Wizards of the Coast (the company that publishes Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons), some even make a decent living from it.
It's always been my goal to work for WotC but my portfolio does not reflect this. So I've been playing around with compositions and sketching out ideas that I'd like to eventually turn into a portfolio for RPGs. Here are some doodles I did last week on my lunch break at work:
What do you think? Are there any that jump out at you? Any I should develop further or forget about?
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Sketching Compositions for RPGs
Monday, August 25, 2008
Freelance work for Dover Publications
Wow, it's been over a month since my last update. Not good.
I went off to California last month for a little break from NY, and came back to a mountain-load of work.
Thanks to the referral of my good friend Scott Altmann, I've been working on coloring books for Dover Publications. Between working a full-time job (almost full-time, I've been at lest an hour late consistently over the last 3-6 months), and helping out at the Society of Illustrators, I've been burning the midnight oil working on the books for Dover.
The first one, Extreme Sports Coloring Book, is coming out October 17th. Amazon has it for pre-order. I'm not too crazy about the cover...
(not my font choices)
...but some of the interior pages turned out pretty nice.
I wish I had more sketchbooks to show, but the Dover work kinda took over my life in the summer time, so I haven't been able to do much personal sketching. Hopefully this will change as I better incorporate my freelance work into my already busy schedule.
In other news, the good folks over at Spectrum plugged my Best of Nude of the Day: Year One book in their ComicCon International coverage. That's very nice of them, especially after I got hostile with Arlo Burnett.
Also, I created a Facebook fan page for Nude of the Day. If you are a member of Facebook, head over and become a fan of the blog. I will be updating the page with my favorite images and will notify fans of upcoming promotions and special offers.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Best of Nude of the Day: Year One - Order Yourself a Copy
I'm about to get on a plane to San Diego for the annual ComiCon and I wanted to let everyone know that I'm bringing advance copies of Best of Nude of the Day: Year One. You can pre-order a copy for yourself today, and I will ship them out when I come back from California in early August.
40 pages - Softcover
7x7 inches
Pre-Order Yours Today!
$25.00
(Free Shipping in the Continental United States!)
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| $30.00 | $35.00 |
I'll be sending out Pre-Ordered books in early August.
If you can't wait that long you can always order directly from Blurb.
The only thing about ordering from Blurb is that they charge for shipping. That may not be worth it for all the people in the United States, but may cost less for the folks in Europe.
Check out a 15-page preview of the book on the Blurb website.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Best of Nude of the Day: Preview
Howdy Everyone!
A few weeks back I mentioned collecting some work from the Nude of the Day Blog in book form.
I'm happy to announce that Best of Nude of the Day: Year One is almost ready. Rebecca and I have been hard at work on it over the long 4th of July Weekend and after some finessing and spell-checking I'll be ready to send it off to Blurb for printing.
Here is a preview of the cover:
And some interior pages (click on the image for larger version):
The book will be available for order off the Blurb website and both here and on the Nude of the Day Blog.
More details Coming Soon
Related Posts: Best of Nude of the Day: Year One
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Watercolor Moleskine Part 2
I'm a little late with this post. More deadlines and a much-needed vacation kept me pretty busy the last few weeks.
Just like in Part 1, most of these were done at the Society of Illustrators Jazz & Sketch Sessions.
Also, Just a few more days of the Anniversary Sale the Nude of the Day Blog left. Click on image for details of the Sale.
Related Posts: Moleskine, Moleskine continued, Moleskine 2.0, Moleskine 3.0, Moleskine 2007: A Year in Review, Watercolor Moleskine: Part 1
