November 7, 2015

SOTW 446

Zaira the hill witch of the northern plateau.
She is a woman of such overwhelming beauty that any one who
gazes at her face will instantly become hypnotized into....
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November 5, 2015

SOTW 445

Grand Vizir Ilrahim, he'll be happy to take your
bribes and payoffs. Office hours are 9am to 6pm 
Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site: http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

November 3, 2015

Spectrum 22


 
I just received my copy of Spectrum 22! I was fortunate to have two pieces accepted this year. This time my personal piece "The Green Man" and a cover to Imagine FX titled "Go Gigantic" were published in the book. "Go Gigantic" was a digital painting on which I collaborated with my friend and fellow Motigan Devon Cady-Lee featuring some of the characters from our game.
Here's how the pieces appear in the book:

Across from a Tony Diterlizzi painting!
Got a nice full page!

Our cover has a nice splash of color on this spread.
Go Gigantic!
Once again I'm honored to be included. A few years ago I had a concept piece I did for a LOTR game get in, but this time I'm happy that one of my gouache paintings was selected. I feel more attached to my traditional art, especially since this painting was more of a personal piece.

Thanks to the judges for picking my stuff! It's always nice to be a part of such a great art community.

September 30, 2015

SOTW 444

Rough drawing for a friends commission.
DaVor, the map-making half Orc! Bet you never thought a
half orc could make maps. Racist!
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September 28, 2015

SOTW 443

Some out of practice zoo drawings. Not a big fan of the zoo... so I'll probably
always be out of practice!
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July 24, 2015

SOTW 442

Usually when Xenobia's happy, someone else is very, very sad.
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July 8, 2015

SOTW 441

Some roughs for a commission of a fan's D&D character.
DaVor, the cartographer.
(but he also carries a nasty spear/hammer weapon... y'know for making maps.)  
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July 1, 2015

SOTW 440

Moto-rolla Dipololla. He's one of those crazy- tech heads
that thinks if he wanders the wasteland long enough
he'll find that long lost frequency. His brain is fried, but he's friendly.
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June 12, 2015

SOTW 439

Sopli, the reluctant pilot of the wasteland. He'll get you
where you need to go... I GUESS.
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June 4, 2015

SOTW 438

Bathsheba Weatherbury, dutiful keeper of the compost.
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May 23, 2015

Fury Road

A road warrior-ey sketch from 2010
Saw Fury Road this past weekend!
I’m a huge Mad Max/Road Warrior fan and while I think Road Warrior was a “tighter” movie overall, I think Fury Road is probably the best action movie to come along in years. I think the movie is a sci-fi/fantasy nerd’s dream since it opens up the world and gives you little glimpses  of story without explaining a ton. In that way it still feels like an 80′s fantasy movie as opposed to one of the current (boring) superhero blockbusters that seem to come out every other week.

Part of that may have come from the fact that one of the writers is also one of the artists! (Brendan McCarthy. His site’s down right now but here’s some of his work for Fury Road from 1997. (movie’s been in production for a loooong time) Here's some of his work for the movie:





Also I loved the character of “Furiosa”. She belongs up there with other amazing action movie women like Ripley and Sarah Connor!

The art direction for the movie was a healthy mix of Road Warrior, Brom and Heavy Metal (comic or music, pick one! Or both!) Furiosa’s makeup and the “War Boys” were very reminiscent of Brom’s paintings for the Dark Age RPG. Oh and throw in a little dash of Phil Hale’s pale jumping guys in there as well.

Here's some of Brom's work that reminded me of some of the imagery in Fury Road:










Anyway, I highly recommend it! It's a rare occurrence that a reboot/sequel of a series from 34 years ago is actually good!

May 22, 2015

SOTW 437

Lord Knossos finds your cute little weapons to be quite silly.
Would you like to be beaten to a bloody pulp now,
or after you visit with your friends and family?
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May 21, 2015

Live drawing on the Gigantic stream today!


If you want to see me draw a community created "Gigantic" character on the fly then tune in to our stream today around 3pm PST. Here's the link:

http://www.twitch.tv/gogigantic

Here's the reddit thread talking about the stream:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gigantic/comments/36iyl3/the_next_gigantic_stream_a_heros_tale_there_and/

Should be fun! (or nerve wracking)

UPDATE!
Here's a link to the now archived video stream so you can watch it at your leisure. It went well, designed some fun/goofy characters, talked about art, and of course our game.
http://www.twitch.tv/gogigantic/b/661426254 

May 18, 2015

SOTW 436

Mozo’s pretty happy.
She stole three new wands from some boring bearded
mages at a hipster wizard coffee shop. 
Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:
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May 8, 2015

SOTW 435

Catmandu, stealthiest assassin this side of the Kyber pass.
Make a stupid cat meme out of him and he'll claw your face off.
Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:
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May 5, 2015

SOTW 434

Sincur the shifty. Hire him for your dirty work. You won't be sorry. And if you
are he won't care.


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May 3, 2015

SOTW 433


Letcher Nymphoi, giving satyr and fey folk a bad name since...
well... forever, honestly.
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April 21, 2015

SOTW 432

Methanus Unger isn't happy with the way you're looking at his stink lines.


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April 20, 2015

SOTW 431

Does anyone speak Wrakbesh?
'Cause this thing either wants to ask me out on a date or disintegrate my innards.
SLOWLY.
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SOTW 430


Drawing of someone's fantasy character done at ECCC
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April 19, 2015

SOTW 429

Mo'heg Ashwin is the best tracker this side of the Nilmar Nebula. You'll
have your precious Cargeezian bubble dog back in no time!
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April 18, 2015

Marriage is a work of art... Update!

I have a nice update from the Marriage show at Krab Jab last weekend. Emily and I both sold paintings!

The painting I sold was "The Green Man" and Emily sold her companion piece titled "Children of the Forest." They were bought by the same patron and it's nice to know that the two pieces made an impact on someone. I actually had some reservations with putting my painting up for sale. It was a personal piece and I was happy with the way it turned out. But beyond that, the painting actually meant something to me. Many of my freelance illustration paintings are fun or interesting but they don't have much long-lasting meaning for me. I'm still working on a post about "The Green Man," but the painting represented a feeling about nature, compassion, and happiness that is hard for me to describe. My only solace is that whoever bought our paintings felt a strong connection to them and just had to have them!

Our two sold paintings!
The show opening went really well. There was a steady crowd throughout and Emily, the other attending artists and I gave an interesting artist talk about living and working with our spouses. (I think Krab Jab recorded it but I'm not sure when it's going up on their youtube channel)

Our wall at the show.
Two of my "geezers of fantasy" paintings.
Our wall and us!
Here's a link to Krab Jab's online inventory of the other paintings in the show that are still available for purchase:
http://www.krabjabstudio.com/#!current/cnkj

Emily also wrote a nice post on her blog here, with some more pictures:
http://fabledearth.blogspot.com/2015/04/march-and-april-at-krab-jab.html

SOTW 428

 
Diker Wingnut. Street tough and vintage camera collector.

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April 9, 2015

Marriage is a Work of Art

Emily and I will be showing some pieces in the upcoming show at KrabJab Studio this weekend! The show has a special theme featuring artist couples. It's a really great idea for a show since in our years of being professional artists we've come across many artist couples and it's always interesting to see how they work together.

Emily and I got to know each other because of art, and art is a huge part of our lives together. We'll be doing a talk during the show's opening night on Saturday April 11th from 6-9pm. I'm sure all the art-couples in attendance will have alot of interesting stories about the ups and downs of being with an artist. So if you're in the Seattle area this weekend please come by and check it out!
 We'll be a bit late to the opening because we're attending a workshop taught by Omar Rayyan that also takes place this weekend, but we do hope to arrive in time for the artist talk.




Here's some links about KrabJab and the event:
http://www.krabjabstudio.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1548905245371394/
 
Marriage is a Work of Art Opening Reception
Saturday, April 11th, 6 - 9 pm
Show runs through May 2nd

Location:
Krab Jab Studio
5628 Airport Way S, Ste 150
Seattle, WA  98108

Here's a few of the paintings I'll be bringing for our corner of the gallery:

My Green Man painting and one of my "Geezers of Fantasy" sketches all painted up!


Emily's drawing for the companion piece to my Green Man Painting.

I'll show much more art after the opening, including some WIP pictures that I finally remembered to take.

Hope to see you at the show!

April 5, 2015

SOTW 427

Tweeble Rampalt, your friendly local inventor and tinkerer. He also makes
deadly blackmarket weapons and explosives, but that's just a side thing.
Y'know, for spendin' money.
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SOTW 426

Need some intel? Foss of Avolanna can help you.
Slip a few gold pieces in with your package and he'll meet you out back.
Course, now he'll have your intel to sell to others. 
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April 3, 2015

SOTW 425

Charna Binri knows the dangerous risks of  prolonged deep space travel.
Number one on the list? Badly drawn necks.
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SOTW 424

Victrus. He has a last name, but he had the last person that used it melted
into powder. He then, as the saying goes: "Put them in his pipe and smoked it."
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April 2, 2015

SOTW 423

Marquan Alessi, famed jump pilot of the 4th moon of Oglia.
He's not feeling so good today... his Urtrekkian hamster is sick.
Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:
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