RDU Neil's Secret Worlds as been a game that he has a tough time finding images for. There are plenty of modern anime or modern super hero stuff or even modern horror... but he has a very fine line to walk with that particular game.
And I tried to do an image that was sorta in the "secret worlds" motif. I played around with doing washes, then scanning and color digital on top of watercolor washes. I'm not quite happy with it.... but it was interesting to try.
Just wanted you to know that I swiped a lot of art for a MnM game I ran this past weekend. Thanks!
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Hey Storn! Great looking stuff. What's the turn around time on a commission from you? I didn't see it noted on your site.
I'm interested in having a drawing of my 1950's French Foreign Legionnaire done, and I think you could do a great job with it.
It is very hard to give an easy answer to that question. Since I do commissions in and around publishers, their work comes first, as they have deadlines. Sometimes, I have a flurry of commissions and sometimes I don't.
So, roughly? 3-4 weeks.
Here are a couple more, suitable for M&M (or the champions campaign they actually came from...)
Storn, how are you doing the lettering for the comic? The font seems a bit odd -- oddly emphasized letters, random bolding (especially on the letter "I"). I'm not sure if its the font you're using, in which case I'll hope it changes, or that you're doing the lettering by hand.
In any case, the art is gorgeous.
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Storn, how are you doing the lettering for the comic? The font seems a bit odd -- oddly emphasized letters, random bolding (especially on the letter "I"). I'm not sure if its the font you're using, in which case I'll hope it changes, or that you're doing the lettering by hand.
In any case, the art is gorgeous.
I'm researching some more web friendly fonts. I hope to redux the lettering this weekend. Yeah, I agree, there is something odd happening between Illustrator, photoshop and then the final image in the lettering dept.
I'm continuing to experiment with finding the right look for RDU Neil's Secret Worlds campaign. Here is another attempt:
And here is another commisson from parton extraordinaire, Death Tribble, and his "blue man".
I'm still screwing around for a "Secret Worlds" style. I still need edgy... this is going back to color, although I kinda like the style of tinted color over the blue scale stuff.
so, it is closer to what I am looking for. I think. Experiments to continue.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Okay, I have gotten through my backlog of private commissions. I have one floating for Death Tribble, and one floating for RDU Neil. But I am going to be going to Origins, will be gone as of Thursday, probably back in studio, Tuesday the 4th.
If some of you haven't gotten your commission, contact me please. I had such a backlog there for awhile, it got kinda screwy in timing of which ones came first. But I hope I got everyone.
If you are thinking of getting a commission, my July & early August are going to be busy, but I can probably squeeze in a few.
Thanks to all of you who support my art and thank you for being patient as I get these done.
Incidentally, I don't think you've posted it here, but your Cthulhuesque "skin suit" picture is one of my favorite things that I've seen you draw.
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I've dropped by now and again, but I've never posted.
Great stuff, by the way, though I actually love your sketches a lot more than your finished pieces. I've got a serious thing for spontaneous lines, and people who can get their point across in simple masses never fail to impress me. That being said, your work impresses me.
So you don't actually color in anything other than digital? I'm likin your steps toward watercolor. I'm a big fan of nearly everything watercolor.
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I've dropped by now and again, but I've never posted.
Great stuff, by the way, though I actually love your sketches a lot more than your finished pieces. I've got a serious thing for spontaneous lines, and people who can get their point across in simple masses never fail to impress me. That being said, your work impresses me.
So you don't actually color in anything other than digital? I'm likin your steps toward watercolor. I'm a big fan of nearly everything watercolor.
I do digital for commissions. I do a lot of oil, lot of ink work for publishers. But most publishers work is under NDA (non disclosure agreements, just in case). So, by the time I can post (after publication), I've forgotten all about it, or I feel that I'm doing better work. So I don't post it.
The commissions, I own the visual rights to, so I can post as soon as it comes off the board. But since I do those fast and cheap, most of the time, they are digital.
We are up to page 9. The fight continues and finally ends. Plus cool links to John C. Hocking's other short story tales set in the same world on the "back cover" page.
i dont feel like drawing characters for my games anymore, its ... all here ...
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I shall take my scattered selves and make them one.
I shall fuse them into a polished crystal ball
Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun.
I Shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent.
Watching the future come and the present go -
And the little shifting pictures of people rushing
In tiny self-importance to and fro.
-sara teasdale
(Wish I had looked at it sooner.)
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