Ostensible Cat

Ok, ok, so this is a little fun with my Halloween costume that Daisey made for me this year. I really, really love this idea and am going to use it for my Halloween costume next year. Essentially I'll make this the t-shirt design and wear the mask so I continue with the death metal Turkmenian Flare-horned Markhor (a type of goat). This year Daisey made us all masks for animals with a musical motif. She was a goth sun bear, my son was a spirit of 76 punk rock caracal, and my daughter went as a new wave red panda. Here's a look at me in my costume this year: I hope you enjoy them! Daisey, the kids and I sure did have fun with them this year! Happy gaming all!

So, I've been going through some of my older work and giving it the colour treatment. Daisey does most of my colour work but I do like to play around with the tools a bit. Here's a few of my older pieces that appeared on this very blog some years back that received the colour treatment. I've got some ideas brewing, hehehe. Let me know what you think!

Heya gang, long time no see. Why? Well, mostly because I've been busy as all get out and haven't had much time for social media other than Facebook. The day job and family are big responsibilities. However, I've also been crazy busy doing artwork for the Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea. The Kickstarter for the second edition hardcover just wrapped up. It funded at over 400%! There is a lot of gorgeous art in this book, of which mine is just a part. I feel as if I've grown artistically with this project. It has been a long time in the making and I still have another eight or ten pieces to do for the book, however, it has been a rewarding experience. I would like to say thanks to Jeff Talanian for giving me a top slot on the art chores. Also thanks to the rest of the team. It is a fantastic lineup (literally) with the likes of Rus Nicholson (of Fiend Folio fame), Val Semakis (a kick ass comic book artist who did some stuff for Conan), Peter Mullen, Del T...

So, I've been successful in completely ignoring my blog.  New Zealand has really got me spell bound and it seems as if I'm in some sort of weird time dilation.  Holy crap, almost one year since my last post!  Suffice it to say, I've been busy.  And yes, I'm still doing game art.  Quite a lot in fact.  So, in the spirit of me dipping my toe back in the blog water so to speak, here's a bit of a peek at some of the stuff I've been doing:

Whew, it has been a busy year and while you may not be able to tell from my radio - er Internet silence, I've been busy with gaming projects.  I'm pretty - no scratch that - exceptionally excited to have finished the 36 pieces of art for the new Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea adventures campaign.  This was a definite challenge for me as all of the pieces were done at either 9" x 12" or 11" x 14" full page finished greyscale art.  That was pretty challenging.  But a lot of fun and proved to myself that I can do some large scale projects, have a family and a full time day job and not lose my sanity.  At any rate, go check out the kickstarter here:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1806106772/hyperborea-adventure-three-pack.  Oh yeah, you can also buy my original art as one of the kickstarter pledge levels.  Here's a small peek to give you an idea: Happy gaming and more soon - I've got some projects of my own to discuss!

Delve!  Issue 2 seems to be doing well (currently number four on RPGNow hot titles - not that it'll last but still cool).  So what's next?  I've got a Kickstarter in the works working with Jeff Talanian of Northwind Adventures/ \Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea.  I'll be doing the art for Three AS&SoH adventures!  Also, I'm working on Delve! issue 3 and some mini Delve! adventures.  Further, I've got a ton of adventures that I've got in various states of progression.  I want to flesh those out a bit and spring them on a couple of playtest groups.  I've got some possibilities for some gaming groups down here in NZ Kiwiland and I'm hoping to have at least one as my sandbox group for spring old school mayhem on.  More to follow!  It's good to get back in the saddle again :)! 

OK gang, it's up and ready for purchase at RPGNow:  http://www.rpgnow.com/product/142115/Delve-Zine-Issue-2