Tag Archive for: art

The king’s coach

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There's a little throwaway scene in  Joe Bright and the Seven Genre Dudes where Joe is invited to a royal story-telling competition.  For this image I needed to design the royal messenger and the king's coach. The story isn't set in any particular…

Stella the storyteller

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Here's Stella, from Joe Bright and the Seven Genre Dudes. Thumbnail sketch for pp 6/7. Stella the storyteller sees her rival, Joe Bright, in the back of her magic story-telling chair. Tight sketch for page 6. A close-up of my color…

Renaissance & Baroque musical instruments

I had it in mind to create some note cards with these images.  Never got around to it.

Color for Santa Claus

A great old truck

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My friend Tim is a landscaper in Mars, Pa, and owns this wonderful 1950s Ford truck.  It still runs but needs a bit of, ah, cosmetic repair in one or two spots.  Yes, that's a fender in the bed.  I confess: I covet it and would love to have…

Chaos in Market Square

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From Peter Spit A Seed At Sue, a painting in progress: I've set the scene in Pittsburgh's Market Square.  If you look closely you'll see the location photos I shot.  I used them to help me design a setting that would be recognizable from…

Steampunk character design

Rhonda Libbey is a talented friend of mine—she's pulled my carcass out of more than one scrape by helping me paint illustrations.  Please swing by her blog to see her lovely character sketches for the Doctor Ferretstein Project.

Trouble in the Poconos

I was sure sorry to read about this—it looks like Frank Frazetta's kid tried to burgle the gallery.

Finishing an older post

Here are the last of the work-in-progress shots from a painting featured in What do I paint first? and What do I paint second?

Dead man’s chest o’ books

Update: Welcome, Bittersweet Harvest readers! Now that it's December, I'm wistfully recalling the first hot weekend of last Spring, the one I used as an excuse to paint outdoors.  I created some surface decoration on this wooden bookcase,…