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View fullsize The beautiful wonder of the slot canyon. An artistic nemesis of mine, along with Spiderman (he's a Menace!) and others that I have tried and failed to capture a few different times in my life. The first time I tried to capture a slot canyon was in
View fullsize Paint marker study from a road trip shot. #paintmarkers #study #landscape
View fullsize Decided to lean less horror more child like wonder for my final images this spookiest of seasons. Sharpie paint markers on black paper. #halloween #monsters #children #art #paintmarkers #sharpie
View fullsize Continuing sppoky season paintings. This time all gouache but with a dye based ink under tone and water soluable graphite for the white. #gouache #painting #halloween #ghost
View fullsize Next up to paint.
View fullsize Gulp. Gouache and ink 9”x12” #handmade
View fullsize Color next. Fingers crossed I don't screw it up.
View fullsize Vampire Knight Apocalypse, good band name. . .
View fullsize He uses the fire to draw attention away from his hand. Still messing with water color while I look for work and figure out which of my handful of personal projects i want to do next.
View fullsize Mother Brain! gouache and ink. #supernintendo #metroid #samus
View fullsize I was trying to adapt the style I settled into with the #thelandofof into my photoshop work flow and mostly just trying to work quicker and second guess myself less. I didn't have a real direction here and I think that shows, but I'm mostly pleased
View fullsize #industrygiants24 is go!
View fullsize Nemesis of Stars 30 of 30 Thought I should end big. In the Land of OF fear has lead to intense hoarding of whatever the person desires. It speaks to a land in decline like many dark fantasy works. For those of you not seeing this on Instagram, I
View fullsize Oracle of Puppets 29 of 30 This one stayed on the list of possible of's for a long time. I could not resist its siren song though. One of my faves. #thelandofof #industrygiants2024 #oracle #puppets #characterdesign #illustration #watercolor #ink
View fullsize Guru of Hate 28 of 30 The universe has a funny rhythm to it . This wasn't planned for today but the timing works out. I painted Love and Hate on the same day so that even in the momment I could balance the load. #thelandofof #guru #hate #paintin
View fullsize Bearer of Love 27 of 30 Maybe a bit too literal, but my initial idea of going darker felt wrong too. I think joy in the hardship of love, in the work that it takes to truly see one another, warts and all, is where true kindness is found, and wher
View fullsize Negus of Knowledge 26 of 30 In prep for this project I looked up titles. Negus was such a good one it was immediately a keeper. Ethiopian in origin, and roughly translates to king or emperor. #thelandofof #negus #knowledge #guache #ink #industryg
View fullsize Lady of Waves 25 of 30 The breakthrough for Lady was the weirdo fish steed, that really brought the piece together. #thelandofof #lady #waves #weirdo #harpoon #illustration #watercolor #industrygiants2024
View fullsize Knight of Flowers 24 of 30 A flower golem or a person in flower armor. . . who knows. #thelandofof #knight #flowers #watercolor #ink #industrygiants2024 #painting
View fullsize Saint of Swords 23 of 30 Loved the name but a trickier concept to illustrate. Pleased with where it ended up. #thelandofof #saint #sword #industrygiants #handdrawn #watercolor #paintmarkers