On a rainy day, you might see young skyfish flicker in and out of existence, just at the edge of your vision. Though you will never see an adult one: humans don't believe and our inability to accept would erase them from reality. So, they hide where our eyes will never reach.
Barbarian class opener illustration I painted for Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook 2024.
Not only was it an amazing brief to work on with it's awesome depiction of a barbarian post dragon slaying, but it was fully illustrated in @Krita as well.
THE GUNSLINGER ON THE BEACH (1982)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 18"
The winter months of 1980-81 were tough. My wife and I became parents with the arrival of our daughter in November, and I needn't tell anyone who has children what that means in terms of lifestyle changes...like lack of sleep. 1/4
DARKNESS OVER HAYHOLT (2016)
Acrylic on Gessobord - 24" x 36"
When DAW contacted me 35 years ago about illustrating the cover for a high fantasy novel by Tad Williams, an amazing relationship began with THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR. 1/4
I am sometimes hesitant to share my #WorkInProgress because as much as I wish I could be like "I do things step by step and plan it out neatly" in reality my creative process is very chaotic. I like to go back and forth on everything all the time and I really have no idea how things will turn out until I actually work thru it.
THE GUNSLINGER FOLLOWED (2005)
Oil on Canvas - 25" x 40"
The second painting based on the famous opening line of The Dark Tower books by Stephen King: "The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed." 1/3
This is one of my own comic characters, and the only one that has a published small book (no longer available). I stopped drawing her almost 20 years ago, and today, somehow, she's back.