Hello All,

I’ve recently been experimenting with ways to mix the transparency of gouache with the opaqueness of oils. How could I get something like that? How about actually layering gouache with oils?!

It took a bit to figure out the best way to accomplish what I was going for. I started with watercolor paper and gouache but I had to seal the whole thing so the oil paints wouldn’t damage the paper. I tried a few things but the first ones I tried were soaking into the paper and turning cloudy, totally ruining all the painting I was doing in gouache. Eventually I stumbled upon Krylon UV-Resistant Clear Acrylic Coating. A few thin coats of that and the paper was sealed. I was free to apply the oils.

Below is my most successful result to date. It’s an unused sketch for the role-playing game Shadowrun that I decided to finish off. The technique needs some refinement but I’m pretty happy with the direction it’s going.

I’ve also uploaded it to the color gaming gallery.

I’m currently working on this year’s Christmas card with this technique. Of course, the subject matter is quite different. More on that as I finish it.

Hello All!
I’ve updated 2 of my galleries with 19 new images from 5 different books. That’s a lot of numbers and it equals a big ol’ art dump.

Firstly, I’ve added images from the two young adult novels I illustrated. For more information on those, see the post below. To see the images, visit the newly titled “Kids & Young Adult” gallery.

There are also 7 new images in the Gaming Grayscale gallery selected from 3 books that have recently been released. They include:

Hunter: The Vigil published by White Wolf Games
Click here to visit the book’s page on the White Wolf website!
Click here to buy it from Amazon!

Shadowrun: The Runner’s Companion published by Catalyst Game Labs
Here is the book’s page on the Shadowrun website!
Click here to buy it through Amazon!

Shadowrun: Unwired published by Catalyst Game Labs
Here is the book’s page on the Shadowrun website!
Click here to buy it through Amazon!

I have a few more updates that I will post in the next few days!

So it’s been too long since I’ve updated and I’ve got several new projects out or coming out soon.

Image Comics is publishing Tales of the Starlight Drive-In, written by Mike San Giacomo and illustrated by 21 artists including myself and several other of my Ten Ton studio mates. It comes out June 4th and you can order it through your local comic shop or Amazon. The cover by Dale Beyer, Jr is below.

Catalyst Game Labs has recently released three Shadowrun resource books that I provided some interior illustrations for. Below are the titles with the cover images (not by me) and links to more info.

Arsenal

Emergence

I’ve also got several more Shadowrun books coming out including Ghost Cartels and Unwired. You can find more information about both of them here.

There are many more exciting projects coming out soon and as soon as I have more information on them, like release dates and links to purchase, I’ll update again.

Hey all!

I just learned that three more of my projects have been published.

I have 10 illustrations in the newest set of cards for White Wolf’s Vampire:The Eternal Struggle called “Lords of the Night.” I’ve updated the color gaming gallery with a few of them. You can get the booster packs from several places, including White Wolf’s website.

Also from White Wolf comes World of Darkness: Reliquary, an expansion book for the World of Darkness. I did five interior illustrations for the book and I’ve updated the black and white gaming gallery with a few of them. Below is the cover (which I didn’t do) so you can
find it on your bookseller’s shelf!

Lastly, from Catalyst Game Labs come my first contribution to Shadowrun, the cyberpunk role-playing game set in 2070. I did four interior illustrations for the new rule book called “Emergence“. I’ve added them to the black and white gaming gallery. You can order it from Amazon or your local bookseller. Below is the cover (which, I didn’t do).

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