The Current State of Things

Now, where did I put that drafting table?

You are looking at a picture of our new studio! For comparison's sake, this is how the old studio space looked for the past three-and-a-half years. There's a lot of work to do...

Sprites!

Paizo Publishing has released the latest Pathfinder Player Companion, Fey Revisited, which means I can share the Sprite illustrations I did for the book, just in time to liven up my blog!

I was not surprised that I was hired to work on a book of fey, since I have been assigned creatures from the fairer side of fantasy for years: elves, faeries, baby dragons, horsies... Clients feel that my work leans towards the majestic or cute, rather than gross and scary. (Fine by me, since I can avoid illustrating zombies. I didn't like zombies before they were cool.)

A Sprite token.

Heeeeeyyy, quit it!

While Sprites may look enchanting and sweet, as most folklore will tell you, faeries have a dark side. Look, they're attacking poor Harsk and stealing his stuff! I tried to limit my palette on this illustration to give the forest a mysterious atmosphere. I think I did a decent job, but as always I see plenty of room for improvement.

Whoosh!

This was a challenging piece because I had to suggest a swarm of Sprites without conjuring an illustration that would take a year to paint. I'm not sure how successful I was at showing anything close to a "swarm," but hopefully one can guess that there are many more Sprites emerging from that tree.

Etsy Sale Oopsie

It has come to my attention that my Etsy Moving Sale coupon expired a day early. D'oh! I have created a new coupon that will still work on the last day of my sale which is today, June 5th! Make your purchase before midnight tonight and enter the new coupon code MOVINGSALEONEDAY to receive 15% off your order at my Etsy shop, Fabled Earth Art.

I finally have some art to post here, so please stay tuned for that in the next couple days!