When Peeps Go Bad...

Happy Easter!

Getting closer...

Still trying to solidify the designs for the book I'm (ever-so-slowly) putting together.

These guys are getting pretty darn close, but still not quite there.

More to come...

Some Chinese-themed Monster Fun...

I've been working on this one on-and-off for a while now, but I think it's pretty much done. As with all of these pieces, I may go back and pick at it, but I'm pretty happy with where it is at this state.

I've included several detail shots below to show some specific areas that I enjoyed doing. The silk image on the lady's dress, the texture on the monster (modeled after the "lions" seen in sculptural form and also in the martial arts dances on the Chinese New Year and other times), and the guard wall that protects the village beyond- I had a lot of fun figuring out these areas, and may revisit them in a new piece down the road.

Thanks for stopping in!

Happy (Early) St. Patrick's Day!!

I finished it early, so I'm posting it now.

Happy Green Beer to one and all!

A few more random sketches...

Just some quick sketches done a few days ago...

Finished version...

I think I'm done with it. Might tinker a little here and there, but I'm setting it down for a bit.











A few highlights:

Arctic Scene Work-in-Progress...

This is a piece I've been working on for the past few days based on the lost Franklin Expedition of the 1840s. The ship in the foreground is the Terror (like the book by Dan Simmons which inspired the piece) and the one in the BG is the Erebus.

I'm a nut for these types of stories. Ernest Shackleton and his Endurance, the Whaleship Essex on which Melville based Moby Dick... these are all just fascinating tales of Man vs. Nature, and I eat them up like candy.

This piece has a ways to go, but I haven't posted in a bit, so I thought I'd put it up now and post the final version when it's done.

Hope all are well!