December Doodle Dump

Well, another semester has passed. Time to reflect on what was learned and move forward. But that is for another post. For now, sketchbook pages, and sleep.

Adventure is out there!

-V

Revised Heroes' Tale Art

the Explorer

the Corrupted Forest

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I re-illustrated two of my first cards for Heroes' Tale. It's been almost half a year since I started working with Chris, and in that time I outgrew what are now some pretty embarrassing paintings. 

There are many more cards I would have loved more time on, since I was essentially cranking them out in one day every week over the summer, but I just wanted to take another crack at the biggest offenders before they get mass-distributed with my name on them o__o 

These were both pretty quick and fun :)

Big thanks to Andrew Theo for some clutch help on the Explorer. I've included some gifs for your enjoyment as well.

Erasing Amyloo

an illustration based on Russell Edson’s poem, “Erasing Amyloo”

(and inspired by my recent purchase of the Art of Brom)

“A father with a huge eraser erases his daughter. 

When he finishes there’s only a red smudge on the wall.

His wife says, where is Amyloo?

She’s a mistake, I erased her.

What about all her lovely things? asks his wife.

I’ll erase them too.

All her pretty clothes? 

…I’ll erase her closet, her dresser—shut up about Amyloo! Bring your head over here and I’ll erase Amyloo out of it.

The husband rubs his eraser on his wife’s forehead, 

and as she begins to forget she says, hummm, I wonder whatever happened to Amyloo? 

…Never heard of her, says her husband.

And you, she says, who are you? You’re not Amyloo, are you? I don’t remember your being Amyloo.

Are you my Amyloo, whom I don’t remember anymore? 

…Of course not, Amyloo was a girl. Do I look like a girl?

… I don’t know, I don’t know what anything looks like anymore…”

As my first fully oil illustration, I would like to further discuss my process and thoughts on this piece in a future post. Stay tuned!

-V

Valley of the Titans

playing with scale, my favorite thing :-P

will post process soon for anyone interested...

-V

Rage

new card art spoiled today: Rage

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Valley of Titans roughs

roughs for mah finals, about 2 hrs each :P