Mortimer Falstaff, the Overgrown

Super excited to finally share my Paladin character for Light Gray Art Lab's "Role Models" show. Obviously had a blast with this one, you can check out some of my early sketches from this summer here

I think the D&D alter egos were supposed to be in our likeness but I kind of made Mortimer the physical opposite of me. Big, slow, burly, bearded...hey, a guy can dream. 

Make sure to check out the other entries, some truly breathtaking pieces (some straight up put me to shame...here's looking at you Adam Tan, Allison Strom, Christina Ellis, Gillian Grossman, Henry Christian-Slane, Stacey Lee, Ashley MacKenzie, Dan Matutina, Louise Bagnall, Rachel Suggs, Andrew Olson and so many more...)

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Quick Update

Some sketches/ideas for the Light Grey Art Lab's Role Models Show

The premise is pretty awesome: design and illustrate your d&d alter ego, complete with stats and hyperbolized nomenclature. I didn't quite understand that the character was supposed to reflect you in real life when picking the class (or I would have chosen a mage or something, tossin fireballs n' shit) so I picked paladin, thinking they were badass knights. Turns out they are but they're also goody-two-shoes pseudo-religious zealots...so in the spririt of having fun I ended up designing the complete opposite of me in real life, so I ended up with a character that was burly, impossibly slow, lawful, wise, and had a full beard. It was super fun and I can't wait to show you guys the finished piece in October. Stay tuned.

I also did a piece for their In Place show, which I can't show but here's a teeny tiny teaser:

some thumbnails/explorations for my next assignment for CDA: Environment, a sort of Evangelion meets Shadow of the Colossus tale

some ideas for the first three "Angels"

Tajic Vs. Varolz rough color pass

thanks for tuning in, catch y'all later <3