Awesome new book cover. I am really proud of this piece. I think it really shows the progress I am making in expressive color and edge control(traditional painting mimicry). J.D. was a pleasure to work with and I hope to do his sequel very soon.

J.D. had me painting this awesome landscape of a swamp with blood-colored marsh and these devilish creatures made of plants. The silver-skinned man grinning about impending danger was my favorite part though.

You can see his book for sale here which doesn't have my new cover art on it yet: http://www.amazon.com/Tarnish-J-D-Brink-ebook/dp/B00DYHK754/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1386869132&sr=8-7&keywords=tarnish

And his website here: http://www.jdbrinkfugitive.com/

As always, I enjoy sharing the WIPs and roughs with you. That first color rough is pretty rough!

Freyja, Norse Goddess

Alex James commissioned me to do this cover for him and we both liked the outcome. Yet another great client to work with. I hope I will get to do sequels for all of these authors!

I was asked to help with another independent book cover and map for the book. These are for Claudette Marco. She was a pleasure to work with. I really like how this cover turned out and I consider it a step up in the quality of my work. http://www.claudettemarco.com/

So I met a guy who wanted to make a graphic novel and he liked my artwork. His name is Todd Lally. I told him I don't do sequential art, and in fact, I don't like sequential art. I told him my complaints about graphic novels being mostly tiny, rushed, crappy frames of telling every unnecessary piece of  the story as it unfolds. I said that it would be a cool idea to try more of an illustrated novel with some more polished, large paintings that are actually worth painting. And here is the first one!

Another cover for Todd Shryock--friend and repeat client. 

New Book Cover

I met Sam Barone through the Arizona Authors Association. He liked my style as a new approach for a short story book he was ready to release. And viola, we have Rogue Warriors #1.
As usual, I'm including my roughs and a WIP for your viewing pleasure :D