Another pencil piece from some years back. Sorry about the late upload

This is another older commission, later painted in Photoshop, combined with hand made paper and oil emusion, with gold. I am just finishing up a major project, but the 100 hour work weeks finally got to me. I’m pretty sick. I hope to get some rest in a few days when the project is wrapped up, and then to move on to a less intense workload. The good news is I’ll be able to get back tot he long list of people waiting for commissions and to finish off the Neil Gaiman GN. I also have more projects to announce soon. And there will be time for A DISTANT SOIL…

This is a very early colored pencil portrait of Jason dating back to the 1980’s. I’ve been experimenting for years with various approaches to drawings that fade or appear to be coming from smoke.

I thought we could use another look at the boss. Pencil, with handmade paper, oil emulsion and digital color.

Another private commission, which I later colored digitally, using a combination of an oil emulsion painting layered with pencil art. I believe I did many of these color versions while first learning to use Photoshop. It was a great way to learn the program while making some nice color pieces for the fans that could be seen here on the website. Since my graphic novels are in black and white, and I don’t know when we might get around to an art book, it’s nice to have them here.

This is one of my earliest drawings, done when I was in school. I sold it when I was about 16-17 years old, and the only copy I had of it was a bad slide (this was in the days before you could get good quality black and white photocopies). Years later it was discovered in very bad condition at an estate auction. The original is a black and white drawing, and the color was added digitally. And for the webcomic artist who threw a fit that I am spending all my time on A DISTANT SOIL not drawing the comic but instead wasting effort doing “ceremonial costume” pictures, none…

I’m afraid I don’t have a good scan of this. It was painted back in the day before I had computer fu. This is a small painting done with Genesis oils, a type of paint that handles a lot like traditional oil, but dries at 250 degrees in about 15 minutes. You can put your paintings in the oven and work them soon after they dry and cool. Traditional oil paints can take quite a long time to dry and if you don’t wait the proper intervals, your paintings will crackle and may be completely destroyed over time. Many Maxfield Parrish originals suffered this fate.

Easily one of my most successful portraits. Hand drawn private commission in pencil. I later colored it digitally with handmade paper, gold and oil emulsion.

A model sheet. I don’t think I ever used this, but I believe I sold it a few years ago.

The cover for the digital edition of A DISTANT SOIL issue #4. Pencil and digital. This is one of my favorites.