Behind the Veil of Night: Crafting ‘Haunter
As I continue to delve into the mystical realms of dark fantasy, the creation of ‘Haunter’ emerges as a personal exploration of contrasting themes and a challenge to my artistic [...]
Experimenting with Focal Points and Illustrating for a Variety of Layouts
Altar to the Stars is an oil painting on illustration board created for the album cover artwork of an upcoming Cultic/Funeral Bastard split. I was given four specifications for the “Altar [...]
Painting a War Mammoth
The ice kingdom is faithfully guarded by giant armored mammoths and their fearless riders. These powerful creatures patrol the snowy hillsides instilling fear and inspiring wonder for all of [...]
Magical Desert Toad Turns Unsuspecting Passersby to Dust!
Book of Wyrms have great ideas for songs, like undead pegasus’, ghost drifters and Dust Toads! Which is why I was so stoked to work on this Dust Toad tour poster for the band’s [...]
Cultic T-Shirt Illustration in Pen & Ink
It’s been a welcome change of pace to be making artwork with pen & ink instead of paint. The Cultic t-shirt illustration was a quick project for me to complete. It only took a few days [...]
New Album Cover Illustration Completed for Cultic
It has taken a year and 6 months to finish the High Command artwork and album. My husband and I started writing the music and working on the illustration for this album so long ago that it seems [...]
New Cultic Album Cover Gets Some Paint
It has been 8 months since I posted the initial sketch for the Cultic album cover. Cultic is a “Black-death battle punk,” band that my husband and I started last year. We’ve [...]
A Successful Mistake – When an Illustration Project Fails and It All Works Out
I am typically a really intense, anal retentive perfectionist. So, when I make dumb mistakes I am usually especially frustrated by them. But, every once-in-awhile I make a dumb mistake that I am [...]
New Artwork for Witch Hazel Album Cover – Otherworldly
The Witch Hazel album cover illustration has been a long time in the making! I didn’t realize just how much time I put into this painting, but I hope that the changes I made to my process [...]
A Giant Succubus Space Faerie Commission
I love working on commissions for bands. If it weren’t for the creativity and brilliance of these artists, I wouldn’t be able to post blogs with such tantalizing titles as, [...]