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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Birds Voted to Participate in ArtWanted.com Animal Themed Card Deck
A few months back I submitted some artwork to the ArtWanted.com playing cards project. Their plans to produce a deck of animal themed, fantasy themed and sci-fi themed decks (via an upcoming [...]
This Adaptation of My Painting Takes the Cake!
Sometimes when you spend days-on-end working hard, getting projects done and focusing on repetitive goals, things can begin to run-together. Those small successes (like finishing a painting) are [...]
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 [...]
Creators and Critics – A CvltNation Review
I’m often reminded of the roles that we take on as human beings and how those roles not only mutually support one-another but also give our creations validity. We’ve all taken on the [...]
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, [...]