Oct 29 2012
X is for Xavier Desmond – from Wild Cards by George R. R. Martin Well, this is for sure one of my least favorite AlphaBooks illos. First off, I don’t really like the drawing very much. My wife was out of town this past weekend and the extra child-wrangling took a lot of my sketching …
Oct 26 2012
Here’s another illustration I did for the Aquarium Drunkard music blog’s Lagnappe Sessions–this time of the band Hacienda: You can check out what songs Hacienda chose to cover at the blog here. The original art for this is for sale here.
Oct 22 2012
Ok, technically he’s John Wemmick, but he’s referred to simply as “Wemmick” throughout most of the book. So… W is for Wemmick – from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Wemmick is one of my favorite characters from all of Dickens’ writing. Wemmick is a bill collector for Jaggers who winds up befriending Pip. Despite his …
Oct 15 2012
I’ve had this guy in mind for “V” since the very beginning… V is for Vladimir Harkonnen – from Dune by Frank Herbert I’m pretty happy with the way this turned out; I think it’s one of my stronger AlphaBooks drawings. I did the initial sketch for this one right after Ahab (I was considering …
Oct 11 2012
If you’re in the High Country of N.C., mark your calendars! I’ll be a guest at the Boone KidsCon at the Watauga Public Library on Saturday, October 20th. You can read the details in the newspaper feature below, but briefly: I’ll be appearing there with Rachel “Rei” Haycraft. In the morning there’ll be a closed …
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