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Jarnsaxa - Thunder God Mistress

So a dear friend of mine is working on writing a play that involves the mistress/wife (depending on who you ask) of the Norse thunder god. How could I not draw something for her? Just a quick sketch, but I hope it helps her with the visuals.

Oh – and for the record? The thumbnail creation was automated. I did not create the thumbnail to the left of this text.

I’m just sayin…

We Want You for the NMP!

Well kids, here’s the b&w(ish) version of a poster I did for NeverMet Press. I’m exceedingly proud to be a contributor in their new efforts, and I hope to have a lot of their products to show you in the near future with my art on the inside (and outside for that matter). Good (and smart) folks with great ideas on how to revolutionize the way that the Role Playing comunity gets fresh new material. Watch out world(s)… here they come!

Check out what the hubbub is about over at the Core Mechanic, where Jonathan Jacobs lays it all out…

Also? If you’re a Twitterific type person, follow along at @nevermetpress

Anyway… more on the way, and yes, I’ll keep things posted here too. Here’s to starting something new!

_{(Yes, I noticed that I used the wrong sig file and it says ‘08′ on it. It’s late. I’m tired. Cut a guy some slack fer cryin’ out loud…)}

Uncle Sam Sketch

Just a quick sketch I did to get the feel of the famous image by James Montgomery Flag. I don’t wanna spill the beans just yet, but let it suffice to say that I needed to understand how this image was ‘assembled’, and I think that I did that. This sketch ‘came up short’ on a couple of things (not the least of which is the age of Uncle Sam – he’s too youthful), but I learned a lot and I don’t think that it’s too shabby for 15 minutes of sketch work. Tomorrow / later today I will be creating my own version. I’ll post the results here later.

The Dragonborn

So I got the chance to do a little tabletop gaming for the first time in… well… entirely too long recently. It was my first experience with 4th edition, and while I’m certain that this may get me banished in some circles, I found it kinda fun. A bit simple minded conceptually – features of one character class seemed to mirror (in effect) the features of another. This seemed to have a net effect of making no one class any more or less powerful than any other. I think that there could be an argument made for this type of gaming allowing for more focus on role playing, but maybe that’s just me.

At any rate, as I’m sure you can guess by the image to the left here, I played a dragonborn warrior. Appropriate – n’est-ce pas? I enjoyed the session, and the group that I got to play with was all very mature and handled situations which would have caused other groups to break down into petty in-fighting which tends to eat up time and just generally detract from the game – not to mention make me a little twitchy. It usually doesn’t take long before I’m headed for the door to ‘take care of that thing I forgot about’.

Who knows – if I keep playing with them, maybe you’ll reap the rewards of some more character portraits for each member of the party. There are worse things in life (I would hope.)

A while back I created a t-shirt based on a painting of the Last Supper. No – not that painting. Anyway – I saved it in sections, added some music, and there you go – a video on YouTube. Just thought you folks might enjoy checking it out.