After a year of painting portraits from photo references, I tried something from scratch. It would have been nice to have a photo of this regardless, though, heh heh. This was my first pin-up, a sign of things to come.
It's amazing how far I've come since the first time I picked up a pack of color pencils and started drawing fantasy. This is the oldest color pencil illustration on Vigistry.com: a kingdom scene intended as the opener for a Good vs. Medieval comic book. Yes, that was supposed to be a serious eagle! Rather than be ashamed of my early work, I enjoy the evolution that is depicted throughout the years and display the classic stuff proudly. It's good for a cheap laugh, too.
How were celebrities chauffeured around in the old days before limousines? Probably with white horses and Cinderella-style coaches, but this is Good vs. Medieval we're talking about. I think what they have here is pretty decent in its own right good for them but not the driver, who happens to be me!
With the convenience of color pencils taking over, this was my last enamel painting for a while. These paintings are done on T-shirts (a long story involving D&D model men, Testor's paint, clumsy hands, and no bib), and somehow I didn't position the canvas correctly for this piece. Therefore, the painting intrudes onto the seams of the sleeves, which turned out great after all because it adds a bit of novelty and proves to the doubters that these works are made on T-shirts.
An in-progress comic page demonstrating vintage GvM. This scene takes place before Keeb joins the team storywise. A full time jester, he does his job well. The guards never blinked.
Remember the frost dragon from the Super Nintendo game Actraiser? Okay, so this guy doesn't really compare, but the neon crystal effect was what I was going for. It's not as easy with color pencils.
Warm and fuzzy, a young maiden finds comfort and companionship in her white dragon. I used this design for a greeting card lab in my old high school printing class. Many of these were spat out of a clunky AB Dick press. Fun times.
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