Wednesday 18 April 2012

No Response From Deepmar


No Response From Deepmar 

Acrylic, approx 21" x 26"
Original artwork for sale.

 Copyright Paizo


I always enjoy depicting dramatic, perilous, situations, and its better still when the frozen moment is a cliffhanger from which you feel the Hero has no chance of escape; though of course we always suspect that they have some trick hidden up their sleeve, that is, after all, why they are a hero.

In this cover painting for Paizo's Pathfinder supplement 'No Response From Deepmar' Harsk is the poor unfortunate, and he hasn't even got inside the mineworkings yet.

During the painting process I took a lot of photographs, and they are shown below as a very comprehensive walkthrough.





















Tuesday 10 April 2012

The Lords

Last year I was able to share with you my cover for the Lords of Waterdeep boardgame, I now have a copy of the game itself and can further share the pieces I worked on for some of the cards.

Not only did I get to paint three of the esteemed Lords* on the cover, but I was also asked to interpret the remainder. I really enjoyed trying to convey strong, distinct, personalities in a fairly limited format.

In the game the players are randomly assigned one of the Lords to play, whose objective is to gain as much power and influence, through gaining resources and completing quests, as possible. The Lords are each represented by their own card, and these are the portraits that appear upon them:


Lord Blackstaff

Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Brianne
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast



Lord Caladorn
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Durnan
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Kyriana
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Larissa
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Mirt
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Nindil
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Nymara
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Piergieron
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


Lord Sammer
Acrylic, Approx 8" x 10"
Original For Sale.
Copyright Wizards of the Coast


* I know some are 'Ladies', but this secret cabal awards the title of Lord to all its members.