Cleaning up and organizing some work files.... don't think I ever shared these test renders of the Kryptis Skyscale from GW2 Secrets of the Obscure. Bits and pieces of him ended up getting reused throughout that expansion like demon lego bricks. He kinda makes me think of raw chicken. #art #gw2

I was compelled #art #spyro

Went to a beach and discovered land shrimps are a thing. Well, terrestrial amphipods, technically. They’re quite fast. This is Megalorchestia californiana.

Some critters. I occasionally walk outside and point a lens at things, you can see more of my photography if you're interested here: www.flickr.com/photos/20374...

oh lawd he spoopin' (just an old mothbutt doodle I still like) Post more monsters, with or without luscious fluffy booties.

Little hungry guy I found living in the campground bathroom last weekend. I have no idea how he got in there but he had three prosperous stashes of seeds stockpiled in each corner and seemed to be living his best life.

Have some weird horses. Coming back around to working on this Pegasus design. First image is from several years ago, 2nd image is a sketch of a new take on it. #art

Felt like practicing something colorful and cartoony, so scanned and painted up this sketch of an Enchilada. He's probably chasing after a bat or somethin' #art

Random pencil doodle, the positivity dragon. Been sitting at my drawing table for a while sending me good vibes. May he send you good vibes too in the new year. #art #dragon #graphite

Working on a study of a vampire bat. There's a decent amount of resources available for the musculature of the wings and upper body, but if anyone knows of some good resources on hind-legs send them my way. #anatomy #chiroptera #vampirebat

Rough zbrush sculpt and polypaint of Arro for the blender render. Should probably make a nice full body model for him sometime. #art #dragon #3d

Little process video of the last painting. Started with a 3D mock-up to help make some lighting and perspective decisions. I needed to take some extra photo reference gathering trips to the woods before I could make decisions about the forest floor though. #art #dragon #fantasy #wip

Finished this one finally. Arro emerges from the brush to step into the late afternoon light, something ahead has caught his attention. Did some 3D to help with this, will post the wips next. #art #dragon #fantasy

Apparently I do bird crafts now. Hopefully these preserve well, it’s my first time drying bird bits with salt and borax. (This is a dusky grouse hen, legal to harvest and own, be aware many other birds are protected under the MBTA and are illegal to possess) #nature #taxidermy

Late 2024 I had the pleasure of contributing a dragon to 3D Total's "Designing Dragons" book. So many amazing artists were included in it, check it out here: store.3dtotal.com/products/des... #dragons #art

Watch the Skies/First Contact (Mega game at GenCon) unexpectedly included a drawing competition for one of the Olympics contests. Have a 60 second gold medal unicorn, on behalf of Russia. Dasvidaniya.

Wings front:

Also gifs! Arro/Arms front:

Was struck by a whim to do a couple quick updated sketches on how I generally imagine hexapodal skeletons whenever drawing dragons. Then I became distracted by summer and gardening and also perfectionism kicked in and they ended up being not so quick... #dragon #skeleton #art

Little bat does a hop. Was doing sketch studies of how bat wings fold up and they ended up being enough for a gif cycle. Animation is hard. Might have been easier if I used proper animation software rather than PS. #art #bats #vampirebat

Have some random doodles from flipping through old sketchbooks. Some dip pen deer studies and also some dragons got in there, they always do. #art

I petition evolution to redesign vertebrae on the grounds that there are too many of them and they are tiresome to draw. #wip #art #dragon

Ooh man. Nostalgia wave from this lovely dragon showcase at the bookstore. The naturalist style of writing and stylized illustrations in Dragonology had such a huge influence on my personal tastes as a kid. I owe a lot to this book.

Sometimes I just like to follow wild animals around and look for dead stuff. That’s a normal hobby right? (Bobcat tracks and salmon bones at a local river)

Old 'corns. Tidying up some old art folders... #art #unicorn

Broadening our horizons benefits us by growing our capacity for finding joy and appreciation, but also be unafraid to earnestly like what you like. Make and love weird art. An excerpt from “The Book of Tea” by Okakura Kakuzo.

Still working on this angry boy... Slowly. Cartoony characters are just too fun to sculpt sometimes. Also layers are funny. #art #3dart

As a kid playing Sonic Adventure 2 I would have never in my wildest dreams imagined that it would one day get a movie adaptation. I loved Sonic 3, I was giddy and astounded the entire time with how much they included from the games this time around. I think Shadow approves. #art

Yup, it's still shoe time. Been distracted but still chipping away at the hog. #3Dart #ZBrush

Behold, WIP shoe. Proof I'm still doing things. Using the few costuming elements on Shadow for ZModeler practice. Using the movie design for added detail reference but not planning on copying it exactly. #3DArt #ZBrush