At once, a tribute to my wonderful wife, Jennifer and an homage to one of her favorite artists (besides me:) Alphonse Mucha.
This piece is a digital painting done for my friend and collaborator, Ron Fortier. This art was the cover for the anthology comic All-Star Pulp Comics, published by Ron’s Airship 27 Productions. Why is it in the Green Hornet Gallery? Well, because it began as a Green Hornet – Domino Lady commission piece. Ron liked …
Red is not the easiest color to paint with. No matter what you do, it never prints quite as nice as you put it down… unless you’re the Brothers Hildebrandt or make regular blood sacrifices to the pigment gods. Having previously witnessed bright reds turn brown on the printed page, I was understandably apprehensive about …
This painting was the cover art for a TSR One-on-One Adventure Gamebook. I painted this a bit larger than my usual covers, only to find that it was shrunk to coaster-size on the final book. I couldn’t complain. Dr. Doom has always been one of my all-time favorite villains.
It can be very annoying, waiting impatiently for the next level to load up on a video game. One of the ways to soften the edge is to give the gamers something interesting to look at while they wait. That was the purpose of these load screen paintings. I did a few for both X-Men …
This painting should probably be in the last gallery. It’s another Adventure Gamebook paperback cover. When I was painting these, I usually had to follow the costumes, hairstyles and looks that were represented in the comics at that time. That’s why Storm has the Mohawk. But Rogue’s hair was hideous! I can’t even describe it. …
I arrived at TSR at roughly the time the original Marvel Superheroes RPG was released. The original box used some stock Marvel art on a bright yellow background. When we got the chance to do the revised edition, I was pleased to be able to tweak the approach a little. The box was still predominantly …
Hammerhead isn’t really one of Marvel’s better villains… and probably didn’t rate his very own module cover. He’s a mobster who’s skull and bones were replaced with a strong steel alloy. But you always find a hook that pulls you into the job. For me, it was his 20’s style gangster look, and the greenish …
I wasn’t quite sure how to portray Jean’s mental powers in a painting. So I spent most of the effort trying to make her look interesting. I kinda’ like the way her face turned out. She looks like she’s somewhat enjoying her mental blast!
This guy just makes me chuckle. He’s a bad guy that showed up in the X-Men story: Age of Apocalypse. This load screen painting comes from Raven’s X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. He was actually kind of fun to paint. But whenever I look at him, I can’t seem to get the big Kool-Aid …