ArtOrder Creature Retread - Assassin Devil

I couldn't not participate in this one! Wizards of the Coast art director Jon Schindehette's blog garners much attention in general, but the challenges bring it to another level entirely! Check it out for all the masterful entries that came in for the revisioning of the Dungeons and Dragons assassin devil at http://artorder.blogspot.com/. My entry might have gotten a little lost on the way though, but here she is!

A return from the dead!

Well, I promised myself I would restart my illustration blog directly after the first Illuxcon last November. That didn't seem to work out for me too well. However, it's always said that there's no time like the present, so I thought I'd jump right in head first and post the first of probably many glimpses into my latest obsession: Artist Trading Cards.

While I admittedly only chuckled at the novel idea of minuscule pieces of blank board at first, my curiosity towards working much smaller than normal finally got the best of me, and I realized how much I enjoy using them as an excuse to loosen up my painting and get a little more fine-artsy. Throw in that they come in multiples and I'm suddenly thinking of how many insane, small series paintings I can crank out.

...Oh yeah, and I guess you can trade them. I think s'about time I collect some inkslung soul from every damn person I know.