Mt. Batwing

This morning I was going through some early art for Hero's and laughed at some of my attempts. It's amazing what a process art can be.

For instance...

I was supposed to draw the witch's fortress. I sat down to work on it around 11 pm. By 4 am when I went to bed I thought I had come up with something cool. I still think it's cool, it was just reeeally off the mark from what the publishers were looking for.

I learned a lot in working on this book. One of the most important is to read the instructions! Sometimes I get an image in my head and just jump in without making sure I'm doing the piece correctly. The following image is what was used in the book.

One of the dangers of having a wild imagination is that you might need to hire someone to help you reign it in...

Woohoo!! It's out today!

Buy 10 copies today! And 10 tomorrow! (I don't get royalties, but I still think you should give one to everyone you know)   Christopher Healy wrote a great story and I am stoked I got to be part of it.  It was a super fun project and now while you start reading book one, I'll keep working on book two.

Linkage

Here's a dorky interview I did for Hero's Guide. http://abackwardsstory.blogspot.com/2012/04/ftf-interview-todd-harris-illustrator.html

You can also listen to the first few pages of the book there.

More Hero's

 Duncan

 Lila

 

Snow White

Hero's Guide Art

Here is some art from a book I illustrated, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom. It will be in stores on May 1st. It was tons of fun to bring such a great story alive visually.

It's about some fairy tale characters that get mixed up in an adventure together after the "happily ever after." 

 

Singing Bard. 

 

 

Ella (short for Cinderella)

Frederick.

D&D 4

 

This is an elf smashing a cultist in the face. One thing that is sometimes hard for me is posing characters. These cards were a good challenge for me in helping to improve that weakness.

D&D 3

Here's another D&D card. This depicts a paladin offering to protect a wealthy merchant. 

More D&D

Another dwarf, another shady deal, another D&D card.

Lords of Waterdeep Art

I did a couple pieces for a new D&D game. This one shows a shady deal going down with a female dwarf and a noble dude. The art was used for cards in the game.

Train Sketches

My car died. Indefinitely. This means I spend a lot of time on public transportation. The p.t. system in Los Angeles is an experience. I see some crrrrrazy things on the buses and trains of this city and I always feel like I need to take a shower when I get home.

I am so busy working that I never have time to sketch or figure draw anymore. For this reason I have come to love riding the bus. I draw my fellow commuters.

Most of the time I like to draw the hero in them, bring our their noblest traits.

But not always....