An Illustrator at Large

(©3TeaCups Studios)

(©3TeaCups Studios)

In the woods, it’s close to Halloween… go with the ancestral nightmare…

Just like it says. Pity about the blot. Oh well. 

I didn't think I was going to do Inktober today, but then this popped in my head.

I pity the fool. IYKYK

Based on a logo I was designing that didn't pan out.

Titivillus was a demon said to introduce error into the work of scribes. Here he is as depicted in a detail from "Virgin of Mercy" by Diego de la Cruz, 1485. Why he's wearing biker shorts is a mystery.

I decided to go in a bit of a different direction and settled on the Biblical description of the order of angels known as “Thrones” (sometimes translated as “Wheels”). They are wonderfully bizarre, almost terrifying beings. Like the old joke says, there is a reason why whenever an angel appears to someone in the Bible the first thing they have to say is, “be not afraid.” 

A little exhausted today so just this little still-life of a dagger my father gave me.

Inktober Day 13: RISE

Couldn't decide what to draw, a pile of money seemed boring. Someone suggested a better idea.

With a nod to yesterday's (toad) which I skipped.

Yesterday was a long one work-wise but thanks to the rain our previous plans for today were scrapped and so we're staying in and being creative instead. Thus I can catch up on my Inktobers...

Decided to map Costa Rica since I will be visiting there in a few weeks. Being a D&D aficionado I'm a sucker for a good fantasy map, and this country with its vast forests, exotic wildlife, interesting coastlines, and numerous volcanoes, lends itself well to the genre.

I think every grade school kid out there can distinctly remember the sound these made when they smacked you in the face at 90 miles per hour.

Channeled my inner Edward Gorey on this one.