Fantasy artwork

[Storn]

This was a private comission. I spent a lot of time on this (too much, considering my workload at the mo'.) but it was fun.

Genesis paints over acrylic underpainting. Mostly glazing.

The character in question was created by Tom Medina, and the character's name is Anderon. Posted with permission by Tom and Anderon.

[Misguided]

I need to get you to do my WFRP halfling..."Weebles the Mighty"

[Rick Hershey]

Great work Storn!

One day I'm going to have to take the time and really put some effort in getting my painting skills up to par. I love the black and white medium so much I almost cringe at having to do color. . . but it seems to be where the money is. I think it stems from my control problems, I feel so much more in control with pencil or pen then I do with brush. The odd thing though is I used to do mural work all the time and was great at that. . . maybe I just need a bigger canvas.

Rick Hershey
Empty Rooms: art of rick hershey (http://www.homestead.com/rickhershey/one.html)
grendalmage@yahoo.com

[Thommed]

Although its obvious by his work, I just wanted everyone to know that Storn is a true professional. I realize his efforts went beyond the "typical illustrator" and I am truly grateful.

His work is worth far more than he charged me.

Thanks
Thomas Medina
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Anderon is relieved that his visage has been immortalized in a fashion befitting a Bard of Oghma.

"Someone has finally captured my roguish grin and devilishly good looks..Perhaps a tale needs to be told of my exploits and adventures...!!!


Anderon Dralock
Bard of Oghma, Guardian of the Harp, Speaker of the Three Noble Strains, Keltoi, and recalcitrant hero

Elf Friend, Dwarf Friend..hell everyone owes me!!

"Wanna Bet"

[Eric Lofgren]

Storn,
I really like the composition in this one. Anytime you can break away from the usual face on approach, drama will always appear. The colors are very rich and textured and the corner details add a nice framing device. This guys got a story to tell, I'm sure. Very nice.

Eric
www.ericlofgren.com

[Eric Lofgren]

I saw you mention it earlier, but I'll ask here; What's the deal with the Genisis paints? Are they acrylic or oils, I can't remeber what you said. I take it, also, that you prefer and recommend them?

Thanks,
Eric
www.ericlofgren.com

[Jon H]

Beautiful work. I hate you;)

[Storn]

Originally posted by Jon H
Beautiful work. I hate you;)

You do not. <g>. Jon, your work is beautiful. I love your stuff. Y'all have been pushing me to do better stuff... But, yeah, now you have to post something.

Kinda like a tennis game, ball in your court! You realize that I'm just giving you a hard time. Of course, if RPG art is a metaphor for tennis, I win like Henman and sweat like Rafter. Not sure if this crowd watches tennis or not...

Eric, you asked about Genesis paints. Genesis are available thru Jerry's, and a couple art catalogues I have around.
It is a paint that stays wet indefinitely. It might thicken up, but mushing on your palette with a palette knife makes all nice and buttery.

It only sets when heated up past 230 degrees via oven or heat gun.... I use the heat gun quite a bit. The amazing thing is this: there is NO, and I mean NONE, color shift between wet & dry! The colors available are brilliant. There is a glaze medium that is a dream to work with... in fact, this drawing was done mostly in glazes.

You get the versitility of oil (when you want it) with the immediate drying time if you need it. I have the option of working wet into wet for awhile, really need to do detail work, dry it and go to town.

I spent about $200.00 including the heat gun to get started. But I paint with it exclusively now. It is not cheap. But colors last forever, because you pretty much use every bit of it. I have an enclosed glass palette, I scrap it with a razor blade, mix what I've scraped up and get amazingly deep grays.

Also, because it never drys unless you want it to... no more ruined brushes. YOu can go and clean them up with soap and water anytime.

IMO, its one drawback is that it is a bit tricky to apply. I had to work on getting thin lines down and doing detail work. But I'm getting better at it all the time. Sometimes I *cheat* and do an underpainting and do the detail work in guaoche, which I find easy to get thin lines out of, seal it and then go on top with glazing Genesis.

website
http://www.arttalk.com/Genesis/

[Jon H]

You know I'm just teasing. Love you really.

Oh no - you mean I just spent one million quid on all this computer gubbins, and now I have to spend another million on never-drying super paint?!?! Why wasn't I informed of all this before I started?!?

Seriously, I think its great, Storn, that you're so prepared to help out us young (hey! I can pretend!) fellas with so much of your hard won wisdom.

You will have noticed how I keep any wisdom I have well hidden...
;)