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Art Blog Posted onNovember 2, 2017November 2, 2017

How to become a better artist right now!

Becoming a better artist isn’t rocket science, brain surgery, nor does it require “talent”. The answer is simple, but you might not like it.

Messed up Brushes
Art Blog Posted onNovember 27, 2016November 27, 2016

Messed up brushes? Don’t throw them out!

Ruined Brushes? Either you have forgotten some brushes, cleaned them part way, or are just cleaning them improperly. At some point an artist ends up […] Read More

General Posted onJuly 18, 2016July 19, 2016

A guy with a sword – What you are missing

It’s one of the most common character types to have in an RPG image, adventure or illustration next to a wizard. Just a guy with […] Read More

General Posted onMay 15, 2016July 19, 2016

ALMOST awesome figures

In my on-going quest for XP, funded or not, I move forward with studies. I picked up the Kindle edition of Neil Fontaine’s “How to […] Read More

Artworks Posted onMay 24, 2015May 24, 2015

Lady in Ink – Art in adventure

In the crazy world of freelance illustration, keeping up with bills, invoices, and client rquests it can be easy to lose touch with the core […] Read More

Artworks, General Posted onMay 6, 2015May 7, 2015

Supporting the Goblin

Being a working Art Goblin There are a number of things that happen behind the scenes before an adventure module hits your hands. Publishing a […] Read More

General Posted onDecember 17, 2014December 17, 2014

The Kitiara Complex

Fantasy Women in Real Armor The Illustrators Challenge I have struck what I will dub the “Kitiara Complex”. Kitiara was a character in the Dragonlance […] Read More

Artworks, General Posted onDecember 12, 2014December 12, 2014

Luke Gygax, Jim Ward, Lloyd Metcalf – Get Kraken!

The Blighted Lands Adventures! The Blighted Lands adventures continue this year at Gary Con VII. A convention honoring and based on the life and friends […] Read More

Artworks, General Posted onDecember 5, 2014December 5, 2014

Sometimes a girl DOESN’T want real armor

There are times when a girl just doesn’t need to have practical armor to defeat the goblins. We all know dungeon crawling isn’t the same […] Read More

General Posted onDecember 4, 2014

Wacom Cintiq 22HD Review

Cintiq 22HD Goblin Review I have been using the Cintiq 22HD for close to 2 years now and thought it was time to post a […] Read More

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I Stopped Treating My RPG Company Like a Business A number of years ago,  I dropped everything, and I mean EVERYTHING and just pursued producing fantasy RPG adventures. OK, I'll be honest, Dungeons & Dragons adventures as a third-party-publisher. Wow How Fun! It wasn't easy, it wasn't always fun, it is [Read More]

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