Another follow up to the “Bleeding Hollow” project with TPK Games- this is a shout out to my little dog, Loki, who helped out with my Gnoll Anatomy.  So I made him a general in the Gnoll army- thanks Loki- enjoy!

 A small picture of the “General” of our Gnoll Universe… Loki!

 So this is a concept I’ve had for a few months with the “Bleeding Hollow” game module from TPK games- a werewolf in a woman’s body peeling it’s skin off like a glove.  I had originally made a sketch on the back of a flyer before one of my Tuesday night art classes (the teacher who doodles awful things…) and kept it for the last few months until I got done with our first 8 pieces, this sketch is under the finished pencil artwork below.  Now there are two nods in here to great horror films- the eyes on the werewolf are patterned after the head Vampire – Marlow –  in the Salem’s Lot 1979 TV mini-series, and the skin is patterned after the shed skin of the classic 1978 and 1993 remakes of the 1956 original Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  Both remakes had some really incredible practical effects of shed skin and people being shed like their skin was like a disposable glove, I really loved that look, and felt this piece really did it justice in pencil.  So enjoy this wicked piece of work, and a few nods to some great films!

This is the pencil layout for the Dark Paladin Gnoll Villain: “Ironmaw” for TPK Game’s “Bleeding Hollow” module.  I worked to use the same sort of character layout for a primary villain like I did with Jirak Thool, but I rotated him about 30 degrees for a different view so I wasnt just doing two character designs from straight head-on for the same project series.  I had fun with the armor, per the publisher trying to make a “face” out of his chest and waist, I thought it was pulled off in a fun visual way, but also one that would work if was real armor.  I also played around quite a bit to get the weight and balance looking correct, I want this to look like the creature’s center of gravity makes sense so you wouldnt think “well this guy would fall over!”- I think I was successful on that count.  And with this project, I like to plug the publishers fundraiser on KICKSTARTER– if we get enough donated, this character might be a metal miniature!

Sexy Slaves on leashes serving Human Heads to Dog Men at a campfire…  TPK Games is going all out to bring some disturbing images to the upcoming RPG Module “The Bleeding Hollow” and feed the bloodthirsty urges of their hard core gamers!  Some technical notes on this piece- the fire shadow truned out great with the shading, and I like the woman in the background, and the Gnoll with the leash looks like a classic Disney Villain, this was unintentional, but I keep seeing images of the bad dogs from “Lady and the Tramp” in his face!  Anyway, this is a classic bit of old school RPG art- support this project from TPK Games at their fundraiser on KICKSTARTER today!

Another stylish bit of ultra-violence for TPK Games upcoming module: “The Bleeding Hollow”.  A fun piece to draw, and the requested pencil finish lent to the raw look in the picture, and some nice forced perspective lends to the urgency in the death that awaits the poor villager!  Help support this project on Kickstarter so I can do even more classic RPG artwork for this classic in the making!  KICKSTARTER for “The Bleeding Hollow”…

Dog Like Humans Called “Gnolls”, raiding and causing problems with, Dogs.  Lots of detail for this TPK games piece- 6 differently armed and armoured Gnolls and 3 attack dogs, lots of fun composition here in this pencil study that will appear in TPK Game’s- “The Bleeding Hollow”, and you can help support this game module at KICKSTARTER with a donation!  One of the tricky elements of this was the Gnolls all having the non human legs, they were tricky to get used to, and I’ve never done that many in one image, but I think they really added to the unique nature of this piece by making the characters very “non-human”.

Pencil piece for the “Bleeding Hollow” Module from TPK Games- an Orge in mid transformation into a werewolf, neat stuff. I worked on the face being torn in half to full effect with the wolf coming out of the Ogre’s face as his skin tears apart for the wolf under the skin.  Check out the fundraiser to make this game module at KICKSTARTER.COM and support TPK games!

This is one of the new villains for TPK’s “Bleeding Hollow” module I’m slaving away at!  JIRAK THOOL: Werewolf and Evil Druid- some of the features asked for: over sized paws and claws, magic effects, ripped druid robes and a distended over-large jaw.  I think I hit it right on.  The legs and feet are courtesy of my dog, Loki,  who modeled a bit for me to get that “dogged” look I wanted to bring to this fantastic character! You can support JIRAK THOOL on KICKSTARTER by donating some of your ill gotten gains to TPK games.

Another pencil rough for another commission piece for my friends at TPK Games.  This is a landscape concept of a place for executions and general sacrifices to evil gods- you know the stuff they blamed D&D for getting kids to kill themselves in the 80’s?  Well nothing beats a demonic ritual and mass execution- note the pools of vomit and excrement under the dead people hanging from the trees- technical accuracy is what makes the “evil” so damn “good”- cheers!!