Swarm

Another little piece I painted between comic pages--it's about 4x8 inches.
Barbary striped grass mouse, lilac crested roller and scrumptious red locust.

The Northern Territory

A map, as promised! I love making maps.

Specifically, it is a map of the Northern Territory, part of the Nordguard universe and where most of the fun in the books will take place. For a "real world" point of reference, Kuuvik (down at the bottom) is in relation to Churchill, Manitoba. The map is based on period maps (late 1800s/early 1900s) and the charted arctic region of the era. Some of the topographical features of the map are different in the Nordguard universe (namely there's a few additional mountain ranges, which slightly effect climate and the treeline) but the coastline is roughly the same.

It was a nice, brain dead break from painting pages--and now I can stop using the scribbled bar-napkin map I was referencing before. ;]

Across Thin Ice Pages

Here's a few pages from my graphic novel, Across Thin Ice.
You can see a whole lot more, including in-progress photos of these pages, concept art and studies from the comic either on www.nordguard.com or here on Blogspot!

No Time To Waste

Make haste, make haste!

Odds and Ends

"The Heads of House Gaar"

This is a piece done for a card--(well, technically, two adjoining cards) I did back in February for Furoticon, the adult furry card game.



"Sunday"
A little something in honor of Mother's Day and Mom


"Outlaw"

Sic utlaws as hi an is men
Vil England nivr si agen.

Obiit 24 Kal Dekembris, 1247

Goldbust

Now that FurtherConfusion and it's Gold Rush has passed, it's a good time to post this.

"We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road."
~Johnny Mercer

Cheers!

"Slàinte!" & "Cheers!"

Slàinte!- An croí folláin agus an srón fliuch!
Cheers!- Gin and tonic: keeping you malaria free since 1825.


"Skål!" & "Salud!" & "Na Pososhok!"

Skål!- Mein Skol, Dein Skol, Alle Vakkera Flikka Skol!
Salud!- Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos!
Na Pososhok!- "Do dna!"