October 6, 2009
Pencil sketch. Watercolor on 500 Series Bristol, 4 ply. 11.5″ x 7″.
I’ve been craving to do a traditional piece for a very long time. (They just feel so good.) Being very comfortable with a wacom and photoshop, I’ve been absurdly nervous about playing with paints.
Failing doesn’t feel that good. This past June, I was cornered into doing a fully traditional piece.
I had a very special opportunity to go to the IMC, the Illustration Master Class in Amherst, headed
by the lovely Rebecca Guay. I was given the opportunity by Brian Bowes, whom I’m very thankful to.
This is the piece I made there. Some of the venerable people that I got to spend the week with were
Donato Giancola, Rebecca Guay, Irene Gallo, Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, Charles Vess, Scott Fisher,
Dan Dos Santos and Greg Manchess. This opportunity has been exceedingly valuable. -Z
July 17, 2009
Watercolour on Strathmore 500 Series Plate Bristol 3 Ply . 7″ x 10″.
Getting more and more comfortable with watercolour. This is a little painting I did
for my birthday invitation. More people whose watercolours I adore: Mike Mignola,
Mark Chiarello Jon J. Muth, and John Singer Sargent. -Z
March 19, 2009
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 7.5″ x 11.25″.
Troglodyte Rose.
January 23, 2009
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 10.5″ x 14.25″.
A heart devouring Aztec God is resurrected to return the stolen moon to the sky.
It’s a wonderful brew of spaghetti western and Aztec mythology.
Written by Traci L. Morganfield for Realms of Fantasy.
December 12, 2008
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 7.5″ x 11.25″.
Another glimpse into Troglodyte Rose.
December 6, 2008
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 11″ x 16″.
Created for Realms of Fantasy, based on a short story by Adam Fusco.
Click to zoom.
August 25, 2008
We would like to announce Troglodyte Rose, an illustrated novella that we are working on
along with our compatriot of the weird, writer Adam Lowe.
August 8, 2008
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 8″ x 11″.
Illustration for the August issue of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.
Article explores the escapism of diving without breathing gear.
July 31, 2008
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 10″ x 15″.
Short story by Josh Rountree and Mikal Trimm for Realms of Fantasy. A women is trapped
in a magical forest that sprung from the painful loss of her family, where she’s haunted by a
young satyr who resembles her son.
This image is selected to be in Spectrum 16.
July 9, 2008
Pencil sketch. Photoshop color. 300 dpi. 7.5″x 11″.
A spot illustration for Playgirl magazine. The article reveals how Israeli porn succeeds
where it’s diplomacy fails.
