Patrick McEvoy's Megaflow news

Big news, big changes, and Marvel!

2007-12-26T21:22:00.000-08:00

Far less of me in the near future!
... And I don't mean weight loss! Starting next week, I will be working on an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics! I've already been doing a lot of work for them over the last several weeks, but as of the 1st of January my new contract becomes active, and I will no longer be doing any freelance illustration work for the rest of 2008.

I will still be working on my comic book "Starkweather: Immortal", so keep looking for that at comic shops near you. But other than that and some easel painting (which I plan to be doing more of) I will be be working exclusively for Marvel's licensing division, doing Photoshop-painted versions of their awesome comics characters. I'm already having a great time with it, and plan to have a very fun year. :)

I will be attending some conventions this year, and several of the things I've done in the recent past will still be coming out, such as my covers for Boom! Studio's Fall of Cthulhu series and Sony Online Entertainment's Legends of Norrath online CCG. But no other new work will be coming from me in 2008 except for Marvel product art and Starkweather. So I'll keep you informed in this space about my appearances, any art that's coming out, and the like. Thanks for all your support and I'll talk to you again soon.

Thanks to everyone!

2007-08-14T16:40:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! A big thanks to all of you who came to the ASP booth at SDCC, and our Starkweather table at Wizard World Chicago. You made it a great summer for me and writer David Rodriguez. I hope you enjoyed Starkweather: Immortal #0, and keep an eye out for #1 next month.

Also thanks to all the other great ASP artists and writers I got to hang out with, as well as artists Dave and Misty from D-Rod's other new series "Shadowgirls". I'm continually amazed at how cool and friendly the comics crowd is, and Archaia has brought on some of the best. Oh, and a big shout-out to Michael and Marshall from Boom! Studios as well.

Finally, thanks to the folks at Tomorrow is Yesterday for hosting our signing Wednesday afternoon before the show. You've got a great store, guys! And the release party at the Kryptonite club was completely cool (and amazingly well-atteneded!) so thanks to all who came to that, as well. You all made my first trip to the Chicago area a real treat.

See you in Chicago, and other news

2007-08-07T08:47:00.000-07:00

San Diego Comic-con was incredible! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth, and big special thanks to those who bought a copy of Starkweather: Immortal #1!

Writer Dave Rodriguez and I will both be at Wizard World Chicago this week, doing it all over again. This time, there's no ASP booth, but our pulse-pounding publisher has generously donated tables in Artist's Alley to the Archaia folks who are going, so we should be in a little Archaia section there. Just find the Artist's alley and look for the Starkweather banner and there you will find us with copies of Starkweather and, again, FREE ART with every copy you buy. Such a deal!

Dave will also be publicizing his new "Shadowgirls" web-comic. If you haven't been reading it you should be!!

There are a few small reviews on the web for Starkweather: Immortal #0, but this one is the longest so far, and it's favorable (as most have been) so here's a link! It's the second review down the page:
comicnews review

I'll write again when I get back from the con. Hope to see you there!

The Big Art Giveaway at San Diego!

2007-07-22T09:11:00.001-07:00

Are you going to be at Comic-Con in San Diego this week? I am, and I'm bringing LOTS of stuff to give away.

To celebrate the release of Starkweather: Immortal #0 this week, we'll be giving away the original art from issues #0 and #1 at this week's Comic-Con in San Diego. We'll have them at the Archaia Studios Press booth (booth #2049). And how, you might wonder, do you get one of these pieces?

Just buy a copy of the book!

That's right, whenever writer Dave Rodriguez or I are signing at the ASP booth all weekend, we'll be giving away free original art from the first two issues of Starkweather: Immortal. Well, until we run out. And speaking of that...

You might think we'd run out of art pretty quickly, but actually, I work a bit differently than most comics artists. I work mainly on the computer, and start with a sketch that is sort of half-way between a rough sketch and finished drawing. AND, most importantly, I draw ONE PANEL AT A TIME, each on a separate piece of paper. So there are well over 100 pieces of art to give away. Just pick out your favorite and take it away with your shiny new copy of Starkweather: Immortal!

Find out more about the book here:
http://www.aspcomics.com/starkweather.php

Issue number 0 (available at Comic-con) is written by Fantasy author Piers Anthony, with the script adapted by series creator Dave Rodriguez, with art by me, Patrick McEvoy, host of this humble web site. Please stop by the ASP booth and say "hi" if you're at SDCC. We'll also be at Wizard World Chicago in Artist's Alley, so if you're in Chicago, look us up then.

So to recap: ASP booth (2049), Starkweather: Immortal #0, free art with purchase whenever Dave and I are signing. See you there!

Starkweather: Immortal - new series in June

2007-04-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

My new comic book series is called Starkweather: Immortal. Here is what you need to know about it!

The basics are these... Starkweather: Immortal is a 5-issue series published by Archaia Studios Press. "Issue #0" will come out in June, a special prequel featuring secondary characters from the series, and that based on a story by Piers Anthony, in his first made-for-comics work! This special issue will feature both a big 26-page comics story, and the full prose-version of the story, plus lots of sketches and things. It's a big book filled with cool stuff!

For those of you new to the Starkweather world, it was originally a limited series from Arcana, written and created by Dave Rodriguez, with art by Jon Bosco. A digest-sized collection of issues 1 - 5 plus a short introductory story is available from Arcana. The story centers around a young witch named Alexander Starkweather, a young man plagued with self-doubt and tormented by prophetic dreams.

Our new series will expand greatly on Starkweather's origins, and flesh out the world he lives in. You should have absolutely no problem diving into this new series without having read the old one, as we will re-introduce all the characters and concepts, and retell some of the story.

More info!
The good folks at Archaia (also known as ASP) have set up a forum for us on their boards. Stop by and chat with us about Starkweather (or anything else that comes to mind...) here - Starkweather Forum.

In Addition, Dave and I each have pages at ComicSpace, where we'll be talking about Starkweather and our other comics projects:

My ComicSpace Page

Dave's ComicSpace Page

Art Tutorial for Upper Deck

2007-04-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

Upper Deck Entertainment just posted an article I did for them about digital art, specificially for their World of Warcraft card game. It's a pretty detailed step-by-step of how I created the art for one of the cards in the first set, and my approach to making digital art look reasonably natural.

World of Warcraft art tutorial

Various and sundry

2006-10-25T15:20:00.000-07:00

From: patrick@megaflowgraphics.com
Subject: blog
Date: October 25, 2006 2:09:53 PM PDT

Hi! Here are a few items of interest...

First, on the comic book front... My next series is all but set. I can't give all the
details yet, but the first issue is written by Piers Anthony, and the next four are written by Dave Rodriguez (Starkweather). It's going to be a heck of a series, and it will be out early next summer. Hopefully we'll start getting some teasers out soon - the first issue, including 26 pages of comics and the original prose story by Mr. Anthony, is already completed. Yay!

I've been busily working on many projects lately, for such clients as AEG, Breakaway Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Twilight Creations, Upper Deck, and White Wolf. (Yes, that's alphabetical - can't play favorites!)

I may or may not be going to GenCon SoCal in a few weeks... it's not as if it's the biggest show in the world, but since it's just down the coast I sort of feel obligated. Still, I'm not sure if there's really much point in going since most of the people I saw at GenCon Indy will be at this one too. Though SoCal is a much more relaxed atmosphere, which is nice. Oh heck, I still don't know - check with me later. :)

Lots of new items out lately, or due soon, with my stuff in them - Promethean RPG from White Wolf, and their next Mage book, the new L5R set from AEG, the newest Game of Thrones and Cthulhu CCGsets from Fantasy Flight, the new set from Mystical Empire (another CCG), and lots more. My favorite, however, is the new "Art of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos", which has over 30 pieces of art by me, and hundreds of other spiffy pictures by many fine artists in the field. About half of my friends from Ninja Mountain are in it, too, so it's quite a party. Look for it the next time you're in Borders, Barnes and Noble, or some other great book store. It's quite a beautiful tome.

Do you watch TV? I don't get to see much, because I'm usually working. But I've been TiVo-ing Boston Legal, and I've gotta say that's the only serial show I've been interested in since Angel. (Well, and the X-files which I actually only started watching in reruns last year, so I guess that counts for me at least). I missed the first few months of Lost so I never had a chance to see if I'd like it, and I actively dislike Battlestar Galactica (yes, I realize I'm alone in this). Utterly bored by Prison Break and 24. Missed the beginning of Heroes, too, so I guess I'll have to pass on that one until it's in reruns. But Boston Legal, wow that keeps me watching each week. Funny, fast and filled with Shatner goodness - that man is destined to be remembered as a comedy god.

OK, that's my entertainment tip for the month, and all the news I've got at the moment. I'll post when I can offer some more details about my new comic book. Thanks for stopping by!

Check it out!

2006-08-14T15:07:00.000-07:00

I'm featured over at Newsarama, talking mostly about my comics work. I am a hype machine!

My "Up and Coming" interview!

Mid-summer update

2006-08-08T12:55:00.000-07:00

I'm heading to GenCon Indy tomorrow - local residents are warned to flee the area! Stop by my booth in the Art Show to procure prints and original drawings and paintings. And comics! And other stuff! Or just say "hi" so I don't pine with loneliness.

Hey! I will be featured in an "Up and Coming" article this week on Newsarama.com, talking about my comics work - what's old, what's new, what I'd like to do. I don't know the exact date it will be up, so keep looking. :)

In stores now (or real soon): my alternate cover for Of Bitter Souls #1, from Markosia comics (it printed out GREAT -- it's the red version of the cover, with the logo on the bottom), 10 cards for the new edition of the Mystical Empire CCG, two Cards (and box art) for Warlord: Eye of the Storm, five cards (and box art again) for Vampire:The Eternal Struggle 3rd Edition, 2 cards for A Game Of Thrones: Iron Throne edition, some art in the new Game of Thrones: Storm of Swords board game expansion and four cards in the new Warcraft CCG from Upper Deck. And probably some other stuff, but that's enough for now.

On the drawing table right now I've got some Legend of the Five Rings cards and more Vampire cards. Also doing some art for Breakaway Games, which looks like a fun project.

The bad news is that I'm probably NOT going to be able to make it to WorldCon in LA later this month, for a number of reasons (none of which anyone cares about). Very sad, as I was hoping to see that show for the first time and meet up with some friends and fans. Maybe I'll catch WorldCon next time it's in the U.S.

Find Patrick this summer!

2006-07-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm sure the question has been on your mind lately... "where can I find Patrick this summer?" Well, worry no more - the answers are here!

First, I'll be attending Comic-Con San Diego, July 20 - 23rd. I'll be on my first panel, which is most cool! The artists on the panel will be: David Baron (Authority), Jeromy Cox (Catwoman), Alex Sinclair (52), Snakebite (Red Star), and Dave Stewart (Everything else) and... me, Patrick McEvoy (Gatesville Company, oodles of game art, and an upcoming Secret Comics Project which I might be able to announce by the time of the show).

The panel is currently scheduled for Thursday, 12:30 - 2:00 in room 8. It's one of the first shows in the Con so you'll have to make a bee-line to it as soon as you're registered on the first day. We'll probably have some interesting things to say individually, but we plan to make it mostly a Q&A session driven by audience questions. So if you have anything to ask about PhotoShop, comics coloring, digital painting and the like, come on by and join in the fun.

I'll probably be at the Upper Deck and Markosia booths at some point too - I'll write an update if I find out definite times before the show, otherwise just keep an eye out for me.

Next on the schedule is GenCon Indy, August 10 - 13, where I'll have a table in the artist's area. As I did last year, I'll be bringing original art, signed cards and lots of prints of all sizes. Stop by and say hello - I crave human contact!

Finally, I'll be attending my first WorldCon in Anaheim, August 23 - 27. For some reason, they are NOT allowing artists to sell things at tables in the art show this year, but I WILL have my art hanging and for sale in the show. Since it's within driving distance I'll be bringing some of my bigger pieces to sell for the first time.

That's it for now! I promise to add some updates here if any more news comes up.

Go buy it now!!

2006-06-04T08:33:00.001-07:00

Well, they put my art on the cover, what more do you want...?

2006-06-04T08:33:00.000-07:00

Catching up - new news

2006-03-30T08:46:00.000-08:00

Many items of interest have occured in the Megaflow world in the last few months - lets do a roundup!

First, because of publisher problems The Gatesville Company is on hiatus. Marc Bryant (the writer) and I hope to bring it back some day when conditions are right, but for now issues 1 and 2 are the only ones out there. Thanks to everyone who bought it and enjoyed it! We got lots of positive reviews, and thanks to all of you (and especially to Marc!) it turned out to be a positive experience in just about every way (except monetarily...)

In other comics news, I've done a couple of things for Markosia press - a cover for the upcoming Of Bitter Souls #1 (the relaunch of the book, which was formerly at Speakeasy) and a pinup for the trade paperback collection of Smoke and Mirror. Look for these at the Markosia site (they should both be out within a few months).

I'm also working on a full-length one-shot comic which is due out this summer. I can't mention the title or the author yet, but I can say the story is by a Major Fantasy Author, and I'm very excited to be working on it! I'll post more details the very minute I can, promise!

I've been busy working on many game-related projects... Among the recently released are Britannia (board game - I did art for the game pieces), Game of Thrones: A Song of Twilight (CCG - 6 cards) and Call of Cthulhu: Lost Cities (CCG - 8 pieces in this set).
Also coming out in the next couple of months:
Legend of the Five Rings: Drums of War (CCG from Alderac Entertainment Group, 3 cards of Samurai Action!)
Warlord:Eye of the Storm (another CCG from AEG - two cards AND I'm told my art is to be featured on the cover of the packaging)
World of Warcraft: Lands of Mystery (interior art - and I've got a lot more in the next two books in this series, too!)
Game of Thrones: A Song of Night (CCG - 6 cards in this set)
Mystical Empire, 2nd edition (CCG - 6 cards)
World of Warcraft Trading Card Game - 1st edition (from Upper Deck! This is going to be a cool one!!)
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, 3rd edition(my first color work with White Wolf - 5 pieces in this CCG expansion set)
Conan CCG - 4 cards (there's no site for this yet, so I can't do much of a link... Here's the company that's publishing it!)

In addition to all that, I'm doing several other things, and I've probably forgotten a few, so keep an eye out here for news as it comes.

Apperances!
I've made my summer plans.
San Diego: I'll be attending the San Diego Comic-con, and probably be at the Markosia boot for at least a little while. I'll let you know here when I have any more concrete plans.

Indianapolis: GenCon here I come! I'll have a booth again this year in the Art Show - stop by and say "hi!"

L.A.: I'll be going to my first World Con this year (August 23 - 27) and I'll have two panels in the Art Show. Since it's within driving distance, I will be able to bring some of my bigger pieces to sell, including (possibly) my huge EverQuest painting. Should be exciting!

Buy things!
Aside from my prints (don't forget you can order almost any of my art as prints - just email me!) I'm offering a few pieces through Ellen Million Graphics! Three of my most popular pieces, featuring a Sea Monster, a Werewolf, and a Phoenix, are available as cards, t-shirts, mousepads, magnets, prints, and stickers. Go check it out!

Two posts in one week? Really?

2005-11-13T19:02:00.000-08:00

Yes! But this is a short one... Just to say that I'm still hoping to attend GenCon next week (on Friday) but I may not be able to make it due to some family illness. If I DO attend, however, the nice folks at Northeast Games (makers of the Mystical Empire game) have asked me to sign cards at their booth. So if you want to get in touch with me you could do worse than to try to ask for me there... :)

I'll update this post with last-minute word on whether I'm making it there or not, so keep watching this space! (Well, you may want to hit "refresh" once in a while, and don't forget to eat and take restroom breaks, but otherwise, keep watching.)

Four months? Really?

2005-11-11T09:30:00.000-08:00

Well, yes, I'm a bad blogger... Sorry about the extreme delay, but I've been sooooo busy! I'll try to recap the highlights and give you the rundown on some news.

First of all, San Diego ComicCon, GenCon Indy, and Dragon*Con were all great! At SD I got to show off the first issue of Gatesville Company and meet lots of wonderful fellow comics creators. At GenCon I had my first taste of having my own booth at a con, and met many cool artists there (and stayed with/bummed rides from friends Patrick and Vicky Morgan-Kieth and Stan Morrison and his clan).

At Dragon*Con I once again met more new folks, palled around with Stan, hung out with Don Maitz and Janny Wurtz one evening (great folks) and even (be still my heart) met Roger Dean! Yes, in my personal pantheon of Art Dieties, he's up there with Frazetta and Wyeth. So that was particularly nifty. Also I won an award in the Art Show - the fan award for "Best Horror" piece. I got it for the Oil painting version of this piece that I did a few months back. Someday in the near future, I'll get a photo of the Oil and put it up so you can see the difference. I should also scan the award and put it up, too... That will be easier. :)

Gatesville Company news!
Well, issue #2 was supposed to come out in October, but it didn't. It seems there were production problems at the publisher, and they are working very hard to get it out as soon as possible. They are shooting for it to hit stores next week, 11/16. Fingers are crossed!

Also on the Gatesville front, please check out two things. First of all, the Speakeasy Comics forum now has a Gatesville board, moderated by Yours Truly. Stop by and join in on the coversation! Consider yourself personally invited. :)

Thing the Second - if you haven't been to the Gatesville Company Web Site, please drop by there. There are new things on the front page about the second issue, and in the Blogsville section there is a link to the first five pages of the new issue! What fun!

Ninja Mountain
A few months ago I was invited to join a group of Fantasy/SF/Horror artists. It's a great list of artists who are, like myself, working to make our genre art a respected and vital part of the Illustration world. We have recently put up a promotional page with art and links, as well as a blog and mission statement. Please take a look.

New work from me!
There's been simply too much new stuff out recently to catch up on here... sorry! But I'll mention the newest, which is a Call of Cthulhu CCG expastion set Masks of Nyarlathotep from Fantasy Flight Games, for which I did the box art and 12 cards.

Coming up in the near future, you'll see art I did for Alderac's Warlord CCG, White Wolf's World of Warcraft RPG, a new board game called Britannia, a new expasion for the Clout Fantasy game, interiors for the new Midnight: Heart of Shadow book, more Game of Thrones, the Castle Merchants board game and much, much more. Busy time for me indeed, and that's great!!

Buy things!
Hey, I do have a complete line of prints available now. All of my pictures are now available as small prints, and many are available in the large size. Please inquire if you're interested.
Pricing is very easy:
Unmatted:
8.5" x 11" prints: $10
11" x 14" prints $20
Matted:
11" x 14" with a 16" x 20" mat: $30

Shipping is $4.00 for up to five small prints, $6.00 for up to five large prints, and 7.50 for up to 2 matted prints.

I'll get something a little more official-looking up soon, I promise!

GenCon SoCal
Or GenCon Southern California, that is! I'll be there next Friday, 11/18. If you're interested in seeing me, drop me a line and I'll let me know where you'll be. I'll see if we can hook up. I'll mostly be wandering around the publisher's booths making contacts and catching up with people I already know. Should be a whirlwind of fun!

Bloggidy blog blog!

2005-07-06T14:16:00.000-07:00

Hey, folks!
All right - first off, San Diego is on for sure. If you want to hook up with me, look for me at the Speakeasy booth. I won't always be there, but I plan to make it my "home base" so you can probably ask for me and someone ought to know when I'll be there. :) I think.

And why should you go to the Speakeasy booth? Well, primarily to get your hands on Gatesville Company #1. Woohoo! I am informed that there will be plenty of copies of your new favorite comic book on hand for immediate sale. And personally signed by me, if you are so inclined. Sounds fun to me!

Also in Gatesville-related news, please check out the newly-finished and constantly updated Gatesville Company web site. It even has a blog, which I'm managing to keep a lot more up-to-date than this one. (Sorry!)

In other Patrick news, the next set of Call of Cthulhu cards, "Eldrich Edition" should be out any minute now, and includes a dozen cards with art by yours truly. In addition, Fantasy Flight has new release the new Arkham Asylum board game, with several monsters I created. Check out their official web page - that scary monster on the home page is one of mine! :) From all accounts this is a heck of a good board game, so you might want to pick one up at your local game shop.

OK, kids. See you in San Diego!

Gatesville news and other stuff!

2005-06-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd forgotten to blog, didn't you? Well, actually I've just been crazy busy for a while, but the edge is off right now, so what the heck.

First - it appears that the last time I updated my blog (last month) something went wrong with the upload, so you never got to see it! Darn. Well, before you go any farther, why don't you read the next entry down from this one and catch up on all the stuff I mentioned. It was a pretty newsy entry!

OK, are you back? Good; let's carry on!

Right then, the big news is the upcoming release of my comic book The Gatesville Company. Here is the link to the official site. I'll be adding more soon, so check back often.

And even cooler, here is the article about it from Comic Book Resources (or "CBR" for those who prefer the comfort of acronyms). I'll be updating the "press" page on the Gatesville site if more people talk about us and stuff.

I've completed a couple of jobs since the last time we spoke... Castle Merchants, a board game from Z-Man Games, will feature a cover by me plus all the interior art, like the board and game pieces. That was a very unusual assignment, and fun. Also did several cards for Mystical Empire, a new CCG.

Also, Hidden City Games has an official site up for Clout Fantasy, for which I did some art earlier in the year. This is a whole new type of game (a collectable skill-based game) which may get a lot of attention in the coming months.

Finally, never let it be said I don't include the bad with the good. Decipher is cancelling the "Wars" series, so the "Edge of a Sword" expansion (and thus the work I did for it) will not be published. If you're curious, you can see a piece I did for it on my Epilogue Gallery. It's the piece called "Arena".

One more thing! I'll be attending ComicCon San Diego this July! Hanging out at the Speakeasy booth and hopefully (if it's printed in time!) promoting The Gatesville Company. See you there!

Fan mail from some Flounder!

2005-04-07T12:56:00.000-07:00

Lots to catch up on! Here are some of the projects I've done in the last few months:

Hero Games: Villiany Amok! Just released this week - I did six of the interior art pieces. Also, the cover and several interiors for their Valdorian Age book.

Decipher: Wars TCG - four cards for the next set, "Edge of a Sword".

Hidden City Games: This is a new company started by some folks who used to work at Wizards of the Coast. I did several pictures for an upcoming game, and I think they came out very nicely! I'll put some up as soon as I can.

Fantasy Flight Games: After I finished up the cover for an upcoming installment of the Midnight RPG series, I did a couple of sets of cards. 10 pieces for the next Game of Thrones set, and 11 cards for Call of Cthulhu. What a lot of stuff!

Necromancer games (published by Kenzer & Co.): Lots of interior art for an upcoming D20 book called The Doom of Listonshire. Several old familiar D&D monsters, and some interesting new characters. I had fun playing with a looser, high contrast style. I think you'll like it when you see it!

Speakeasy Comics: This is a cool one! I'm doing an ongoing series, tentatively scheduled to begin in July and published bi-monthly. I'm just starting the art on it this month - more information when it becomes available! I'll definitely be talking about this one...

In other news, I am without a doubt signed up for both GenCon Indy and Dragon Con this year. See you there!

What's new!

2005-01-20T15:54:00.000-08:00

Hey, there!

Wow, have I been busy. It's almost a good thing that Epilogue.net was down for a month and a half (they're back now, in case you haven't looked lately!) because I haven't had any extra time anyway. What have I been doing the last few weeks, you ask? Well, other than Christmas...

Hero Games: Four interiors and a cover for an upcoming Fantasy Hero gaming book.

Fantasy Flight: Four pieces of package art for upcoming Call of Cthulhu sets. One for each quarter in the year, I'm told. Also, a cover for the next edition of their awesome Midnight RPG.

A book cover for Emerald Falcon press.

In addition, I'm starting on cards for Decipher's WARS card game, another book cover, game art for a cool new company called Hidden City, one more how-to-draw creature for Quarto Press, and a couple of other new projects that aren't quite off the ground yet. And of course, my usual Multimedia work (including some fun online games for PBS's DragonFly TV).

Busy? Oh yeah. Not that I'm complaining!

Unfortunately, in all the shuffle the one thing that's had to be pushed back is getting the new prints done. I'll be getting to that soon though, promise. :)

Finally, this just in from the department of Getting Things Done Far In Advance: I'm all signed up for space at Dragon*Con this year, and I'm about 95% sure I'll be at GenCon Indy, too. Should be a fun, busy summer. Let me know if you're going to be there as well!

Me, Myself, and prints!

2004-12-14T20:59:00.000-08:00

Hey, good lookin! Yeah, I mean you! You look great, honestly. Lost some weight? Looks fantastic!

Well, that's my entirely unbiased opinion of YOU... Let's see what's going on with me...

ITEM! I had a great time at GenCon SoCal, meeting with the great, great folks at Fantasy Flight and Z-man games. I did a couple of impromptu signing sessions at the Call of Cthulhu and Game of Thones tables, and had an all-around fun time. Hooked up with my man Leo Winstead, met Thomas Denmark; good times, good times. Best of all, I met several wonderful editors and Art Directors from several companies, and got some nice new work - look for new stuff from Hero Games and Decipher in the very near future, and more to be announced soon.

ITEM! Thanks to several suggestions I got at GenCon, I am now going to be making LARGER prints, on heavy poster paper. The card art, from Game of Thrones, Call of Cthulhu and ShadowFist will be about 14" x 11", while the book-cover dimension pieces will be 11" x 17", and they'll go for $20.00 postpaid (plus $2.00 extra for non-U.S. orders). These are going to look fantastic, and they should be available in mid-January. Get in touch now to pre-order your favorite!

ITEM! In other news, I'm working on a comic book series deal. Nothing firm yet, but when it solidifies a bit I'll make with some details. Excitement abounds!

ITEM! More GenCon stuff - not news but just cool... The Fantasy Flight gaming tables featured a big five-foot high banner with one of my CoC pictures on it, the Freelance Investigator. Also, all the new Unspeakable Tales boxes of course featured my artwork... And Z-man games was giving away promotional pins featuring my "We Need Bigger Guns" pic. So what am I getting at here...? Just this: it's nice to be noticed - thanks guys!

And that's it for now... I'll be updating the site soon with new art and MOST importantly new info about the new prints. Please let me know which ones you'll be interested in so I can get extras printed of the most popular.

The GenCon Cometh!

2004-11-29T08:08:00.000-08:00

Well, I'll be off at GenCon this week - if you need to get in touch with me through next Friday, you'll be out of luck. But I'll be back next Monday, and I'll try to catch up on correspondence then.

If you'll be there at the Con, you can try to meet up with me... I don't have a permanent home base, but I'll be hanging out at the Fantasy Flight booth at some point, meeting up with Darrell and Eric for the first time. Also, I plan to hang out in the Art Show area (meeting up with artist Leo Winstead at his sure-to-be-awesome booth.) So watch out for me and you might find me there. If you DO see me, be sure to say "hi!"

ITEM!
I'll share a couple of interesting items of note this time out, before I get on the road. The new Call of Cthulhu booster "Unspeakable Tales" features both box art AND booster pack art by yours truly! It is indeed the Age of Patrick in the Cthulhu world!;) The box art is my take on Hastur, the King in Yellow, while the booster packs showcase the horrified Nosy Columnist. You can see both of these pieces at my often-interesting Epilogue gallery.

ITEM!
Don't forget to check out my Illustration section here at Megaflow Central. You'll find a few pieces from the upcoming Arkham Horror Board Game (from Fantasy Flight) and even a new piece for the soon-to-be-released "Game of Thrones" expansion "A Tourney of Swords".

That's it for now! Keep you stick on the ice!

Everything, all the time.

2004-10-22T10:38:00.000-07:00

Hey, welcome once again to the Megaflow. As usual, it's been a busy couple of months around here... Let's get you up to date!

ITEM! Several new pieces for Fantasy Flight. The next Call of Cthulhu set, "Unspeakable Tales" will be out soon, and I've done eight new pictures for it. You can see a few of them on my Epilogue gallery. You'll also see a couple of the new pieces I created for the upcoming Game of Thrones set "A Tourney of Swords". I'm trying some new things with textures lately - let me know what you think!

ITEM! Prints! Prints? Yes, Prints! I've expanded my selection of prints available through Epilogue... again go to my Epilogue gallery to see which ones are available. Look for the green "buy a print" button. Most others are available but may take a bit longer - just write me to ask. These are VERY high-quality photo prints, with fantastic colors. They look pretty much perfect - just like what I see on my screen when I'm making them. I think you'll be happy when you get one - and don't forget, they make great gifts for the holidays!

ITEM! I just did an emergency, last-minute replacement piece for the upcoming "Two-Fisted Tales" edition of ShadowFist. That one should be out soon, too, and again you'll find a few of those up on the ever-popular Epilogue gallery. Stunning, but true. You'll find a few here in my Illustration gallery, as well, with one or two more showing up any time now.

ITEM! Big shout out to Chris M. - thanks for leaving a message on the last blog entry. If more people would do that, the world would be a better place. (Yes, that is a hint...)

ITEM! Big shout out to Patrick Keith for linking to my blog in his latest news entry. And that reminded me that I'd promised to link to the digital demo art from Dragon*Con when it was posted... Well, due to several well-publicized hurricanes, the demos by the other folks have not been posted yet, but you can find mine on the second page of this Dragon*Con related thread on the Epilogue forums.

ITEM!! The last item this time is possibly the most interesting... I'm doing two pieces for the next Quarto Press "how to draw and paint" Fantasy book. This one is about creatures and beasts, and I'm doing a couple of very interesting Elemental beings. Along with the paintings, I'm sending constructive drawings and other details, which they will make into interesting 2-page spreads. I'm totally excited about this one!

Con Report

2004-09-09T06:57:00.000-07:00

Dragon*Con was just great!

I was hoping to meet some people, do some networking, see some art... sort of get the lay of the land of the convention world. But I also ended up making a lot of friends, and learning everything I wanted to know about Convention art shows.

First, I got to meet a few fellow Epilogue staffers - Chad (the founder), Shawn, and Stephanie Law. It was the first real, flesh-and-blood meeting I'd had with anyone from Epi. I also got to see the legendary Epilogue booth, which was situated in a great spot in the Art Show room. It looked fantastic!

Next, I got to meet several of the artists I've enjoyed seeing (and corresponding with) on Epilogue - Patrick Keith, Vicky Morgan-Keith, Grant Fuhst, Tim Roman (with Amy!), J.P. Targete (and Regina!), Jason Engle, and others. Each night involved groups of artists hanging out and talking shop over copious food and drink. That was wild!

I especially have to mention that Patrick and Vicky (along with Stan Morrison's charming wife Nancy) took me under their collective wing and showed me around. They were great "hosts" to me, the newbie.

Top strange moment of the con: as a group of us hung out in the upstairs piano bar one night, we were entertained by none other than David Carradine (Kung Fu/Kill Bill/Death Race - yep, him), playing piano and (gulp!) singing. It was a surreal and unique experience.

As always, seeing original art is vastly more entertaining and educational than seeing prints or pictures online. The application of paint, the subtleties of color and texture, these things are worth more than all the art-instruction books in the world. There was some top, world-class art on display and I loved studying it!

On Sunday I gave a Digital Art demo at the Epilogue booth - that was a wonderful experience. I got to meet lots of people as they stopped by to look, and I enjoyed the chance to talk up Epilogue while I did it. I worked on a laptop computer, with a large monitor mirroring my work so passers-by could see it. I'd planned to do some rocks or something, but I ended up doing a whole picture in about 2-1/2 hours. After I finished, J.P. did another demo, and a great time was had by all. As soon as the pictures are posted somewhere, I'll put up a like so you can see them.

Next year, I absolutely plan to hang some art in the Show. I'll see you there!!

Here are links to some of the people I mentioned in this article...
Patrick and Vicky
J.P. Targete
Grant Fuhst
Tim Roman
Stanley Morrison
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

Dragon*Con is coming! Run!

2004-08-31T21:15:00.000-07:00

I'm getting everything packed and ready to go to Dragon*Con. I'll be flying in Thursday evening so I can get to the con bright and early Friday morning. I'll see you at the Epilogue booth!

ITEM!
I've updated the site a bit. There are now 83% less typos, and I've fixed the Sales page, which was automatically breaking out of my frames and pulling up CafePress. Curse them! They have been removed. Now you can see the original art I have for sale, and SOME of the prints. I still need to update the print selection to include all of them. In the meantime, remember that you can special-order ANY picture you see on my site EXCEPT the Everquest illustration. (Yes, the one that gets the most requests...)

ITEM!
The long, strange journey of Fot may finally be coming to an end. You may remember this picture , which was meant for publication about two years back. The company publishing the book went semi-out-of-business, leaving the writer of the book and yours truly out of luck. No money, no book.
Well, after a lot of struggle (and extensive rewrites) the author has managed to find a new publisher AND has even managed to bring me along for the ride. What a guy! So the book, "Fot, Vol. 1: A Fate Foreshadowed" is back on track, and may even include a back-cover pencil drawing I did for the author, too. I'll include more details as they become available.

Well, that's it for now. I'm about to write my "things to do" list for the trip. With luck I won't forget too much... See you there if you're going!

Another day, another entry

2004-08-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

Hey, Thanks for those of you who've checked in to the site lately. Looks like the comments are working (thanks Mary for being the first to write!), but there are a few technical problems... like getting back from the comments page! Hmm... and the comments page doesn't seem to have a top nav bar, either. Oh, well I guess those are some of the "unknowns we don't know" that Rumsfeld was babbling about.

And, on another subject -- I'm going to Dragon*Con! I'm sure I'll see many of you there, and I can't wait. I'll be hanging out at the Epilogue booth quite a bitl... I'm told I'm doing a digital art demonstration, though I don't know when, so stop by and ask! I'll be at the Con all four days, so if you want to meet me you should have a chance.