Lord of the Rings: the Black Riders

 Black Riders - 14 x 36 in., oil on masonite

Hey everyone! Apologies for the absence, between moving and getting ready for the Spectrum show last weekend things have been completely crazy around here. 

Here's my latest piece for Fantasy Flight Games. It's box art for their Lord of the Rings card game, with this expansion focusing on the Black Riders. This one was quite a challenge in the beginning, oddly enough I haven't been asked to paint a lot of night scenes so I really had to think about how to approach this one, especially when it came to the color. I wound up focusing on the bluish light of the moon as the main source of color and moving out from there. It seemed to heighten the sense of dread and fear that the scene needed.

(As a side note, unlike the first two this one IS for sale so if you're interested shoot me an email)

Browbeat

 Browbeat - 12 x 16 in., oil on masonite

 Here's a now one for Magic, the Gathering. As you can imagine, the art request for this one sounded pretty odd on the first read. Eventually though, I really got into the idea of the poor guy cowering before this terrifying image in the sky, and had a lot of fun figuring out how to make the idea work.

Large Black Lotus prints (finally)!

Hey everyone! After a lot of requests for larger prints of the Black Lotus painting, I've finally got them made up and ready to go. They're 12 x 18 inches, almost exactly the size of the original painting. If you're interested, check them out on Ebay and Etsy.

Crypt Ghast

Crypt Ghast - 12 x 16 in. oil on masonite

 Here's my second piece from the new Magic, the Gathering set. Not the first thing you want to see when you're down visiting your ancestors in the family crypt.

New Prints Available!

Hey everyone! Just added 11 new prints to my Etsy store, all classic Magic stuff. If you're interested check them out here or click the lotus button at the right.

Thanks!
-Chris

Lord of the Void

Lord of the Void - 12 x 16 in., oil on masonite

 

Here's the first of my art from Gatecrash, the new Magic: the Gathering set. The art request asked for a demon that leads a swarm of lesser monsters through the city-world of Ravnica, causing mayhem as they go.

 

 Early on I decided to use their glowing eyes as a kind of unifying element, to give the sense that they're all under his spell, or at least connected in some way. The biggest challenge was working all those critters in around him and still having their placement feel natural, especially since his silhouette is so complex. All told though, this guy was a lot of fun to paint.

The Hobbit: On the Doorstep

 On the Doorstep - 14 x 36 in., oil on masonite

Hey Everyone! This one's been out for a while but I just realized I haven't posted it yet and since everyone's going to be in Hobbit-mode this weekend it seemed like a good time.  It was done as packaging art for Fantasy Flight Games for one of their card games and it's the sequel to the earlier piece I did for them of the party leaving the Shire.

It was a serious challenge composing all those figures but in general I really enjoyed working on this one. As great as it was getting to do the first one, this scene is a lot more up my alley. It was a real kick getting to figure out what my interpretation of Smaug would look like, once I got that figured out and what I wanted to do with the lighting, everything else kind of fell into place.

Here's a detail shot: