Drink of the Damned

So I did this piece almost two years ago and at the time I was really happy with it.  Recently I was looking at some of my older work and noticed that this piece could use some more work.  I thought I had a opportunity to turn an okay-good piece into a great piece.  I went back and repainted the hands and face of the figure and completely repainted all of the statues on the arch and some other things here and there.  I have to say after finally getting around to fixing all the things that were wrong with the piece (I didnt like most of the stone figures even after I finished the painting in 2011) this is now probably one of my favorite paintings.

Outpost

I started this piece a little over a month ago and decided to take a break from it and work on other things and this week I opened it back up and finally got around to finishing it.

Moonlight

Been wanting to do a night themed painting for a while and now I finally got around to do it

Smaug the Magnificent

So, who else is excited for the Desolation of Smaug?....its only what, 9 months away....

Smaug the Magnificent

Finished drawing for my next painting.....can you tell that I am just slightly excited for The Hobbit?

Boss Battle

Did this one as a quickie, spent a little over a day on it.  I am happy how it turned out though I may go back and spend hours and hours getting everything detailed....though I do kinda like the looseness of it, so I guess we'll see.

There are no happy endings

Over the course of my life I have seen A Lot of war movies where the hero, king, general, or whatever leads a triumphant charge to save the day.  Whenever I see that a small part of myself thinks "you stupid idiot!  What if you get killed right at the beginning of the battle."  Personally I feel the odds of avoiding all of the spears at the front line while wearing a giant "Kill Me" sign are about 0.  So I thought that I would illustrate my version of the idealistic heroic charge....so I decided to show the moment when our beloved king realized he has been fatally stabbed....and probably made a huge mistake leading the charge.