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Under the Mountain and Other Stories

August 6, 2018

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About 2 years ago, my author friend John Fulton asked me collaborate with him on a self publishing project.  He had written 8 short stories and needed some illustrations to go with them. Now at the time John had just won an award for his writing and had had a book (The Wreck of the Argyll) published off the back…

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Project JKF-1: The Bull In The Basement Book Cover

April 3, 2018

Digital Art

This book cover piece is for a John Fulton short story called “The Bull In The Basement”. For this one I experimented with a major change in my workflow, namely, I skipped the line drawing phase and went straight into painting shapes.

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Project JKF-1: The Whisperer Cover

March 31, 2018

Digital Art

This book cover is for a short story called The Whisperer by John Fulton. I tweaked my illustration workflow again here by putting more energy into doing more studies.  Each study focussing on one particular component of the illustration.

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Project JKF-1: Star Warrior II Book Cover

December 31, 2017

Digital Art

Here’s another book cover for my author friend John K. Fulton.  The title of this story is “Star Warrior II”. For this piece, I wanted to make sure that I had a much stronger value contrast than in the last piece.

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Project JKF-1: The View From The Window Cover

December 4, 2017

Digital Art

This is another book cover for my project with John Fulton.  John’s short story is called “The View From The Window”.

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Project JKF-1: Holiday In Camulodunum Cover

October 14, 2017

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Here’s another book cover for my project with John K. Fulton. The short story is called Holiday In Camulodunum: Here’s my process:

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Project JKF-1: Cold Black Heart Internal Illustration

August 27, 2017

Digital Art

Here’s the internal greyscale illustration for John Fulton‘s short story “Cold Black Heart”: This painting along with John’s evocative short story can be found in our book: Under the Mountain and Other Stories. Here are some in process shots:

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Project JKF-1: Cold Black Heart Cover

July 23, 2017

Digital Art

I’ve just submitted the second piece for my collaboration with John Fulton.  The front cover for his story “Cold Black Heart”.

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Project JKF-1: Time For Tea Cover Submitted For Approval

June 14, 2017

Digital Art

I’ve completed the Time For Tea cover for John Fulton and emailed it to him for approval.  Hopefully the formatting etc … is correct. This piece took me a lot longer than anticipated but has allowed me to cobble together the beginnings of a workflow. Next will be a greyscale painting for the interior of the story.

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Project JKF-1: Time For Tea Cover WIP 2

June 4, 2017

Digital Art

Not being convinced about the composition, I’ve reworked this piece a bit by flipping it horizontally and also removing the teaspoon. Also, the lighting is now darker and more yellow instead of orange.

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Finished off this character design.
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Added some flat colours to this guy.