Recent fanzine art for Surprising Stories

Art for John Thiel's Surprising Stories

Found here: http://surprisingstories.thiels.us/SSV38/Contents.htm (latest ish!)

here: http://surprisingstories.thiels.us/SSV37/Contents.html

and here: http://surprisingstories.thiels.us/SSV36/Contents.html

Scavenger

Desire, a Harlot

Reversia

Trauma

Visitor from the North

Doing Time

I've been using different width art pens on gray and brown paper for some of these and ink and brush for others. There might be a digital one in there as well.

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Lazy Day

Had a lazy day today. Been working on high gear for a while now. Guess I needed a break. Today's monster: "Chicken of the Sea".

This is my first Illustration Friday submission. Since my homepage is finally up and running, I felt it was time to get some of my stuff out there. The second I learned this week's theme "strings", my mind instantly said 'bondage'. Okay, I was just as surprised as you, but anyway, cute animals in distress is always a good way to start a story.

Illustration Friday "Wise"

This week the Illustration Friday's theme is "wise". I was going for a wise old pirate, but I think wizards are do "wise" better. I actually need to get working on other things, but I thought I'd get this up. Need to balance creating with promotion. Doing the illustration friday makes me do both. I'm teaching tomorrow. I wish I wasn't. I'd rather be drawing, sketching, or working on my craft. As soon as I finish I'm zooming back home to finish up some roughs for the Tom and Jerry book. All struggling artists go through this, I know. Having to work at something they don't wanna do in order to do something they do wanna do. But sometimes it eats at my soul. Deprives me of the energy I need to do my best. What do you do? You have to find your fuel. My fuel is a mixture of fear, anger, hope, pride, and desire. Fear of mediocrity, anger at my own complacency, hope that I will be discovered, pride in what I've accomplished so far, and desir...

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