Way back in 2017, I designed an alien-roach bounty hunter gunslinger. It was for an illustration festival contest depicting a “most wanted” intergalactic original character. I couldn’t really finish it back then, but now, here it is, as dangerous as it looks. The collection of law enforcers’ badges on his chest should speak for him. You can check the process below.
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We should really think about stopping the pollution of nature with plastic. What do you think? Check the process below.
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The mysterious Mermaid with sea creatures dancing around engraved on Don Angelo’s mysterious vault of wonders is finally here. It is amazing to think this illustration was born back then in 2021, when I wrote my first short story “The Tiny Paper Man”.
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This is the illustration for a short story I wrote titled “Old Man’s Creek”. It is very special, it is inspired by an actual place from my father’s childhood town, about a creek where all the kids were afraid to walk by, especially at night.
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OK, the first thing to say about this Jumping Spider is that it was originally conceived way back during the Inktober 2022. He was going to be part of the roster of fighters I designed for that year’s challenge; however, I never got satisfied with the versions I made, until now. And yes, you’re seeing correctly, he’s got a boxer’s boot on his head.
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This is a remake of that CASTLE prompt word inktober drawing I made back in 2023.
I have also updated the original SHORT STORY for it, you can find it here (I hope you like it.):
https://roding.substack.com/p/grounded-things
Inspired by one of Veronika Bond‘s great articles, “Going Analog,” here’s the artwork that illustrates how I feel reading her work.
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These are the Hotdog Defenders, a band of misfits who cannot fit into any tag. They are as genuine as their love for hotdogs, and they will not let anyone take that away from them.
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“…an echo of that music has stayed in my head ever since, an echo that has blossomed and has grown coloured petals, and I have countless times wished I could go back and hear it again in the flesh…“
Extract from the book VILLAGER by Tom Cox
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The main concept for this illustration was, like the name suggests, “The Destruction of the False Hero.” I wanted to depict how the ancient status of a false hero —endorsed by old demons hiding in the corner, who watch in anger, and fear how their work is debunked— is destroyed by four unknown warriors.
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