Dustland

Saker · Post by **Saker** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:44 am

wow! Your stuff keeps getting better!

cheers

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:47 pm

Figured I'd share this, because I consider it to be special. Unless Dustland corrects me, this is the first piece of cover art he's done (or second if he did one for Bad Sports before this was finished). I think he did a pretty good job, and hopefully I will finally start sitting down and writing the project that this is the cover for. Until then, enjoy!

kroh · Post by **kroh** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:09 pm

Viking lizard Darth Vader versus the badge! I like it. what's the project called?

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:09 am

kroh wrote:Viking lizard Darth Vader versus the badge! I like it. what's the project called?

The tentative title is "The Saurian Invasion. Dustland did all the art for it, and he did a real good job. The Lizard dude has a magical sword, which does kind of look like a lightsaber in that image!

I have to give mad props to Dustland for his work for me. Well done art, and he did everything fairly quickly. Now I just need to get the writing done, get help laying it out, and release it

kroh · Post by **kroh** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:13 am

no man! You're doing it wrong. You are supposed to write and edit and then wait months for the artists to get back to you. Sheesh...

great image.
Walt

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:25 am

kroh wrote:no man! You're doing it wrong. You are supposed to write and edit and then wait months for the artists to get back to you. Sheesh...

great image.
Walt

I know. I just like doing stuff * backwards at times

But yeah, great image. Dustland has really improved with each piece he does.

Dustland · Post by **Dustland** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:35 pm

Dustland has really improved with each piece he does.

Meaning my first one sucked! I'm kidding (I hope) and I've enjoyed working on the fantasy pieces a lot. Doing these illustrations for Urbwar is what got me interested in doing the fantasy book I'm working on now.

And of course thanks Urbwar for the encouragement and opportunity!

Since you brought it up and it's inching closer to completion, here's the cover art for Bad Sports:

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:33 pm

nice!

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:17 am

Awesome! The lines are very clean and colors look great. The running pose is excellent. The background seems to make the featured character a little hard to look at though. Everything else is awesome!

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:00 am

What did you think of the one he did for me Mr. Jupiter?

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:37 pm

urbwar wrote:What did you think of the one he did for me Mr. Jupiter?

I think it’s a great fight scene. The Badge looks great and I think that the lizard foe looks awesome. Except that the piece is in colour, The whole thing reminds me of the great art from early, 1st edition, D&D. The scene has the same feel as some of the WWII battle scenes I remember watching from the old reels as a kid (the ones where so much of the city is in ruin and the night sky is lit up from all the fires). It could be helpful if there was a little shadow beneath the two figures (but that is a small quip really).

A lizard guy a super… I’m kinda curious about what this story here is.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:24 am

MrJupiter wrote:
I think it’s a great fight scene. The Badge looks great and I think that the lizard foe looks awesome. Except that the piece is in colour, The whole thing reminds me of the great art from early, 1st edition, D&D. The scene has the same feel as some of the WWII battle scenes I remember watching from the old reels as a kid (the ones where so much of the city is in ruin and the night sky is lit up from all the fires). It could be helpful if there was a little shadow beneath the two figures (but that is a small quip really).

A lizard guy a super… I’m kinda curious about what this story here is.

It's the cover for a project Dustland is doing all the art for. It is kind of a war themed project, as it involves an invasion from another dimension (ie the faction the lizard guy is part of). It has some ties to my Cosmic scenario (which I took inspiration from for the motivation of the villains in this one when I had Dustland start to do the art).

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:14 pm

A Cosmic scenario with extra-dimensional invasion elements... AWESOME!

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:03 pm

MrJupiter wrote:A Cosmic scenario with extra-dimensional invasion elements... AWESOME!

The cover isn't for the cosmic scenario; the scenario it's for has ties to Plague of Darkness, which I have an AP on. I would have liked to get starting on that, but I haven't heard from CuMorrig in awhile, and he was doing the art for that. The behind the scenes bad guys behind that one are the same ones behind this one.

Dustland · Post by **Dustland** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:11 pm

Crazy week! After trying for two and a half years, my wife is finally pregnant, woo hoo!

Trying to get the ball rolling once again to wrap up this viking inspired monster folio. Here's the 90% completed skeletal warrior/tomb guardian (yah, there's a real name for the creature, just don't have my notes at the moment).