Hey Call of Cthulhu roleplayers! The new issue of The Unspeakable Oath is available in pdf format right now on rpgnow.com for $6.99 and it’s filled with illustrations by, among other people, Mr. Toren Atkinson. Check out some previews on unspeakableoath.com
I expect that the printed versions will be available presently at gaming stores near you and unspeakableoath.com.
The Spaceship Zero comic book prequel has been published at glorious full size in the new issue of the Lovecraftian comic anthology magazine Strange Aeons. I’ll be selling copies and other nerdy stuff at the
I’ve been very busy with 4 different art jobs lately. Here’s a sample, published in Unspeakable Oath magazine #18.
In the interest of putting something up here (sorry it’s been a few days), here’s an illo I did for one of Monte Cook‘s Malhavoc books in 2005.
An virtual gallery of the stuff shown at the Wallflower Diner throughout October 2010
CHAINS
China marker on manila paper, circa 1994
Whenever The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets made a new batch of costumes there would be a photo shoot courtesy of Bob Fugger (bassist at the time of this drawing). This drawing is based on one of his photos of my costume that consisted of a jump suit accessorised with garden chain spray painted to look metal + shower curtain hangers + a transparent vacuum hosed attached to a helmet. This costume was lost but re-imagined in 2008 with the addition of keychain lights and a working light bulb on top of the helmet. $890
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CTHULHU AND HIS GREASY SPAWN
Acrylic, 1995
Pagan Publishing based out of Seattle, a licensee of the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game, commissioned this painting for a series of posters. It represents HP Lovecraft’s Great Old One trapped in his sunken city of R’lyeh with his star-spawn. $1890
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CTHULHU ON THE RAMPAGE
Print, 1997
$59 framed, $30 unframed
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NECRONOMICON FILES
Acrylic, circa 1998
Cover for Dan Harms’ non-fiction Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend that analyzes the origin of HP Lovecraft’s nefarious fictional grimoire. $366
SPACE CAT – SOLD
Pencil, 2002
Illustration for one of the player character archetypes in the 1950’s space genre roleplaying game Spaceship Zero, written by myself and Warren Banks and published by Green Ronin Publishing out of Seattle. $79
SPACE PIRATE – SOLD
Pencil, 2002
Illustration for one of the player character archetypes in the 1950’s space genre roleplaying game Spaceship Zero, written by myself and Warren Banks and published by Green Ronin Publishing out of Seattle. $79
KRAKEN
Pencil, 2003
$79
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DESCENT INTO THE LAIR OF THE SERPENT MEN
Pencil, 2002
Illustration for one of the books in the Freeport: City of Adventure by Seattle’s Green Ronin Publishing. Freeport is a pirate city set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons with a heavy dose of HP Lovecraft and Robert E Howard. $249
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BASTARDS AND BLOODLINES
Pencil, 2003
$199
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ORC GODS
Pencil, 2002
Illustration for Wrath & Rage: A Guidebook to Orcs for Dungeons & Dragons, published by Green Ronin Publishing (Seattle). $249
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ORC CHARGE
Pencil, 2002
Illustration for Wrath & Rage: A Guidebook to Orcs for Dungeons & Dragons, published by Green Ronin Publishing (Seattle).
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HEALER
Pencil, 2004
$149
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WEREWOLVES
Pencil, 2002
$149
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THE INVESTIGATORS – SOLD!
Acrylic, 2001
Appears in Wizards of the Coast (Seattle) Call of Cthulhu d20 roleplaying game rule book. $289
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SCREAM
Acrylic, 2001
Appears in Wizards of the Coast (Seattle) Call of Cthulhu d20 roleplaying game rule book.
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INSECT OF SHAGGAI
Acrylic, 2001
Appears in Wizards of the Coast (Seattle) Call of Cthulhu d20 roleplaying game rule book. $169
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THE EXPERIMENT
Acrylic, 2001
Appears in Wizards of the Coast (Seattle) Call of Cthulhu d20 roleplaying game rule book. $229
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HOUND OF TINDALOS
Acrylic, 2004
Portrait of a monster, described by Frank Belknap Long in his story “The Hounds of Tindalos”, from the distant past that travel through time and materialize through acute angles. Card art for the Call of Cthulhu collectible card game published by Fantasy Flight Games (Minnesota). $229
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ZOMBIE VS SWAT
Acrylic
Cover for Red Ops 5 skirmish miniatures game published by Rebel Minis (Tennessee). $490
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SKELLIES
Acrylic, 1999
Illustration of evil priest Kor Bloodaxe and his undead minions from Dungeon Magazine #82, for an adventure “Evil Unearthed.” $390
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WERERATS
Markers & ink, 2008
Cover for issue #5 of local comic “Outnumbered” by Critical Hit Comics featuring teenage superheroes vs drug-dealing wererats in the downtown East side. $290
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THE OMINOUS ORIGIN OF RHINOSFERATU (PAGE THREE)
Ink, 2008
Rhinosferatu is a villain in a world of anthropomorphic animal superheroes I call The World Wildlife Federation of Justice. This 4 page origin story appeared in the local comic anthology “Historyonics” by Cloudscape Comics. $190
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THE SHADOW OUT OF TIM
Marker 2008
This drawing was used as part of the cover to the 2008 CD release by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets “The Shadow Out of Tim” – a rock opera adaptation of the classic Lovecraft story “The Shadow Out of Time.” This portrait is an homage to the work of John Holmes who did a series of paperback covers for Ballantine Lovecraft collections in the 1970’s. $290
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STINK DEMON
Pencil, 2000
$90
I’m not exactly sure how this works, not having a SecondLife account, but if you have one, check out my art hanging up in this virtual gallery for this virtual Hallowe’en party for your virtual selves!
Back to the original idea. Switcheroo is one of those classic Batman or Flash rogues gallery villains. He’s always got a trick up his sleeve. He’s replaced the priceless diamond with a replica. You’re about to clock him in the chops – you just walloped your sidekick! You think you’ve tied his hands up – they’re fake arms! Oh the old switcheroo! Comments on the design are welcome.
I had originally thought of Switcheroo as a trickster type villain, like the Riddler. All his schemes involving twist endings. The ol’ switcheroo, you know?
But I’m thinking I’m favoring this character who teleports. He can teleport to where you are and teleport you to where he is. So his tactic would be to jump into a pit of acid and switch places with the hero at the last second. That sort of thing.
Not sure why exactly I gave him a Jugheadesque crown and a sweater. But you’ll notice that the S on his chest is also a symbol of two arrows trading places with one another. That’s my favourite part.
Here’s an abandoned concept for the Eugene’s Axe/Thickets reunion poster
Regardless, I may finish it up and make it into a t-shirt design for The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets at some point.
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