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Recent Updates
Dec 16 2008:
For years Eugenia Chen and I have been hiring each other for freelance work, depending on who had the bigger workload on any given day. Here's a big pile of environment design pitch illustrations we've done together for her firm.
Pirate Games

Dec 10 2008:
"Forced" to participate in a mandatory office game of 3.5e D&D, I cooked up a gnome bard in defiance of the species' imminent extinction in 4e. With cowbell in hand, Büttrøck the deathmetal lawn gnome stands ready to defend the forces of awesome against all who are lame.
Büttrøck the Deathmetal Lawn Gnome

Dec 10 2008:
In 2007 Spin Master re-released Battleground: Crossbows and Catapults, and I finally got to fulfill my lifelong dream of buying all the sets that I'd missed out on during childhood. As if that weren't enough, I also got hired to paint the cover illustrations for the packages. What a sweet deal!
Battleground: Crossbows and Catapults

Sep 28 2008:
The secret's out - I've betrayed my LEGO Castle roots for Space. Here are some of the extraterrestrial matte paintings I did for LEGO's 2007 Mars Mission line.
LEGO Mars Mission backgrounds

Sep 27 2008:
Finally, proof that not all my work results in jellybean rainbow knights! LEGO's released some of my sketchwork for the 2007 Castle playtheme.
Knights vs Skeletons 2007

Feb 08 2007:
Why do I love painting monsters so much? Here's my first genuine piece of internet fan art - it's Chupacabra Bob's triumphant return to the Dragon's Landing Inn.
Nelson's Blood

Aug 28 2006:
A friend of mine asked if I ever do any paintings without all the saturated colors - working for LEGO has given me some bad habits. So I took some time last night to paint out a quick scene from the Cats and Lizards project; check out the lizard on patrol.
On Patrol

May 08 2006:
Another quickie painting, this time a character sketch I decided to render out for fun: check out "Envy" as she heads out for a night on the town.
Envy

May 01 2006:
Looks like I'm an official children's book illustrator - my book's up on Amazon! Check out these images from Scholastic's "Quest for the Tower" by Michael Anthony Steele.
It's a battle of the blacksmiths

April 21 2006:
New painting, just for fun: check out "Beholder Beach!"
Even monsters need a break sometimes

April 1 2006:
The new edition of BrikWars was released today, and it took a whole pile of new artwork to fill it up! I've added a new portfolio page to show off some of the highlights.

BrikWars cover The Skully Grail Esprit de Core Pilot Error
The Officer Critical Failure! The Golden Die

Art for the BrikWars Tenth Anniversary Edition

See the BrikWars 2005 Tenth Anniversary Edition at http://www.brikwars.com


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Although LEGO material appears here, this site is not endorsed by or associated with The LEGO Company.

Dante's Carriage
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