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#LETSDRAWMONSTERS Voting for the GOLDEN SLUGLORD!
And here are your choices! One vote per person, and the poll will close when we begin our evening Twitch stream this Wednesday at 5PM EST! We will announce it live on stream and will once again share all the entries. (So if yours isn't in yet, don't worry, we'd still love to share it on stream Wednesday!)THE WINNER will receive a GLORIOUS Staedtler 925 .05mm Mechanical Pencil!Note: Instagram is still not showing me hashtags, so if you already uploaded yours and I missed it please message it to me as soon as possible and I will try t...
#LETSDRAWMONSTERS: The Carnivorous Coniferous
Today we are drawing a creature that disguises itself as a pine tree, and awakes in the night to cause mischief and terror on Christmas!PROMPT:Beware the Carnivorous Coniferous!When winter comes, and you venture into the snow-laden pines for this year's yuletide tree; you may find one there, which looks the very best,but be ye warned; for it is quite unlike the rest.If you fell it, and set it upon your hearth, all bedecked and spangled in Holiday cheer,be wary of midnight! For it is no fine fir tree, but something instead to fill your night...
December Roadmap
Welcome to December, Christmas madness, and the end of 2020! Here's what to expect!#LETSDRAWMONSTERS Christmas Edition is up tomorrow! Wednesday, 5PM EST on Twitch! Also, we are going to be (hopefully) reviewing last month's event as well.TWITCH SCHEDULE:We were *this* close to making partner on Twitch last month! Will we make it this month?We'll see! No matter what though, we are able to keep doing streams twice a week! Our streaming schedule remains: Wednesdays at 5PM EST Saturdays at 5PM ESTClassic Fantasy Illustration:We will be...
"The Dungeon Keeper" Monster of the Month
Today I have a surprise Bonus Monster for you! Meet the Dungeon Keeper! (Because you can't have a dungeon without a dungeon keeper!) He's a design that I have been tinkering with off and on for months now, trying different approaches and ideas, but never quite nailing. He originally had skulls instead of keys, but it just seemed like too much; he also had horns, but that seemed over the top as well. I kept trying to add more and more bits and pieces to the character, but in the end, using a little more restraint and scaling it back to t...
Hazel Vignette
Today I have a hi-res vignette drawing of "Hazel" from the Unlikely Heroes Series. We did this vignette entirely on stream during the past week and the VODs will be up for a few more weeks on Twitch if you missed them!: https://twitch.tv/justingerardillustrationThe image was drawn on Strathmore Bristol using 2H, 2B and 4B pencils at about 8"x10" inches.And for those of you interested in seeing the development, here is how the image progressed, from thumbnail comp to clean sketch before we started the tight drawing! This is gener...
"Montague" Drawing!
Here is the final drawing for Montague! The Former Castle Steward and half-monster that we drew on our last Twitch Livestream! (November 11 VOD is still up on Twitch if you missed it!) We included Caspar, the Stovepipe Hero, in the scene, who we see sharing some tea with our Unlikely Hero.The Montague drawing was rendered on a really velvety paper that is no longer sold, called Graphic White. The closest thing to it out there now to it is Arches Hot Press Watercolor paper. I worked in a 2H pencil to sketch it out, then with a Rotring Rapid Pro ...
The Chatterpillar!
At long last, The Chatterpillar has emerged!! This monster was actually designed back in July, but lost his duel with the Grumble Bee. Finally he has his moment in the sun! Also, he appears as an easter egg in the Scorpkin Battle, which was posted today to the Classic Fantasy Illustration Tier.And as a bonus, here are the 2 alternate variants that we designed with Twitch Chat while we live streamed the painting of this creature:Thanks again for the great ideas in chat everyone! :DSo who's next??? There might be another monster this month, b...
The Scorpkin Battle!
WE DID IT! Today, I am happy to finally share the Scorpkin Battle! This image was every bit as challenging and fun as I'd hoped that it would be, but also, took every bit as long as I feared it might. Thank you everyone for sticking with us and hanging out for our record 7 Twitch streams that we spent on this image! This is really exciting to finally have it finished, and I can't wait to start pulling this series together into its final form.And speaking of that, I am not quite ready to reveal the "scented candles" line-up or ta...
#LETSDRAWMONSTERS for November Creature Prompt!
This month's creature is the Zombuck! A vengeful spirit of nature, both beautiful and terrible to behold!! Wait, isn't halloween over? No! I have not taken any decorations down, so that means it's still halloween for #LETSDRAWMONSTERS!STORY: This Zombuck is said to be the result of a horrific industrial accident destroyed an ancient forest when a flood of toxic wastewater covered it. When nature finally returned and trees clawed their way out of the toxic ooze, people noticed that something was different in the forest this time. Amo...
"Squint Axe-Mouse" Timelapse and Hi-Res Bonus!
Today, I have a bit of BONUS content for you! As many of you know, we had a dual Twitch stream with David Petersen of Mouseguard 2 weeks ago for a charity drive. Here is the final scan of mine, plus a video time-lapse, which features a fun bit of the banter at the end.The time-lapse gives a good overview of both my tight drawing and my watercolor method.Thank you everyone who came to hang out on stream with us, and for all the great name suggestions!I hope we can do this again soon.
November Roadmap
Welcome to November! We survived Halloween! ...*barely* It was a great month, we launched our new series The Unlikely Heroes with Phineus the Owl Wizard as our very first vignette, we created The Glom, we painted a watercolor of Squint Axe Mouse in our dual-stream charity event with David Petersen, but then.... we failed to finish The Scorpkin Battle...Bitter Defeat: At the end of October, I had to admit the piece with its dozens of figures, had been too much to handle for one month. I am still very excited about this piece, it is one I have be...
"Phineus the Owl Wizard" The Unlikely Heroes Vignette #1
Welcome to the first post in our Unlikely Heroes vignette series for the Monster of the Month!Squeaking out the narrowest of victories, Phineus the owl wizard came in at number one. So for October our first vignette drawing shows our wizard quietly working in his library tower refuge as he occasionally scratches notes and new details about some of the monsters he has encountered since this all began. Next month is our second place hero "Montague" tucked away in his refuge in the cellars. To see the full list of heroes we will be doing, ...
"The Glom" Hi-Res Final, Brush Set, and Scorpkin Process Guide!
Today, I have a hefty rewards bag for you all! I finally have The Glom is finally finished and ready to post for Halloween!THE GLOM- A silent and towering monster, which haunts the swampy lowlands and misty forests; the Glom has no true vision, but it can hear footfalls and the crunching of leaves, sense ripples in water, disturbances in mist, and of course, the sound of screams. If awoken from its firefly reverie it will follow the sounds of any fleeing interlopers and if it catches them will crush or drown them with limbs of terrible strength...
"The Glom" Monster of the Month for October!
The Glom, Monster of the Month for October! For Halloween 2020 our monsters is a possessed swamp oak, the bane of many a luckless lumberjack!The original drawing is 8"x10" traditional pencil on bristol. It is available this week as part of the Illuxcon show!The link to the original is here:https://www.gallerygerard.com/illuxcon-secret-shop/original-drawing-the-glom-by-justin-gerardColor, Process Guide, and Brush Set coming soon!
"The Scorpkin Battle" Hi-Res Drawing
We finally finished the tight drawing for our first full-size illustration for the Monster of the Month series: The Scorpkin Battle. We have been drawing this image live on stream the past 2 weeks and have had a great time hanging out with you all while working on this! If you missed the streams and want to check them out, the VODs will be up for a few weeks after the time of this post on twitch.tv/justingerardillustration!And speaking of Twitch, this Saturday at 5PM EST we will be diving into the color live on stream!! Here is a color comp pre...
"The Hampire" Timelapse Video and Hi-Res
Thank you everyone who hung out with us and designed their own versions of this month's #LETSDRAWMONSTERS challenge. Here is a timelapse video of the complete stream! We actually finished it live!! And also as a bonus for all, here hi-res download of the final drawing:NOW: TONIGHT ON TWITCH we will be announcing the winner of this month's Golden Sluglord Award, (A Rare Staedtler 925) and showing off all the entries on the #LETSDRAWMONSTERS hashtag, but also...We will be GIVING AWAY the original drawing of The Hampire live on stream to o...
"The Hampire" Golden Sluglord Award!
And here are your choices! One vote per person, and the poll will close when we begin our evening Twitch stream this Saturday at 5PM EST! We will announce it live on stream and will once again share all the entries. (So if yours isn't in yet, don't worry, we'd still love to share it on stream Saturday!)THE WINNER will receive a Staedtler 925 .05mm Mechanical Pencil!Note: If you already uploaded yours and I missed it please message me as soon as possible and I will try to edit yours in!Good luck to all our entries! -jg
#LETSDRAWMONSTERS for OCTOBER!
Today at 5PM EST on TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/justingerardillustrationThe OCTOBER CREATURE CHALLENGE: THE HAMPIREPROMPT:The Hampire: An ancient terror from the forests of the old world. It was said to have once been a wild hog, whose tranquil, sunlit forest territory overlapped that of a certain rare species of bat. On moonlit nights this bat would leave its cold perches in high ravines to feast on the blood of the peaceful creatures of the forest while they slept. After a time, the hogs began to change, as the bites from these bats imparted a ...
The UNLIKELY HEROES POLL! 20 new characters
Well here goes! Today, I am excited to finally share the 20 figure line-up of The Unlikely Heroes of the Monster of the Month Series! *Note: I have attached a hi-res download of the image to this post if you need to see these closer before deciding!So who are these Heroes and what are we voting on?!The Unlikely Heroes is a band pint-sized, intrepid individuals who are trying to battle, sneak, flee, and survive their way through a medieval apocalypse. All the real, professional heroes are gone, the world is overrun by monsters, and this bunch of...
OCTOBER ROADMAP
Welcome to the month of HALLOWEEN everyone! 🎃It's one of my very favorite months of the year, and we go all out for it here on Patreon. So what treats will we have in store this month?? First: To celebrate Halloween all month long, we are going to be making a LOT of MONSTERS! For the Monster of the Month series, there will be several monsters to share this month! Some classics that we never added color to, and a brand new one...Next! This month we are EXPANDING the monster of the month series to finally include HEROES! We simply have too...
Fungus Knight Brush Set!
We've got a really cool set for this one, with a total of 12 new brushes!CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BRUSHESFor this month's monster, a lot of the detailing was done with the Toxic Toadstool #1 Brush, and a lot of the heavy lifting of the brushwork was handled by Inky Cap and the Puddlescratch WC Brush. I developed a new mixer brush MXR Mushroom Mix that is a little softer than my usual heavily textured ones.Toxic Spore #2 is one that has some really great use when adding in the muddy textures here and there, but you have to use it sparingly...
Druid Ferret and Ale Snail hi-res!
The final painting from our recent Twitch Streams! This month's Tutorial is going up now as well and it features a written guide and a time-lapse video of all 4 parts of the process, from start to finish.Thanks everyone for all the great recommendations and art direction on this one! It was definitely one of our most memorable streams!!
Elfin Sharpshooter Bonus Drawing
As I mentioned last month, I am currently doing a line-up of 12 character designs for a game called Fanstratics, from the makers of the original Heroes of Might and Magic game. Most of these will be classic fantasy archetypes. The game is still in early development, so it will be a while before there is any launch or alpha. As development continues, I will be designing and sharing one of the core characters from the game with you each month.This month!: The Elfin Sharpshooter.The process follows my usual route of starting with a tiny ink gestur...
The New Monster of the Month UNLIKELY HEROES Series
So far in the Monster of the Month Series, we have focused primarily on villainous monsters. But what about ...the other guys? Isn't anyone supposed to be fighting all these monsters?? The world we've created thus far has been slimy, unruly, hostile, hairy, bitey, drunken and disorderly.What we need are some HEROES. Even if they are, rather only small ones!Today, the Monster of the Month series takes its next steps! Moving forward, we are going to be including a pint-sized hero each month to round out the general villainy, wickedness, a...
"The Ferret Druid! Purveyor of Fine Snail Ale" Timelapse Video and Hi-Res Download
Bonus post for everyone today! Last night on Twitch we had an impromptu "Twitch Draws" event, taking character concepts and ideas from the chat to design a character from scratch. This is what we came up with!We had a lot of great name ideas too: "Ferry Parrell, Purveyor of Fine Snail Ale" "Fruid of the Ale" "Whiskers the Whiskey god" "Barracho" "Grog Druid of the Ales & Tinctures"Not sure which to go with yet! According to chat, he is a chaotic good, a healer, and of course, a purveyor of fine sp...
"Witness to the End" Classic Fantasy Illustration for September 2020
This month I finally wrapped up a Plague of Dragons painting an image that I have been working on sporadically for the past few months. It was a frustrating image because every time I would get started on the image, something would pop up and pull me away from it. This is usually okay, but I think the image suffered a little from me constantly putting down and picking up the brush again and having to ask, 'okaaaay... so what was I doing again?' Even with the confusing way in which this image was painted, it offered a lot of really inter...
"The Fungus Infernus Knight" Monster of the Month for September Hi Res Wallpaper and GIF Animatic
Here is how our Monster for September turned out! I loved working on this one! And in truth, I wish I could just keep painting more of these knights! Sadly, other projects call and I must table them for now. I have12 others like this one (and the Rose Knight and Hedge Guard) already drawn out, and plan to share more of them when we start to reveal more of the next evolution in the Monster of the Month series. The painting process involved beginning in transparent layers, (using multiply) that felt very much like traditional watercolor, and then...
#LETSDRAWMONSTERS Winner, Stream Update and a Hi-Res Drawing!
Today, I've got a bonus drawing for you! My version of this month's #LETSDRAWMONSTERS creature: The Possum Spirit & Changeling! Drawn live on our Wednesday Twitch stream last week!Here was our initial ink sketches for the creature:...along with the votes that the 2 different designs received from the Twitch chat. "Ancient Mother Possum Spirit" won out over "Alien Nightmare Fuel", but I still really like the runner-up, so expect to see that one the subject of a future stream!NEXT! The Winner of this month's vaunted Go...
Fungus Infernus Knight : Monster of the Month for September
This month's monster is a companion piece to the Hedge Guard and the Rose Knight. They are all part of the same corruption, but with slightly different outcomes. All once-noble warriors who set out to change the world, eventually being overtaken by their hatred. Looking forward to colorizing this new one.Some of you may be wondering, what happened to the voting!!?? That is still coming. :) There will be something special later on this month.Lastly, for anyone interested, there is a post up on Muddycolors today that shows the simple clipboar...
VOTE! in The Golden Sluglord Patron's Choice Award
Welcome to another #LETSDRAWMONSTERS Poll! First! Here are our category award winners! Congratulations to these fine folks for their awesome work!And next, here are your choices for this month's Award!: Thank you everyone who entered and who came to hang out with us on stream! It was an awesome event and I loved what we came up with! We will announce the winner next week here on the Patreon, and in an as-yet-to-be-determined night stream. Poll Ends next Tuesday!*And as always, if I missed yours, please let me know right away! I will try to ...
