I don't have any new concept art this week because I had to travel and have been busy preparing for my upcoming Kickstarter launch. It's all still connected to the work on the RPG, so I wanted to give you a little preview of what I'm cooking up in the immediate future.
The example card abov...
2024-08-25 17:54:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I put a lot of my thoughts about monster design in my experimental YT video this week, so I don't want to reiterate too much. But let's take a look at each piece individually.
Knight of Matarialis - I wrote about this piece last week but forgot to include it I t...
2024-08-18 19:12:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
I have more images to share for this week's content, but I spent all day on other Angelarium stuff today, so I'll have it for you tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy this version of my ponderings in video form.
Let me know if you like this sort of thing!
Tha...
2024-08-18 01:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I need to start sharing this work outside Patreon to start getting people interested in this project more broadly outside those lovely few who support me financially. I've been talking with friends about ways to attack this problem and there are a few options on the table. I'll likely explore all...
2024-08-09 21:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
After laying out the project in a spreadsheet last week, I realized I needed to focus the vision for the project a bit. Trying to design 13 cities was too much. It was too unfocused, but also too much work. So, with that in mind, I consolidated down to six capital cities that will be the focus of...
2024-08-04 20:24:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I need to find a consistent pace for posting these rewards, since I'm now posting far more often than I was before.
You can find a collection of all the concept art I've made so far here on Dropbox. I plan to include PSDs of these as well. Let me know if that's something you'd like to take ...
2024-07-27 14:17:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I ended up with a smaller than normal batch of concept art this week in large part due to splitting my time with work on a new line of enamel pins. Even though the pins are simpler and smaller than these character concepts, they take quite a bit longer to get right. Maybe I'm just bad at graphic ...
2024-07-27 14:04:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I've got a big batch this week because I've got some minor edits of older pieces mixed in with the new stuff.
Sooner or later I'm going to have to make a map for this world. The base idea is that there are a bunch of cities built on top of dead Angels. A list of all the cities I need to des...
2024-07-20 14:49:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's work feels a bit different stylistically from the stuff I've posted so far because I'm working with a display tablet for the first time in a long time. I bought a 24-inch Wacom Cintiq Pro and it's been a lot of fun to use now that it's all set up. The biggest difference between my old...
2024-07-12 18:14:25 +0000 UTC View Post
While I still haven't fleshed out this world completely, creating these concepts has clarified my vision for the project quite a bit. This clarity has tempted me to want to revisit some prior concepts. Let's take a look through them and see what's changed.
Eye Collector 2024-07-06 14:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post
My goal is to post a new batch every Friday, but this week I was late due to travel. Keep an eye out on Fridays for updates!
I've been pulling in a lot of different influences to see how they mix. Goth, high fashion, traditional Tibetan, anime. As I pull all these pieces together, a progres...
2024-07-01 11:45:13 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the ideas for the world of Angelarium that has existed in the background, but never saw daylight was the Nephilim. In the books, the idea of the Watchers taking human wives is brought up, but their offspring are never named or depicted directly. While working on those books, I always imagi...
2024-06-21 20:58:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been delayed a bit in posting these daily concepts due to some personal travel this last week or so but I am still making a good amount of work to share :)
One of the ideas I've been exploring are people that are knights and priests dedicated to specific existing Seraphim from Angelar...
The virtues are a lower order of Angel that began to emerge into the world after the establishment of the Angelic Churches. These beings seem to possess little will of their own, but instead exist to serve the remains of fallen Seraphim. The Virtues work collaboratively with the priestly orders t...
2024-05-28 17:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post
As physical remnants of an Angel's body grow increasingly distant to their relationship with a living entity the objectified remnants of the corpse are referred to broadly as "corpus". Culturally, corpus is often referred to by weight or volume because of the tendency to subdivide ...
2024-05-28 17:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been teasing an Angelarium tabletop RPG for a while and it's time to start sharing my work with you.
The title is a work in progress. I had a name I liked but when I researched whether or not it was in use, it turned out to already be in use by something unsavory. So, until further not...
2024-05-28 17:11:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I have been testing out methods for producing 56 minor arcana paintings in a way that's fast and efficient enough for me to cover the whole series in a reasonable timeframe and it's left me feeling rather cold.
One of the options I was considering was to create illustrations that were large...
2024-05-02 18:40:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I have sketches for all 4 Ace now and I'm confident in them as a little series, but I'm losing confidence that this is something I have the heart to make 56 new pieces for right now. While these pieces represent my painting aesthetic quite clearly, they feel much more like commissions to me than ...
2024-05-02 18:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm continuing with my approach to the Ace of Swords and I'm not unhappy with the results. This isn't the sort of thing I'm likely to make prints of, but I'd still rather make hand painted illustrations for the minor arcana than resort to printing the deck just using pips.
These are fast en...
2024-04-19 17:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the key ideas I feel confident in for the Minor Arcana is to find a distinct set of visual elements and colors that correspond to each suit. While I'm not 100% on all of them yet, I do love the idea of doing the Swords in red.
After dumping the idea of the floating hand, the next cha...
2024-04-15 19:46:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been trying to figure out what happens next now that I'm done with the Major Arcana. The logical choice is to begin working on the final 52 (!) tarot cards to finish up the deck. It's an intimidating idea so I've been rolling it around in my head a lot and experimenting with ideas on how to ...
2024-04-15 19:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I just wanted to say thanks as always for your continued support. I've got all the latest pieces of digital content up on Dropbox if you want to see more behind the art and I wanted to share this month's Patreon discount code (COMET20) to save 20% off any order from the angelarium.net.
Not too long ago I was introduced to the man behind Comet Lord Miniatures. Here's his website: https://www.cometlordminiatures.ca/
Scott and I are both indie artists. We've both made a ton of original work and m...
Sorry about the lack of updates. I've been bouncing around between different obligations recently and I'm a bit more disorganized than usual. The final (for real) illustration for the Major Arcana is complete. It's a couple weeks later than I had planned, but I am happy with the work.
The p...
2024-03-15 19:45:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
I'm happy to announce that the first mini that I commissioned a while back is now available for sale in physical form.
2024-03-15 19:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Work is progressing behind the scenes on the minis still! More new imminently!
2024-02-29 13:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Big glow up for Simikiel, Angel of Vengeance. This is one of my favorite paintings from the past couple of years, I hope you like it!
Thanks to everyone who has been supporting this series. The money here on Patreon has been the only money I've been making on the Tarot and there are still 5...
2024-02-23 20:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a history associating Simikiel with greens, but I was inspired for this piece by images of aged copper. There's something about mixing shiny copper colors with a faded green patina that felt really exciting to me.
This piece, like the last version of Justice is also inspired by Brom...
When I was discussing the idea of remaking a few of the Major Arcana cards with a friend she raised the Justice card as the #1 piece she wanted me to revisit. At first, I tried to retouch it but I'm glad I listened to her advice. This new version is quickly becoming one of my favorites from the s...
2024-02-21 15:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The 20% discount code for this month is DISASTER20! Feel free to use it on anything in the shop. We've got the Azrael plushies in stock for a bit longer.
www.angelarium.shop
I've got all the latest layered files...
2024-02-21 15:26:53 +0000 UTC View Post