Everyone gets halos.
After a few days away from these paintings, I finally took an opportunity to look them over and explore what they might be missing. Turns out, I wanted to add halos to both of them. Probably not a terrible choice for an Angel themed Tarot deck :)
These glowing ri...
Here are the roughed out color palettes for this month's work.
Both are familiar and contain a decent amount of reference back to their prior incarnations. Whenever that happens I stress a bit and push to try to find a unique offramp for them. As these pieces come together, they are both l...
I had ambitions to finish two tarot paintings this month, but I didn't pay close attention to my family calendar. Kids on spring break, school field trips, and now out-of-town visitors are taking big chunks out of my work time recently. It's been nice, but I'm stretched a little thin. In the mids...
2023-03-26 17:09:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the latest draft of an Azrael, Angel of Death plush doll. What are your thoughts?
If you can think of ways to improve it, I would love to hear them while this thing is still in the design process.
Much love,
-Pete
2023-03-23 16:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The Fool represents new beginnings, having faith in the future, being inexperienced, not knowing what to expect, having beginner's luck, improvisation and believing in the universe.
Upright card (keywords): Beginnings, Innocence, Leap of faith, Originality, Spontaneity
<... 2023-03-06 14:16:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern.
Had he known what fire was,
He could have cooked his rice much sooner.
-Mumon
2023-02-23 12:11:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a really great session hanging out no the Discord and chatting with some community members I hadn't seen in a really long time. It's been way too long since I was in there, so I've been scared to come back and feel foolish for being away.
Something about embracing the persona of The F...
2023-02-17 11:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This card is easy for me to relate to.
I remember when I jumped off the wheel of employment and trusted that Patreon would catch me, I was dancing right off the edge of the cliff and expecting to walk on a cloud.
I love The Fool. So long as he stands upon his tenuous perch, those with...
2023-02-16 15:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The colors are a little close to the previous version while muted down quite a bit. I'll see where they ultimately land as I push forward with this.
This piece started life as a digital sketch and got up to this state in a single sitting. So I haven't spent enough time with it to get a sens...
2023-02-10 17:25:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I got curious about how many paintings were added to the collection since the Year 2 collectible card deck was published a few years ago. Turns out that if I include the Major Arcana series as part of the Year 3 deck, all I need to add to finish it up is the remaining revised Emanations along wit...
2023-02-10 17:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I had this idea the other day and I wanted to experiment to see if it would be cool. Typically when I experiment with simplifying my illustrations, the results don't turn out well and the idea gets scrapped. But this time out, I'm feeling pretty good about the work!
What do you think?
The Moon is a card of illusion and deception, and therefore often suggests a time when something is not as it appears to be. Perhaps a misunderstanding on your part, or a truth you cannot admit to yourself.
Upright card (keywords): Deception, Difficult period, Fear, Hidden ...
2023-02-06 22:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I wrapped up 2 tarot cards recently since I still owed one from December. All the new updates are on the Dropbox over here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qj1bbq1putlz0os/AABCiWE8xlx-5HT_mRcZ...
2023-02-06 22:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post
A time of resurrection and awakening, a time when a period of our life comes to an absolute end making way for dynamic new beginnings.
2023-01-23 12:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been playing around with a number of Photoshop alternatives as part of my exploration into making more educational content. One of the weirdest things I've tried is SAI2. It's a very old and very minimalist drawing program that I instantly fell in love with when I first tried it.
Here'...
2023-01-23 12:28:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm feeling very satisfied with the current state of this piece, so I'm going to push it forward to final from here :)
Time to find a new series on Netflix or voice chat channel to hang out in while I render. This step allows for a lot of extra brain bandwidth that I can't allow to just sit...
2023-01-20 21:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The colors share too much similarity for my taste with Israfel's first illustration, but I'm happy to have a palette easily drift its way onto my canvas. I'm tweaking it as I go to see if there is an interested variation to explore before I nail everything down.
2023-01-20 21:15:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I was supposed to be finishing The Moon, but I decided that instead of procrastinating, I should just do some sketching and see what happened. Before I knew it, I had a sketch I really liked for Judgement.
Sometimes you're just going through life and a meteor falls out of the sky. We've all...
2023-01-20 21:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been doing everything out of order recently. This piece felt like I was coming out of a slump and I was so excited that I got nervous about working on it. It's been in a holding pattern for the past few weeks but I'm about to get back to it and wrap up the final details. In the meantime I've...
2023-01-20 21:09:31 +0000 UTC View Post2022 was a unique year for me. Lots has changed and I'm learning a lot about myself. If you are curious about what's going on in my studio, here's an in depth look.
Enjoy!
Work/Life Balance
At the start of the year I rented an office space outside my house and e...
2022-12-21 16:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I keep promising myself to share stuff as I'm working on it, but it's hard for me. Whenever I've shared a work in progress, I feel beholden to stick to that piece and make it the official version. However, I sometimes run into a dead end and need to back out.
This month has been an excellen...
2022-12-21 13:49:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The Justice card indicates that the fairest decision will be made. Justice is the sword that cuts through a situation, and will not be swayed by outer beauty when deciding what is fair and just.
2022-12-02 20:03:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I am "borrowing" a color palette from one my art heroes, Brom.
In my mind, everyone thinks Brom is the best artist in the world. But I'm finding it disheartening to discover that most people I mention his name has not heard of him. It's up to me to keep the weird freak energy of his early w...
2022-11-28 22:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I made the mistake of agreeing to a make a few extra pieces as a good will gesture to online friends this month and I ended up way behind on delivering this piece. Fortunately, I feel like putting these kinds of limitations on myself always result in strong outcomes. I am feeling very strong abou...
2022-11-28 22:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post
After a long delay, I've finally gotten the Dropbox folder updated with the latest pieces along with the first couple of WiPs for this month's piece!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qj1b...
2022-11-28 22:48:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys!
Last year I spent some time doing concept art for the recently released Hellraiser movie. Obviously, it's not part of Angelarium and not a part of the work you pay me for here on Patreon, but I thought you might enjoy seeing my take on a different IP.
Here's a link to a fold...
2022-10-31 18:16:22 +0000 UTC View Post
High Priestess is a card of mystery, stillness and passivity. This card suggests that it is time to retreat and reflect upon the situation and trust your inner instincts to guide you through it. Things around you are not what they appear to be right now.
Keywords: Hidden talents, Intuition,...
2022-10-28 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Once that sticky digital paint his the canvas, the whole texture of the piece starts to transform. It's funny. After a year of seeing AI work get posted on social media, I've begun to tune out art that has that overly abstract feel to it. I'm feeling much more attached the the content of the piec...
2022-10-27 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I think I'm going through some sort of midlife crisis or something because recently I've been obsessed with making drawings again on my iPad.
For one reason or another I have generally disliked painting on an iPad, but I've been struggling to spend time drawing in my sketchbook for so long,...
2022-10-26 19:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
What we're looking at now is a mixture of 4 AI generated images layered together with some additional overpainting. This particular version of MidJourney is so noisy and low res that I really need to paint over every inch of this piece before I can call it down. The whole time I'm working on it I...
2022-10-25 17:46:40 +0000 UTC View Post