aaronmiller

Crossbow Steve!

We all need a hand from Crossbow Steve. 

Steve will be coming to you in the next wave. He'll lend a hand or a crossbow when needed. He even has a famous line I think "You have my crossbow." I swear we've all heard it in ...

Fae Wave Art and Special Treat

I wanted to share the line up with you all. They are all pretty fun on their own. I wanted them to be focused but also feel small. Let me know which one is your favorite.

Also, as a very special treat I'm giving everyone getting a token one free foil token! I've added this ...

Three more Fae Wave tokens

Here's three more for you guys. If you're keeping count that's 9 total. Since we're still past my first goal; the free sketch version, which will be the Faerie Token. I wanted to make sure you all got one more; an Energy Token.&n...

Three more Fae Wave samples

Here are three more samples of what would be in the Fae Wave. Votes are still favoring this wave so I felt pretty confident making these for you guys. I love the Faerie and will probably use this one moving forward and phase out the other one I have. With this being such an odd wave and we're sti...

#happypatronsday

I wanted to make sure I reached out today of all days to thank all my amazing patrons. Whether you are or were a patron you made a difference in my creativity. The projects you've all allowed me to pursue have already impacted the work I create for myself and for my clients. I'm sure you're all a...

Food Token Art update

I'm excited to share the art for the Food Token. I worked on a ton of sketches based on the original idea. I finally found a direction that I felt added more of the food direction I wanted to go and keep the fun nature of wanting to add a bear. 

The drawing was super fun and will be on...

Food Token sketch progress

I’m on the road to Illuxcon and had a fun idea for the food token. As much as I like food I’d rather paint animals. So, I want to paint one of the three bears, or a neighbor, eating porridge. This is just my first pass for an idea but I wanted to share the fun idea. Plus maybe a Bear Token al...

Heading to Illuxcon next week

This has been a very busy month. I was just in the Netherlands for Magic Fest Utrecht (my dad came with me). And I'm packing like crazy for Illuxcon next week. I hope to see some of you there!

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Inktober 02

I have a number of Spirit Tokens to do. Each one will play on a theme I've found on some Inktober prompts. Sword was a fitting prompt. A haunted sword. A cure to the next champion to wield it.

Inktober 01

I've always had a little bit of fear of Inktober. I just never felt like I can wield ink like I can paint. And seeing some many amazing inks made me a little shy as well. But today I decided I'd dive in for as long as I could for the month. I had one patron at the Angel tier and it felt like the ...

Zombie Knight!

Alright folks, artwork is done for the Zombie Knight. Working on the iPad Pro has been awesome. I still love painting in oils so I'm not switching over. Just adding a fun tool for projects. It's great for sketching out my work and getting away from my desk. Sometimes we need to be in different sp...

Signatures on Magic Cards

If you've been to a Magic event lately you'll have noticed that most of us artists have all sorts of new signature options. My favorite so far is the foiled signature. I call mine a Dragon Fire. I learned how to do it from Howard Lyon. I think Steve Argyle is the only other MtG artist offering th...

Coming to the Patreon Member Shop

September 1 I'll add the commander playmat to the shop. It will be $15.99. I'll update you all with the new password for the member shop on the 1st.

About half of my stock sold at MF Vegas. And the folks that got them were pretty excited to begin using them.

I'll also be adding a Hell...

Post Magic Fest Vegas

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to pop in to say that I've been thinking of you guys. And welcome to the new folks! It was awesome meeting some of you in person at the event. I got home late Sunday so I could get right back to work on Monday. I'm sorta catching up with where I'd like to...

Zombie Knight soon!

I was recently able to get an iPad Pro and Procreate. It's what's turned out to be an amazing pairing for mobile digital painting. I'm so impressed and felt extremely confident right out of the box. There's still a lot to learn about the app but I've been able to work on 3 projects already. One w...

GP VEGAS

Vegas is next week. I'm already not ready. I can't tell you how much juggling goes on as a freelancer. I can say I have one more Magic card in the stack though. This week is completing 2 more projects. I'll wrap up my faerie project with the Florence Griswold Museum and a character concept for a ...

Monkey Wave Update

I'm kind of in shock. The metal tokens arrived before the regular tokens. So, for the first time in a very long time I'll be shipping all the tiers out at the same time. I should have the regular tokens tonight and start packing everything up in the next day or so.

For new patrons, the meta...

Monkey Wave Alternate

Hi everyone,

if you're part of the Monkey Wave, here's the alternate art version. Suitable for that 2/2 monkey cage situation. I'm working on all the files and going to place my orders once I get my patron count. Again, if you are a new patron and want in, you can preorder some tokens from ...

Monkey Wave Update

Monkey Wave patrons! heads up!

The monkey artwork is finished. I'm working on all the print files. I still need to create the alternate version. I'll  post that tomorrow as an update. Once that's done everything goes to the printer. I expect to have things to ship to m...

Zombie Knight Wave

Once I've completed the Monkey Wave we'll all get excited for the Zombie Knight Wave. Here's one of my favorite sketch passes so far. Not sure how much or what will change but the idea is solid.

I just wanted to get you all excited! And also let the new fol...

Just a Sliver Token

These are not for sale. They will be free. I don't have a set amount I'll order or a set way someone will get one. More than likely They will get added to mailings until I run out. I add free things to mailings all the time. I might have them at events. Especially if you ask nicely. 

W...

Treasure Skull Collection

The campaign is live and already funded. I know some of you are backers already. Thanks so much!!!

Please check it out if you have a moment.  2019-07-02 12:35:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Quick Reminder

I just wanted to remind some of you that there are new tiers. You are more than welcome to stay where you are but I think I made some of the new ones amazing enough to pick a new one.

I'm furiously working on my last of a group of 4 Magic assignments. Then I'll move onto painting up the mon...

Monkey - Progress

Hi Everyone!

We have a few new folks that have joined up. Welcome!

This past week I've been teaching at the Fantasy Art Workshop Illustration intensive in Milwaukee, WI. And was it ever intense. Let me just give you a small example based on the hours. Wake up at 7 everyday and it's go...

Monkey -Drawing

Art update!

Monkey drawing is wrapped up. There's a lot going on with this piece. The working title so far is "Key Keeper and the Vault of Secrets." Working with opposites the Key Keeper is blind, as is justice. You've likely seen the blind figure with scales. It then made sense that the to...

Monkey - concept sketch

This is generally how I work. Now getting here is still a juggling act of sketching, writing, thinking, looking, thinking, googling, thinking, and more thinking.

Starting with just the word monkey endless ideas can be conjured up. I thought I'd go with some pirate thief on an airship. Nothi...

New and Adjusted Tiers!

I'm a while away from being able to tackle a new painting. I have 4 Magic commissions and a few others going on. I know I'll be working on sketches though. Keep an eye out for those updates. 

In the meantime I've updated the tiers. And I think you'll all love them. And if you don't, gu...

Monkeying Around

That's what's happening in the studio. I'm monkeying around with ideas. I have the help of fellow patron James to help with the future of your tiers. That's been amazing and no one will be unhappy. I'm working on the them for the next token, which might be obvious. I need to monkey around with so...

Metal Tokens are in! Sort of...

I wish this wasn't the case but the vendor forgot about the April order for the Mask Wave. I have the Devil/Crossover Wave in hand and will get those out. I apologize for all those waiting. I'll combine some of the packs to get the most to you without making the process disorderly. So expect pape...

Illusion Alternate

This was fun to work up. There's always some detail that just makes it feel just right and the blue dust was just the last thing it needed.

I'm getting all my orders placed now. Since I am doing this before the Backerkit store is opened I will have limited quantities on extra items.

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