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The Dungeon Master Series "Oathhammer" Preview

Many of you are asking, "What ever happened to the Dungeon Master Series?" And, "Does Justin even draw anymore?" and, "Are all of his castles built on a foundation of LIES?!?...

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Martians of the Month: Robots and Rock Raiders

This month we've got 2 new spreads from the Martian of the Month Sketchbook!

The first features some very outdated technology that is well past its planned obsolescence date...

&n...

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Martians of the Month for February

Today we continue on our sightseeing tour of the galaxy with 2 interplanetary menaces:

 

First, the "Stranded." Leftovers from the leviathan invasion, who were left aboard ships when the Levi...

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Mulberries, Moss, & Poison Hemlock. Good & Evil Spirit Drawings for February!

 

Today I have 3 drawings of characters to introduce to you from the Good & Evil Spirits project. This first one is a yet-to-be-named walking pebble the locals simply call ...

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More Secret Project Sketches...

Today I have a few more exploratory sketches to share with you from the *secret* project I am working ...

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Martians of the Month

This month for the martian sketchbook, I am working with Squids!

The mainstay units of their invasion fleet. I have been looking forward to working on these characters f...

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"The Aphid Rancher" Final Color and Guide

This month's Monster of the Month is the Aphid Rancher. Though not quite a monster himself, his aphids definitely are. (If you ask the tomato plant anyway.) The Aphid Rancher is a chara...

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Secret Project Sneak Preview

For some time now, my wife Annie and I have been developing a nature guide book together. It is in the early stages, and not quite ready to be released out into the wild, but I plan to start sharing the ...

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Airship Battles and Behind-the-Scenes Previews

This month I have a painting of some glorious aerial mayhem for you! It is a cover for a tabletop game featuring airships and sky islands. (I will link it here when it goes live.) The cover was a ton of fun to...

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October 8th, A Sighting in the Woods

At 9:13 on October the 8th, I had just let my dogs out and was standing on the porch when I heard something crunching in the woods near my house. The dogs barked and ran back to the door. As I turned to look toward the direction of the sound I was startled by a tiny creature with 4 wings and a fr...

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Justin Gerard's Materials List for Mobile Pencil Artists

In this post I am going to share my favorite materials for drawing "under-the-circumstances".  This is something I developed out of necessity after having kids, while trying to maintain a work/life balance of watching them as babies, and also keeping my job. Now that they are o...

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Roadmap 2025

As dangerous as it is to make New Year’s resolutions, or big plans for a year in general, I still like to set some basic goals and expectations. Having a target helps me stay motivated, and always results in greater productivity and accomplishment for me. So without further ado, here are the View Post

2024 YEAR in REVIEW

At the end of a year I like to look back and see what my goals for the year were, and do a post-mortem on how my plans turned out. One might think that this kind of harsh internal scrutiny at one's own f...

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Martians of the Month for December 2024

 

This month, as promised, we are catching up on spreads for the Martian Sketchbook. First!: We've got the giant caterpillars, the "Ion Worm" and the "Plague Tyrant". Their webs overtake entire sp...

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Drawings for December 2024!

This month for the Classic Fantasy Art Series I have a quick preview of what's on the easel next for me:

Some of you may recognize this particular cast of characters. I had e...

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Spacefarer's Guide Redesign and New Pages

Today I am happy to share (what I hope is) the FINAL FORM of the Spacefarer's Guide to Intergalactic Pests!  It’s been a blast making drawings for the book, something I’ve been doing in the evenings before bed. (Nothing like going to sleep with alien horrors on the ...

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ROADMAP + Letsdrawmonsters Poll!

First, before we get into what you can expect on here for the month, let's reveal what the patented JustinAI bot gave us for #LETSDRDAWMONSTERS this month!:

As ...

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Happy Halloween!!

You encounter a small Doglin wizard. He offers to help you on your quest. Do you accept?

Happy Halloween everyone!

-jg

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6 Photoshop Brush Sets

Attached below is big .abr file with all 6 of my brush sets for 2024 so far. I'm sorry they are so late, I have been putting this post off for a loooooong time...

I made these 6 sets and meant to post them several months ago, but then Adobe Photoshop BETR...

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Halloween Drawings from the Dark Wizard's Market...

Today I have some early Halloween drawings for you from the Dark Wizards Market!

These are all exploratory work for the 2026 Dungeon Master Series. As with a lot ...

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Illuxcon Originals Preview

Hello all, some bad news for any of you attending Illuxcon later this week. Annie has come down with pneumonia, and at this moment, it seems like we aren't going to be making it to this year's Illuxcon....

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Snap POLL for the Next Watercolor Warrior!

I need your help choosing which character to paint for this month's watercolor warrior! "Warrior" may actually be too strong a term for most of these figures. Theme-wise, these are all characters you might meet if you were running a booth at a market for Dark Wizards...

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Hi-Res October Drawings : Part I

I've been busy drawing this month and today I have a collection of several hi-res drawings to share with you! All of these were done in preparation for this year's Illuxcon where I plan to display the originals for sale. The images are explorations for the next iteration of ...

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#LETSDRAWMONSTERS No.30 & October Roadmap!

Update Oct. 2, 2024: My computer crashed, then caught fire, and finally was pulled into the warp by cosmic demons, just as I launched the scheduled stream today. I am hastily ordering new parts, and hoping to get them in and up in time do the stream 10AM EST on Friday October 4, 2024. More up...

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"Kobold With a Cold" and a Trove of Other New Drawings!

I am NOT dead, and yes I still make art! We survived hurricane Helene with only minor scrapes, and while the power is still on here I am uploading a batch of much-delayed art for you! First, a much delayed hydra:

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#LETSDRAWMONSTERS #29 "The Terrorkeet"

This month we are back with a classic! The Terrorkeet is the creature for September and we will be getting started within the hour!

As per our new format, this offering is what we received by chance from a set of 3 random offerings from the cards. It was a close one t...

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September Watercolor Warrior!

I'm back from DragonCon! It was an amazing show and we had an awesome time there this year. We ate good food, saw crazy costumes, bought some amazing art, ...and brought back a bit of the classic con cr...

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Psst... DragonCon Previews! I got DragonCon previews for you!

It's that time of year again and I've got a couple posts to share some of the goods that I'll be purveying this year!:

First, we've got a ton of prints and originals from our recently-released car...

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Dungeon Master Series Calendar & New Illustration!

This month I am pleased to finally release the Dungeon Master Series 2025 Calendar!

It features all...

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#LETSDRAWMONSTERS Returns! Starting Today at 10AM EST

Live on: twitch.tv/justingerardillustration

As promised, today we dive back into LETSDRAWMONSTERS! It's season 2 and this time, we are letting the fishbowl fates decide the prompt for us!...

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