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Commercial Illustration:


Below is a sampling of the well over a hundred illustrations -- full color paintings for cover art and collectible card art, and black-and-white interior illustrations -- that I completed for the role-playing game Over the Edge and its companion collectible card game On the Edge, both games published by Atlas Games

Select originals are available to collectors, and prints are available of a few of these.  Others, not on the website currently, done for Atlas Games and other RPG companies are also available.  Feel free to contact me with those titles that interest you.




at left:  detail of "Angry Young Man"
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Big Brother is Watching

Angry Young Man
Ghost in the Machine

Catch of the Day

Zipper

Gun Metal

In a Serious Bind

Big Business


Cosmic Singer

Peace Officer

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
-- Katherine Hepburn
My stints in commercial art sharpened my skills in design and taught me to work faster in order to meet the deadlines.  The contracts were rather particular on that point, as the clients' needs were usually "time sensitive".  In other words, they'd usually waited until the eleventh hour to even consider the visual aspects of their project.  No problem -- their procrastination simply became my rush order, and I charged accordingly to cover the 'agony factor'.

My assignments included: fashion illustration; t-shirt / trophy / corporate identity design; promotional portraits; and even 'house portraits'. 

While all this provided me great impetus to develop speedy techniques with various media, I'm not terribly eager to do it again -- unless the project is both interesting and accompanied by Appropriate Compensation.  Smoke up the skirt is nice, kids, but it won't keep the lights on or buy any groceries. 

Despite the well-hidden pitfalls of doing commercially contracted work, I'm still in love with the graphic arts, graphic design, and really spiffy fonts.







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