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Female Wizard Contest Pencils

Bryan Fowler — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:52:31 +0000

A few posts ago I posted a finished digital painting (HERE). Cleaning up my studio I found the tight pencils I scanned in for the painting.

Call of Shadows

Bryan Fowler — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:01:54 +0000

New book release for which I did the cover for Airship 27. Press release below with link on how to buy.

The above image is the artwork without any of the title and cover element. See how it looks on the shelf right HERE.

Official Press Release

A MAN OUT OF TIME

Airship 27 Productions is proud to release its fifth book of the year; CALL OF SHADOWS, by well known fantasy adventure writer David C. Smith. Although known for its novel and anthologies starring classic and new pulp heroes from the 30s, Airship 27 Productions has occasionally ventured beyond that era umbrella.

“Every now and then, a project comes along that totally appeals to us as modern pulp,” Managing Editor Ron Fortier explained. “This was such a book. Written with all the sophistication and sensibilities of a 21st Century narrative yet capturing some of the same magic and sense of wonder the classic pulps were famous for. We’re very excited about this title.”

Restaurant owner Steve Beaudine is killed in a car accident and his beautiful wife, Ava is severely injured. After months of physical recuperation, she returns to AVA’S with the desire to keep the business going. But Tony Jasco, her husband’s partner, has plans to sell the eatery and split the profits. Ava adamantly refuses to terminate what had been Steve’s dream. She is determined to make it work no matter Jasco’s opposition.

Then the mysterious David Ehlert enters her life with a fantastic story, one straight out of a fairy tale. He claims to be a wizard and that Jasco is trying to have her killed to gain his own ends. Ava simply can’t believe such a fanciful claim…until they are attacked by magical dark forces. Suddenly she finds herself the target of a twisted, dark magician and her only salvation is Ehlert, a man claiming to have been born in 1886 but still looking young and fit.

Writer David C. Smith spins a colorful, fast paced thriller that introduces a fascinating new hero in the vein of the classic golden age pulps but with a decidedly modern day twist. It is the story of a haunted man out of time seeking redemption for past sins in a world of arcane mysteries and magiks. CALL TO SHADOWS is a masterful thriller by a veteran writer that will keep you on the edge of your chair from start to finish.

The book features a cover painted by Bryan Fowler and designed by Art Director Rob Davis with nine interior illustrations by artist Mark Saxton. Look for it at Amazon, Airship 27 Productions’ website and soon from www.IndyPlanet.com.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation !

Available now at Amazon’s Create Space
https://www.createspace.com/3829099

$3 PDF version available at Airship 27 Hangar Site
http://robmdavis.com/Airship27Hangar/airship27hangar.html

Indy Planet

http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6943

Sometimes you just can’t leave a piece alone.

Bryan Fowler — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:51:43 +0000

I remember hearing a story about Frank Frazetta about how his wife would lock him out of his own museum because she would find him reworking some of his famous paintings as they hung on the gallery wall. An artist is never satisfied with a “finished” work. Let enough time go by and he’ll find something that can be improved upon or changed in some way. I kept going back to my last piece and doing that.

Female Wizard Contest

Bryan Fowler — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:15:14 +0000

I entered a contest over at artorder.com. The are a lot of really great entries. When they post all of them up I’ll post a link.

“Stranger in a Strange Land”

Bryan Fowler — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:37:33 +0000

Working on my portfolio a bit. Here are some process shots and the final image below.

Samurai Warrior

Bryan Fowler — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:52:15 +0000

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bryan Fowler — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:06:11 +0000

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Making Magic

Bryan Fowler — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:05:43 +0000

I’ve been working on some Magic: The Gathering card game submissions and thought I’d share some of the initial work. Hopefully, I can find the time to finish it up and paint it.

Daveron

Bryan Fowler — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:56:03 +0000

If you’re a devoted follower of my blog you’ve not doubt seems some of the previous character paintings I’ve done for the “Dawn Rising” series by Michael John Grist.

Here is another.

Slave Leia and Slave Girl Oola in Jabba’s slave pit.

Bryan Fowler — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:02:47 +0000

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The Mighty Thor

Bryan Fowler — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:39:09 +0000

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Heroes Con 2011

Bryan Fowler — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:05:11 +0000

It’s that time of year again. The Heroes Convention in Charlotte , NC will be held from June 3rd to June 5th. I’ll be there all three days in space SP-22 in Artists Alley.

EARLY BIRD COMMISSIONS!!!

I’m also taking early bird commissions at over 50% off my usual price. Character of your choice, black and white or color! If you’d like to commission a piece drop me an email at bryanfowlerart@gmail.com. You can pick it up at the show (or I can always mail it to you if you prefer). Special only runs til June 3rd.

Centaur Tattoo

Bryan Fowler — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:58:04 +0000

Here’s an illustration for a Tattoo for a client. He’s doing a motif on the signs of the birth of his children. Here is Sagittarius.

Fantasy Football – 100lb Newborns

Bryan Fowler — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:42:19 +0000

This is a little different from most of the commercial work I do. My brother is in a hardcore fantasy football league and I help him co-manage the team. After last season (where we got ousted in the first round of the playoffs) he wanted me to come up with a logo for our team. Thus, the 100lb. newborn was born.

Mare

Bryan Fowler — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:33:43 +0000

Here is the 2nd illustration for the world of “Dawn Rising” by Michael John Grist. For more information you can check out his website at http://www.michaeljohngrist.com. For some crazy reason I thought it’d be a good idea to paint this one in oils and REALLY big. Big for me anyway. The original around 24″ x 39″.

Masters of the Universe – Beastman

Bryan Fowler — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:22:31 +0000

Here’s a little commission I did a few weeks back. The wife of a previous client emailed and wanted something special for her husband for a Christmas present. She wrapped up frame with a note saying she’d already paid me for a commission of his choice. A few days later he contacted me and had settled on Beastman from He-man and the Masters of the Universe fame.

Dwarf = fun but deadly.

Bryan Fowler — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:54:40 +0000

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Ravenwood Final Pencils – Step 3

Bryan Fowler — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:41:50 +0000

Here are the finished pencils. There are quite a few ways to get your final image onto your board. In my case my final image was around 20 x 30 inches. I don’t have a set process exactly to get my image on the paper. Sometime I freehand draw the entire thing from the composite reference image I put together. Sometime I use a grid method to transfer it. This time I used a projector. But you have to be careful. There are a huge number of pitfalls in tracing your reference. First, you can’t just trace it. The image will come out very stiff, proportions will be off, etc. I very quickly and loosing trace in the major outlines of the figures and a few key marks such as indicated facial feature or large blocks of shadows. This only takes 5 or 10 minutes and the next 5-6 hours will be spent doing the real drawing and fixing the inherent mistakes from the transfer process. Here is how the final came out.

I drew the image on a 20×30 sheet of 140 lb. drawing paper. I take the paper and mount it onto a wooden panel using water and Mat Medium. When everything is dry I’ve got a great surface to begin my oil painting. I first heard about the mounting process from Donato Giancola HERE. He explains the process much much better than I can.

Next: Oil Painting