"Spy Racers" Cover

I just finished the cover for Spy Racers, an upcoming vehicle and racing supplement for Sex, Lies and Ultraspies from Hex Games.

The op art background pattern was fun to do.

Leopard Women of Venus color artwork

So what with one thing and the other and whatnot, it's been a while since I updated the old Stegosaurus Studios blog. Let's fix that.
In fits and starts, I've been working on getting Leopard Women of Venus ready for a print edition. We're doing the thing in color, which means all the interior art (which was originally black, white, and red) needs to be colorized. So I've been doing that. I'm pretty happy with the results, especially the map of Venus.

Check 'em out!

GILGAMESH!

What with one thing or the other, it's been some time since I last posted. Let me rectify that.
My Leopard Women of Venus co-conspirator Leighton Connor is finishing up his latest project for Hex Games. It's an epic adventure of mythic fantasy called GILGAMESH! (All caps, with the exclamation pint!) He asked me to do art for the project, and I was happy to oblige.

Gilgamesh vs. the Rock Man!

A dastardly scorpion woman!

Mighty Gilgamesh, king of Ururk!

GILGAMESH! should be available for purchase by the end of the month. GILGAMESH!

Lemurian Commission

Behold!  A dangerous Lemurian warrior complete with armor and sonic pole-arm!
Commissioned for Thunderstep's gonzo steampunk campaign.
Fun commission. I liked how the colors turned out on this one. Enjoy!

Howard DeMune Commission!

Howard DeMune is a right proper coyote tailor from a Toon game. That rabbit is his assistant Jeeves.

Quite a fun commission to do!

Jeremiah the Frogboy

Another commission all done and ready! Behold Jeremiah Laplant, frogboy and Student of Charles Fort High.

Zatanna Commission!

My first commission for the new "Send Josh to Gencon" promotion is done!

Zatanna has always been a favorite.

New commission request are coming in, but there's still room on my plate! Checkout THIS POST for more info!

Now Taking Commissions!

Hey gang, Gencon is rapidly approaching! While I'm excited to go, my pockets are a little more empty than I'd like. How can I buy drinks for all my friends like this? To rectify this problem, I'm starting a new promotion, The Send Josh to Gencon Sketch Commission Special!


Full color character sketches are a mere $40. Black and White sketches are a paltry $10.

Any character! Any genre! Immortalize your favorite PC with an original illustration from me, good ole' JB!

Check out my Deviant Art gallery to see the kind of stuff I can do for you!

Contact me at: jlhburnett at gmail dot com




UPDATE: Round one was huge success! Big thanks to all my patrons. Now on to round two!

1. Zatanna (Finished!)
2. Jeremiah the Frogboy, in color (Finished!)
3. Blind Tiger (Finished!)
4. Hickory (Finished!)
5. Dickory (Finished!)
6. Oggie the Ogre Statuette (for OGRE), in color (Finished!)
7. Mecha Jeff punches Godzila, in color (Finished!)
8. Kosa, the Fort High kid (Finished!)
9. Howard DeMune, coyote, in color (Finished!)

Cherry Noble -- DONE!

Kerpow! I'm really pleased with how this one turned out. I like the pose. I like the look. I like the Kirby-Dot energy. I like the background design.

Dr. Cherry Noble -- Work In Progress

This is a commission I'm working on for a guy named Trilobite. (Did you know I do commissions? I totally do.) Dr. Cherry Noble (Chernobyl) is a nuclear-powered superheroine from his GURPS game. The girl that created her describes her as "Bianca Beauchamp as Powergirl."  Yeah, I had no problem accepting that request.

J.I.N.G.O. Cover

J.I.N.G.O. is my next project for Hex Games. I'm putting the finishing touches on layout as we speak.  It's a small book on how to use QAGS to recreate the joys of 1980s military adventure cartoons.  I'm quite happy with it. Leighton "Leopard Women" Connor did a bunch of awesome illustrations for the inside, while I got suckered into doing the cover. Check it out!

Look for the PDF release soon!

Laser Brigade Fanart

I mentioned before how much I love Leighton Connor's Laser Brigade comic (READ IT HERE!).
I decided to draw some Laser Brigade fan art, 'cos I like it that much.

A Stardust Comic!

Even though Leopard Women of Venus is done, I've apparently still got Fletcher Hanks on the brain!

I've talked about this guy before.

Stardust the Super Wizard has the dubious distinction of being Fletcher Hanks' most famous creation. This Superman analogue doesn't quite "fight crime" in the usual sense. As Leighton Connor describes it, he's more like an Old Testament God handing down cruel judgement.  Like all of Hanks' stuff, he's public domain, so anyone can use him, and several have.  I felt inspired to pen my own Golden Age Stardust tale, and now I'm going to share it with you. Enjoy!

The action continues after the break!

Leighton Connor's "Laser Brigade"

By good friend and Leopard Women co-conspirator Leighton Connor has a new comic he's working on called "Laser Brigade." He's scanning and posting it bit by bit.  It's got robots, spaceships, and pure concentrated awesome.  I really dig Leighton's stuff, you should check it out!

Influence Map

Artist and all around cool guy Jeff Johnson, turned me onto this Influence Map Meme created by fox-orian on Deviant Art. Like Jeff, I'm coming to this thing late, but it struck me as a fun diversion. The goal is to list your artistic influences, with the size of the artist's block relative to their importance to you. Fun times!

Let's talk about 'em...

1) Phil Foglio - Oh god yes. I fell in love with Foglio's stuff in the Myth Adventures books when I was younger. I still love him in Girl Genius and even Xxxenophile. His fun, fluid, expressive cartoon style has been a massive influence on my style, and he's the artist I get compared to the most.

2) Norm Breyfogle - Still my favorite Batman artist, bar none. He's the artist that taught me the importance of shape and shadow.

3) Mark Kistler - A.K.A. "Commander Mark." Kistler hosted an instructional drawing show on PBS when I was a kid called Secret City. I watched it very day, drawing along with Commander Mark. Kistler taught me perspective, foreshortening, and how to make "wooshing" noises while drawing. I still whisper sound effects while drawing, and my "doodles" tend to look like Kistler buildings.

4) Tony DiTerlizzi - I fell in love with DiTerlizzi's stuff back int he later half of AD&D Second Edition's run. His D&D art broke the mold formed by Easley, Elmore, and others. I love how detailed his stuff was while still maintaining  a cartoonish sense of whimsy. He's doing The Spiderwick Chronicles and other kid's books now. He's still awesome.

5) Larry Elmore - I so badly wanted to be Larry Elmore as a kid. He's still my favorite classic D&D artist. His monsters are wonderful, his women are hot, and his composition is excellent.  My biggest thrill was being able to hang out with him at the Con on the Cob "Drink & Draw" a few years ago.

6) John Buscema - He taught me to "Draw Comics the Marvel Way" and was responsible for most of the art in all the old Avengers comics I read when I first got into comics. I used to practice by redrawing panels from Avengers, substituting my own characters.

7) Bruce Timm - The artistic genius behind the golden age of DC animation. I've always loved his simple, smooth, distinctive style.

8) Ben Caldwell - I only discovered Caldwell a couple of years ago, but he's been a huge influence on me in that short time. His style mixes the expressiveness of Don Bluth with the stylized simplicity of Bruce Timm and Mike Mingola.

New Project Sneak Peek...

Yup, it's a Stardust comic!

I got you covered...

Well I fixed my banner, which had been misspelled since day one. How embarrassing.

In other news, the much-talked-about Leopard Women of Venus is just about done and almost ready to hit the world. Leighton and I are damned excited about this game, and I hope people enjoy it as much as we have. As a special treat, here's a sneak-peak preview of the cover!

Leopard Woman

My last bit of art for Leopard Women of Venus is completed. Once the manuscript is given a final okay, I'll be ready to start layout.

Here's a picture of the leopard Woman that will appear on the cover.

More Leopard Women Art for the Weekend!

For good or for ill, BASHcon is this weekend, and I probably won't get much work done.
Let me toss a couple more finished bits of Leopard Women art at you all before I leave...

Behold the Glories of Venus!

You may or may not be wondering what the surface of Venus looks like. Luckily for you, I have a map!