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Patreon Patrons
I have recently created a Patreon page, where I will be posting about my works-in-progress, and indeed sharing draft chapters as things move forward.
I want to express my deepest thanks to those who have joined the Gold Level of my noble Patrons.
Bradley Rader
Tag Archives: Fantasy
New Digital Artwork
It’s been a while since I last did much artwork, and lately I’ve been feeling itchy about wanting to do some. Now I certainly want to do some physical painting, but that involves clearing out some work space, and unfortunately, … Continue reading
The Masks of the Masque of the Silmarils
Way back in the “Dark Ages” — okay, the mid-1980s — I had been thinking about J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, and the various fates of the gem stones in the story. Thinking about it to the degree of considering writing a … Continue reading
Posted in Three Dimentional
Tagged Acrylic, Fantasy, Mythlore, Silmarillion, Tolkien, Valar
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Designing a Fantasy Character
The Inktober project continues. Offering Number 4 is actually an exercise at drawing a character from my fantasy novel, The Ring of Adonel. His name is Fiád, and he is a member of a secondary rank of angelic beings in … Continue reading
Art for an Arveniem Story
In the last six years of learning SEO work, one thing that has come up over and over is that search engines, Google in particular, look for images on webpages, unique images. So, as I lay plans to post a … Continue reading
Dyikerah’s Wreath
After I created my Spring Floral Wreath, I started thinking about other possibilities for floral wreaths. The first thing that occurred to me was making one for my friend, Victoria Morris. She’s been a good friend through trying times for me, … Continue reading
Posted in Three Dimentional
Tagged Dragons, Fantasy, Floral Wreath, Victoria D. Morris
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More from James A. Owen’s Coloring Book
Each of the pages in James Owen’s book All the Colors of Magic has fun challenges to them. He achieves many amazing effects with his pen and ink work. Putting color to those pieces that is worthy of them really pulls out … Continue reading
Joining the Adult Coloring Book Fun
I’ve actually enjoyed “coloring book” fun since … oh, the 1980s, when (as they were called then) Altair designs became available. I have done many of those (and will upload some of them shortly). Recently, the relaxation for adults of … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Coloring Books, Dragons, Fantasy, Ink, James A. Owen, Stippling
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Elemental Dancing Part 2
In an earlier post, I displayed the first two of a set of four. Drawing of dancers representing the medieval “four elements” – earth, air, water, and fire. The first two were “Firedancer” and “Winddancer”. I finally finished the other … Continue reading
Sandman Fan Art
I don’t usually do fan art, but I have to admit that recently I’ve been very impressed by some ink brush sketches of Sandman characters that Colleen Doran has been doing this month. I’ve been doing several art cards (actually … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Illustration
Tagged Colleen Doran, Comics, Dream, Fantasy, Ink, Sandman
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Elemental Dancing
I had taken a break from some of my other work, and was doing another art card. The idea that ran through my mind was of a dancer, silhouetted in black with flames coming off her. Trying to draw fire, … Continue reading
