Vindictiveness

"This fog comes from Evil, and the soul of the crew is on the burning wood until nothing was left but ashes..."
In the history Engaging the Belial occurs a clash between twelve Knights and a lot of pirates' dead bodies from the Black Galleon.
An epic and mystic tale of pirates, miracles, demons, faith and fire. And a bloody big illustration for all of you.

Duel of Fates

I also illustrate a pirates history for Sulaco Ediciones. It was called Engaging the Belial. You may have already seen a couple of drawings from that series in previous posts.
Now I will show you one of my favorites in that story.
It is a pencil illustration about a duel with swords. I enjoyed so much the scene, that I drew details from all sides.
I'm posting it in a high resolution so you may enjoy it.

Creatures of the Night

Bats, Owls, Vampires, and other things that go bump in the night reminds me a little poem (in freestyle!) about Halloween that fits perfectly with the illustration I'm posting this time....

"Having Witches cast their spells
an absolutely frightening night
living vampires roam about drinking innocent peoples blood
lights can very well go out without being shut off
Owls hoot ominously in the night air
Werewolves eat the flesh of any animal
eating bears and raccoons alike
evil spirits fly about with the intention of bringing fear.
No where to hide,and no where to run"

And the original goes to...

The drawing has ended, my friends.
The winner is Elisabeth Bathory. Please, feel free to contact me and let me know your real name and the address where I can send the original Daredevil page. Congrats!

Now I'm posting an old model sheet for the main characters in Sage series.
Brand new day, old stuff.

Have no fear (or a litlle...)

Well, here it is! This is the original page (A3) I'm going to give for free tomorrow. Only for all the registered followers of this blog (if you're not, register now!).
It's a pencil work from a Daredevil submission.
I'm posting it in a high resolution for you to see.

Do you feel lucky?

I have thought that to be grateful for your loyalty, next November 13th --first birthday of Loren Jr.-- I will give one of my original drawings to one of the friends who follow this blog (I mean: only for the registered followers).
I still haven't chosen the drawing itself, but I truly believe that it will be a good occasion to share friendship and art.
Good Luck to all of you!

Ruddy and Dark Countenance

In my professional career I was tied a lot of time to Sulaco Studios (now it's called Malaka Studios). One of my works there was to illustrate a book on vampires. I drew several illustrations, some of which already have been showed. Now it's the time to do the same with the rest.

Vampire Bats: Although many cultures have stories about them, vampire bats have only recently become an integral part of the traditional vampire lore. Indeed, vampire bats were only integrated into vampire folklore when they were discovered on the South American mainland in the 16th century. The literary Dracula transforms into a bat several times in the novel, and vampire bats themselves are mentioned twice in it.

Pirates boarding!

Another Conan's pin-up. This time, paying more attention to Bêlit. Who is she? In the fictional universe of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Bêlit is a pirate queen who has a romantic relationship with Conan. She is Conan's first serious lover. She appears in Howard's Conan novelette "Queen of the Black Coast". And now, she is here, fierce, asking for boarding an enemy's ship...