And here are your choices! One vote per person, and the poll will close when we begin our evening Twitch stream this Wednesday at 5PM EST! We will announce it live on stream and will once again share all the entries. (So if yours isn't in yet, don't worry, we'd still ...
2020-12-05 21:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we are drawing a creature that disguises itself as a pine tree, and awakes in the night to cause mischief and terror on Christmas!
PROMPT:
Beware the Carnivorous Coniferous!
When winter comes, and you venture into the snow-laden pines for this year's yuletide tree; you may find one there, which looks the very best,
but be...
2020-12-02 20:56:27 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to December, Christmas madness, and the end of 2020! Here's what to expect!
#LETSDRAWMONSTERS Christmas Edition is up tomorrow! Wednesday, 5PM EST on Twitch! Also, we are going to be (hopefully) reviewing last month's event as well.
TWITCH SCHEDULE:
We were *this* close to making partner on Twitch last month! Will we...
2020-12-01 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I have a surprise Bonus Monster for you! Meet the Dungeon Keeper! (Because you can't have a dungeon without a dungeon keeper!) He's a design that I have been tinkering with off and on for months now, trying different approaches and ideas, but never quite nailing. He originally had skulls instead of keys, but it just seemed like too much; he also had horn...
2020-11-24 16:54:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I have a hi-res vignette drawing of "Hazel" from the Unlikely Heroes Series. We did this vignette entirely on stream during the past week and the VODs will be up for a few more weeks on Twitch if you missed them!: https://twitch.tv/justingerardillustration
The image was drawn on S...
2020-11-19 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the final drawing for Montague! The Former Castle Steward and half-monster that we drew on our last Twitch Livestream! (November 11 VOD is still up on Twitch if you missed it!) We included Caspar, the Stovepipe Hero, in the scene, who we see sharing some tea with our Unlikely Hero.
The Montague drawing was rendered on a really velvety paper that is...
2020-11-13 16:57:32 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, The Chatterpillar has emerged!! This monster was actually designed back in July, but lost his duel with the Grumble Bee. Finally he has his moment in the sun! Also, he appears as an easter egg in the Scorpkin Battle, which was posted today to the Classic Fantasy Illustration Tier.
And as a bo...
2020-11-10 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
WE DID IT! Today, I am happy to finally share the Scorpkin Battle! This image was every bit as challenging and fun as I'd hoped that it would be, but also, took every bit as long as I feared it might. Thank you everyone for sticking with us and hanging out for our record 7 Twitch streams that we spent on this image! This is really exciting to finally ...
2020-11-10 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's creature is the Zombuck! A vengeful spirit of nature, both beautiful and terrible to behold!! Wait, isn't halloween over? No! I have not taken any decorations down, so that means it's still halloween for #LETSDRAWMONSTERS!
STORY: This Zombuck is said to be the result of a horrific indust...
2020-11-04 21:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, I have a bit of BONUS content for you! As many of you know, we had a dual Twitch stream with David Petersen of Mouseguard 2 weeks ago for a charity drive. Here is the final scan of mine, plus a video time-lapse, which features a fun bit of the banter at the end. The time-lapse gives a good overview of both my tight drawing and my watercolor method.
Thank you everyone who came ...
2020-11-02 21:20:21 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to November! We survived Halloween! ...*barely*
It was a great month, we launched our new series The Unlikely Heroes with Phineus the Owl Wizard as our very first vignette, we created The Glom, we painted a watercolo...
2020-11-01 14:52:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the first post in our Unlikely Heroes vignette series for the Monster of the Month!
Squeaking out the narrowest of victories, Phineus the owl wizard came in at number one. So for October our first vignette drawing shows our wizard quietly working in his library tower refuge as he occasionally scratches notes and new details about some of the mons...
2020-10-28 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, I have a hefty rewards bag for you all! I finally have The Glom is finally finished and ready to post for Halloween!
THE GLOM- A silent and towering monster, which haunts the swampy lowlands and misty forests; the Glom has no true vision, but it can hear footfalls and the crunching of leaves, sense ripples in water, disturbances in mist, an...
2020-10-27 19:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The Glom, Monster of the Month for October!
For Halloween 2020 our monsters is a possessed swamp oak, the bane of many a luckless lumberjack!
The original drawing is 8"x10" traditional pencil on bristol. It is available this week as part of the Illuxcon show!
2020-10-19 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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We finally finished the tight drawing for our first full-size illustration for the Monster of the Month series: The Scorpkin Battle. We have been drawing this image live on stream the past 2 weeks and have had a great time hanging out with you all while working on this! If you missed the streams and want to check them out, the VODs will be up for a few weeks after the time of thi...
2020-10-15 20:27:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you everyone who hung out with us and designed their own versions of this month's #LETSDRAWMONSTERS challenge. Here is a timelapse video of the complete stream! We actually finished it live!! And also as a bonus for all, here hi-res download of the final drawing:
NOW 2020-10-10 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
And here are your choices! One vote per person, and the poll will close when we begin our evening Twitch stream this Saturday at 5PM EST! We will announce it live on stream and will once again share all the entries. (So if yours isn't in yet, don't worry, we'd still l...
2020-10-08 17:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Today at 5PM EST on TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/justingerardillustration
The OCTOBER CREATURE CHALLENGE: THE HAMPIRE
PROMPT:
The Hampire: An ancient terror from the forests of the old world. It was ...
2020-10-07 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Well here goes! Today, I am excited to finally share the 20 figure line-up of The Unlikely Heroes of the Monster of the Month Series!
*Note: I have attached a hi-res download of the image to this post if you need to see these closer before deciding!&n...
2020-10-03 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the month of HALLOWEEN everyone! 🎃It's one of my very favorite months of the year, and we go all out for it here on Patreon. So what treats will we have in store this month??
First: To celebrate Halloween all month long, we are going to be making a LOT of MONSTERS! For the Monster of the Month series, t...
2020-09-30 14:08:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a really cool set for this one, with a total of 12 new brushes!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BRUSHES
For this month's monster, a lot of the detailing was done with the Toxic Toadstool #1 Brush, and a lot of the heavy lif...
2020-09-28 19:51:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The final painting from our recent Twitch Streams! This month's Tutorial is going up now as well and it features a written guide and a time-lapse video of all 4 parts of the process, from start to finish.
Thanks everyone for all the great recommendations and art direction on this one! It was definitely one of our most memorable streams!!
2020-09-25 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As I mentioned last month, I am currently doing a line-up of 12 character designs for a game called Fanstratics, from the makers of the original Heroes of Might and Magic game. Most of these will be classic fantasy archetypes. The game is still in early development, so it will be a while before there is any launch or alpha. As development continues, I wi...
2020-09-24 14:01:48 +0000 UTC View Post
So far in the Monster of the Month Series, we have focused primarily on villainous monsters. But what about ...the other guys? Isn't anyone supposed to be fighting all these monsters?? The world we've created thus far has been slimy, unruly, hostile, hairy, bitey, drunken and disorderly.
What we need are some HEROES. Even if they a...
2020-09-22 21:39:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonus post for everyone today! Last night on Twitch we had an impromptu "Twitch Draws" event, taking character concepts and ideas from the chat to design a character from scratch. This is what we came up with!
2020-09-17 19:46:03 +0000 UTC
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This month I finally wrapped up a Plague of Dragons painting an image that I have been working on sporadically for the past few months. It was a frustrating image because every time I would get started on the image, something would pop up and pull me away from it. This is usually okay, but I think the image suffered a little from me constantly putting down and picking up the brush agai...
2020-09-14 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is how our Monster for September turned out! I loved working on this one! And in truth, I wish I could just keep painting more of these knights! Sadly, other projects call and I must table them for now. I have12 others like this one (and the Rose Knight and Hedge Guard) already drawn out, and plan to share more of them when we start to reveal more...
2020-09-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, I've got a bonus drawing for you! My version of this month's #LETSDRAWMONSTERS creature: The Possum Spirit & Changeling! Drawn live on our Wednesday Twitch stream last week!
Here was our initial ink sketches for the creature:
This month's monster is a companion piece to the Hedge Guard and the Rose Knight. They are all part of the same corruption, but with slightly different outcomes. All once-noble warriors who set out to change the world, eventually being overtaken by their hatred. Looking forward to colorizing this new one.
2020-09-08 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to another #LETSDRAWMONSTERS Poll! First! Here are our category award winners! Congratulations to these fine folks for their awesome work!
And next,...
2020-09-05 14:44:40 +0000 UTC View Post