BaronEngel

Planting the flag

Luna looked back over her shoulder at the strange bipedal being that had come bouncing across the lunar landscape to her and interrupting her moon-bathing. Lifting her sunglasses she addressed the newcomer. 

       "I don't know who you are, but be careful with where you plant that flag."

        The astronaut just stared at her. NASA had planned and trained him for almost every possible contingency an...

Floating around

The first drawing from my last Picarto stream. The theme of this stream had been the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 on the moon. So I was doing various related space themed art. 

     In this case it's one my muses Rosemary Parker in a Space 1899/steam punk themed drawing. My next stream will be August 17th at 5:30pm Pacific. Also if...

Apogee

This is final drawing from last night's Picarto stream. The stream was space themed because of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

   The character here is Apogee. She belongs to ShinodaGE . She's the daughter of Jet Stream and Delta Vee. You can learn more about them by foll...

50th Anniversary Moon Landing stream!

It's one small step for man, one giant leap for Petina!  Yes today is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.  So tonight 7/20/19 starting 5:30pm Pacific I'll be doing a space themed Picarto stream!  2019-07-20 15:43:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Roughs for the Bottled Six

In recently posted a piece of Rarity in a bottle called Bottled Beauty. The piece was inspired by a commission I'm doing for a Snivianmoon.  Although Bottled Beauty wasn't directly connected with commission he purchased it. We got a chatting and between working on  other projects...

Ice Cream Float

Fluttershy looked down at words printed in white letters on the pink baby-doll tank top she was wearing.

      Sit. Behave. Obey.

      She looked back up at the pony who'd asked the question. "Oh! Um. Well. I'm in charge of animal control here in Ponyville. I run the animal shelter here in town. I guess you'd say I'm, uh, the resident expert in these parts. Beside I have natural affinity for communicating with critters. ...

Ambush

 That evening as Half-cock and her team prepared to return home in my Equestria dreamscape Yer in trouble! others were spilling more blood. Shirakal eyes slowly opened. The campfire she'd lit earlier that evening had almost burned down leaving only a few, small, flickering flames. The griffin looked around the clearing. Something had brought her out of her slumber. Without movin...

Art stream 7/20/19

This Saturday 7/20/19 starting at 5:30pm Pacific I'll be streaming on Picarto. So join me for an evening of art, stories, D&D report, and some really great folks. This will be my final stream before Bronycon.  See you there! 

Sun and surf

This is a piece of art I started during my 6/22/19 Picarto stream. Then finished later and promptly misplaced. Oops!  Well I found it again so I am using it to remind folks that I'll be streaming again this Saturday 7/20/19 starting at 5:30pm Pacific. Once again on Picarto. This will be my final stre...

When things go wrong

When I was in art school we were taught that the true mark of  a professional was not how they performed when everything went right,  but how the performed when everything went wrong. Boy howdy did I hit a  landmine today! It is only by good luck and a lot of thinking that I've  found a workaround.

     Normally when I've done my traditional mixed media of colored pencil,  marker, gouache, and technical pen the markers I've used are Tombow  b...

We can do this the hard way

Darrea looked around as her forces went about subduing the inhabitants of the small village. They'd selected this village specifically because its remoteness and the small squad mercenaries hired by the local lord to protect it had been sent north to investigate reports of orc raiders on the King's Road. 

      The leader of raid grinned and thought to herself. Good luck with that search. She knew they wouldn't find those supposed orc raiders ...

Bottled Beauty

Primarily working on commission and Patreon rewards today. This isn't directly connected to an upcoming Rarity genie picture, but it is inspired by it. So enjoy some beauty in a bottle. 

Apex Predator

Another patron reward. This time for ColdSilverD. Continuing a series of drawings I'm doing for him depicting anthro MLP mares wearing swimsuits. This time it's Nightmare Moon. 

      The general request was for her to be sexy but still projecting an aura of being dangerous. So I decided to give her that apex predator look; the same elegant, graceful...

Flying at sunset final figures 02

The second set of figure drawings I did before transferring them over the final working surface. Flying at sunset WIP By doing the drawings on separate pieces of paper I kept the amount erasing I did on the final work surface which kept it more pristine. 

       Also it allowed me to make xeroxes of drawings at different sizes to make l...

Flying at sunset final figures 01

This is some of the final figure drawings for Marshall's patron reward piece. Flying at sunset WIP  Once I had worked the final poses and confirmed them with the client I transferred them over to the final working surface.

Flying at sunset WIP

I may not be posting as many finished pieces in the next couple of weeks as I work to finish several large color pieces for patrons and clients. Especially with Bronycon coming up. This is a piece I am doing for Marshall. At this point I just have the preliminary under colors in place.

Snow Leopard Kris

Another patron reward for one of my long time Foundation patron and supporter McClaw. I started this piece during my last Picarto stream. It's a snow leopard variant of his oc Kris who I've done a couple of drawings already. 

The defender of the forest

Grozgash's axe went still as he paused in his chopping of the tree. Slowly he looked around the forest clearing. He was part of a group of goblin pioneers sent out by his goblin lord to obtain timber in preparation for an attack on a nearby human settlement. His lord Nashkrak had determined that walls of the settlement were too high for them too easily scale. Therefore they were going to assemble scaling ladders to help climb the walls. Along with that a team of bugbears would attempt to brea...

Joseph

Another patron reward for Seth Drake that I started during my last Picarto stream. Once again the character is the patron's oc. The character's name is Joseph, and as you can probably guess his current occupation is that of a baker. 

Chastity

A patron reward for J. McDermott. The character's name is Chastity. The patron wanted the character who's a military officer sitting and reading. The drawing is inspired by the unfinished portrait of Admiral Alexander Shishkov done by George Dawe 2019-07-08 17:09:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Buy a mare a drink?

Fleetfoot took a sip of her Aviation and then set the cocktail back on the bar counter. She took a moment and stared at her almost empty glass. Then she turned a glanced back over her shoulder.

   "Are you going to just stand there staring, or are you going to to buy a mare a drink?"

   This was the final drawing from last night's2019-07-08 03:56:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Art stream 7/6/19

Alright. California may be rocking and swaying a bit but not as much as Carousel can. Therefore the show must go on! Tonight 7/6/19 starting at 5:30pm Pacific I'll be streaming again on Picarto . So join me for an evening of art, stories, 2 D&D reports and some really great folks. See you there!

I got myself a new hat

  A brief moment from a recent dream in my anthro MLP dreamscape.  

Applejack swung open the main door to the barn and then sauntered into the still dimly lit interior. Celestia's great orb was still ascending in the east and the summer day was scheduled to be a toasty one.  The farm mare was rather annoyed that her big brother had taken off before dawn with Applebloom in one of the family trucks to supposedly run some errands. That left her along with Grann...

Art stream 7/6/19

This Saturday 7/6/19 starting at 5:30pm Pacific I'll be streaming on Picarto. So join for an evening of art, stories, and some really great folks. See you there!

Back in the saddle

Another moment from my Anthro MLP dreamscape. Carousel and Petina spend some quality time together having fun. 

The best things in life

The grownup anthro CMC in my Anthro MLP dreamscape have formed the metal band Flying Fingers. Their latest album is called Let it all hang out! The third track is called The best things in life. This was a scene from the music video for the song. 

Mares of the wasteland

Three study drawings of Little Pip, Blackjack and client's OC Cinnamon Cider for an upcoming Fallout Equestria commission. Particularly for Blackjack I need to make sure I have her at the right form since the character's appearance evolves extensive throughout her history. 

For the Institute

A patron reward for DocSpit. The mare's name is Iris and she's a synthpony from the Institute of the Fallout 4 universe. 

       Designing firearms for beings with no hands is an interesting challenge. For this particular design I used modification and refined version of the thumb trigger that has been explored and used in the real world.  ...

Yer not from around here r' ya?

Amber cinched the laces of his right boots tight then he finished the knot. With that accomplished he stuffed sheathed a short double-edged boot knife into outside edge of the boot. The spring clip on the sheath snapped on to the lip of the boot. 

       The late morning wind rattled the frame of the window of the hotel room he'd been staying in for the last couple of days. The Critical Mass Hotel was hardly palatial but the linens on the bed had ...

Who are you?

Amber ducked down behind rusting remains of the burned out vehicle putting the engine between him and the raider's gunfire. The sound of bullets rattling off the long dead motor reminded him of hailstones on a tin roof. 

         With some resemblance of cover the pony/dragon hybrid began the process of reloading his battle rifle. He only had three full magazines left. 60 rounds of ball ammo. It sounds like a lot unless you're in a gun b...