aaronace

Just been really busy, both freelancing and with studio work. Just finished ten sketches for the next L5R set, and I'm really happy with a couple of them. Might be my best L5R cards yet... I'll post 'em when I can.

Meanwhile, the daily dose is still going strong on the Suzerain blog, Here's the latest entry, her name is Jen. She's a phoenix about to transform. Suzerain has some great races to choose from, but I think this is my favorite.

Another image for Talisman's 'In Character' series, this one depicting a stalker (Suzerain's take on the vampire) pirate.

This is Sorcha, a Star Shaman from Suzerain's Untamed Empires setting.

I had a few deadlines collide last week, so I didn't get a chance to do any new pieces for my journal, but I did manage to keep up on the Talisman Studios site. Sorcha is the latest in our new 'In Character' series, with illustrations and flash fiction published daily, Monday - Friday. If you like swashbuckling, war ships, magic, and pirates, come take a peek, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Taking a cue from gmskarka...

Illustrating
* Suzerain Illustrated #1, the first in Talisman's new line of illustrated novellas. This one is titled The Legend of Five Shadows, a western-flavored horror story written by Michelle Klein (shellefly), with illustrations by Jason Engle and yours truly.
* A few illustrations for the latest open_design project, can't really say more.
* A five-page Untamed Empires comic with Jason Engle.
* 'In Character' portraits 6-15 for a 15-part serial running daily m-f in the Talisman Studios Suzerain journal (a project spawned from my [daily dose] posts here).

Designing
* Relic (Suzerain's Dark Fantasy RPG setting) world map for playtest groups.
* Relic focus map - the prison city of Isirion (sketch & illo below cut).
* A set of Gamescapes tile maps... a western boomtown.
* 13 new logos/titles for upcoming books.

Art Directing
* Mr Vermilion's Carnival, a set of Gamescapes character cards by Michelle Klein (shellefly) and Alida Saxon (seian).
* A set of fantasy Figure Flats - a Gamescapes/Relic crossover by Frank Walls and tbd colorist.
* Suzerain Hero RPG by Aaron Rosenberg (gryphonrose).

Writing
*Isirion primer for Relic playtesters.

( Relic teasers )

The roads are lovely, dark and deep…

There are things in the world that no laws account for – things that bestow blessings no man remembers or curses for slights long past. But the things, they do not forget. They wait for the right hand to fall upon them, the right eyes to see their glory, the right heart to recognize their power.

Midnight Roads includes:
• A host of story hooks, sample locations and supporting characters suitable for chronicles on the go.
• New systems for car repair, hotwiring and vehicle modifications.
• Contains new Merits related to stunt driving and survival on the road in the World of Darkness.

Midnight Roads is a supplement for the World of Darkness.

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The first White Wolf book with my work in it was released on my birthday. Woot! You'll find a couple of my pieces behind the cut.

( WoD artwork )

Another really old one (2003)... was never happy with the lighting, so it went in the archive unfinished. Spent 10 minutes touching it up, then decided to just post it.

If you want to write something to go with this piece, drop me a line at aaronace [at] gmail [dot] com. If you like what you see, please leave a tip for your writers and artist. If you'd like to see more, just scroll through previous entires. Enjoy!

Miles and I were talking and fancied stretching our creative muscles, so we've decided to start posting new Suzerain content daily, Monday - Friday. Each day we'll post an illustration and a piece of flash fiction linked to it. Together they'll offer a little insight to the Suzerain universe. Watch out for hints on stuff that's yet to come!

This week, we're running a feature we're calling 'In Character', which spotlights a new character each day. We hope you enjoy reading about them as much as we enjoyed creating them.

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Yup, the daily dose idea caught on with the studio, so I'll be posting there daily. I'll try to keep up here, so I can still collaborate with all of you too.

Fun stuff.

Here are two characters from The Best Little Hellhouse in Texas, Talisman's next adventure toolkit for the Suzerain RPG, written by Phil Brucato (satyrblade) and Zach Welhouse (nekobasu).

If you want to write something to go with this piece, drop me a line at aaronace [at] gmail [dot] com. If you like what you see, please leave a tip for your writers and artist. If you'd like to see more, just scroll through previous entires. Enjoy!