Happy belated birthday Bilbo/Frodo! I would feel like a bad LotR fan, but I'm literally in the middle of a Return of the King re-read.

No cool birds to photograph today, but saw this majestic creature.

Ye Olde Sword of Fire and Ice.

Alien Queen process.

Hand painted Nicodemus from a childhood movie fav: The Secret of NIMH.

Found an early 1900’s perfume bottle at the beach.

"Little footyhills." (after Bob Ross)

Hand painted Princess Mononoke Selvala.

Monster movie Emrakul, painted after a promo for the 1951 film 'When Worlds Collide'.

“I’m not in the business. I am the business.”

In order to achieve the realism I wanted for my Lego Counterspell, I built a scale “card” out of real Lego. I then photographed it to use as reference for the painting.

Mana Vault in the style of Da Vinci's drawings (after Mark Tedin's original illustration).

My hand painted, 63 x 88 mm reproduction of Gustave Doré's 'Satan in Council'.

To achieve the glowing effect on this Doors of Durin Fabled Passage, I first painted the design in a faint blue, then painted over that, slightly thinner, in white.

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Hey, what's up for today, Neddy?

Nicholas J. Fury.

I’ve been out of touch with Limited for FIN and EOE. Are there any cards I should adding to a high-powered Peasant Cube? Looking at 17lands top performers, nothing looks really busted?

Finishing touches on Gandalf.

Egyptian hieroglyphic Kefnet.

My tiny reproduction of Van Gogh's 1889 painting 'Cypresses'.

Hand painted Spirited Away Steam Vents. I initially pitched this image for the Studio Ghibli themed Mox Sapphire. When we went a different direction, I knew I wanted to find a card for it.

Mucha Jori En with a Academy Ruins background cameo.

Borrowed a friend’s 400mm lens to photograph this white-tailed kite that roosts near our house. I’m officially an old fogie birder.

Unglued Ancestral.

"Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing."

Blue-eyed Darner tore its wing. ☹️

In a perfect world, I’d capture every moment of my painting process. The camera poses challenges when working so small. Too far away, and you can’t see what’s happening. Too close, and it’s a pain to see and work around. Still looking forward to filming future projects.

Game over, man!

If you’re ever wondering how old a piece is, I date all my work. My signature is small and hidden, but I’ve used this convention since I started painting cards in 2008.

Greatest thief in the Multiverse.

This week’s beach finds: 1920’s salad oil, turn of the century amethyst medicine bottle, and a 1918 Buffalo nickel.

Ye olde Baleful Dragon.

lharg painted after an ancient vessel depicting the Calydonian Boar of Greek mythology.

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.

Hand painted 'Madame X' Liliana, after John Singer Sargent.

Just remembered I had a dream last night that @lordsoflimited.bsky.social won a Pro Tour but was retroactively DQ’d for a minor game rules violation in the final game. The rest of the dream was me throwing a fit about how unfair it was.

Picasso Jace.

Llanowarhol Elves.

“How do you go from transparent brush strokes to flat, opaque color?” This clip attempts to show how I slowly build up that color and eliminate brush strokes. Shorter strokes targeting less opaque areas is key.

Everything I use to alter.

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You can run, but you'll only die tired.

Painting Farewell after an Arthur Rackham illustration for ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

Art nouveau Atraxa, hand painted referencing Alphonse Mucha.

Hello there.

Watery Grave hand painted after 'Ophelia' by John Everett Millais.

Don't be afraid, I just wanna help you.

Don’t see enough people talking about Alien: Earth. One of my favorite franchises, and show is off to a promising start.