Drawing Details from my work on The Green Bone Saga, by @fondalee.bsky.social. (1/4) Prints of this piece are still available through the end of the week at www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints! The drawing is everything (and it isn't easy for me), so when it comes to drawing: stay cut, keke 💚💪

This is going to look SO GOOD on my wall

Happy birthday to @fondalee.bsky.social's "Jade City," B1 in The Green Bone Saga! I went nuts painting a huge montage of characters and moments from the series, for @orbitbooks.bsky.social's box set. Now, for 7 days only, oversized prints of the art are available here: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints

Happy release day to the very special Orbit Gold edition of the trilogy of my heart. 💚 Thank you @orbitbooks.bsky.social and @tommyarnoldart.com (Last day to take advantage of the 20% preorder discount! Link below.)

In Sekhmet's Wake: one of my favorite paintings of late, for one of my favorite recent reads. This banger by @jdrhodesman.bsky.social is out now, fast on the heels of Book 1. www.amazon.com/Sekhmets-Wak...

2012: I read about early plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. I want to go there 👀 2012-24: I work a lot 👷‍♂️ 2024: Two of my covers are among the first-ever digital paintings acquired by the aforementioned museum 😅😱 2025: George talks about the #lucasmuseum at #SDCC. I still want to go there 🚀

More #Murderbot stuff; early days (pre-casting). I pitched a "living helmet" design long before we'd settled on using The Company's logo as MB's face. I'd hoped this could cover the opaque/transparent iterations, as well as provide some fearsome, almost Rorschach-blot-esue patterns for intimidation.

COVER REVEAL TIME! It's an honor to reveal the covet art of Green Bone Saga by @fondalee.bsky.social the Gold edition! Illustrated by the legendary @tommyarnoldart.com 😍😍 @orbitbooks.bsky.social

Trust me, the photos don't even do this set justice. Thank you @tommyarnoldart.com and Lauren Panepinto for making the Gold edition of the Green Bone Saga look SO FREAKING GOOD. Insanely excited to see people get their hands on these books

Can't believe #Murderbot Season 1 is already wrapped. It feels like just yesterday I was sketching out what the integrated arm weapons might look like, having a blast. Great times. Season 2, we await you eagerly. Gura stop being so cute in the end 😠 #conceptart

Just found out #Murderbot is getting a Season 2!! Praise be; we'll get to meet ART 🧡 Congrats @marthawells.com and everyone involved with this awesome show. Now go kick back in style and watch the finale. Then, let's do it all again. 🦾

Can't believe we're already at the end of #Murderbot Season 1 😱 PD Sue Chan & I tried some outlandish designs for MB in the early days of development. These intentionally alien, off-putting foam/organic suits never felt like MB to me (or to anyone), but they were weird and fun to draw. #conceptart

#Portfolioday. 3/4 #murderbot #conceptart, 1/4 #bookcoverart. Let's go hard this next quarter errybody; your work is worth it 🔥

My first pull quote 😂

A recent cover for @jdrhodesman.bsky.social, for a series described as "The Boys + Neon Genesis Evangelion." It lives up to the hype, but is more philosophical / self-aware (in some ways, all the caveats, etc. etc.) and is more like "The Girls + Getting Goosebumps from the Awesomeness." #booksky

“False eyes” were a large initial design inspiration throughout the suit, and when we revisited the design post-casting I pushed a few options that brought that element up into the face. Pleasantly, they were well-received :) But yea so creepy; it was all about balance, and that was too far 😅

Just a few of the jillion helmets I explored while looking for “the one.” In the end it was 6B that became the seed for the #murderbot helmet you see on screen - carried onwards, upwards, and across the finish line by J. Pastrana, CD LJ Shannon, & countless others unknown to me. Killer work y’all 🫶

A keyframe from my time working on #Murderbot, before the show was picked up by Apple TV. This was an initial take on the SecUnit fight inside Deltfall (Ep. 3). Pew Pew! Production Designer Sue Chan; 3D set by André Balmet 💛 #marthawellsmurderbot #marthawells #secunit #conceptart

Covers for @jdrhodesman.bsky.social's new series! One early reader comments: "There's an incredible slow-burning relationship between a woman and a robot that gives Griddlehark vibes," and I have to agree 💀 Pre-order B1 (out 6/30) here; invest in truly enjoyable read: tinyurl.com/JDRShdwBk #booksky

I watch #Murderbot on Thursdays, but I feel like Friday is "let's all geek out about Murderbot" day. Here's the concept I passed to the excellent team under CD LJ Shannon, including artists Gina DeDomenico and Jason Pastrana, who made clutch improvements toward the SecUnit you see on screen! 🧡

GOAT-tier drawings.

So if season 1 is #allsystemsred, season 2 should be "Artificial Condition," wherein MB smashes the crap out of some thugs in a hallway and also (more importantly) ART is introduced. Boy do we love ART ❤️ My OG #Murderbot prints are available for a few more hours! www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints

As the series editor I just treated myself to this print. Tommy Arnold is such a great artist!

More #murderbot. This one (also) painted for @subpress.bsky.social's illustrated ed. of Network Effect (which might be my single fav MB story). Art, Aliens, Awesome. I've never made this one available before, but it's on my site through tomorrow: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints

More #murderbot art; still in that mood. Loving the show so far, and feeling optimistic for future seasons. This piece is from Network Effect, which would be...seasons 5 and 6? May we be so lucky. This and a few others are still available as prints through the weekend: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints

Thrilled to see #murderbot trending on premiere day; still can't believe I got to work on this. Go watch it! As promised, prints of my early MB work for @subpress.bsky.social are available for 72 hrs. @marthawells.com has some of these in her home, which makes me 🧀 out. www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints

#Maythe4th #painting #study #fromawhileago #butnotalongtimeago

The newest #Murderbot trailer, showcasing some of the other Sec Units I had the fun of working on in the early stages. Man, I really can't wait to watch this 😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSCD...

The Slovakian Menace appears 🖤

Just 3 days left before Saraneth sounds, marching these prints back into oblivion. Until then, these paintings are available in multiple formats 🤩 #sabriel #oldkingdom #garthnix #illumicrate #abhorsen

SHUSH shush shush shush and LOOK: the #MURDERBOT trailer is here 😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEio... (SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE)

Just 3 days left before Saraneth sounds, marching these prints back into oblivion. Until then, these paintings are available in multiple formats 🤩 #sabriel #oldkingdom #garthnix #illumicrate #abhorsen

Is #PortfolioDay here like...monthly? Not complaining...just curious! Anyhow I'm Tommy; I've painted bad-asses, brawls, & all your favorite bone babes 💀🖤 In 2025 I'll be sharing: concept art from the AppleTV+ adaptation of #Murderbot, hand-painted key art for AAA games, new book covers, and #mtgart

Dog people, cat people, make your voices heard ✊ Do you love the unlovable Mogget, or are you a sucker for The Disreputable D.O.G.?

More cool things! A new First Look article from @vanityfair.com today, featuring tons (these are just a few faves) of new stills from the forthcoming AppleTV+ adaptation of Murderbot by @marthawells.com. Still just psyched to have been involved with this 🤯 www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Fresh to death: prints of #Sabriel, #Lirael & #Abhorsen are available NOW, for 5 days only. Commissioned by Daphne Press (/@illumicrate.bsky.social) to accompany their special ed. @garthnix.bsky.social classics, I'm delighted these paintings can now have a second life 🖤 www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints

Note to self: maybe occasionally draw something that isn't just a badass mean muggin the viewer... Also me: ...no? 🤷‍♂️

Here's Skarsgård (in the suit I worked on!?) as #murderbot from yesterday's AV Club reveal article. SO happy for @marthawells.com - just beyond words, and am glad to finally be able to say so 😭 I got lucky to be asked onto the project, and learned so much from so many awesome humans along the way!

Turns out the universe was listening; today we got a release date AND the first stills of Skarsgård in the suit I worked on 🙏 www.avclub.com/murderbot-sk...

I just really really can't wait for #Murderbot to hit Apple TV. I will randomly post this information until my needs for Media are met. (I painted this for the Subterranean Press special edition of The Murderbot Diaries - I love how @marthawells.com writes action)! #booksky

"Sabriel, 30th Anniversary Special Edition" - painted for Daphne Press. Drawing -> Final I'll be doing a print sale for all three of my Old Kingdom covers soon. The mailing list is always the best way to be in the loop: www.tommyarnoldart.com/mailing-list

Interview / Art Giveaway! I had the fun of being interviewed by Collectible Book Vault a few months ago. The interview is now live along with (until Monday) an opportunity to win some art! Check it if you feel it 💛 www.collectiblebookvault.com/post/artist-...

Sketch to final: BONESMITH.

Some drawings: Harrow, Sabriel, and Song of Fire. I'm going hard on drawing this year; let's gooooo. 🔥

An oldie but a goodie: "Syncopate," painted for #mtgdom back in 2017. I remember AD Mark Winters asked for it to almost look like a corrupted .MP3 of a fire magic attack on Teferi. With all the distortion in the foreground, most people miss the big statue head 👀 © Wizards of the Coast #mtgart #art

Definitely *will* be doing that @lliraeden.bsky.social! My mailing list is the "100% guaranteed not to miss it" option of choice for many: www.tommyarnoldart.com/mailing-list

It's novel to imagine that you could share art you made, and that people might be allowed to see it, and that that could be all there was to it. Ahh, takes me back 💛 This is a full-rez crop from The Wandering Emperor, painted for #mtgneon back in 2021. © Wizards of the Coast. #art #mtgart #mtg

Just getting started here so let's see....hmmm...Bone Babes I have painted thus-far. Yes, I'll start there. Artists I am having a hard time finding you here so say what's up! I need to fill my feed with awesome so that I don't get diagnosed with "You are boring; here read about Putin."