Cthulhu

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Brynn Metheney

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Early last year I was commissioned by Fantasy Flight Games to work on a few of their cards for the card game, Call of Cthulhu. They have been released for sharing so I thought I’d post them here. This project was lots of fun and was my first experience working on a card game of the sort. Some of the cards I like more than others but I learned SO much working on these. I’ve since then worked on other games of theirs including Talisman: The Dragon and more on Call of Cthulhu. I hope to be able to share some of those as well soon. Special thanks to Zoe Robinson, my AD for the project! :)

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Roots

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Brynn Metheney

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Been working on lots lately. I’m preparing to have some new work ready for Spectrum Art Live in May this year. It’s going to be an exciting convention! If you’re in the Kansas City area, mark your calendars to come out and see some incredible art! I’ll be sharing what I’m bringing here as it gets closer and such.

One project I’m working on in between things is the Flora/Fauna Project. It started with an image I created for Imagine FX magazine a while back – in which I created a creature made from plants. I had so much fun exploring plant-life that I’ve decided to create a mini series out of it. The image above is the first (official) creature from that series. This time I decided to explore Opium – poppies and such. I’ll be exploring other plant groups as I am the Lily beastie below:

Lily (work in progress)

This weekend I created something for a blog I’m part of called Fanartica (finally). I decided to draw and paint one of my favorite comic book characters, Wexter. He was a challenge because I don’t usually get to draw guns too often but he was too much fun to paint!

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He’s from a comic called AxeCop, which if you haven’t read this comic, you NEED to. It’s amazing. The artist that creates it is incredible and the writer (his 6 year-old brother) is awesomely imaginative. This comic has me laughing and cheering non-stop. It’s a favorite among me and my friends. Go read it here: http://www.axecop.com.

More updates to come soon! Work from The Red Valley is on the way with some new environment and creature studies I’m very excited about along with announcements of some upcoming projects due toward this summer! :)

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New Recruits

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Brynn Metheney

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An image created for a friend as a gift. This was so much fun to put together! I always love drawing animals and putting them in bee costumes made it way too much fun. :)

More work coming soon as well as some really exciting projects!

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Flora Fauna

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Brynn Metheney

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The new year brings new and exciting projects to work on! I’m already very excited about some new work coming out as well as some really great new opportunities. I think this will be a fantastic year!

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These two illustrations are out in Imagine FX this month. You can find them in issue 77 in the US right now. This particular set of Q&A’s were really fun and challenging. The top image actually led to an idea for a small project. I had mentioned it a few months back but I’ve recently been distracted with a day job. Now that I have more time to spare, I’m able to pick it back up again as my daily warm up. The project is called “Flora/Fauna” and it deals with creature design influenced by plant-life. I’m hoping to create a small series of Flora/Fauna and compile them into a mini-book. This was one of the critters I had started a while back for the project:

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I like the design so far but I might work a bit on the pose. For now this is just a side project that I plan to work on when I warm up before I start work on client projects or The Red Valley Project.

That’s it for now. Stay tuned for more updates soon! :)

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Brynn Metheney

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I hope everyone has a lovely Holiday this weekend! I know I have so much I am grateful for. This year has been amazing to me and I’m looking forward to a fun and productive 2012! :) Thank you everyone for your support.

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Spectrum 18

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brynn Metheney

I came home the other day to find a package by my door and to my surprise it was my artist’s copy of Spectrum 18! I’m extremely excited about being included in this amazing publication! I suggest you pick up a copy of this book because it is absolutely FILLED with amazing artwork. It is an incredible honor to see my own work inside:

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The piece featured in the book was created for Imagine FX magazine to illustrated how to paint a elegant but wriggly fish.

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In other news, I’ve been working on laying out my next collection of artwork. Fish Hooks volume 1 has been taken down from being sold online. I’m currently working on volume two to bring to “Spectrum Art Live!” in May. I’m working on finding a good printer I can go through at the moment. I’ll have the finished book available for purchase in my etsy store, with links on my blog. I’ve been working on a few different pieces lately, mostly for myself. Here is a piece of something I started last week:

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Hoping to finish it up soon.

 

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