Recent content by Jay_Ehm

More art! Link to a tumblr post! I did some illustrator trading cards today, and a couple days back I drew a scene I've had in my head for a while. Do any other artists here do illustrator trading cards?

Pikeman Glaive: A sturdily-built, no-nonsense old man. He can have a bit of a prickly attitude, but when things take a turn for the worse he's the kind of guy you want holding the line. He comes from a long line of soldiers and mercenaries, but he himself is a weapon crafter. Jerk Salmon: A...

I read up on a lot of paleontology, and thisHow Did the Mammoths Go Extinct? : Discovery News article might help you a bit as to why we don't have elephant relatives in earth's cooler climates today. Basically, the change in climate after the Ice Age was too harsh for them and led to a lot of...

Also, adding to Russ's point about royalty not necessarily being 'us', monarchy and chiefdoms in Europe and beyond had rulers who were literally believed to either be descended from gods themselves or using divine right to justify their claim to power and actions. The Springhole article mentions...

Actually, the main characters of my current work in progress happen to be a royal family! I've actually used that Springhole link to help me with getting a feel for what they're like, and I'd personally recommend it to people who need help with writing characters who are royalty as well...

Nationwide alert: Magical disaster watch HM KING GUSTAV HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING DISASTER WATCH ACROSS ALL REGIONS OF THE KINGDOM OF FYRHERTE. Reports of two suspect individuals have been received from witnesses in our southernmost Magetown Province. According to their accounts, these...

I think most, if not all stories are written with author appeal to some extent, after all people tend to write about what they like or have strong feelings about. When it comes to just things the author clearly likes and happens to throw into the story because they happen to like them, I really...

Flag Designs for my Work in Progress! The Kingdom of Fyrherte is a moderately-sized nation located in the cold, but often moist North. It was formerly the stomping ground of the old Witch-Lords, but they were overthrown by sea raiders who established the beginnings of the current monarchy...

Finally finished my Stegosaurus drawing! Three weeks of doing small pieces of it per day, fifteen layers on Photoshop.

This exchange from John Wick had me laughing for a good couple minutes or so when I heard it for the first time watching the movie. This is one of the early scenes in the movie that makes you realize what this movie is truly about, in summary. As for a more serious quote, from Fellowship of...

Wow! That looks very, very good for MS Paint! To me, it has an old map aesthetic to it, as if it was on a canvas or papyrus.

Those are the reins, and it is wearing a saddle as well. The reins are in a position like this, so the animal can be led around.

The lady in this sketch has no idea that in a few years, she's going to give birth to the main character of my work in progress! She also has no idea that the battle she'll be fighting in in a few days will be very influential on the story's events as well as one of the most traumatic...

Colored the sketch I posted earlier of my Half-Orc Paladin that I'm playing as in Pathfinder.

This sketch also doesn't relate to my fantasy work in progress, but I figured I'd also post it here since it is fantasy-related. This is the face of Davor Jayflight, my half-orc paladin for a game of Pathfinder I'm playing with some friends. His patron deity is Abadar, the god of cities, wealth...