AC VIII Wallpaper Work in Progress #9: Dr. Harrison Chatsworth PhD AKA Lavator by Jacob Blackmon

The Artist Enclave returns for another week of RE-introductions! That's right, we have another artist who has been kind enough to join us again! Please join me in welcoming back Jacob Blackmon! 

Jacob hit our radar a few years back and caught our eye for a big reason – his visual style isn't really like many others in this field. While still illustrating, he has opted for a very sharp and clean look compared to an industry full of painters and it really does stand out. For this reason, he's been busy for quite some time now! So we're very happy that he found some room in his schedule for us. This year, Jacob has taken on the chance to create “Dr. Harrison Chatsworth PhD AKA Lavator” and it certainly is going to be interesting! Check back later this summer for a WHOLE LOT MORE of not only this, but a pile of other art from our Artist Enclave!

Summer Roundtable Series Week#8:Knight Errant Media

It's SRS Week#8! Join us here today at at 4:00 PM New York/1:00 PM LA/9:00 PM UK/6:00 AM Wed Sydney when Christian Nommay, Daniel Eymard, and Ghislain Bonnotte of Knight Errant Media talk about who their favourite sci-fi/fantasy author is, Star Trek or Star Wars and why, and what the others surnames would be if they were Hobbits with 'Podcast' Pete Bryant of Aetherforge Creations.

AC VIII Wallpaper Work in Progress #8: Sysssskrot Grussssko by Jim Ling

This week we would like to welcome Jim Ling back to the Artist Enclave! Jim joined us last year and we loved what he did so much we couldn't help but invite him back for an encore! 

Jim has a body of work that has earned him a strong following – with skillsets that expand on not just illustration, but conceptual design, education, and branding as well, he brings a knowledge to the table that makes him a go to artist for many projects. We suspect his work will take him incredibly far in this industry, and will be worth keeping an eye on. This year he was generous enough to pick Sysssskrot Grussssko from the mighty illustration list.... and as the work in progress suggests... that's a character who may not play well with others. We'll be sure to show you all later on this summer when these wallpapers are all finished up and ready for your viewing pleasure – in the meantime be sure to check out Jim's website, it's full of goodies.

Summer Roundtable Series Week#7:Necrotic Gnome

It's SRS Week#7! Join us here today at at 2:00 PM New York/11:00 AM LA/7 PM UK/4:00 AM Wed Sydney when Gavin Norman, Yves Geens, and Mish Scott of Necrotic Gnome talk about whether they prefer planes, trains, automobiles or boats, which dwarf from The Hobbit was their favourite and why, and the time they had the RPG plan that was completely right, but went completely wrong  with Richard Coates of Shiny Games.

Happy Father's Day

All of us at AetherCon would like to wish all of the Dads out there a Happy Father's Day!

AC VIII Wallpaper Work in Progress #7: 'Iron' Bruuk Zorpek by Eric Messinger

The Artist Enclave is back for another week of artist introductions! The last few weeks we talked about some of our newer artists... but how about we introduce a fellow who is back for his 4th illustration with us?! Well, it brings us pleasure to welcome back Eric Messinger: http://ericmessinger.com/

Eric is a varied artist who produces well whether that work is digital or traditional - Regardless of medium you can count on intelligently used colors and dynamic shaping. Along with a well displayed level of drive and dedication, it's not hard to say he has enviable skillset in the illustration circuit that we suspect will continue to take him far in the field. This year, he agreed to take on the illustration of 'Iron' Bruuk Zorpek... as you can likely guess from his work in progress there, it is no doubt going to be pretty killer! As always, we urge you to go check out the artist's portfolio! Eric definitely has some really neat things on display.

Summer Roundtable Series Week#6:Shades of Vengeance

It's SRS Week#6! Join us here today at at 2:00 PM New York/11:00 AM LA/7 PM UK/4:00 AM Wed Sydney when Ed Jowett, Johnathan Lewis, Fred Harvey, and Leo Cosh of Shades of Vengeance talk about whether they prefer J. R. R. Tolkien or Douglas Adams and why, what book most influenced them to go into RPGing, and their luckiest RPG character with Richard Coates of Shiny Games.

AC VIII Wallpaper Work in Progress #6: Turreq Darrune by Raphael Lucchini

This week the Artist Enclave wishes to introduce all of you to Raphael Lucchini, a recent addition to our roster! 

Raphael is joining us for the first time, but as we look through his work we see a skillset that we are thrilled to have onboard. With a beautiful level of depth to his illustrations we see nothing but promise from this artist and look forward to seeing what life he will bring to his rendition of “Turreq Darrune”. At this stage of work in progress, we get to see him exploring different camera type views for that extra punch in delivering a dynamic and interesting scene for the viewer. Through exploring early perspective drafts like this, the potential of an image goes up dramatically, and saves a lot of problem solving time later on. We suspect this will be a very interesting image when all is done. We hope you come back later on this summer to see how it finishes up – and of course, urge you to spend some time on his Art Station page to get to know him better!

Summer Roundtable Series Week#5: High Level Games

It's SRS Week#5! Join us here today at at 7:00 PM New York/4:00 PM LA/Midnight UK/9:00 AM Wed Sydney when Josh Heath and Quinn Moerike of High Level Games talk about their favourite prank, what TV show they absolutely have to watch, and the RPG villain that frustrated them the most with Mike Kafes of MythWits.