Lots of Old School art requests lately. This is not only bringing me back to the early 2000's, but also slapping me around with visions from when i was a teen playing D&D with my friends and dreaming about some day being a hero.

The good news, Gaming has given rise to a good imagination that allows my creativity to spill out over the page... the bad news... I'm still trying to live up to that hero ideal.

...Someday...

This is the Knight you have been waiting for.

I love going back through old sketches and seeing how my "style" has changed. The good thing is that as I clear out all this old art, I find there are a good many places to repost them.

Enjoy,

Walt

I always say that I am back and of course, that things are going to be more regular and then I post four entries and disappear for six months. Yeah, major injuries will do that to you. But since I am somewhat of an adrenaline junkie, I have a tendency to divert my attention away from my art at times to other pursuits. Besides being an accidental artist, I have also been into martial arts since I was 8, I am a part time soldier (National Guard) and of course, a husband. Sometimes life is more than just pleasing your audience (all four of you).

IN any case I have been digging out some old art to post to the knights and knaves Old School Game website. Here is a taste:

Name my Ninja...

Looking for a name for this sketch... Any suggestions?

Sketching it out!

Something in the works.

Facebook shot my Blogger in the Face

Issue 5 of the Ashcan Edition is out and what a grand issue it is. Set up for the MARVELous 4C role playing game, there is just enough math to make everything work for 4C as well as just enough math to ensure that you could tailor it to your favorite Super Powered RPG Experience.

Next Month we will have the 6th issue of the mag and then it will be time for a little break. With six issues packed full of Super Hero Goodness... There is plenty to ensure that GM's and players alike have to put into their games if need be. We will also be posting regular updates to the Tumblr (which launches to Facebook and Twitter) account as well as to this blog

XRoads Chronicles (c) is NOT dead. We had the majority of the work done for it back in September but a combination of other paying work as well as military obligations (i HEART Camouflage) kept us from putting the spit and polish on it. It is near to completion but there are a number of other projects that have to launch before we can light the fire under Chronicles.

One of these projects involves a martial arts group that I belong to (First rule of fight club...). There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes involving the group which is going to take up the majority of time for the month of February. This involves going to see instructors from other states as well as training with the "regulars." As a side note, one of the soldiers that works with me has decided to take on the Modern Army Combatives All Guard Tournament. If you are not familiar with MACP (see above overly complicated combatives name), it is the United States Army's attempt at having solid martial arts training for their soldiers. By having it trained at lower levels in an MMA (Mixed Monkey Art... sorry just seeing if you were still reading) format and having tournaments, the military is hoping that they will encourage soldiers to not only be proficient in this "art" but also to seek out instructors for training at higher levels. Having been playing around with it for several years now, I like the fact that they used Filipino flow drills to instill all of the training. What I don't like is the constant push toward competitive format as some one like me wants the training so I can EFF Up a dude rather than tap him out. Oh well, I guess I can't have everything...

Hasn't stopped me from trying though.

Regards,

Walt