ROBERT E. HOWARD's TYPEWRITER

This photo was taken by Philippe Diederich back in 1999 of REH's studio/room and the typewriter replica he wrote on.
It was in a modest porch that was closed in to fit his bed, writing desk and trunk of books /manuscripts.

In this little room all these immense tales were written about Conan, Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Red Sonya and an age undreamed of.

ALL AGAINST ALL

Various Inks and color pencils on 16" by 20" acid free olive / tan Canson mat board .



Detail.

WHERE I REST, NO STRESS

Original is 16" by 20" on olive tan board.
Ink and Pencil

May post on my bigcartel art store in a week or so.

VICTORY

I revisisted the Rampant Lion image with the goal of conveying more of a victorious image.
Here, the knight and the lion are well on their way to defeating the dragon.

The original is black and white. The touch of sepia is added digitally in CS5.



This original is also much larger than its predecessor.
A healthy 16 by 20 inch pen and ink on thick illustration board.
The challenge was to maintain the integrity of the iconic lion posture and still keep it fresh.
I shifted the dragon head around at this angle so that the line of action focused on the weapon piercing the creature.



Used brush pens, and pen nibs of various sizes.



Greys added using liquid pencil and sable brush.

RAMPANT THREE

MELAYU

Pen and Ink with CS5

TRIBAL

Cintiq 2 Hour Digital

MOMOA as CONAN

Interesting! ;)

WIP

Fourth Pass... more refinements on the lower left, some shifting of scale etc.
Not cropped on the original file.



Third pass.. uh oh..differences... :)



Second Pass ... more to come...



First Pass - CS5 panel painting - still needs polishing....

WATCH YOUR SIX

Marker, ink, and colored pencil

PROVINCE OF DANGER

Grey and Black toned penwork.

PARDON ME

Copic and Ink

"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. " Robert E. Howard

MEDITATION ON INEVITABLE DEATH

"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there is nothing left to do, and nothing else to pursue. " GHOST DOG

REVISIT

RAMPANT!

Ink, warm grey marker, Dr. Martin's bombay white and prisma pencil on large bristol with subtle hue adjustment in CS5.

SANTOS AND THE DRAGON

Pen and Ink with digital color. 16 by 20

BW version link at my CAF Gallery.

GLORIA VICTIS

Redux using grey tone markers, ink with digital color glaze.

DRAGON SWORD

Inked version of the sketch.

DARKNESS, I DWELL

Ink.

KANE SKETCH