DEATH .... an up and coming premier!

Update to the film 'DEATH'.

Do check out the trailer [ see link below] and if you watch and blink you'll miss the two bits that feature my work! lol!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1822203/

But it has a really nice soundtrack, from the little I've heard, from Simon Woodgate, and if you know ways of spreading the word then please do Martin a favour and do!

Now for something a little more esoteric [or something].

Along time ago, to eke out a living I did some work for Penthouse magazine, it didn't go very far as my saucy postcard approach was considered 'not raunchy enough' for its illustrious pages. I never knew what happened to the work, it was never 'sold' and never returned [ah the work I've 'lost' over the years.... sigh], but one piece did appear in an illustration website a few years ago. How it got there .... I have no idea, who 'owns' my work .... you guessed  .... I have no idea, but I had no objection [per say] to see it put on as an example of my work [lol]. Well recently another piece has been 'posted' and as I stated earlier .... for those die-hard completists of my work here they are ... 

    So there they are .... Now a shameful plug.

Also seen for sale on Ebay ..... for even more dedicated completists [cough] there is an old fanzine I did some spot artwork for ..... this dates before the 'Fighting Fantasy' titles - Copper Toadstool 5, Vol. 3, no. 5.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110831691890?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Lastly, just completed a couple of small pieces for Kobold Quarterly Magazine and will hopefully be able to publish soon. Till the next time.

Something old and something new...

A short post of something old and something new...

Have just finished a small commission and a couple of pages for Goodman Games.
Check it out for a classic Role Playing Game [OGL] to see a few pieces of work I was commissioned to do last year and where they now features in his latest game:

http://www.goodman-games.com/5070artpreviewnicholson.html
..and of course the game itself.

Here below are my scans of the work.

 

 

Since then I've been commissioned for another couple of pages, which Joseph has kindly said I can post now. So here is a preview of work for his latest game project.

So that is it for the present, I've done a couple of small spots ala Fiend Folio of days of yore but still awaiting feedback. I hope he's away as silence is distressing, and I'm back on a larger project that I set aside. If all goes well it will feature soon.  

Do keep those comments coming as they are much appreciated, but remember I'm a fragile flower [cough] and do cry. 

All Quite Quiet on the Eastern Front .....

Well, the year of the Dragon is about to start and we can wonder what it will bring. At the moment things are quite, but I am finishing tasks which I'm late with [gurgk sorry :)] so my apologies to those with such patience.

Martin Gooch, director, producer, and all round nice guy, who let me do some bits on his latest film has had the first poster produced which features some of my drawing and the logo image, and I thought it right to post it here so those faithful of you [and my sincere thanks to you all] can see it first. Well more or less first as it's gone on Facebook.

 For those interested in the film itself .....
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Death-The-Film/152994018076706

Last, but never least, a small pic I did for someone a few months ago ... never heard if it even arrived, but here is a small copy, which is a re-working of an even older piece.

Who knows what the year will bring ..... fingers crossed no more deterioration of my health :). Take care, till the next time.

A very simple message....

Wishing all of you, especially you who follow my blog, a very special day and a terrific 2012!

             Take care, and looking forward to hearing from you in the New Year!

November came .... did I notice?

Flu is a blank, blank, blankety blank, and a residual chest infection even worse ... it has slowed me to a near stop, and though I feel better now it wont pass. Go to the doctor you say? Ah, there's the rub .... at present, for reasons I'll not discuss, I cannot. So November came, and is about to pass, and I have failed to keep up with some tasks as promised. That's not to say I've forgotten, far from it, rather I don't want to commit to certain tasks which will take a week or so without having given [I'd hope] my best. Or, at least, my best at the time of starting and delivering, that is something I'm happy to put my name to.

Anyway, enough of that. My intention was to make this post my 'Space Time' post, but I haven't finished the last piece, which was to do with Space Marines, but the month ends and I realise I want to post at least once before this month passes. So a couple of pieces are variations of the same picture .... but its my post. So there! He He.

So here goes .. some may recognise a few Space Spurgers, old spacecraft, etc.

 

 

To conclude ..for as I mentioned the last two pics I intended remain unfulfilled. A piece I've done as a cover for a very nice client and follower of this blog and who has kindly allowed me to post before publication. But just to clarify ... the copyright is mine and hers.

Well equipped mutants peer down upon a band of adventurers as the humans enter their domain amid the ruins of the Ancients.

Kyrinn S. Eis of URUTSK: World of Mystery RPG wanted to state the following ....
This is the image I had promised myself would grace the Urutsk Referee's Manual years before, and when I read that Russ Nicholson was available to produce it, knew that it was a great subject for an artist who had inspired me so much during my earliest years of gaming.  I am thrilled by the piece and look forward to the day the Referee's Manual becomes a reality.
http://thegrandtapestry.blogspot.com/2011/12/dont-tell-us-what-you-are-going-to-do.html

The image is not the final draft, but close enough to give all an idea, and I thank Kyrinn again for allowing its posting.

So that's it .... November .... a memory .... What's next? Even the shadow doesn't know.

Bits and Pieces .... but not the Dave Clark Five

Right, as mentioned last post, here are a few bits of more recent stuff for a variety of clients, friends, and .... no, that never happened [at least not in this universe]. No boring chattering babbling .. just pics. Hope you'll enjoy.

The Maker

The happy Hour ...

Based on the 'the Druid' metal figure.

The Elfin Sorceress

Mermaids

The Lady and her Dragonet 

So there we are till next time when we're back in Space.....Sadly due to circumstances beyond my control I cannot attend Dragonmeet this year as I had hoped.

Before September end.

Just a quick post this time round before September ends of a few pieces that have recently been printed. First up some work Le Grimoire's latest excellent entry in the Lone Wolf series. Sadly my French is even worse than abysmal and my attempts to learn highlight my ...dare I say, 'forgetfulness'? But Sebastien [editor and publisher] is ever helpful, and so I muddle bye as they say .... thanks to his English :).

The book 'LOUP SOLITAIRE' : Livre D'adventure  [http://www.legrimoire.net/default-grimoire-english.htm and http://www.legrimoire.net/store/ for more information] primarily features the work of Gary Chalk and If you're a fan do check it out as he has excelled himself. But there also a few pieces by yours truly and here are some of those.

So these are a few pieces from the French edition of NOUVEAUTE : LIVRE D'AVENTURE - Ouvrage inédit disponible (Août 2011).

Next time [and probably next week] some recent commissioned pieces.