A week to go to FFF day ... But trying to post in July [where does the time go?]

It's a week to go before the Fighting Fantasy Festival on the 7th September in London and I'm gearing up to have stiff wrist, or not, but with the published schedule it certainly sounds like it will be busy to fit everything in. As am I here [grin].

That entrance to the mountain keeps on changing [grin].

For more details of the event - check out http://fightingfantasyfest.blogspot.co.uk/
Or -https://www.facebook.com/events/274966572686051/?fref=ts

Now for something completely different ...

Last year for Kobold Publishing I did a job which, for a variety of reasons has lain dormant, that is in terms of publishing, but I've been kindly allowed to post the work now so you can see what I did.

That was it, and this was it, I think, until after the FF Festival.

But instead a nice short, but important addition about the BloodSword Series.
http://fabledlands.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/blood-sword-is-back.html

Some of the books are reprinting some more of my work of yore.

Next, depending on what 'news' comes out of the event next Sunday will be a generic post about some of the pieces done for The Fiend Folio.

Now that really is ''that's it till next time '', till then, keep well.

THIS WAS MAY, BUT NOW IT'S NEARLY GONE.

So, what's new I'm late again. Apologies. I was hoping to have some work that was completed last year to show but as it's yet to be published I need to wait a while longer.

However, here is a rough I used for one of the drawings.

But there is fresh news, I've been invited as a guest to the first dedicated Fighting Fantasy convention, "Fighting Fantasy Fest 2014", this September in London, featuring special guest appearances by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, and the official book launch of 'You Are The Hero - A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks', by Jonathan Green. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/274966572686051/ 

Now I recognise this may not be news to a lot of you [grin], and I'm the Luddite when it comes to keeping up with technology, but it gives me a chance to post a couple of old FF pictures. 

Occasionally I'm commissioned to reproduce an old piece like Balthus Dire, and such was the case but as the recipient is yet to receive his gift I cannot show the variation until later in the year.  Thee request [laugh, I make it sound as if I get lots of them] is for Zagor himself, but like all things it is sometimes tiresome to recreate old work so I tend to add sight variations. Here are two such variation, the second of which is for  'You Are The Hero - A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks'.

At present, I've been finishing recreating a 'new' work based on another FF book: Blacksand.

When I have permission I'll post the latest version of this picture. I the meantime ..another old piece.

To finish this FF link a couple of other related commissions. First, 'The approach to Firetop Mountain'. 

Second, is a variation on the theme of the 'Drunken Orc'.

Now to finish another link to the FF theme this time to the book 'Titan', about to be published soon

I believe, in France, which also includes a couple of new pieces from myself as well as 'old' stuff. 

Here are two new drawings, including one and its variation.

Ghosts in the Library.

http://www.ulule.com/titan-defis/

Zombie Dwarf King

Also the variation offered [actually ... with just the black sky [cough].

Can you guess which I preferred?

Finally, two more pieces. A Beastie shown with and without a background.

Lastly and older beastie, my own little creation a 'Worguliod'. Actually 

it's not so little.

Till the next time and some very old stuff for Fanzines and related 

magazines, and fingers crossed not so long to wait ....but I've said 

that before.

New boys and old fellows.

Brain eater

Right, you make promises and things happen. This post will include some new work and some old. Let's start with new, most of which are private commissions and only shown here because of the kindness of the owners. 

An eight headed beast

The Yellow Ogre Sorcerer 

The Ogre's Lair

So that's some of the new work I've been keeping busy with. 

Now for a few oldies. First up a couple of  oldies from The Fiend Folio, and a few rough ideas for 'Mechaniods' a part of the Abraxes World.

Now some of the "Mechanoids" designed for the futurist world linked to Abraxes.

 

To finish this time,a few more real oldies from The Citadel of Chaos and the Fiend Folio.

Gark

This is part one, part two [within two days] will contain some more selected oldies and give the date of the competition post.