Mythunderstandings

I have the Robin-in-the-Hood Festival this weekend so the comic MAY be delayed. I will try to get it up Friday evening.. but if not, then it will be Sunday.

Raflar.

Thanks for all the messages about the blog images not appearing. I switched the folder naming system (you may note the URL is now “comic.raflar.com”) and this is why the images are not showing up. I will look into a quick fix if I can.. if not, I may have to manually bring them back one by one…

pray I find the solution.

FOUND IT… all is well in the land of Raflar…. remember kids – the new URL is now http://comics.raflar.com

Here’s the progress so far… all the ‘base coat’ of the land and oceans are done. I started working on the southern regions (islands on the bottom right & peninsula on bottom left) with the rougher cut coastlines, rivers and highlighting the landscape more. Really excited to see how this one turns out…

Ancient Kingdoms Oil Painting Phase 2

Close up of southern peninsula

Close up of the "dragon isles"

Thought I’d post a few of the sketches I did while I was up north. I love getting away from “civilization” as nature really inspires me to do more artwork. These are just out of my head. I’m working on a series of paintings for my fantasy world to go in an art show sometime in the future, which is what I was thinking about when I did these.

The Way Marker

Around the Lake

Out of the Woods

As some of you know, I have created my own fantasy world (in the same vein as Tolkien’s Middle Earth). It has it’s own history, mythology, cultures, flora & fauna and a plethora of stories to go with it.

So I thought I’d share the map of my fantasy world that I am painting. It is 4′ x 3′ Oil on canvas. I finished laying in the geographical land masses, and next week I will start the water/oceans.

Here it is so far….

Ancient Kingdoms Map – Oil on Canvas (phase 1)