Life is funny. I had Jin N Tonic over last night modeling for me. I let her choose three poses straight from Gil Elvgren, of whom I’m a huge fan of. She choose her three poses, and I drew them straight onto the watercolor paper. In three hours, we ended up with pretty solid sketches… Continue reading What is a Selkie?
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What is a succubus?
“But everyone knows what a succubus is, Roman.” No, not everyone knows everything about fantasy. You may be a kid who’s just getting into fantasy RPGs for the first time in your life. Or, you may be an adult who has just gotten the itch for fantasy literature. For all I know, you just got… Continue reading What is a succubus?
Fantasy femme fatales list for inspiration/my memory
I don’t know about you, but I forget stuff all the time. No, I’m not getting senile. I’m always trying to do too many things at once. So I live and die by post it notes. They’re my reminders to do pretty much everything. I make a new list every day of things I need… Continue reading Fantasy femme fatales list for inspiration/my memory
Do evil witches throw the salt over their right shoulder?
If you’re not a Southerner, you may not get that joke. In the old days, salt wasn’t exactly cheap. So spilling the table salt wasn’t exactly a small deal. Well, back then, Americans had tons of superstitions that we’ve eventually forgotten about. One of them was throwing salt over your left shoulder when you spilled… Continue reading Do evil witches throw the salt over their right shoulder?
There’s a Hellhound on my trail
Hellhound on my trail. Some of you will know that as a Robert Johnson song from the 1930s. Ah yes. The Mississippi Delta Blues. That’s where it all came from. But who was Robert Johnson and did he really sell his soul to the Devil? Well, I can only tell you the legend. The Crossroads… Continue reading There’s a Hellhound on my trail