(・へ・)

The Sixty-Ninth spirit, who is called ＤＥＣＡＲＡＢＩＡ. He is a Great Marquis, appearing in the Form of a Star in a Pentacle, at first; but after, at the command of the Magician, he putteth on the image of a Man. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits.

The Seventieth spirit, who is called ＳＥＥＲＥ. He is a Mighty Prince, and Powerful, appearing in the Form of a Beautiful Man, riding upon a Winged Horse. He governeth 26 Legions of Spirits.

The Seventy-First spirit, who is called ＤＡＮＴＡＬＩＯＮ. He is a Duke, Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man with many Countenances, all Men’s and Women’s Faces; and he hath a Book in his right hand. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits.

The seventy-second spirit, who is called ＡＮＤＲＯＭＡＬＩＵＳ. He is an Earl, Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man holding a Great Serpent in his Hand. He ruleth over 36 Legions of Spirits.

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Long time no post! I’ve had this idea floating around for ages to do a series of illustrations of goetic demons (featured in the Lesser Key of Solomon and other medieval books), kind of a thematic mix between my tarot deck and Dungeons & Drawings. I’ve been posting them over on my twitter and instagram but I figured they’re such big lovely images I may as well actually return to tumblr and put them on here too!

There are 72 of these guys, so… we’ll see how long I go before I lose steam lol

Majora’s Wrath!

Hope you all are doing ok.

Hey, tumblr! Long time, no see. 

So the other day I got the news that a pilot I did character design & art direction for last year sadly got the ol’ red light (i.e. the company it was being pitched for passed on it), which is unfortunate - BUT it also means I can probably get away with posting some snippets of the work that I did for it without getting in too much trouble, so here’s a smattering of pages from the pitch bible as well as a bunch of assorted drawings I did during the development. 

I’m posting this stuff becuase all things considered I’m still pretty proud of it! I won’t go into detail about the particulars of the show premise or its name or anything, but in a nutshell it was going to be a show featuring a diverse bunch of different characters from different videogame worlds, kind of a Wreck-it Ralph meets Drawn Together or something. 

Design-wise I guess a lot of it falls into a sort of “I get that reference!” territory (Lorna is clearly Samus-inspired, Edge is a Final Fantasy protagonist, etc etc) but I tried really hard to give each character their own… well, character. Also we tried to go beyond the more low-hanging fruit in terms of videogame references (did Wreck-It Ralph have a Bubsy tribute?!??! I don’t think so!!). 

Also looking back I think the lineup bears a biiiig influence from OK KO - I hope it doesn’t come across as too derivative, haha. Anyhow, hope you enjoy. 

Hi! So me and @blancamz are publishing a book with @andrewsmcmeelbooks later this year based on our Dungeons & Drawings art blog! We got some proof copies through recently and I’m here to tell you: they look amazing. 

You might be familiar with our three self-published volumes we’ve put out over the last few years: this is a much fancier beast entirely!

It features:

• 277 pages (120+ monster illustrations, each with beginner-friendly stats)
• Extensively researched folkloric background on each creature (we’ve basically completely rewritten and expanded the creature descriptions we did in the previous volumes - this was SO MUCH WORK haha)
• over 20 either BRAND NEW or updated illustrations (because we drew some of these back in like 2011 y'all!!)
• 10" x 10" dimensions (almost twice as big as our other books but still fits nicely on a shelf or coffee table)
• Hardcover (a first for either of us!)
• ✨Gold foil emboss on the cover illustration✨
• In-depth reference section and some pages of rough sketchbook work

Basically, it’s great and we’re super proud of it.

You’ll be able to pick it up at all good bookstores (Andrews McMeel have great distribution internationally) or from us directly at any conventions we’re tabling at, but if you’re feeling impatient you can preorder it at these links directly:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/…/1131424510;jsessionid=5D87…

https://www.waterstones.com/book/dungeons-and-drawings-an-illustrated-compendium-of-creatures/blanca-marta-nez-de-rituerto/joe-sparrow/9781524852016

I can’t overstate how much work went into this book! We hope you enjoy it!

Harpy

this illustration was gonna turn up in something i’m releasing later this year but i was really pleased with it & im still annoyed about my blog being hacked so i figured i’d post it a bit early here to say thanks for sticking around.

If you wanna see more cool monster designs go check out @dungeonsanddrawings, an art blog I co-run with @blancamz!

Ganon Vs. Peach
(Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

by Joe Sparrow