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LEE’S DRAGONS: PORCUPINE DRAGON
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LEE’S DRAGONS: PORCUPINE DRAGON

LEE’S DRAGONS: PORCUPINE DRAGON

Another year, another dragon. I probably say that every year, but I don’t care. For anyone new or for anyone that doesn’t remember (I don’t assume anyone follows me closely enough to remember these things), many years ago I started a tradition of drawing a dragon for my wife’s birthday that she can use as her PC wallpaper. She sits in front of a monitor all day for work, so this is my attempt to make her often challenging, long, and frustrating days slightly better. Aside from being my best friend and the love of my life and all that,

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PMD Arcade Cabinet: A Peak into the PMD Monkeyverse

Now that it’s been a month or so since I finally finished and delivered this project to my brother, I figure it’s time to take a closer look at it for those that wish to indulge my obsessive tendency for details.

To recap, sometime around Thanksgiving 2024, my younger brother told me he, as part of his renewed interest in retro games, purchased a table top arcade cabinet kit that he planned to install the buttons and an old laptop and monitor or something to make an all in one old school gaming machine. He asked if I wanted to provide

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LEE’S DRAGONS: SNAIL DRAGON
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LEE’S DRAGONS: SNAIL DRAGON

LEE’S DRAGONS: SNAIL DRAGON

It’s September, so you know what that means!

Well, okay, maybe you’re new here (and if you are, welcome and thank you! I hope you stick around). My super awesome, supportive (and patient) wife loves dragons. She works in IT, and thus spends a great deal of time stuck in front of a computer monitor. Years ago I had the brilliant idea to start drawing dragons for her birthday that she can use as her wallpaper on her monitor, and an annual tradition was born. The general idea that has developed over the years I will eventually (I hope) turn into

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2023 Year in Review
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2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review

Alright, I’m notoriously bad at grasping the passage of time, but instead of being bewildered that 2023 just ended, I’m a tad surprised that I almost titled this post “2024 Year in Review”. I think that’s the first time I’ve thought more time had passed, rather than less.

Either way, growing up in the 80s and 90s, thinking ahead to anything past the year 2000 always seemed like the future. I mean, yes, literally it was, but I mean some kind of sci-fi, flying cars, robots, teleportation, and computer brain implants utopia kind of future. I suppose there are plenty of things I take

Lee’s Dragons: Elephant Dragon
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Lee’s Dragons: Elephant Dragon

Lee’s Dragons: Elephant Dragon

It’s September, which means it’s time, once again, for this:

For my wife’s annual birthday dragon 2023, I kind of knew what I wanted to do well ahead of time. Given that the whole concept of these illustrations is that there’s a planet basically terraformed by dragons, that eventually evolve and speciate to occupy all the different biotic zones, I try to think of an environment first, then figure out what would live there. Right now, everything is heavily influenced by life and ecology on earth, but I hope to deviate from

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Gallery Update: New Revery Concept Art!
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Gallery Update: New Revery Concept Art!

Gallery Update: New Revery Concept Art!

Hey look! A new blog post! And a new little logo title thingamabob!

But mostly: NEW REVERY CONCEPT ART! It’s been a minute, but I finally, randomly, decided to produce a piece of concept art for the story that I will eventually get off my butt and tell. There’s a lot of work to be done, more world building, updating and editing the existing story and thumbnails, and then actually drawing the thing, but a step forward is a step closer.

This is the first piece of concept art I have done for Revery

Commission Reveal: The Warlock Series

Okay, it’s finally time to reveal the latest series of commissioned work. Back around October-ish 2022, author L.S. Gagnon-The Patron Saint of My Art-reached out to me once again about illustrating some new book covers for her. I’ve done her covers for The Witch Series and The Little Witch Series, as well as four story illustrations from The Witch Series. This time, she has a new series of books in the works (some of which are out already), the first cover of which I had illustrated a few years ago (someone else did a few of the follow ups).

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PMD Xmas Card Envelopes and 2022 Year in Review…and how the heck is it 2023?!?

Another year, another…something? As cliched as it is to say, I’m baffled that another year has slipped by. On the one hand, it’s great we all made it through to be reading (or writing in my case) this here blog post. On the other hand…where did the time go? I don’t often think about how old I am, and the fact that I keep getting older (though I do think about other people getting older, strangely), but more and more these days I am aware of my age and just how many things I still haven’t managed to accomplish. It’s very

Lee’s Dragons: Bird Dragon
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Lee’s Dragons: Bird Dragon

Lee’s Dragons: Bird Dragon

So, how ya doin’? It’s been a bit. Again. I haven’t been very good about updating the content on this here digital manifestation of my Brain this year. I have been keeping busy, though. Aside from basic sketching practice, the vast majority of my studio time this year has been consumed by my Inktober illustrated book Inklings. It has been a ton of work, particularly since I designed three whole fonts and embellishments just for it. I may slap together a post about it at some point. Or maybe not. If you want to catch up and continue to follow the

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Lee’s Dragons: Cat Dragon
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Lee’s Dragons: Cat Dragon

Lee’s Dragons: Cat Dragon

‘Sup. It’s been awhile…Since June 18, according to my last blog post. Life has been, well, nuts. I’ve made art over the last 3 months, but not as much as I’d like. If you follow the Toby’s Brain FB page, you’re pretty aware of all the “real life” things that have been getting in my way. My last blog post here was about an illustration I drew for my oldest son’s high school graduation. Since then, he was scrambling to get his Eagle Project and paperwork done and submitted before he turned 18 (which he did. Mostly. Thankfully he

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