Through Good Times And Bad

"Through these fields of destruction...

Baptisms of fire...

I've witnessed your suffering

As the battles raged higher...

And though it did hurt me so bad

In the fear and the alarm...

You did not desert me, my brothers in arms..."

Dire Straits, 'Brothers in Arms'



Beautiful artwork from   It was worth the wait.  Aleyna and Tallisibeth, an enduring relationship through good times and bad, maybe the purest thing in our game. 

Amberly wanted to move away from the NSFW stuff, which I totally respect.  But she is skilled as ever in drawing the little details, in her ability to tell a story without words.  A big thanks to her for all the hard work that she's done for me over the years.

The concept was flat-out inspired by this one, which has long been one of my favourites: Best Friends Forever

I think we too will move towards less fan-service next year, assuming we manage to keep it going.  Not sure what this one says, really. That some days life is sweethearts and balloons and melting toffee-apples, and other days you're bleeding from the eyeballs in the smog of a battlefield? Anyway, the characters are Aleyna and Tallisibeth. I like the details on this one. It's nice that sometimes Aley has to lean on Llis instead of the other way around. Nice detailing on her Theed Arms Security S-5 too. 

I should talk to the players and write something for this, but I'm going to let all the dramas die down for a bit. Besides, Mark Knopfler's lyrics are more eloquent than anything I could come up with. This one should speak for itself, allow everyone who sees it imagine what they are thinking or saying.

Funny that this one, a tribute to friendship, should come along now. I know I've not been around much to say anything.  My desktop is on life-support somewhere and my laptop wishes it was. I have a stinking cold and my gaming group is having one of its bizarre periodic dramas.  Just when I thought 2016 couldn't possibly get any worse... it does.  It's been a horrible year and I wish it was over.

Not sure what 2017 will bring. Probably a lot less from me. It's sad when anything comes to an end, but nothing lasts forever - not relationships, gaming groups, artist collaborations.  People change and people move on. Maybe at some point I'll see the good in it.

There are a few more commissions trickling through. I will probably hang around to put these up.  I did think of taking the galleries down, but I see no harm in keeping them up, even if I'm not around. It's a nice body of work, both my stuff and the commissions, I think.

'Til then,

Marcy