Roza replaces the goat with a new follower…

Seems that Roza and the bountyhunter share a common goal…

Roza finally learns what the bounty hunter is really after…

I picked this up over the weekend, so here’s a quick review:
There are very few decent collections of J C Leyendecker’s art. He’s one of the masters from the Golden Age of illustration, and had great influence on the better-known Norman Rockwell. Personally I think Leyendecker is superior in the medium, his technique is more [...]

Roza manages to find a way past the soldiers at the checkpoint…

The persistent goat finds a new home, but what will become of Roza…?

bird is the word

Notch flees, leaving Roza with the mysterious bountyhunter…

Leith makes her departure, and the shadowcats follow…

Leith seems to know something about the blood of mages…

yarrr

Roza’s not the only one…

Leith loses her temper, too…

Roza tries to convince Notch to join her…

what happened next

cute troll

The power of the phoenix feather heals Leith’s wounds, but the poor clockwork phoenix is discarded.

Maybe Leith got what she wanted, after all…

devil

SM sketch page

sailor moon sketches

Notch seems to be under Leith’s sway, but it seems that Leith is holding up her end of the bargain…

Notch is behaving strangely, and another familiar face has resurfaced…

And the phoenix is stolen yet again…

Roza’s hard-won loot gets looted by the bountyhunter…

half cat maid cast

sailor moons

bee boy

bareback riders

random cute gals

kingfishers

whale people

Isis

lezni

lezni and roza

kung fu frog

Roza makes her move to snag the phoenix…

Notch leads Roza to a mossy cottage in the moonlit woods, and to the target of their hunt…

Notch reappears, but a distraction leads her back into the woods…

As the sun sets, Roza and Nic are still searching high and low for a phoenix…

Roza’s shadowcat pal proves handy in a pinch…

Nabbed by the bounty hunter, Roza tries to worm her way out…

Some characters from Royal Assassin: Burrich and vixen, FitzChivalry and Nighteyes, Molly, and Kettricken.

Got a new desk! Finally, some elbow room. I broke it in with some quick girlies.

Frustrated, Roza parts ways with Notch, only to encounter a new ‘friend’…

The next morning, Roza and Notch had set out to find a phoenix…

Nic, Roza and Notch settle down for the night.

Roza whips up a snack for the shadowcat

The shadowcat, Roza, and Nic get cozy around the campfire.

Roza and the shadowcat size each other up…

ideas for a winter outfit

costume ideas for a character who may appear in the future…

Roza starts up a fire, and a new ‘friend’ appears from the shadows…

Roza and Nic seek out a dry spot

Page 11 is done!

Leith’s friend joins Roza to search for the phoenix…

Leith accepts Roza’s proposition, with an addition of her own…

Roza tries to make a desperate bargain with Leith…

character developement for the Dominance War concept art competition

It’s been forever since I did a character commission! It’s fun to do from time to time.

Roza is introduced to Leith’s ‘friends’…

An introduction to Leith, the true brigand mage, and it’s not going well for Roza…

Coffee devil concept

Roza and Notch

Deep in the mushroom-lit cavern, Roza makes a startling encounter…

Roza warmup sketches

bunnygals with scarves

pox beast tamer concept

I added page 9 and 10 to “Nymph“. 4 more pages to go!

Roza finds her cloak, and together with Nic ventures deeper into the darkness…

It lives!

A collection of sketches by concept artist and ‘Roza’ webcomic creator Kelly Hamilton. Chock full of girls, critters, and other oddities. Includes 10 pages of new and never before seen material. Available for purchase through lulu.

Quick reference for the shadowcat critters in my Roza comic-

Standing on top of an ancient sarcophagus, Roza discovers the entrance to a deep passage…

elves and critters

sphynx leopard

liony guy

porcupineapple

Climbing the wall, Roza finds herself in a misty old cemetery. Nic is definitely spooked!

character development sketches for my nymph comic.

nymph sketches

ophelia looking up

Roza and Nic make a mad dash through the woods in pursuit of the mysterious scarf-creature.

Over the holiday break, I started working on a 14 page short comic entitled “Nymph“. 8 pages are complete so far.
A brief synopsis:
Ophelia lives in the dark watery depths, but she dreams of another world- a world of flowers and golden light. Leaving behind the other nymphs and the nest where she hatched, she sets [...]

Nic’s back, but something else is missing…

Roza finds a quick and dirty fix for her blood problem

Disoriented, Roza awakens from her encounter with the strange eye-monster.

nymph model

main character for a short comic project

That mysterious noise from the underbrush turns out to be something other than the isard…

2007 is just about over. Hope ya’ll had a good one!
Here’s one last batch of sketches~

mermaid sketches

more mermaids

waterfowl griffins

nymph ideas

chapter two Roza sketches

Roza flees deeper into the forest, and stumbles upon a copy of the wanted poster.

Just for fun I made a simple Roza paperdoll toy in Flash. There are two outfits to mix-and-match, lots of accessories, and of course, Nic!

New art posted in the pox gallery, lots of stuff from the latest expansion. My backup DVD was corrupt (thanks OSX!) so it’s just lo-res game art for now.

voil sorcerer

more here

Realizing that the soldiers could be on the lookout for her, Roza makes a run for it.

Roza discovers her path has been blocked, as the soldier have blockaded the pass to search for a brigand mage.

baboon god

cat ninja

lion sketches from the zoo

zoo bird sketches

big cat doodles

Looks like Roza’s got company- and not just the isard.

Roza’s compass leads her down an ancient stone road, to the Sacred Gate at Gil’s Pass.

First page of the new chapter :D

The next chapter begins!

Chapter Two : Roza and the Brigand Mage
Following the ‘magic arrow’ given to her by the Horse Prince, Roza continues her journey North. Surely the mischief she wreaked at the old fort won’t soon be forgotten. What dangers lay ahead? And what danger, even now, is tracking her deeper into the forests [...]

Here’s a cute Meg pinup to celebrate!

Halloweeny Meg

Some goodies from the Roza gallery

roza sketches

soggy Roza

Aryon running

Leith model

And a cute non-Roza tidbit

moth gal

Did I mention that I’ve moved?
If you’ve wondered where I’ve been lately, here’s the answer:

Texas!
Sketches and more regular updates coming soon.

random dawgs

phoenix ideas for Roza comic

more refined phoenix design

phoenix cage sketches

costume sketches

Roza takes shelter from a storm

At GenCon I was set up with my laptop and tablet, sketching for the public to see on a very large monitor. Mostly it was speed-paintings without much of a plan, just quick concepts with shiney Photoshop effects. Thanks to everybody who dropped by to check out the game, get cards signed, and ask about [...]

I’m off this week to GenCon Indy. I’ll be working the Octopi booth, showing off PoxNora and doing art demos. Drop by and say hi, play some Pox, or watch me try and draw under pressure, whatever floats your boat :)

I noticed some weirdness with the Gallery causing images get stretched and distorted. Clearing the cache seems to have fixed it, if you notice any further funkyness just let me know.
This weekend I was noodling over a game idea, something gardening oriented like ‘Harvest Moon’. All the character would live in quirky giant vegetable houses. [...]

Some cute Roza-ness

costume ideas

Roza faces

thumbnails and more faces

a cute cottage

I’m in a red-and-green mood lately, it seems.

speedpainty girl

void tiger

random monster

coffee devil

A couple new illustrations for your viewing pleasure :)

Meg, the half-cat maid

Roza’s compass modelsheet

Sketchy concepts for the next chapter of the Roza comic

sacred gate sketch

jaru brothers concept

esten faces

Location concept and color key for my Roza comic.

the sacred gate

This was a fun one. I gotta get some more practice with environments ^_^;

Here are a couple sketches of guys from my Good Cheese webcomic.

jerome faces

miriam hotness

I’m on a roll!
Actually, I’ve been working on this for a while. The new design should allow for more user discussion, as well as techy features like automatic updates and page navigation. It’s the same engine as this site and Drawfurry.com, so hopefully it will quickly become familiar.
I’ll try and post more updates there [...]

I updated my portfolio at junglestudio.com with a new, minimalist site design. It’s pretty sparse but the focus is on the selection of artwork, not website design or other fluff.
Check it out and let me know what you think-

photo ref birdies

condor guy and zebra punk

dire wombat and misc marsupial monsters

stylish tasmanian devil

princess peach revamp

Link, kickin’ it old skool

Just playin’ around with a new style.

cute devil girl, color test

creepy leech monster

even creepier bee girl

froggie critters

Roza has poufy undies

Esten costume revamp

cute devil faces

life drawing quick poses

life drawing long pose

conceptart.org Character of the Week activity, ‘Fallen Valkyrie’

You may notice I got ‘Lightbox’ working on the site now- that’s the effect that pops up images in the same window with a dark overlay. It’s a little slow, but it allows for better image quality and easier browsing.

Final page of “Roza and the Horse Prince”.
I’m going to take a break from the comic and finish up a few other projects, but I plan on continuing the Roza saga eventually. The comic has been surprisingly popular, despite my lack of experience doing this kind of story. My plan is to brush up on [...]

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One more page to go! But don’t worry, I’m busy hatching Roza’s further adventures…

I just posted a bunch (20) illustrations, sketches and pixel arts from the latest PoxNora expansion.
Click here for new PoxNora art!

You can see these and a bunch more art by other artists on our Conceptart.org thread

more cute devil girl sketches

glasses are a cute addition…

I want her shoes

Roza wearing Esten’s coat

For the conceptart.org Creature of the Week ‘Silvertooth’

cute colored silvertooth

Mmm, tastes like magical item!
Aryon steals the show again. Panel 3 is one of my faves :D

Here are some of my favorites from the last Poxnora expansion-

Battlemage animation

Jakei elder animation

Moga pup animation

Moga zealot animation

Poor Roza, everybody just ignores her…
A few small updates to the RHP website- new portraits for Roza and Aryon, and a small layout change on the story page. Only 3 more pages until the story ends! It’s been almost a year in the making O_O

A coffee-drinking devil girl character. She always wears winter clothes and drinks coffee ’cause the surface world’s a lot chillier than Hell. She’d be fun to put in a comic or something but I don’t have a solid plan for her now. She’s been around a while but these are the first sketches worth scanning.

A [...]

I’m still working on the next RHP page, but here’s a highlight:

It felt like this page took an eternity to finish, but it came out pretty well. The fist panel especially has nice coloring. I’d like to go more in depth into Ayron’s history, and how he became the prince of the small village of horse-people when he’s obviously more human in most regards, but that’ll [...]

Forests are way more fun to draw/paint than dingy old jail cels. Also, this is the first time I got to use Roza and co’s actual ‘daytime’ colors, so I was pretty picky about it.
I hope the goat in the last panel doesn’t come off as too ominous or significant- I just thought it’d be [...]

I like the glowy magic horsey panel a lot, but I really botched the rest. I try to cram as much content into each page as possible, I guess in part because it’s a weekly update and in part due to my eagerness to push the story along. This page would’ve worked better with more [...]

Some concepts for a creature in Roza’s future adventures…

We finally get a good look at the ‘real’ Ayron!
It’s hard to hold back on the dialogue. I’m trying to keep it light, but the characters don’t want to shut up! I think future ‘Roza’ chapters will require more dialogue, just because Roza will be around more humans and less non-talking magical horse types. Hopefully [...]

Notice how the style of the comic is evolving? It’s becoming a lot more digital and animated-looking.
Also, it’s hard to tell, but the goat is wagging his tail :)

More cuteness!

Concept art for a flash game I was brainstorming. It’d be a fairly simple sim with cute and colorful graphics like this one. I figure I can’t program much but I can probably get it to run some math when you hit a button. You’d be managing a ranch of these floofy jerboa/gerbil type critters. [...]

Page 31 - now you know what all those goat sketches were for!
Note : no Roza update next week, I’ll be in Mexico!

Sketched out some Roza expressions to prepare for upcoming pages. The goats- well, that will be revealed shortly. Also, since I stopped drawing GC I suck at these anthro critters :P

ooh shiney~

Not Nic, just some random possum sketches

cute kids~
The goats are based on the Pyrenean Chamois, which really is more of an antelope. Look at that grin!

(photo by Lionel Thevin)

Happy Valentines Day! :D

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I like Roza’s shiney effects :D
It’s kind of a ‘cheap’ Photoshop combo of overlay and screen layer effects… but looks so pretty and magic-y!
All these pages I work in really high res, so it’s sometimes a disappointment to see expressive details lost in the web sized version. For an example, check the panel below. [...]

I really like these pages where I don’t have to paint so many dull stone walls!

quick flash coloring test for the half-cat maid

lots of costume brainstorming for Esten!

Page 25 - things are getting messy

Here’s a sneak peak of characters for the next chapter of the Roza comic - I figure these aren’t too spoiler-y since these guys will most likely be on the cover.

Portraits using an old design for ‘Esten’, plus various brainstorming

More portrait brainstorming

One Esten design I liked, plus quick marker colors

Sketches for the primary antagonist, ‘Leith’. [...]

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First Roza comic of the new year! :D

The Good Cheese webcomic has found a new home, once again.

After a nearly 3-year run on the subscription manga site Wirepop, the comic entered a hiatus. I don’t have time to update the comic regularly, but rather than let it languish and take up space on someone else’s server, I’ve moved it back to my [...]

Page 23~
And a few new sketches before we roll over to 2007-

Concepts for future Roza characters

Cute critters and cartoony Tomi

random kitty monster pals
Happy New Year!

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I usually try to update on Mondays, so consider this an early Christmas present :3
Happy Holidays!

more catmaid studies

random cute zebras - no stripes because I’m too lazy!

foxes and bunnies, just an excuse to draw big feet

cute baby dinos~

originally I envisioned the horse prince as a pouty pretty-boy teen, but decided he worked better as a young scamp

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…perhaps even cuter than the last page!

Speedpainty psittacosaur

Future Roza stuff - The ‘Gray Fox’, an older general who adopted Biali.

This is old, I just forgot to upload it. Cutesy Mario-themed girls.

trying to loosen up and push the style more. My drawing is so restrained and I really want this comic to have some energy and punch!

I used to hate monkeys, but [...]

Simurgh sketch with fun colors

Sonoran Jackalope - my holiday card for this year

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Definitely the cutest page so far! :3

Page 19 is up!

sexy bunny gals

and a cartoony cat maid in similar style

some heads for biali’s story

artrage doodle

poxnora doods from gencon

page 18 is up! (finally)

cute catmaid sketch

swamp donkey sketch…

…and in color!

ice age critters

cute glyptodonts

sir piggy

An illustration created for the Conceptart.org girls’ calendar:

I added a new section to the Gallery for Poxnora, a web-based strategy game for which I created a lot of illustrations and animations.

Look for more sketches and pixel art there soon!

I made a lot of artwork and pixel animation for this game :D
Play with the new expansion at poxnora.com.
You can see a lot of the artwork created for it here.

I know more magic than a good cat should…

ambiguously gendered centaurs

ok, this one looks like a girl

cute halloweeny kitties! I’m coloring the bottom one

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Nic returns! :D

Page 16 is up!

I’ll be heading next month to GenCon SoCal. There will be live art demos and signing of PoxNora trading cards! I’ll only be there for the first half, so Friday onward you’ll have to settle for the other Octopi artists ;P
The next PoxNora expansion comes out in a few weeks. I got to play with [...]

A character for the Roza story. She won’t appear in the current book, but maybe she’ll appear if I continue it later.

cute older Roza

more Simurgh sketches

Life drawing from the Tucson zoo

Page 15 is up!

I also updated the cover art and some miscellaneous bits of the Roza site. Here’s a shiney new banner for linkage:

To break some mental blockage I sketched Roza riding a random creature again. It ended up looking a lot like the Red Bull - not the beverage, but the guy from The Last Unicorn

half-cat maid - somehow she ended up in the sink!

This week I spent my free lunchbreak time sketching out ideas for Simurgh. [...]

Speedpainty rat monster

some fun baboon sketches

I’m working a design for Sir Puss, for my half-cat maid story. Not sure if this is final but I love his whiskers :3

cute cartoony griffin with some quickie colors

Page 13!

random critter doodles
dragon knight guy
more dragon knight ideas
foo dog (Buddha lion) puppy
cute critter doodles
meefy unicorn
random monsters
monster speedpaint

Page 12!

I finally managed to work elephant shrews into the comic :D

lunch break speed paints

more half-cat maid sketches

and with some quick colors

random animal doodles

Some kind of crazy unicorn

two-headed zombie dog monster thing

More half-cat maid sketches-
the bowterfly is a ribbinsect that often nests in hair. It feeds on dander :D

A color test and rough modelsheet for the half-cat maid character. Pencil sketch with Photoshop colorings.

Doodled various critters while I was watching the BBC ‘Life of Mammals’ DVD. It’s a great series, lots of nice cinematography of obscure mammals and neato facts. There’s some CG but it’s not too overdone.

I’m trying to finalize a design for the half-cat maid character. She may feature in a new comic, after Roza’s short [...]

Welcome to the new and improved Fernblossom!
I apologize for changing up all the webpages and messing up everyone’s links. The old site evolved over the years into a sprawling mess. I decided to re-organize and simplify, using a format that’s easier for me to update. Now I can (hopefullY!) update more than a couple times [...]

Page 11 is finished!

Page 11 is finished!

Page 12!

I finally managed to work elephant shrews into the comic :D

Page 13!

Page 15 is up!

I also updated the cover art and some miscellaneous bits of the Roza site. Here’s a shiney new banner for linkage:

Page 16 is up!

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Nic returns! :D