Weird Hippo!

Jeez. That's a weird hippo.

My Boy!

It's been three months now since my lovely wife squeezed this little miracle out, and boy are we just pleased as punch with the results.
Every morning I yank him out of bed and we babble at each other, drooling, snorting and gurgling, until it's time for work.
I hope we can keep that up for a long time.

50 posts quest!

New header today. I'm starting a run of posts, and I'd like a touch of identity for the blog.
My goal is to post one drawing a day for the next 50 days. I'm interested to see how the pace changes the way I think about this blog. Perhaps I'll find a theme, or make new characters, or who knows what?
Let's find out together!

 Experimenting with color. Though I never stray too far from minty green.

 There is some serious stuff happening in the D&D game I'm running right now. I threw the players up against an old friend who had transformed into a monster (pictured). They killed him, like he asked.
Half robot (or warforged, in D&D), half troll. Once they killed and decapitated him, the warforged paladin burned away the troll bits, leaving what you see at the left. Not sure what a magical robot's brain looks like, but I think they would have one, and fancy wood seems a good material for such a thing.

August 17, 2011

This is the party of adventurers I'm Dungeon Mastering for, currently. I've been meaning to draw them for a while, the players are all doing such great illustrations of their own characters, this is my take on their designs. Its fun when they've been playing for awhile and you can imagine them all running around together. Especially this group, which ranges from a runty 3 foot somethin' gnome to a nearly 9 foot goliath.

What adventure lies in store for our heroes? What dangers await? What riches!?! Stay Tuned!

I had a demon in me.

Looks like I had a little demon in me. Just sat down to draw something, and here we are. I think this looks like decor for some warlock's grimoire.
Probably all over a grimoire somewhere. I'm fiddling with some seriously dangerous joojoo, so don't stand too close.

Baby New Year

This year is the year of the Rabbit in the Chinese calendar. My son will come into the world later this year, so that makes him a Rabbit.

(It already shows, his first communication with me was a wicked kick to the ear.)

According to our acupuncturist, boy Rabbits have quick reflexes and keen wit. It sounds like he'll keep us running, but I'm excited to have a boy in the family who acts quickly. Dear old dad is much

more of a tortoise.

Darwin At Large

Darwin At Large

Darwin at Large 1

Happy New Year!

Blockhead, and his quest for diluvian bliss

Blockhead Takes a Dip from Neil Graf on Vimeo. 
I'm using Flash these days to animate, and it feels good! I got an idea here for something like a video game level, a character going from point a to point b. Aside from the first animated post, this is also my first time using Vimeo. Its a good site/service and I recommend it highly.

Lighthouse

Its a lighthouse! With cannons!

That could be useful, right?

This actually is related to something I'm working on, so its not a complete non-sequitor.

Website and Blog Updates!

Good news! I've completely overhauled my website. I learned some CSS and Javascript in the process. They were a little time-consuming to pick up, but over all, much less difficult than I expected!
To match the website, I've redone the colors on the blog. Hope nobody barfs. Neons rule, is all. Must be my early 90's teenhood. Memories of dayglo fannypacks and LA Style shoes are so vivid. Wrong as they may be, I can't shake em!

Here's an illustration from the new crop featured on my site. That's my pet chinchilla messing around down there. I had to tone down his antics a little. In reality, all you would see is motion blurs.