Lammergeier Transport - The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia

I have a new piece from The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia! Today's monster is the mighty Lammergeier Transport. Not every section of the Grand Bazaar can be reached on foot. For those areas high in the sky and out of reach for the earthbound beings, they will need special assistance, plus proper paperwork, appropriate passes, a small bribe, and the right passwords. The Lammergeier Transport can help with one of those things, and it might even get some of your merchandise there and back again. If you are a savvy merchant with an eye on the sky, you will need to employ a Lammergeier Transport.

If you would like to read the thoughts of Reginald Blatherskite, Anointed Seer of the Impure Husk, regarding this monster, then head on over to The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDaila blog!

Lammergeier Transport
11 x 14 - Pencil on paper
Currently Available Grand Bazaar Originals
© 2017 Christopher Burdett

Lammergeier Transport - Drawing 
11 x 14 - Pencil on paper 
© 2017 Christopher Burdett

Here are all the other completed monsters for The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia: Aberrant Stilter, Belled Kreep, Corrupted Knight, Dight-Kin, Eau-de-nil Elder, Ethra VanDalia, Footman, Gray Wanderer, Gullet, Humgruffin Mother, Irritated Girasol, Judicator, Kiplorbic Animal Dealer, Lammergeier Transport, Myopic Riflemen, Nimsbane Curse Victim, Ophiomornous Bureaucrat, Petrous Blacksmith, Quincaillerie, Saint Marque, Smokestack, Thrice, Uncanny Scribe, Virulent Artificer, Xandrell Tree, Yote Arms Dealer, and Zombic Spore.   


As an added bonus, I have some images of the line work and rendering process of this piece so that you can get a better idea of it taking shape... 

Lammergeier Transport - Process © 2017 Christopher Burdett

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog. See you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability, head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Upcoming Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia Monster Sneak Peek

In the middle of another busy stretch so the I have a quick sneak peek of things I am currently working on for The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia. There are three monsters that I am working on that are currently leaving the drawing table, on the drawing table, and waiting to be on the drawing table. That is about all I have time for today as far as the blog goes. ENJOY!

Process images from the Uncanny Scribe

Look for the finished image next week here on the blog!

Process images from the Quincaillerie (Ken-Kel-Lay)

Look for the finished image in the coming weeks here on the blog!

Initial sketch for the Lammergeier Transport

Still a lot of work to go before this one hits the blog.

That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Scribbling and Sketching

One of my worst bad habits as an artist is that I do not sketch and scribble enough. I do not work out my ideas and concepts on paper nearly enough as I should. Most of my concept work takes place in my head and at the time I am beginning to work on a new piece. I think and think and think about the idea before putting pencil to paper rather that searching for the idea on the page. My sketchbooks are empty but I have a lot of finished pieces. It has been this way my entire life. I never really enjoyed working on something that was not intended to be a finished piece of work.

As a child I had stacks of sketch pads that I toiled away in, kind of. I would begin working on a page and if the drawing did not go as I planned I would stop wherever I was at and turn to the next page. Even if I had just started drawing, making only a few marks, if I did not like it I abandoned it and went to the next page to begin again. There would be page after page of just one eye, or a hand, or the silhouette of a dragon head. I felt like that page was corrupted with a page drawing and needed to start again on a fresh sheet. So much wasted paper... So much wasted time looking for the perfect mark, the perfect line.

To this day I do not have the habit to doodle. If I sit down to draw it is to be a finished piece, a completed drawing. Not sure if I can do anything about this issue at this point, and I sometimes wonder if I should. It is not like I am not making work that I really enjoy and enjoy making. Not like I have lacked professional work opportunities. ...but as a artist I wonder if I am depriving myself of the opportunity to explore without limitations. Here is a recent scribble that was done to see if an upcoming monster might work out as envisioned. Still on the fence. Might go in a completely different direction...

Rare concept scribbles... that will most likely be abandoned.

That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com