All dragons love themselves a Daily Deviation!

I got up this morning to find a rather large number of messages on my DeviantArt account and that can only mean one thing, Daily Deviation! The lucky winner of my third Daily Deviation turned out to be my crowd favorite, Drogon! You can check out Drogon's DA page HERE. A big THANK YOU goes out to DA user kasumichan2003 for featuring the piece as a DA!

Drogon
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

If you want to see more about this piece, you can check out my blog posts HERE and HERE. Again, a big thanks to all involved that gave this piece a DD and to all the folks that are now following me and have left comments over on Deviant Art! ...oh, and a big thanks to Zoe Robinson for giving me the assignment in the first place!

See you back here on Wednesday for something new! Until then...

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

A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons (Drawings and more)

Last week I shared with you the dragons I produced for A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons expansion, if you missed them you can see then here: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3. Since I got such a great response to the posts I thought I would share the drawings that went into the dragons as well as some extra stuff I found on the interwebs. First up though, here are the drawings that went into the three dragons...

Drogon
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

Rhaegal
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

Viserion
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

First off you might notice that Viserion got reversed for the final painting. As I was working on it I flipped it to get a fresh look at it and realized, to me at least, that it looked better if he was approaching right to left. You might also notice that compared to some of the other drawings I share here on the blog these are a little loose for me. Since I was told several times that George Martin is extremely particular about his dragons I was hesitant to finalized too much with these, especially if there were going to be changes. I did not know what to expect since these were the first AGoT dragons I have worked on. As I mentioned I apparently had nothing to worry about.

Next up, here are some things I found around the web. I was on a gaming website I frequent and I noticed a banner ad that had some familiar faces...

BANNER AD, RAWR!

This was only the first or second time I have come across my work being reused this way and it was pretty neat. Makes me feel a did a good job if it is being put to other uses. When I clicked the ad it sent me to a website related to the expansion and those familiar faces...

I need to pay better attention.

While I was distracted elsewhere a website featuring the dragons had been up for I don't know how long. Note to self... pay better attention to the internet. Anyway... I thought it was pretty neat and thought I would share. This is the first time my work has been featured this way.

That is all for dragon fun here on the blog today, 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

A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons (Part 3)

Now there are three of them... Wrapping up a week of dragons here on the blog I bring you the final installment of my work on A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons expansion. Last but not least is Viserion, seen here in the midst of descending on some hapless victims (who are conveniently just out of frame)...

Viserion
(With real castle stomping action, other accessories sold separately)
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

The art order called for Viserion dropping from the sky to attack a castle and I was happy to oblige. I wanted to depict the eye line of someone who most likely will be inside the dragon in a matter of moments. Of course... now that I am looking at the piece afresh, I really should have had some arrows flying up at him from inside the castle... oh well. Next time. Though I have not seen it, here is how the final card should look...

Viserion
(now on a piece of card stock for your convenience)
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

I guess I like making things interesting for myself... a white and gold dragon in a pink and purple lit sky. If we do not challenge ourselves how do we hope to improve? I also just wanted to try to depict a dragon in a different and unique way since these are but three of the thirteen dragons I produced last year for various projects. For having not done many dragons for my professional work I certainly made up for it last year. More on all these dragons as soon as there is something to tell!

That is all for an exciting dragon filled week on the blog, see you back here for all new fun on Monday... and maybe a little more dragon action. Until then...

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

A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons (Part 2)

As promised on Monday, I have for you another dragon from A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons expansion. Today I bring you, Rhaegal, who has just taken flight and is lifting up into the air...

Rhaegal
(With real flying action, other accessories sold separately)
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

Rhaegal is depicted in a more passive situation compared to the other two who are in the midst of attacking or just about to attack. For a while I didn't like Rhaegal as much because of that, but as I look at it more and more there is something about that quality that draws me in. I had a lot of fun with Rhaegal's long snaky body and it turns and twists off into the distance. Though I have not seen it, here is how the final card should look...

Rhaegal
(now on a piece of card stock for your convenience)
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

For some reason I do not like painting blue skies and I will always try to find a way around painting one... when possible. Not sure what it is, but I much prefer a yellow sky, I even will take a red, orange or any number of purple to gray skies over blue any day of the week. There is not one blue sky in any of these dragon piece, there is a red/gray, a yellow/creme and (on Friday) a Sunset with pinks and purples. Maybe I just like making it hard on myself keep up with the color effects of having a colored sky... or maybe I have unresolved issues with the color blue... or maybe, I just like skies of a different color.

That is all for today's dragon adventures, see you back here for the final AGoT Dragon! Until then...

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

A Game of Thrones: Queen of Dragons (Part 1)

I had a chance to work on A Game of Thrones last year and I am pleased to finally share the work I did on the game. I am sure you are thinking that there are no monsters in AGoT and you would be correct... but there are certainly DRAGONS! In total, I created three dragons for the Queen of Dragons expansion and I will be bringing them to you all this week. First up with have the fire breathing Drogon, who is doing what apparently it does best...

Drogon
(With real fire breathing action, other accessories sold separately)
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

The dragons of AGoT are of a serpentine nature, long and lean, more snake than lizard. I was told George Martin is very particular about the dragons that show up in the game so I was a little nervous going into the project. Apparently I had nothing to worry about because I hit the mark with each one on the first pass. Though I have not seen the cards in person, the images on them online look pretty good, and so far I am pretty happy with the final product...

Drogon
(now on a piece of card stock for your convenience)
© 2011 Fantasy Flight Games

This was my first opportunity to work on AGoT and to be honest, an opportunity I thought I would never have. Since it is a game of power struggles and intrigue I assumed my talents would be unnecessary for the type of product created for the game. Boy, was I wrong! I had forgotten about those pesky dragons, won't make that mistake again!

That is all for Monday, see you back here on Wednesday for more dragon fun! Until then...

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