Pathfinder Bestiary 3 - The Return of the Tojanida

In another blast from the past, today I have for you a monster that saw another life in a second printing that I was not really aware of until recent - sort of. Back in 2012 the folks over at Paizo released their Bestiary 3 and it included the return of one of my monsters. Looking back I apparently made a passing mention of this on the blog twleve years ago, but never actually shared all the images and details. I didn't even own a copy of the book until a few months ago. To start things off, here is the cover packaging for the Pathfinder Bestiary 3.

Pathfinder Bestiary 3

The monster that made its return this time is the mighty Tojanida. I designed and painted this monster for the Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Misfit Monsters Redeemed. This has always been a favorite of mine and it marked a turning point in my career as became much more serious about monsters. This one also was the perfect mix fo things for me: reptile, fish, texture, pattern, color, weird, and alien. Here is a look at my final painting of the Tojanida

Tojanida

Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Misfit Monsters Redeemed

7x5.2 - Digital
© 2010 Paizo Publishing, LLC

Lastly, here is a look at how the Tojanida printed in this book. Always nice to see how they turn out and this time around it gets to look to its right.

Tojanida in handy dandy book form!

That's all for another exciting week on the blog. See you back here next week! Until then...

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Pathfinder: Bestiary 3

A week or so ago I was wandering through the gaming store and came upon the display for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 3. I am always drawn to big books of monster (go figure) and low and behold my name was among the real stellar lineup of contributing artists. I quickly thumbed through the pages to see which monster made it into the book and I was very pleased to see that my old friend, the Tojanida, gracing the pages...

Tojanida
© 2012 Paizo Publishing, LLC

If you have forgotten all the about the Tojanida you can read all about its misadventures in Misfit Monsters Redeemed. I was really happy to see that this critter got some extra attention and I thought it printed beautifully in the Bestiary. I hope that a copy of the book will be making its way to me soon so that I can enjoy the rest of the work in the book, it is full of eye candy!

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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Misfit Monsters Redeemed

Finally, some new work to share here on the blog! Always difficult to be patient for my comp copies to show up in the mail to confirm that everything made it into the final publication. But at long last I am happy to share my contribution to the recently released Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Misfit Monsters Redeemed. I think the name says it all, MONSTERS! So let's look at the monsters...

Tojanida Fight! (Give in Hursk, I hear death by Tojanida is suppose to be calm and peaceful...)
© 2010 Paizo Publishing, LLC

Tojanida
© 2010 Paizo Publishing, LLC

Tojanida Shell
© 2010 Paizo Publishing, LLC

For this project I was assigned to redesign the Tojanida. The Tojanida has always been this crazy mixed up thing but I was able to get in there and give it some of my monster love. They wanted something along the lines of a crab with a snapping turtle beak with some flippers thrown in and I was happy to oblige. It just so happened that I had a ton of crab reference laying around from a piece I had recently finished for myself so I had a lot to draw from as I worked on these.

Needless to say I had a ton of fun working on the Tojanida redesign and these pieces. It is hard to go wrong when you get to add your own voice to a project this way. As always a big thanks to Sarah Robinson for getting me involved on this projects!

The Thanksgiving Holiday is this week and I am going to be busy with travel and family. I don't see me being able to make any blog posts until next Monday, after the holiday. See you back here in a week! Until then...

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