Aaron J Riley Bloghttp://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/Inexcusable narcissism of a fantasy artistFri, 19 Apr 2013 18:11:36 +0000en-USSquarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com)EXPOSÉ 11Aaron RileyFri, 19 Apr 2013 17:13:37 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2013/4/19/expose-11.html872305:10214705:33413090Proud and honored to be included in Expose 11.

Three pieces were accepted. One of them is one I have never shared. So this is the first look.

Yeah, I know. It's almost as good as the sneak peak at the new summer blockbuster. Try to control yourself.

I need a sarcasm font.

 

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-33413090.xmlSome shtuff....Aaron RileyTue, 16 Apr 2013 21:54:38 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2013/4/16/some-shtuff.html872305:10214705:33395263Last year I got to do some cool Warhammer 40k stuff. These are a couple of the images. One of them is in my "gallery". The other one is just a character design shot. Character designs are fun as hell. It's almost going back to my childhood designing my own superheroes for those Marvel Universe Handbooks.

 

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-33395263.xmlNew Covers for Bradley P. BeaulieuAaron RileySun, 10 Mar 2013 17:07:26 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2013/3/10/new-covers-for-bradley-p-beaulieu.html872305:10214705:32950115With the release of The Flames of Shadam Khoreh coming up, Brad is  re-releasing The Winds of Khalakovo and The Straits of Galahesh with a more unified cover design for all three. They look great.Go check out his blog for more info.

Cover Reveal for The Lays of Anuskaya

 Adam Paquette

Todd Lockwood

And my cover. You are already here. Hopefully you don't need a link.

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-32950115.xmlDefenders of MidgardAaron RileyTue, 29 Jan 2013 20:36:26 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2013/1/29/defenders-of-midgard.html872305:10214705:32708925It's been a nice week. I found out that I was in ImagineFX. I got my "Prime Wars" card game in the mail from 3D Total, and I've found out I can start sharing a bunch of stuff that I've been working on for the last several months.

I'm under the weather today, so no stream of consciousness randomness.

This is a cover I did for OpenDesign LLC.

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-32708925.xmlThe Flames of Shadam KhorehAaron RileyFri, 18 Jan 2013 23:52:39 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2013/1/18/the-flames-of-shadam-khoreh.html872305:10214705:32581608The great thing about freelance is that you have to wait forever to share any of your recent work. That was sarcasm. It's not great. It's maddening.

Thankfully that wasn't the case this time.

This is a cover I did for Nightshade books. It's for the Flames of Shadam Khoreh by Bradley P. Beaulieu.

My thanks to Dave Palumbo for the opportunity and the art direction.

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-32581608.xmlPromo cra....packetsAaron RileyFri, 16 Nov 2012 02:59:44 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2012/11/15/promo-crapackets.html872305:10214705:30809671Here is the quick sketch I did for my packets full of stuff that I was handing out to art directors at Illuxcon. I just sketched it out in photoshop/painter then printed it on the envelopes. It's completely a stolen idea, from Jeff Love, who stole it from Doug Chayka, who I'm sure got the idea from someone else. I won't accuse Doug of stealing. That just wouldn't be polite. I am above all, polite. (Nobody is going to believe that.)

I still have a few of these left that will be getting mailed out to the ones that weren't there.

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-30809671.xmlPromo cra.....items.Aaron RileyTue, 30 Oct 2012 16:32:33 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2012/10/30/promo-craitems.html872305:10214705:30168974I'm heading to Illuxcon in a couple of weeks. Besides organizing the new portfolio, I decided to put some promo materials together. I'll be packaging them all up neatly in some large envelopes and handing them out to a few Art Directors that are going to be at the convention.

Each package will have a book of my original portfolio, some postcards, a business card and a bookmark.

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-30168974.xmlBucket full of monstersAaron RileyMon, 24 Sep 2012 23:06:08 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2012/9/24/bucket-full-of-monsters.html872305:10214705:29306153A few months ago, I started a project with Open Design LLC. A series of monsters for modules based on the 7 deadly sins. I showed a few of them in an older post. I just finished the last of the series. I started to loosen up and experiment a little with my process as time went on.

Here are a few of my favorites from the series.

Enjoy.

 

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-29306153.xmlMy name in lights!Aaron RileyThu, 30 Aug 2012 22:01:36 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2012/8/30/my-name-in-lights.html872305:10214705:26468861Ok. There are no lights. My name isn't really even on the marquee. It's more like in the credits. After the stars. The stuff you aren't paying attention to. The stuff that scrolls by while you look for your wallet and deciding whether or not you are going to take the popcorn or leave it in the seat next to you.

By God, I'm in there though.

Wow. I go off the rails quickly.

Expose 10 is now available. I have 3 pieces in there. Don't let that discourage you though. There is a lot of good stuff too.

Expose 10

 

]]>http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-26468861.xml"Prime Wars"Aaron RileyMon, 20 Aug 2012 20:35:45 +0000http://www.aaronjriley.com/blog/2012/8/20/prime-wars.html872305:10214705:24244837I was just sent the image of what my card will look like in the 3DTotal Card game "Prime Wars".  Looks cool to me, but I may be a bit biased.

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