UPDATE 15/04: Life has been a bit troublesome this past few weeks and I haven't moved forward much yet. I hope things go back to normal in the next couple weeks so that I can resume withe these with a lot faster respones. Sorry for keeping you waiting longer and longer

So tired...

UPDATE: I removed some gone illos and added a few old ones, which I making available for $20 a pop. The sale ends this sunday 24th. Also, there will be a current commission's update tonight

I'm selling some of my original, hand made babies (illos!) to get me thorught these months that I haven't been doing nothing but trying to catch up with all the pending work I have.

These are hand made pencil work in 8.5x11" paper. I'll include a print of the sketches and a color print of the final image. All signed.

Any of these go for $30 (except where noted) + $5 for shipping in the US or $8 anywhere else. Multiple drawings go with a single shipping cost. I'll throw in a couple of surprise freebies on each envelope Payment is through paypal (please contact me for the account).

Normally I do this only once a year to raise funds to my trip to PaizoCon (July), but this year I've decided not to take on more gigs until I finish ALL I have pending and that's starting to seriously hurt my budget, so right now this is my only choice to get some extra cash.



Available illos (each $30)


Ye Oldee Illos (each $20)


Thanks for your support!

COMMISSION'S UPDATE 13/02: I'm in a bit of a stalemate, I'll be pushing this faster over this weekend

The next commissions in line:


1. TheEldritchMrShiny
2. Gavgoyle
3. Matt

4. Dark Knight Curon

5. Wrose

6. NicWold  

Some of these are B&W commish, so I'll move on faster with this batch. The listing order of the commissions is based on date (oldest to newest) and complexity (number of characters and color). My priority is to clear as many commissioners as soon as possible to get some peace of mind.

There are more commissioners in line that I'll list as soon as I start to clear these out.

Past (and recent) finished commissions

COMMISSION'S UPDATE 13/02: I'm in a bit of a stalemate, I'll be pushing this faster over this weekend

The next commissions in line:


1. TheEldritchMrShiny
2. Gavgoyle
3. Matt

4. Dark Knight Curon

5. Wrose

6. NicWold  

Some of these are B&W commish, so I'll move on faster with this batch. The listing order of the commissions is based on date (oldest to newest) and complexity (number of characters and color). My priority is to clear as many commissioners as soon as possible to get some peace of mind.

There are more commissioners in line that I'll list as soon as I start to clear these out.

Past (and recent) finished commissions

A while back I showed a couple of my monster illos beign made into miniatures for the Midgard Campaign Setting from Kobold Press. Now these miniatures have begun production

Eastern Front Studio lauched a KS campaign to start to produce the official mini's for the Midgard setting, the Kickstarter is a running success and is near it's end. Join the Kickstarter and get yourself amazing Midgard minis and the first ever Butterfrog minis!
Kickstarter> [link]



The campaign is fully funded and going for stretch goals already, and if the campaign it makes it into $25k, they will make a BIG mini out of my crimson drake>



The kicstarter ends this sunday night (20th)!

Illo work is finally picking up speed again. I'll start posting finished work tonight! I have finally set up a fixed-hour schedule as any regular job, with "rest" time and all. It sound a bit strange since this is a freelancing, not-main-job thing, but if I'm to take this seriously and continue a steady grow and serious deadline commitment, this may be the only way to do it. If people's happy with my turn-in time and I'm unstressed because of this too, I'm all good and happy having "office hours" for illustration too

Commission WIPs


Commission work status remains the same:
-Won't take commissions with delivery before I finish all current work.
-I'll be posting 3 commissions updates weekly (most likely on moday, wednesday and fridays). These updates will appear on my dA front page journal and won't be appearing in your messages but once a week, not to flood your inbox with journals.

This focusing on previous work is affecting me economically. To try and offset this a bit, I'll be putting up for sale some of my original artwork in the next few days. I hope you are interested in some of it

Thanks for you support and patience and looking forward to fulfill all work ASAP!

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone! Lots of hugs and best wishes

Second, this past holidays with the family didn't allow me to move much forward on the illustration front, and this has made me take another course of action for this year. The plan remains the same but I'll extend my dedication to these private commissions to february as well, so  I won't be taking any more work with deadlines within January and February. This made me see real clear that even when illustration is not a full time job that I do in my spare time, I really need to separate it from the family time and even from any "household" time. If I wish to keep this going, I need it to formalize it and give it its proper, regular and disciplined time. As I mentioned before, The commissioners who have been kind and patient enough with me and my epic delays will be compensated.

My first biggets resolution for this year is be to CLEAR ALL THE DELAYED artwork before taking anything else, so, I better push it faster or else i'm going to be very tight on money very soon, not to mention the unreasonable amount of time I've taken to finish this work... I still remember how 3 years ago I couldn't believe that an illustrator would give a two-week time frame for commissions.... The irony!

So, in a nutshell:
-Jan and Feb will be all about clearing out ALL the private commissions.
-I'll keep a nearly daily journal update on Private comissions (except weekends!)
-I won't be taking any more jobs with a deadline before Feb 28th or when all commissions are cleared
-Previous commissioners will get a preferential deal if they ever want to commission more work.

Thanks for you support and patience and looking forward to fulfill all work ASAP!

Commission WIPs

The Saga of Dragon Star is a new epic fantasy western, while the N.R.G. System is a new sword-and-sorcery RPG!



FINAL DAYS TO JOIN THE KICKSTARTER! [link]

    The Saga of Dragon Star is set in a fictional world, where an evil empire known as the Keln Dominion is slowly conquering all the known lands. And as liberties everywhere are suppressed, refugees flee to the last bastion of freedom: The Frontier Lands. Here, they scratch out what living they can from the unyielding landscape, and they are forced to live side-by-side with refugees from other realms, so humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and minotaurs come together, each with his own agenda and goals.

   Swords and armor blend with six-shooter and rifles in this world where magic is slowly dying, suffocating under the growing industrial might of the Keln Dominion. And as the magic weakens, so too do the ancient binding spells of the Aluvian Empire, releasing long-forgotten demons from their eternal prisons.

   It's a world that blurs the line between hero and villain, where the struggle for survival creates its own version of pragmatic gallantry.

The Saga of Dragon Star will be available for both Pathfinder and Savage Worlds; read more about it here: [link]

The NRG Roleplaying Game System



The N.R.G. Core Rulebook is our generic sword-and-sorcery RPG. N.R.G., which stands for non-restricted roleplaying game, is centered around the idea of player participation and continuous engagement. We want to create a highly tactical roleplaying experience that allows all players, no matter whose initiative it currently is, to be able to participate (or at least potentially be able to participate) at any time. Rather than trying to speed combat up to get through each player's turn as quickly as possible and rushing to the next, we do the opposite--we slow it down. We make every moment and every decision critical, keeping the sense of vulnerability alive at each tick of the clock in an attempt to enhance the experience and put each decision under the microscope. When death can come from any attack at any time, it reduces the formulaic approach of combat and eliminates the feeling of resource attrition and going through the motions to just wait for your next turn to come up.

Read more about it here: [link]

Get to finish ALL commissions. Old, super old and new commissions will get done this month.

After a lot of consideration, I've decided to clear my inbox of previous work before diving fully into the newly created Butterfrog Studio. I think it's important to fullfill these commistments before engaging into a bigger one.

So! If I owe you work you'll get it within this month

So long and good fortune to the most lively, full pledged and now gone RPG magazine... Kobold Quarterly.



The magazine has come to an end with issue 23rd. It's very sad news but also a light to shine over new products for Kobold Press, the end of the magazine means more time for fantastic adventures and campaign products for Midgard and many a new product developed by the Kobolds, so I guess this news are more about rebith and evolution, yet still have a hint of a sad farewell.

It was a blast to be a part of the artist that added life to the pages of this soon to become llegenday magazine I deeply thank Mr Baur and Mrs Baur for the many opportunities to join the ranks and I look forward to continue participating with the mighty Kobold Press.

Adios Kobold Quarterly!

The Saga of Dragon Star is a new epic fantasy western, while the N.R.G. System is a new sword-and-sorcery RPG!



The Kickstarter campaign is ON!: [link]

    The Saga of Dragon Star is set in a fictional world, where an evil empire known as the Keln Dominion is slowly conquering all the known lands. And as liberties everywhere are suppressed, refugees flee to the last bastion of freedom: The Frontier Lands. Here, they scratch out what living they can from the unyielding landscape, and they are forced to live side-by-side with refugees from other realms, so humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and minotaurs come together, each with his own agenda and goals.

   Swords and armor blend with six-shooter and rifles in this world where magic is slowly dying, suffocating under the growing industrial might of the Keln Dominion. And as the magic weakens, so too do the ancient binding spells of the Aluvian Empire, releasing long-forgotten demons from their eternal prisons.

   It's a world that blurs the line between hero and villain, where the struggle for survival creates its own version of pragmatic gallantry.

The Saga of Dragon Star will be available for both Pathfinder and Savage Worlds; read more about it here: [link]

The NRG Roleplaying Game System



The N.R.G. Core Rulebook is our generic sword-and-sorcery RPG. N.R.G., which stands for non-restricted roleplaying game, is centered around the idea of player participation and continuous engagement. We want to create a highly tactical roleplaying experience that allows all players, no matter whose initiative it currently is, to be able to participate (or at least potentially be able to participate) at any time. Rather than trying to speed combat up to get through each player's turn as quickly as possible and rushing to the next, we do the opposite--we slow it down. We make every moment and every decision critical, keeping the sense of vulnerability alive at each tick of the clock in an attempt to enhance the experience and put each decision under the microscope. When death can come from any attack at any time, it reduces the formulaic approach of combat and eliminates the feeling of resource attrition and going through the motions to just wait for your next turn to come up.

Read more about it here: [link]

Want to win this painting? Then all you have to do is sign up for the newsletter at www.gamesmithsllc.com! Also, send them your email in a private message so they can confirm! That's all. Free entry--no purchase necessary.

Gamesmiths WAR painting raffle: [link]

Game Smith will soon launch his Unrestricted Gaming System -to which this illo abose is the cover, AND its frist Campaign Setting, Saga of the Dragon Star, a game that I had the chance to participate a bit in, it will be a KS project and will launch on Nov. 19th. Stay tuned!

Check it out and win an original WAR painting!!!

RATS! > [link]

The "RATS" RPG is fully funded now and growing strong!!! Now aiming to it's final stretc goal:



Join up now and help push the line up to squeeze more bloo...errr, extras from the creators of this exotic and super fun game.

RATS! > [link]

Make a furry, smelly player and join up!

PS: WHen I get my cop, my firts rat will be a LOLRat fer'sure!

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I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

1. WIP
2.WIP
3.Marc Johnson
4.WIP
5.WIP
A.Nicholas WoldWIP
B.
C.

I mean... Astounding!



A good friend of mine, Ashton Sperry, AKA is runing an Indiegogo Campaign to produce his paper minis. The project is nearly 200% funded and it's a go! Ashton started the Pathfidner minis line, so he sure knows what he's doing

Don't miss the chance to get your hands on official Astounding paper mines and join up in here > [link]

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I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

1. WIP
2.WIP
3.Marc Johnson
4.
5.
A.Nicholas Wold
B.
C.

Thanks for Watching!

The "RATS" RPG is fully funded now and growing strong!!! Jopin up now and help push the line up to squeeze more bloo...errr, extras from the creators of this exotic and super fun game.

RATS! > [link]

Make a furry, smelly player and join up!

BTW, the image abode isn't for the rats game but for Tales of a Israeli Storyteller

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I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

1. WIP
2.WIP
3.Marc Johnson
4.
5.
A.Nicholas Wold
B.
C.

Thanks for Watching!

Thanks for Watching!

I'm resumming work on commissions (old and new), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis, but I'll also sketch up some of the commissions down the line to not keep you waiting mcuh longer. FYI The commissioners listed below are the "newest". I'm organizing myself to put the old list too so that previous commissioners see their status too.

1. WIP
2.WIP
3.Marc Johnson
4.
5.
A.Nicholas Wold
B.
C.

Thanks for Watching!

I'm a big fan of miniatures, specially unique, exotic miniatures and I wanted to share this Kickstarter with you guys.

It ends this sunday 23 at noon, and at the moment you get 17 monters minis for $50, 30 minis for $75 and 37 (some of them large!) for $100, and more! Check it out and don't miss the opportunity to get these fabulous and unique minis for such a low price!

Kickstarter> [link]

This is a "different" kind of RPG where you get to play a rat who's trying to conquer the world back from the humans!

RATS! > [link]

This is an Indiegogo campaing (nearly fully funded already!) made by a friend , which guarantees a good quality game!

Make a furry, smelly player and join up!

The butterfrog contest is over now and it's time to review and judge the entries. Since we extended the deadline a week, we'll be hasting the judging process and we'll be announcing the winners on next monday 10th.

Next on Butterfrog Studio:
We'll be working for a few weeks on the book Campaign Spots: The Butterfrog, we expect to publish it in October.

For september, we are looking to launch at least a new line of adveture-like products, we'll give more details next week.

On Artwork, I'm resuming with the commissions from PaizoCon (and of course all previous pending commissions), and they will be done on a first come, first served basis:

1. WIP
2.
3.Marc Johnson
4.
5.
6.Nicholas Wold
7.

Thanks for Watching!

Find and research a Butterfrog! Study this fantastic creature and share your findings with the rest of the world. Get yourself published in Campaign Spots: The Butterfrog, a professional Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game Compatible product, and be part of the very first Butterfrog Studio product. The winning entries and other selected entries will become part of Campaign Spots: The Butterfrog source book.

There is no purchase necessary to enter the contest, and the final Player's Guide and Children's Book PDF will be free (yes, there will be a Children's Book!).

Dates:
Starts August 8th
Ends on September 3th.
Finalists will be published September 7th.

Download your FREE Field Guide to The Butterfrog [link] for guidelines and inspiration and join the contest!

Hop in the pond and become a croaking designer!

Prizes
Once the voting ends and the finished Campaign Spots: The Butterfrog book is published, the winners will receive their prize through the mail. Winners' entries will be published in Campaign Spots: The Butterfrog book. Other non-winner entries will be selected as Runner-Ups and will be published as well.

Prizes are:
• 1st Place: Contest Prize Plate, Loot, Character Plate, and a signed exclusive edition of the Butterfrog's Box with the original illustration of your butterfrog.
• 2nd Place: Contest Prize Plate, Loot, a signed Exclusive Edition Book, and the original sketch of your butterfrog.
• 3rd Place: Contest Prize Plate, Loot, and a signed Exclusive Edition Book.

Prize Description:
o Contest Prize Plate: Your printed Diploma with your rank as an expert Butterfrog Journalist, Hunter, Crafter, or Storyteller.
o Loot: Various Butterfrog Studio merchandise. The Butterfrog book PDF, a plate of your butterfrog  and a gift certificate.
o Character Plate: A printed custom illustration of your original character.
o Exclusive Edition Book: A contest-exclusive personalized softcover color copy of the final Campaign Spots: The Butterfrog book.


Entries
To enter the contest, you must track down, study, and describe a Pathfinder®compatible version of the mysterious butterfrogs that eluded the famous Researcher, Nigel Badgerthorpe. You can pick one of the species presented below or research a brand new one from the natural variants, which are regular animals, insects or plants. You must use the Field Guide to the Butterfrog (BFS0000) as guidelines to create your own butterfrog.

• Arachnitoad: This creepy eight-legged toad, lacks a normal butterfrog's wings and hunts prey with a silky tongue, dripping webs, and a poisonous bite (Small, CR 1-3).
• Beardtoad: This bloated, spiky-skinned toad is a strange mix of the frill-necked lizard and bearded dragon with a nasty butterfrog croak (Small, CR 1/2-1).
• Caterpole: This primitive-looking wingless hybrid appears much like caterpillar that gorges on tasty plants and then spins itself a silk cocoon to evolve into the larger caterfrog (Tiny-Small, CR 1/4-1/2).
• Crocofrog: This short-tempered butterfrog with a vicious bite is the wingless offspring of dangerous crocodiles and playful butterfrogs (Large, CR 3-4)
• Dragontoad: This graceful butterfrog hybrid of dragonflies and tadtoads possesses sparkling antennae and darts about on droning gossamer wings (Small, CR 1/2-1).
• Frogamander: This hot-acclimatised colorful butterfrog is a dangerous specimen for its nasty flaming breath weapon (Small, CR 1-2).
• Lanternfrog: This dancing butterfrog that flashes strange and hypnoptic bursts of light from its  firefly-like abdomen (Tiny, CR 1/3-1).
• Hornedtoad: This scaly, skittish mix of butterfrog and horned lizard  puts its sharp horns and spikes to very good use (Small, CR 1/2-1).
• Rattletoad: This slithering  wingless breed of butterfrog and snake possesses deadly venom, a cobra's hood, and an unnerving rattling tail (Small CR 1-2).
• Snaptoad: This slow and temperamental mix of wingless butterfrog and alligator snapping turtle enjoys a formidable pointy carapace that inspires numerous nicknames when it rolls up into a ball (Medium, CR 1-2).
• Sproutoad: This odd, veggie toad takes on lush plant-like features due its glutonous vegetal diet, and is highly sought for its unique colorful blossoms during mating season (Small, CR 1/3-1/2).
• Wasprana: This breed  butterfrog possesses a wasp stinger and droning wings, and have the hazardous habit of taking over wasp nests (Fine, CR 1/4-1/2).Each submission must contain its folklore (a tale, legend, song, or a poem), its ecology (habitat, physiology, and lifecycle), its stats, and a magical item or piece of equipment made from butterfrog-derived components.

*Your journal must include its folklore (a tale, song, poem or parable), ecology, physical description and abilities, and Item(s) derived from it. Use the Field Guide to the Butterfrog BFS0000 as a creation guideline.

*Stats and rules are OPTIONAL and do not count against the word limit. Winning Entries that include stats will get a special "Rule's Lawyer" surprise award.

* Máximum 2,000 limit.

Important: All entries must include the name (and title, if any) of the Researcher who is your own original character presenting the journal. The winning entries will have his/her Researcher made into an Pathfinder® compatible character (including an illustration!) and will be included in the book.

To submit your entry, email it to hugo@butterfrog.com within the contest time frame. The document must be a .DOC, .TXT, .RTF, or .PDF file attachment .
   • Entries must be submitted in English with correct spelling and grammar.
   • All entries will become property of Butterfrog Studios. Any entry published in a Butterfrog Studio product will designate proper credit to its writer and no additional compensation.


Judges and Voting
The entries will be reviewed by Mike Welham, Adam Daigle, and Hugo Solis. Twelve will be selected on the Journalist category (one of each butterfrog), and three from the other categories. These selected entries will be made public (without the contestant's name) and winners selected by the public. The judges will place special emphasis on the entries' creativity and usefulness, as well as adherence to the butterfrog creation rules and writing skill.
Contestants are prohibited from prematurely disclosing their entries under penalty of disqualification.
Public voting begins on September 3rd and ends on September 7th. The method and rules for voting will be disclosed at that time.
All judge rulings are final.

Contest Rules
1. The contest is open to all. No purchase necessary to enter.
2. The contestant can submit only one entry per category. The contestant entries must follow the rules of the categories you submit for.
3. Submissions must be received via email (hugo@butterfrog.com) no later than September 3rd, 2012 10PM Central time .The contestant must format each entries' stats, rules, and mechanics using the standard creature and item format as presented in the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game Bestiary™ and Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook™, respectively.
4. The contestant's submission must be made in a .DOC, .TXT, or .PDF document.
5. The contestant will authorize Butterfrog Studio the use of their name for promotional  purposes. The contestant will not receive any kind of remuneration other than the Prizes for the winners.
6. The contestant must agree with this document and its rules to enter the contest.
7. The contest follows Wizard's of the Coast OGL and Paizo's Pathfinder Compatibility rules.
8. The contestant can only use references from Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game compatible products and the Butterfrog Reference Document. The contestant must submit original material. The contestant is solely responsible for any infringement of another company's IP.
9. Butterfrog Studio will own all entries, and reserves the right to edit and modify such entries for proper use and publishing. Authors will be given credit if their entries are used in a Butterfrog Studio product, with no additional compensation other than the Prizes awarded to the winning entries.
10. Butterfrog Studio reserves the right to disqualify contestants at any time due to inappropriate behavior by sole discretion of Butterfrog Studio. Butterfrog Studio reserves the right to terminate this contest at any time without prior notice.

Failure to meet any of these rules and requirements will result in automatic disqualification, and any prizes awarded will be immediately forfeited.


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Pathfinder is a registered trademark of Paizo Publishing, LLC, and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility Logo are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC, and are used under the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility License. See [link] for more information on the compatibility license.

Made a quick adv poster to remind you that you can download you FREE copy of the Field Guide to the Butterfrog now

You can find it in here: [link]

Don't forget to start creating your own Butterfrog to join the contest and win lotz of goodies!!!

Contest: Create your own Butterfrog
[link]

Frog out!