Photograph: “Bonus Booklet” for “The Harbinger’s Path” | Interior from the “extras” section
Earlier this month, after finalizing the main print book for The Harbinger’s Path, I was contemplating whether it was possible to put together a “bonus booklet” with some extra material I ran out of space for in the main print volume.
I thought it was a low possibility, because ~1 month before the convention was a little too close scheduling-wise for my taste. However, thanks to fellow artists also tabling at Manga Ichiba later this month, I learned about a new printing company, MCE Printing. Like my main printer I used for the The Harbinger’s Path (Fireball Printing, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), MCE is also a domestic, NA-based print shop.
Bonus Booklet for “The Harbinger’s Path” | Back Cover
MCE prints from Kirkland, Washington, and they have a specific focus on NA-made doujinshi! How cool is that!
To my amazement, they were able to both print and ship my “bonus booklets” in record time. Even better, I am so pleased with their print quality. Thank you so much again to Mike for shipping my booklets out in record time, and with such beautiful print quality! I am beyond pleased with their print quality, especially as this was the first time printing with them, and there wasn’t time for me to check a physical proof before having them printed.
Above are two preview photos!
More photos (including the front cover) + info added to the full post for the interest-check group from earlier this month! (Scroll down to the new “Bonus Booklet” section.)
Booklet Specs
Original black & white version of The Harbinger’s Path: Chapter 1, plus “even more extras!”
Extras include additional bonus art I wanted to add to the main print book, but ran out of space more due to page count.
Book Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (slightly taller and skinnier than A5).
Recently finished “Tier-2 style” commission for Skylark celebrating this year’s anniversary with their partner! Their DnD characters – Atticus in the back, a solider; Osiris up front, a sorcerer; and Pontos – Atticus’ trusty griffon!
Here the trio fly high above the skies, Osiris slightly hesitant at first, as he isn’t used to flight as Atticus and Pontos are!
Process images below, followed by a few detail crops:
Process Sheets + WIP Line Sketch
Initial sketches.Revised sketches after client feedback.Refining the underlying sketch before starting painting!
Detail Crops
Osiris, Atticus, and Pontos | Detail CropOsiris and Atticus | Detail cropPontos the griffon | Detail cropOsiris, Atticus, Pontos | Detail crop (slightly more zoomed in)
And let’s close the post with the final once more:
Below are a few process sheets from this commission (with client name omitted, as since this was from a while ago, I cannot quite recall whether this commissioner wished to remain anonymous).
PROCESS IMAGES
Initial Sketches | Process sheetRevised Sketch – Color Variations | Process sheetThe final painting once more!
I’ve been meaning to occasionally update this blog with some art I haven’t posted here before! Starting with a few Guild Wars 2 Tier 3 “speedpainting” commissions from a while back. These are 3 of my favorites from 2023!
The other reason I wanted to post these is because I took timelapses of several pieces from the 2023 batch of “speedpaintings.” I’m planning to post the timelapse for the first and third artworks in this post (the fiery charr and the confident-looking sylvari).
I recently finished editing the timelapse videos for those two, and will post them to YouTube soon. I’ll update this post when those process videos are up!
Guild Wars 2 “speedpainting” commission
I’m undecided about whether I’ll post the timelapse for the middle artwork (with the Ascalonian sword – one of my favorite weapon skins!), even though this is personally one of my favorite speedpaintings (I learned much about brushwork doing this one). I discovered while editing the clips that there’s a small portion in the middle that didn’t record. It’s very short, but it’s one of the parts I personally would want to see drawn (it’s when I draw the shoulder shapes), and I feel like it’s less interesting without this portion in there.
I searched all through my frames and sadly it is nowhere! It’s just lost. I’ll look at the video again to see if it’s still interesting to watch, but argh! I wish I had it there, because that one was so fun to draw, and I’d have liked to see that part drawn too.
I’ll again update this post with the process videos when they’re up!
April 1, 2026
Added timelapse video for the “GW2 Charr Engineer” Speedpainting.
March 30, 2026
Added timelapse video for the “Guild Wars 2 Guardian” Speedpainting.
March 25, 2026
Added timelapse video for the “Sylvari Engineer” Speedpainting.