Jeff Miracola:: Artist and Illustrator:: Blog

Warrior brush and ink timelapse drawing in sketchbook

miracola — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:50:41 +0000

Here’s a video of me creating a drawing of a warrior in my Monstrosity art book for a fan. The drawing was done with an Ebony pencil, a white Prismacolor pencil, Black India Ink, a Loew-Cornell Brush and a very dirty toothbrush

Airbrush and acrylic painting technique for Mail Me Art project

miracola — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:36:39 +0000

A video of me creating a decorative mask painting that will itself become an envelope that is to be used for Mail Me Art, a collection of art sent through the post and displayed in a gallery show, as well as published in a book by HOW Design Books. To learn more about Mail Me Art, please visit http://www.mailmeart.com

Jeffrey Catherine Jones Art Book

miracola — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:02:11 +0000

I am deeply honored and humbled to have my work appear in an upcoming book about the art of legendary comic and fantasy artist, Jeff Jones. In addition to the incredible work of Jeff Jones, this art book will feature work from dozens of artists that have been influenced by Jones’ art over the years. The list of artists involved in the book is amazing.

The work I have in this book, along with the work of the other artists, will be auctioned off to help raise money for the film project. More on this auction later. Two of my pieces of art can be seen below.

Maria Cabardo has worked tirelessly for years on a documentary about Jeff Jones. Her dedication in time and money has been immense. The film is complete, but she needs our help so that she can get that film out to a wider audience and cover other production costs. Please consider donating a few dollars to her Indiegogo campaign. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/better-things-the-life-and-choices-of-jeffrey-catherine-jones

Winged lion fantasy art drawing - timelapse video

miracola — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:02:18 +0000

Here’s a video of me creating a quick mixed media drawing in my Monstrosity book for a fan of my work. Materials used: Ebony pencil, white Prismacolor pencil, Loew-Cornell brush & black india ink.

Mixed media drawing of screaming orc - video

miracola — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:22:04 +0000

Here’s a video of me creating a quick mixed media drawing for a fan in my Monstrosity book. I hope you enjoy it.

Winged Wraith acrylic painting technique video

miracola — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:58:34 +0000

I finally got around to editing a video my wife and I shot in December of the creation of my acrylic painting called Winged Wraith. A few years ago, I did a painting for Magic: the Gathering called Chainbreaker, which had to go through two rounds of revisions in the sketch phase. The second sketch, and the one that led to the final painting, was chosen by the art director because it was more in keeping with the look of the scarecrows from the game than my first drawing. I always liked that first drawing though, and had hoped to some day create a painting of it. I finally got the chance last year. So here is a brief look at the creation of Winged Wraith.

Time-lapse Ink drawing of monster

miracola — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:07:11 +0000

A timelapse video of me creating a random monster drawing on a playmat. Nothing was planned. I just starting drawing and this is what I ended up with. Created on a white Magic: the Gathering type playmat using an Ebony pencil to start and then both a fine and medium point Sharpie marker to finish. The drawing took about three hours to complete.

Convention drawings

miracola — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:14:55 +0000

Here are a few drawings I’ve done at recent events.

Here I am drawing at the Spectrum fantastic Art Live! event in Kansas City, MO.

This drawing is done with brush & ink and white colored pencil.

A brush & ink drawing I started at the Chicago comic-con, but finished up recently at another convention.

Working on a brush & ink drawing at the Star City Games Open Series in Madison, WI.

An Ewok and a Beeble (from Magic: the Gathering) walking with Jar Jar Binks’ head. We’ve all dreamt of this moment I’m sure

Mermaid painting in Spectrum Fantastic Art Book 19

miracola — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:31:56 +0000

A painting of mine has been accepted into the book Spectrum 19 - The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. I’ve been in past issues of the book, but I hadn’t entered anything in the past few years, so it was nice to see I still get some love

If you are in the Kansas City area in May you can see the painting, along with many others of mine at the 1st Annual Spectrum Live! event May 18-20, 2012 at the Kansas City Convention Center. I’ll be there with dozens of other amazing artists. If you’re a fan of fantasy art, you are not going to want to miss this show. I don’t think there has ever been a line-up of this kind of talent under one roof before! Hop over to the Spectrum website and check it out.

I’ve included some progress photos of the painting as well. Enjoy.

Monstrosity - A Book of Drawings

miracola — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Monstrosity is a convention-style sketchbook I put together that has over 150 pencil and brush & ink drawings from various projects like Magic: the Gathering, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons & Dragons, as well as pages from my sketchbooks. To see previews or purchase the book, go here.