"I stopped to look at it. It was a cock's head; needles of some dark metal had been run through its eyes and it held a strip of cast snakeskin in its bill." The Sword of the Lictor, Chapter XX, "The Circle of the Sorcerers".

I don't have any new Christmas art to share, so here's one I did a few years ago, haha.

Some quick thoughts on character design from when I was considering teaching the subject. Would still love to at some point if possible. Not necessarily a tutorial, but things I try to keep in mind. Everyone has a different method, usually dictated by career choice.

The archetypal rogues themselves, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. W.I.P.

Sergio Toppi may have well been the best comic artist of all time. Holy shit.