It's been a very long time and  I know I don't post on here as much as I probably should. That being said for those who still might follow me here I have been focusing much more on my first artistic love, comic books. I have finally started to self publish my own comics and have set up a Ko-Fi page to share them with everyone, ko-fi.com/leaningtowercomics

I also have Facebook and Instagram pages where I tend to share artwork and updates of all sorts more frequently.

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Thanks for keeping up with me through the years! 

Mark

The King's Tournament Kickstarter

I know I have neglected my page here and have been using Artstation (https://www.artstation.com/xyster13) and my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/artofmarkorrjr) most of the time now, but I did want to post on here as well that the card game I have been working on for several years now has launched it's Kickstarter campaign, http://kck.st/31HaPhZ.

It is a fast paced, fantasy inspired, dueling card game. If anyone is interested in that kind of game, please check it out and consider backing the project.

I'm ashamed to say I don't use this site as much as I used to, but you can now find my art on Fine Art America (https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/mark-orrjr/shop) or playmats and other gaming related gear at Inked Gaming (https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/artists/mark-orr-jr) and you can follow me on Artstation (https://xyster13.artstation.com/) as well where I post the most frequently these days.

I am also open for commissions these days too. You can see my price breakdown here: https://xyster13.wixsite.com/artofmarkorrjr

I'm still quite active and will try to post here more often as well.

And for fun, here is a recent painting I did of a B-25 Mitchell.

Thanks for following,
Mark

New Magic the Gathering inspired landscapes pieces. These are available as playmats on my Inked Gaming page or as art prints through Artstation.

Soldier Sketches

Something I've been doing recently in between working on various commissions or other projects is sketching various soldiers from the Vietnam and Korean Wars along with WWII. Here are a few that I've done so far. 

Another Warm Up Piece

Barbarian Queen

Some more Warm Up Pieces

More Warm Up pieces from my art group. As with before I use these to experiment with new brushes and techniques. Especially working towards a natural feel with digital media. I don't usually spend a lot of time on these, anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour often depending on the amount of interruptions I get. 

Muddy Barbarian:

 Ceremonial Cardigan:

Face Off:

Been a really long time...

Probably been too long since I've posted on here, but believe it or not I've actually been working on things. Most of which I can't post on here yet but I have been working on warm up pieces and such so I figure I should start posting some of those here until my other projects wrap up. Once those do I will be posting lots more.

One of the art groups that I belong to does what we call Weekly Warm Ups, just topic suggestions that can be used in any way to inspire the artist. Could be spitpaintings, full pieces, practice with new techniques, etc. I thought I'd start posting those here to keep things current on here again.

For me, most of these warm ups are a chance for me to work with new brushes and techniques and see what directions I can push myself into.

Here are a few of my recent ones.

Marsh Army:

Iron Ox:

Elevation:

I'll post a few more older pieces soon too.

Contemplative Vampire...

Lunch Sketch.

Lunch time droids

Quick lunch painting...

30 minutes tops. Just messing around with tool presets and various symmetry methods.

A few recent sketches/test pieces

Just messing around with some new presets, tools and brushes. Not more than 40 minutes or so spent on these.

Bob Ross inspired...

Watched a Bob Ross painting marathon this weekend. I had a few free minutes at work but my tablet was at home today, so I wondered how much I could accomplish using a mouse and working with his principles and applying his techniques using a digital medium. About 40 minutes total time.

A late night sketch

A 40 minute, late night, one brush, one layer painting.

Quick environment piece.

A quick little painting inspired by a photo my cousin took this morning. Spent roughly 20 minutes on it.

A quick landscape painting

About 20 minutes or so...

Some more from Variable Beamer.

Decided this time to post some full shots of the mechs (called Variable Beamers) used in the game.  I'll post some more art and concepts from the game soon.

The standard Navy "Beamer"

Queen's Treasure in its mech Variation.

Quick's Quicksilver in its mech Variation.

A few Variable Beamer concept pieces

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm going to post some of the initial concept pieces and designs for Variable Beamer which was released yesterday on android. Here are a few to get started. Some of the early Mech form concepts and a few of the pilot ideas too. I'll post some more in the coming days.

Don't forget to check out the game too!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Echoshard.Beamer

Variable Beamer now available!!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Echoshard.Beamer

A retro anime inspired space shooter that I had the pleasure of doing the art and music for. I will post some of the concept art work for it here in the coming weeks. Enjoy the game!

Space Mining Facility

Another 30 minute piece.