James L. Cook

One of my favorite things about being an illustrator is bringing author’s characters to life and finding small ways to make them unique.

#art #illustration #sunmaker #scifi #fantasy #digitalillustration

Another Illo of Valka from Christopher Roucchio’s Sun Eater saga. #art #illustration #scifi

Cover art for @christopherroucchio’s Tales of the Sun Eater. I like illustrating Valka because there are so many different aspects to her. #art #illustration #scifi #femmefatale #solanempire

Speed/block painting demo for character design class at SCAD! #art #illustration #conceptart #scifi #scad

Caricature Demos for SCAD character design class. I rarely get it right the first time, but always fun! #art #illustration #scad

Which is cool and all, but Kaepernick is using his privilege which he earned through hard work and training to take work from hard workiNG ARTISTS by developing an AI platform so you know, fuck him.

I love how trust in the government is at an all-time low and then repUBLICANS vote to withhold the ethics investigation into a potential AG. I mean the american people deserve to know how much of a criminal their next top cop is.

@thatsummersguy.bsky.social love it! I always pictured the “glow effect” of the high matter swords as a temperature effect. Kind of like a warm breath on a cold night. So, when I illustrate them I think of it as the sword’s breath.