John Tedrick

Procreate practice

You really are the master of these!

Drop some puppets!

I remember the first time I ever saw a mantidfly. I had never heard of them before, so when I found the dried exoskeleton of one, I was like “… what the hell is that?” It seemed like the kind of mashup creature you’d see in a fantasy setting.

Penciling

If that ain’t that industry in a nutshell (well, the AAA part anyway).

If you see this, post a vampire!

Harvest Night

One more preview image for my artbook, Monsters.

Ghost!

Another page preview for my artbook, Monsters.

Zombies.

New preview page for my artbook, Monsters. Another tomorrow!

Grey colored pencil doodles:

They bite!

It’s been a few years since I’ve done anything for them, they were my earliest professional client. Maybe someday I’ll work with them again!

I did covers for “I’ll See You In Hell” and I think it was the eleventh issue of Weird Fiction. There’s an upcoming release too, I’ll post about it soon!

One of my proudest accomplishments so far has been designing and illustrating a cornucopia of monsters for Magic the Gathering’s recent Duskmourn set, a love letter to 80s horror movies (which I’m a massive fan of):

Apparently it’s #portfolioday again.

I’m John! I’m an illustrator and concept artist who’s worked for Wizards of the Coast, Centipede Press, Draco Gaming, Mondo, and more!

Magic Cards!

It’s you! I haven’t seen you since The Great Me Deleting My Twitter Account Of 2024!

Spectral longsword

SSD

The old version, from five years ago:

Spider Dragon

Getting ready for Smaugust

A lot more coherent, a lot more competent, with actual style and affection for the genre supposedly being celebrated. I think that might be what I hate most about AI— there’s no love or respect or personal intention behind it.

I wonder if they know or just don’t care.

Little illustration of how I think of Hierarchy of Detail in my subjects, going from base forms (A) to primary details (B) into secondary details (C).

Dragon Busts

A page with a familiar face from 3DTotal’s new book, Designing Dragons, which features a few of my older pieces!

“No JD, it’s edge /of/ your seat, not edge /off/ your seat!”

Generally, I’ll go with what I’d most prefer the particular game’s main character to look and act like, how I envision the character rather than inserting myself as much.

Like, conservatives, real traditional conservatives, are one thing, but that’s not what this right wing swell has become. They’re anti-liberal, and they don’t talk in good faith or meet in the middle like we so often try to, so why should we have to put up with them?

I think Cuban’s got this wrong. There’s no reason anybody should have to give time and space to people who only intend to be provocateurs and sophists.