Art, blog, and project repository of digital creator Lukas Stormskull
I review monster designs, spotlight creative efforts that I like, share art-making and creative resources that I’ve found, and ramble about monsters and dragons.
I’m thrilled to finally announce the alpha release of my custom dollmaker game, Dragon Builder!
This tool lets you customize a dragon with different wings, colors, horns, markings, and tons of other parts.…
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For the better part of my entire 2000’s, I was absolutely, utterly, and completely obsessed with a furry graphical social game called Furcadia.
Furcadia isn’t really a “game” – there’s no stats, no goals, no HP or leveling, no win or loss conditions.…
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I am excited to be working on a collaborative project to create a dragon-themed tarot card deck! Different artists will be assigned to work on each of the 78 individual cards in the deck, and then the final deck will be available to purchase via KickStarter.…
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In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, the virtual pet adoption scene was booming. Neopets was king, Pokemon was new and exciting, and everyone was excited to build a website for the very first time now that it was finally becoming an accessible medium.
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To honor the spirit of giving, here is a completely free piece of art that you can use and modify however you wish. Use it as an original character’s reference image, use it to practice coloring, use it as a base to design clothing or accessories, go nuts.…
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Let’s talk about color! I don’t have a lot of color intuition, and as an artist, I tend to work in black-and-white first without much consideration for colors. I definitely rely on setting a palette to help guide myself.
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Continuing my highlighting of favorite Pokémon from Generation 3, let’s take a look at my favorite Pokémon designs from Generation 4, Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.
CricketuneI love that this dapper little bug simultaneously looks like a musical instrument and an orchestra conductor.…
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I, for one, am not pleased with the modern focus on pop-culture and cartoon characters and raunchy jokes as Halloween costumes. Celtic Samhain, from which many modern Halloween traditions and the date are derived, marked the initiation into the “darker half” of the year – when the fae folk (NOT the Tinkerbell variety) and spirits have more power.…
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It’s here. It’s October. There are lots of great design and art prompts that circulate through social media during this month, like the famous Inktober which prompts you to draw 31 inked pieces, one each day.…
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