May 2010
4 posts
Frank Frazetta →
Frank Frazetta has died. I’m sure you’ll read a lot of news about this in the coming days and tons of stories and how inspiring the man was to so many. It’s all true. And if you are an artist,…
Watercolor paintings for the 2010 RoCO 6x6 show →
*Dusts off the blog* It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Work has been good and busy for a while and with the spring quarter wrapping up at RIT I’ll have more time to make new things and show…
Steampunk Musha @ Kickstarter →
Link →
The Fantastical Currencies product line exists to provide quality visual aids in the form of fantasy money for use with any rpg setting or system. Fantastical Currencies: Kingdom Edition…
April 2010
1 post
Empty Room Studios Increasing Membership →
Hey Folks, Empty Room Studios is currently looking to double or triple it’s current member numbers to fulfill an increasing number of client projects. We are currently looking for the following…
March 2010
2 posts
Fantasy Monster Patronage Project →
For the last month I had discussed various methods of subscription based stock art and methods of making it work. Even though I kept the discussion open, I couldn’t make the numbers work way before I…
More pages for Six Gun Requiem →
January 2010
1 post
Six Gun Requiem →
A couple weeks ago I got hired by the talented Gabriel Cassata to work as the artist on his vampire comic, Six Gun Requiem. It’s a fun script with a lot of cinematic elements and I think my heavy…
December 2009
7 posts
ArtOrder: Krampus →
I just finished this Krampus piece for the last drawing topic of 2009 over at ArtOrder. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone. Try not to get birched!
Doctor Strange Comic →
I had started on these Doctor Strange pages a while back with the hopes to have a solid 10 pages sample story done. I haven’t had a chance to finish page 3, but here are the first 2. Enjoy.
Webcomics, Orcs and Help the Hersheys! →
Blog folks! How have you been? The year is almost up and things are going as well as I could hope. If you haven’t seen yet, I started a webcomic a few weeks ago. Head over to …
Get Dungeon Dwellers *almost* #FREE! #rpg
Yep, get Dungeon Dwellers: Junior Edition for almost free. To get the game all you have to do is donate as little as $1.00 to help out a friend! I’ve been trying to help out artist and friend Rick Hershey’s Family.
If you haven’t read anything about the situation please check out: http://helpthehersheys.blogspot.com/ please donate as much as you can and we’ll send you a...
Dungeon Dwellers: Junior Edition! #rpg
We’ve got a great new game for all the young gammers out there, Dungeon Dwellers: Junior Edition!
Dungeon Dwellers: Junior Edition is an easy to set up and play board game designed for little gamers. Players assemble their dungeon and venture forth with the character of their choice in search of wealth!
This set contains high quality game components created by professional illustrator...
Give a Little....Help a lot!
Hey all, I’m writing again to remind you all of ERS artist, Rick Hershey’s family troubles. His wife has had crohn’s disease and they are expecting their third child. Tristan, Rick’s wife had a lot going for her a few years ago, one beautiful baby girl, a new husband and just graduated college but then she got sick and has never really been able to work since. Anyway, for...
Help out My Friend! →
Hey, thanks to mounting medical bills, bad luck and having to move again my friends family could really use your help and the power of the internet. Please send this link to all your friends and lets keep it going!
November 2009
5 posts
Crimson Daggers - new studies →
Here are some more of my studies from the past four days. I’m really digging these still life paintings…expect to see more!
Crimson Daggers - daily studies →
About a week ago Dave Rapoza posted about getting people together (virtually) to do daily drawing studies. I decided to answer this call to awesome and try to do some routine art push ups in addition…
Dune book club: SHAI HULUD →
I write SHAI HULUD in all caps because I am PUMPED! I was talking to Smo earlier and somehow after reading Dune the first time I forgot about so many details in the story. It’s like reading…
Imaginary Monsters identity redesign →
I’ve been rocking the Imaginary Monsters name since my last days at college. What grew out of the final project I did at school became my future business name and brand. I finished up at RIT in 2005…
October 2009
16 posts
Hand Lettering: Type Silhouettes →
I went over to RIT yesterday to hang out with their Hand Lettering club and give a demo. We talked about screen printing and some of the tools I use for doing ink work. The night before I put…
the roundtable workshop. →
the roundtable art group held it’s first workshop yesterday at the fresh brewed coffee house in myrtle beach. turnout was solid and there was a nice, laid back atmosphere. most of the event was…
Dune book club: Duke Leto Atreides →
Week Two in the Dune book club brings us to about page 80 in the book. We ended on the chapter where Duke Leto wrestles with his rage after learning his son was nearly killed by a hidden…
ERS Member (blogging) Updates! →
We like to have Empty Room Studios blog whenever they can here on the official ERS Blog, but sometimes they’re just too busy with studio work -or just living life- that they neglect to share with…
dungeon and dragon magazine. →
i was fortunate enough this year to do some commissions for wizards of the coast.
} FreeTime { →
Nothing really to say except, just some more sketches. Also wanted to take a moment and say thanks to you guys that come to just visit, or…
Dune book club: The Gom Jabbar →
I’m taking part in Dustin Harbin’s Dune Book Club. I’ve read Dune before and enjoyed it immensely, so I was totally down for reading it again. I like book clubs too (or the idea of them at…
} SteinHardt Aquarium { Studies →
My little trip to the SF Aquarium. I spent a lot of time on some of these, believe it or not. :P I felt a bit rusty. The SaberTooth skull is only partially done…
Featured on ArtOrder
Hey all, just wanted to point you all over to ArtOrder the blog of Jon Schindehette, Senior Art Director Dungeons & Dragons® Wizards of the Coast, a couple of our artists, Rick Hershey and Mack Chater were featured.
by, Rick Hershey
by, Mack Chater
Awesome Guys!
-Rocky
Imaginary Monsters and the Good Product at King... →
Internet dudes: I just found out that Mike Turzanski and I are going to be exhibiting at King Con in Brooklyn. The event is this November 7 - 8 and it’s taking place in the Brooklyn Lyceum…
Environment: River tree speed painting →
I’m trying to get back onto the environment train today. I think it took me about 20 minutes, but I’ll pay closer attention to the next few.
ERS Artist Profile: Rick Hershey →
Welcome to the on going series of Empty Room Studios’ Artist Profiles. The goal of these profiles is so that fellow ERS artists can get to know their “co-workers” a little better and so the fans…
More Book Covers →
I’ve been jammin’ on the book covers, and just finished up these 2 recently. Both books won’t be out for a while. Also, check out my bio on the Dark Regions website.
Working Illo's →
Geez, I’m really making the rounds today. Here is some work that I can finally share with the world. ;P The Zombie piece was…
My first Blog post →
Hey all. I’ve been with ERS for a while now, but haven’t shared my work for the blog yet, so i thought I’d get things rolling. I’ll start with pieces done recently for ERS, and in later posts some of…
September 2009
28 posts
ERS Artist Profile: David Hammond →
Welcome to the on going series of Empty Room Studios’ Artist Profiles. The goal of these profiles is so that fellow ERS artists can get to know their “co-workers” a little better and so the fans…
Hard Boiled - Apartment Set →
Forgot to post this when I finished last week. Anyways, here’s another set of 2D gaming tiles I just finished. This one took longer than I thought because of all the objects I had to add. The…
XCON WORLD. This Weekend! →
(Click Image to biggify!) Just a little reminder that we will be at the 2nd annual XCON WORLD in Myrtle Beach, SC the weekend of the 2nd! It should be lots of fun! We’ll have a few…
Headed to Bethesda, MD this weekend for SPX! →
If anybody is near the Baltimore / DC area this weekend you should head to Small Press Expo in Bethesda! Here’s the SPX website with all the info you need to find the show: http://www.spxpo.com/….
Gun Sculpture →
Here’s the finished sculpture for the gun. Only 49 more to go!
2010 Zombie Calendar AVAILABLE NOW!!!! →
That’s right the project we’ve been working so hard on is finally ready for mass consumption! The 2010 Zombies Calendar is a 13 month calendar featuring art from some of Empty…
} Ferry Sketching { →
These are my random ferry sketches. I had this awesome gig…
Zombies! →
Here’s a zombie picture I did for the ERS 2010 Zombie calender. Should be available for sale soon.
Winner, winner, chicken Dinner! →
Another non-ERS post -but it is about art, just a different kind!
You may remember me mentioning an old friend of mine, Steve Senes, competing out in San Francisco at Guitar Player Magazine’s Guitar Superstar Contest. Well, I am happy to announce that he WON! He got some awesome compliments from all the judges -including Michael Jackson’s old guitar player, the chick with the crazy...
Too Art for TV 4 / Eat World sneak preview →
Attention world…if you’re in Brooklyn this weekend you should go to the Too Art for TV 4 group show opening. I’m in the show again this year with two massive ink drawings inspired by my…
Secret Pictures →
I can’t tell you what these sketches are for, but here they are.