The Fool Inked - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak at SDCC 2015

Woking like a Fool on this tarot card project.

Book Cover for "The Pumpkin Patch" - A Curio & Co Project - in the works

Cover design and illustration for "The Pumpkin Patch". 

These images are fully composited and illustrated in photoshop, no physical book exists. This material will be part of a pitch package we are putting together.

Inking the Fool - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Debut at SDCC 2015

A quick screen grab of the inking of the Fool or should I say of the fool doing the inking…

Justice - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peack at SDCC 2015

Just finished inking Justice with chicken, chicks and eggs.

MMM I'm hungry now! Scrambled eggs anyone?!?

Death - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak at SDCC 2015

Here's Death for your viewing pleasure (from a distance of course).

…and here's a little BTW: this card is #13

ASIDE: It's so much easier to ink if you already have the designs taken care of… DUH! Spend the time on the roughs.

The Hermit - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak at SDCC 2015

Development continues… here is The Hermit.

Trying out the tarot cards without a frame, and one more down and many more to go… next!

Temperance Sketch - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak at SDCC 2015

Sketch for Temperance.

The Fool Sketched - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak SDCC 2015

Sketching The Fool for tarot project.

The Judgement - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak at SDCC 2015

Here is the Judgement in ink.

The Hierophant - Curio & Co. Tarot Cards - Sneak Peak at SDCC 2015

The initial inking and layout are always test subjects I tend to go back and redo/fix things once all of the illustrations are done.  That allows me to see what the sets requires for layout, stylistic lines and fonts.  In animation the call it working on passes, I'm really happy I spent time in the animation industry it taught me a lot.

See you at the San Diego Comic Con ; )

The Moon - Tarot Cards Sneak Peak at Comic-Con 2015

Tarocard: The Moon - ink version 1.  I'm working on the balance of the line weight to get them to read right at print size but also at decorative art prints size (4x the card size).

I tend to do multiple versions when I work on a project, considering that there are 78 cars… I really need to keep in mind to slim down my production process.  

Curio & Co. Buncy Ads - Details

Here are some details of the Bunchy ads - all digital paint, patience, and digital calligraphy.

In order to make things look right I really had to pay close attention to the details…

Designs of Tarot Cards for Judgement and Hierophant - for Comic-Con 2015 Sneak Peak

Here are a couple more designs / initial sketches of the tarot cards I'm designing for the Hierophant (AKA the Pope) and Judgement.

Page 1 - of "Love Letters" Published by Atelier Olschinsky

I just sent off this piece to the publisher… it will be page 1 of the art book "Love Letters" published by Atelier Olschinsky.


I'm looking forward to seeing what the other artists submitted… I'll be posting more about this project as I have more details.

Some details

The points that build the type

Abstract Digital painting

It was a heck of a busy day yesterday so I decided to unwind last night doing some more work (fun work).

Here's the result an abstract piece in black and white. It's been a very long time that I wanted to give it a go to something like this…

Curio & Co. - Tarot Cards Looking for the Look

This morning I did a test of how the tarot cards could look at the final stage.  I think we'll go with something along this lines.  I'm quite happy with the new brush it's got enough of a bleed and tooth it feels as if it could've really been on paper.  Now I just need to figure out how to best deal with the paper on which they will be printed on so that they will have that old timey feel once they are in hand.

Curio & Co. designs Volksgarten Pavillon Sign

At the beginning of the year we were asked to design a retro sign for the of the Volksgarten Pavillon (formerly Corti cafe) the building is one of the architecture land marks of Vienna having being designed by Oswald Haerdtl and completed in 1950.  Our task was to design a sign that would complement the architecture and the atmosphere of the cafe. 

Needless to say it was a really fun project.

Curio & Co. Tarot Card for San Diego Comic-Con 2015 - More Sketches

A couple more sketches from the tarot set in development.

Curio & Co. New Taro Cards Project - Sneak Peak at San Diego Comic-Con 2015

Here's a little announcement:

Curio & Co.'s next project will be a deck of tarot cards and of course they will carry a Curio flare for the fun absurd.  The cards will have a really old fashion taste, in spirit with the classic Marseille tarot.  I can't wait to start putting some color down on some of these concepts.


While San Diego Comic-Con 2015 attendee will have a chance to have a sneak peak at these illustrations and cards the the official release will be in September along with an already scheduled art show here in Vienna.  More details to come.

In the mean time here are some sketches… just to wet your appetite.

Mostly Spaceman Jax - Dekkin - Sketches & Illustrations

Here's a collection of Sketches and illustrations that I've done since the last post.

Enjoy! … and happy weekend!